# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 31 August 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Tatyana Ledovskaya Soviet Union |
| Silver | Anita Protti Switzerland |
| Bronze | Monica Westén Sweden |

## Results
### Final

31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Soviet Union | 53.62 |
| | Anita Protti | Switzerland | 54.36 |
| | Monica Westén | Sweden | 54.75 |
| 4 | Gudrun Abt | West Germany | 54.97 |
| 5 | Margareta Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 55.22 |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 55.45 |
| 7 | Cristina Pérez | Spain | 56.09 |
| | Petra Krug | East Germany | DNS |

### Semi-finals

29 August

#### Semi-final 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Soviet Union | 54.73 | Q |
| 2 | Gudrun Abt | West Germany | 55.70 | Q |
| 3 | Cristina Pérez | Spain | 55.87 | Q |
| 4 | Petra Krug | East Germany | 55.93 | Q |
| 5 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto | Finland | 56.04 | |
| 6 | Nelli Voronkova | Soviet Union | 56.59 | |
| 7 | Jacqui Parker | United Kingdom | 57.06 | |
| 8 | Irmgard Trojer | Italy | 57.40 | |

#### Semi-final 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anita Protti | Switzerland | 55.05 | Q |
| 2 | Margareta Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 55.30 | Q |
| 3 | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 55.35 | Q |
| 4 | Monica Westén | Sweden | 55.45 | Q |
| 5 | Silvia Rieger | West Germany | 56.11 | |
| 6 | Nicoleta Căruţaşu | Romania | 56.74 | |
| 7 | Anna Suurnäkki | Finland | 57.66 | |
| 8 | Gretha Tromp | Netherlands | 59.08 | |

### Heats

29 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Monica Westén | Sweden | 55.61 | Q |
| 2 | Gudrun Abt | West Germany | 55.74 | Q |
| 3 | Cristina Pérez | Spain | 55.82 | Q |
| 4 | Irmgard Trojer | Italy | 56.02 | q |
| 5 | Anna Suurnäkki | Finland | 56.76 | q |
| 6 | Zuzana Machotková | Czechoslovakia | 57.33 | |
| 7 | María Valamatos | Portugal | 58.67 | |
| 8 | Aleksandra Rus | Yugoslavia | 59.05 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Anita Protti | Switzerland | 55.37 | Q |
| 2 | Sally Gunnell | United Kingdom | 55.89 | Q |
| 3 | Nelli Voronkova | Soviet Union | 56.40 | Q |
| 4 | Gretha Tromp | Netherlands | 56.65 | q |
| 5 | Monika Klebe | Sweden | 57.08 | |
| 6 | Miriam Alonso | Spain | 58.35 | |
| 7 | Puha Neiger | Israel | 59.49 | |
| | Ann Maenhout | Belgium | DQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Margareta Ponomaryova | Soviet Union | 55.99 | Q |
| 2 | Petra Krug | East Germany | 56.76 | Q |
| 3 | Nicoleta Căruţaşu | Romania | 56.77 | Q |
| 4 | Jacqui Parker | United Kingdom | 56.84 | q |
| 5 | Ewa Johansson | Sweden | 57.38 | |
| 6 | Marjana Lužar | Yugoslavia | 59.19 | |
| 7 | Marta Moreira | Portugal | 61.78 | |
| | Yolanda Tello | Spain | DQ | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | Soviet Union | 55.02 | Q |
| 2 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto | Finland | 56.80 | Q |
| 3 | Silvia Rieger | West Germany | 56.95 | Q |
| 4 | Gowry Retchakan | United Kingdom | 57.03 | |
| 5 | Marina Filipović | Yugoslavia | 57.57 | NR |
| 6 | Marie-Christine Cazier | France | 57.85 | |
| 7 | Mari Bjone | Norway | 59.65 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Belgium (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Soviet Union (3)
* Spain (3)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (2)
* Yugoslavia (3)