# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 800 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27, 28, and 29 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sigrun Wodars East Germany |
| Silver | Christine Wachtel East Germany |
| Bronze | Liliya Nurutdinova Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 1:55.87 |
| | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:56.11 |
| | Liliya Nurutdinova | Soviet Union | 1:57.39 |
| 4 | Ellen van Langen | Netherlands | 1:57.57 |
| 5 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 1:58.33 |
| 6 | Tudorița Chidu | Romania | 1:59.09 |
| 7 | Lyubov Gurina | Soviet Union | 1:59.59 |
| 8 | Diane Edwards | United Kingdom | 2:02.62 |

### Semi-finals

28 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 2:01.03 | Q |
| 2 | Ellen van Langen | Netherlands | 2:01.14 | Q |
| 3 | Tudorița Chidu | Romania | 2:01.22 | Q |
| 4 | Tatyana Grebenchuk | Soviet Union | 2:01.43 | |
| 5 | Birte Bruhns | East Germany | 2:01.70 | |
| 6 | Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:02.01 | |
| 7 | Ann Williams | United Kingdom | 2:03.36 | |
| 8 | Aisling Molloy | Ireland | 2:04.20 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 1:59.60 | Q |
| 2 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 1:59.65 | Q |
| 3 | Liliya Nurutdinova | Soviet Union | 1:59.91 | Q |
| 4 | Lyubov Gurina | Soviet Union | 1:59.98 | q |
| 5 | Diane Edwards | United Kingdom | 2:00.17 | q |
| 6 | Aurica Mitrea | Romania | 2:00.75 | |
| 7 | Elsa Amaral | Portugal | 2:01.49 | |
| 8 | Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 2:01.81 | |

### Heats

27 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sigrun Wodars | East Germany | 2:00.31 | Q |
| 2 | Lyubov Gurina | Soviet Union | 2:00.47 | Q |
| 3 | Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:00.54 | Q |
| 4 | Ellen van Langen | Netherlands | 2:00.69 | Q |
| 5 | Elsa Amaral | Portugal | 2:01.21 | q |
| 6 | Aurica Mitrea | Romania | 2:01.44 | q |
| 7 | Lorraine Baker | United Kingdom | 2:02.04 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tudorița Chidu | Romania | 2:01.62 | Q |
| 2 | Liliya Nurutdinova | Soviet Union | 2:01.63 | Q |
| 3 | Diane Edwards | United Kingdom | 2:01.65 | Q |
| 4 | Birte Bruhns | East Germany | 2:01.94 | Q |
| 5 | Nicoleta Tozzi | Italy | 2:02.65 | |
| 6 | Maria Akraka | Sweden | 2:02.83 | |
| 7 | Theresia Kiesl | Austria | 2:06.44 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Christine Wachtel | East Germany | 2:00.82 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Grebenchuk | Soviet Union | 2:00.94 | Q |
| 3 | Mayte Zúñiga | Spain | 2:01.13 | Q |
| 4 | Aisling Molloy | Ireland | 2:01.14 | Q |
| 5 | Ann Williams | United Kingdom | 2:01.22 | q |
| 6 | Gabi Lesch | West Germany | 2:01.49 | q |
| 7 | Slobodanka Čolović | Yugoslavia | 2:01.95 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (1)
* East Germany (3)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (3)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)