1990 European Athletics Championships

Host City Split
Country YUG
Held 26 August – 2 September 1990
Competitors 152
Countries 20

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men 27 – 28 August 1990 Medal 3 2
200 m Men 29 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 2
400 m Men 28 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 2
800 m Men 27 – 29 August 1990 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Men 30 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men 30 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men 27 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Marathon Men 1 September 1990 Medal 3 2
110 m Hurdles Men 30 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 2
400 m Hurdles Men 27 – 29 August 1990 Medal 3 2
3,000 m Steeplechase Men 28 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men 31 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men 31 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 17 3
20 km Walk Men 28 August 1990 Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men 31 August 1990 Medal 3 2
High Jump Men 29 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men 28 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Long Jump Men 29 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men 30 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Men 28 – 29 August 1990 Medal 4 3
Discus Throw Men 31 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Men 30 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Men 27 – 28 August 1990 Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men 28 – 29 August 1990 Medal 3 3
100 m Women 27 – 28 August 1990 Medal 3 1
200 m Women 29 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 2
400 m Women 27 – 29 August 1990 Medal 3 2
800 m Women 27 – 29 August 1990 Medal 3 2
1,500 m Women 30 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 3 3
3,000 m Women 27 – 29 August 1990 Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women 30 August 1990 Medal 3 3
Marathon Women 27 August 1990 Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women 29 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women 29 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women 1 September 1990 Medal 12 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women 31 August – 1 September 1990 Medal 14 3
10 km Walk Women 29 August 1990 Medal 3 2
High Jump Women 30 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women 27 – 28 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women 27 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women 27 – 28 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Javelin Throw Women 29 – 30 August 1990 Medal 3 2
Heptathlon Women 30 – 31 August 1990 Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 East Germany GDR 12 12 10 34
2 Great Britain GBR 9 5 4 18
3 Soviet Union URS 6 9 6 21
4 Italy ITA 5 2 5 12
5 France FRA 3 2 5 10
6 Germany GER 3 2 2 7
7 Yugoslavia YUG 2 1 1 4
8 Portugal POR 1 0 1 2
9 Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
= Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
11 Hungary HUN 0 2 0 2
= Spain ESP 0 2 0 2
13 Sweden SWE 0 1 3 4
14 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 1 2
= Norway NOR 0 1 1 2
= Switzerland SUI 0 1 1 2
17 Netherlands NED 0 1 0 1
= Romania ROU 0 1 0 1
19 Poland POL 0 0 2 2
20 Austria AUT 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Linford Christie GBR Daniel Sangouma FRA John Regis GBR
200 m, Men John Regis GBR Jean-Charles Trouabal FRA Linford Christie GBR
400 m, Men Roger Black GBR Thomas Schönlebe GDR Jens Carlowitz GDR
800 m, Men Tom McKean GBR David Sharpe GBR Piotr Piekarski POL
1,500 m, Men Jens-Peter Herold GDR Gennaro Di Napoli ITA Mário Silva POR
5,000 m, Men Salvatore Antibo ITA Gary Staines GBR Sławomir Majusiak POL
10,000 m, Men Salvatore Antibo ITA Are Nakkim NOR Stefano Mei ITA
Marathon, Men Gelindo Bordin ITA Gianni Poli ITA Dominique Chauvelier FRA
110 m Hurdles, Men Colin Jackson GBR Tony Jarrett GBR Dietmar Koszewski GER
400 m Hurdles, Men Kriss Akabusi GBR Sven Nylander SWE Niklas Wallenlind SWE
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Francesco Panetta ITA Mark Rowland GBR Alessandro Lambruschini ITA
4 x 100 m Relay, Men France FRA Great Britain GBR Italy ITA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Great Britain GBR Germany GER East Germany GDR
20 km Walk, Men Pavol Blažek TCH Daniel Plaza ESP Thierry Toutain FRA
50 km Walk, Men Andrey Perlov URS Bernd Gummelt GDR Hartwig Gauder GDR
High Jump, Men Dragutin Topić YUG Aleksey Yemelin URS Georgi Dakov BUL
Pole Vault, Men Rodion Gataullin URS Grigory Yegorov URS Hermann Fehringer AUT
Long Jump, Men Dietmar Haaf GER Ángel Hernández ESP Borut Bilač YUG
Triple Jump, Men Leonid Voloshin URS Hristo Markov BUL Igor Lapshin URS
Shot Put, Men Ulf Timmermann GDR Oliver-Sven Buder GDR Georg Andersen NOR
Discus Throw, Men Jürgen Schult GDR Erik de Bruin NED Wolfgang Schmidt GER
Hammer Throw, Men Ihar Astapkovich URS Tibor Gécsek HUN Igor Nikulin URS
Javelin Throw, Men Steve Backley GBR Viktor Zaytsev URS Patrik Bodén SWE
Decathlon, Men Christian Plaziat FRA Dezső Szabó HUN Christian Schenk GDR
100 m, Women Katrin Krabbe GDR Silke Möller GDR Kerstin Behrendt GDR
200 m, Women Katrin Krabbe GDR Heike Drechsler GDR Galina Malchugina URS
400 m, Women Grit Breuer GDR Petra Müller GDR Marie-José Pérec FRA
800 m, Women Sigrun Wodars GDR Christine Wachtel GDR Liliya Nurutdinova URS
1,500 m, Women Snežana Pajkić YUG Ellen Kießling GDR Sandra Gasser SUI
3,000 m, Women Yvonne Murray GBR Yelena Romanova URS Roberta Brunet ITA
10,000 m, Women Yelena Romanova URS Kathrin Ullrich GDR Annette Sergent FRA
Marathon, Women Rosa Mota POR Valentina Yegorova URS Maria Rebélo FRA
100 m Hurdles, Women Monique Ewanje-Épée FRA Gloria Siebert GDR Lidziya Yurkauna URS
400 m Hurdles, Women Tatsiana Ledauskaya URS Anita Protti SUI Monica Westén SWE
4 x 100 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Germany GER Great Britain GBR
4 x 400 m Relay, Women East Germany GDR Soviet Union URS Great Britain GBR
10 km Walk, Women Anna Rita Sidoti ITA Volha Kardapoltsava URS Ileana Salvador ITA
High Jump, Women Heike Henkel GER Biljana Petrović YUG Yelena Yelesina URS
Long Jump, Women Heike Drechsler GDR Marieta Ilcu ROU Helga Radtke GDR
Shot Put, Women Astrid Kumbernuss GDR Nataliya Lisovskaya URS Kathrin Neimke GDR
Discus Throw, Women Ilke Wyludda GDR Olga Burova URS Martina Hellmann GDR
Javelin Throw, Women Päivi Alafrantti FIN Karen Forkel GDR Petra Felke GDR
Heptathlon, Women Sabine Braun GER Heike Tischler GDR Peggy Beer GDR