# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 200 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 30 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Katrin Krabbe East Germany |
| Silver | Heike Drechsler East Germany |
| Bronze | Galina Malchugina Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

30 August Wind: 0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 21.95 | |
| | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 22.19 | |
| | Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 22.23 | |
| 4 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 22.38 | NR |
| 5 | Silke Knoll | West Germany | 22.40 | |
| 6 | Yelena Bykova | Soviet Union | 22.49 | |
| 7 | Sabine Günther | East Germany | 22.51 | |
| 8 | Andrea Thomas | West Germany | 23.01 | |

### Semi-finals

30 August

#### Semi-final 1

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 22.46 | Q |
| 2 | Silke Knoll | West Germany | 22.60 | Q |
| 3 | Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 22.62 | Q |
| 4 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 22.69 | Q |
| 5 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.39 | |
| 6 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.42 | |
| 7 | Louise Stuart | United Kingdom | 23.54 | |
| 8 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 23.62 | |

#### Semi-final 2

Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 22.57 | Q |
| 2 | Yelena Bykova | Soviet Union | 22.67 | Q |
| 3 | Sabine Günther | East Germany | 22.75 | Q |
| 4 | Andrea Thomas | West Germany | 23.05 | Q |
| 5 | Odile Singa | France | 23.23 | |
| 6 | Jennifer Stoute | United Kingdom | 23.23 | |
| 7 | Rossella Tarolo | Italy | 23.56 | |
| 8 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.58 | |

### Heats

29 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Katrin Krabbe | East Germany | 22.81 | Q |
| 2 | Andrea Thomas | West Germany | 23.21 | Q |
| 3 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 23.46 | Q |
| 4 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 23.47 | Q |
| 5 | Louise Stuart | United Kingdom | 23.54 | q |
| 6 | Maguy Nestoret | France | 23.77 | |
| 7 | Edit Molnár | Hungary | 24.11 | |
| | Cristina Castro | Spain | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Heike Drechsler | East Germany | 22.84 | Q |
| 2 | Yelena Bykova | Soviet Union | 23.38 | Q |
| 3 | Sandra Myers | Spain | 23.50 | Q |
| 4 | Odile Singa | France | 23.58 | Q |
| 5 | Sallyanne Short | United Kingdom | 23.83 | |
| 6 | Andrea Hagen | West Germany | 24.01 | |
| 7 | Joanna Smolarek | Poland | 24.51 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: 0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 22.56 | Q |
| 2 | Sabine Günther | East Germany | 22.68 | Q |
| 3 | Silke Knoll | West Germany | 22.80 | Q |
| 4 | Jennifer Stoute | United Kingdom | 23.24 | Q |
| 5 | Fabienne Ficher | France | 23.38 | q |
| 6 | Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 23.65 | q |
| 7 | Rossella Tarolo | Italy | 23.70 | q |
| 8 | Ágnes Kozáry | Hungary | 24.18 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
* East Germany (3)
* Finland (1)
* France (3)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (2)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (3)