1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 31 August and 1 September 1990.

Medalists

Gold	Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black United Kingdom
Silver	Klaus Just Edgar Itt Carsten Köhrbrück Norbert Dobeleit West Germany
Bronze	Rico Lieder Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	United Kingdom	Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black	2:58.22	AR
	West Germany	Klaus Just Edgar Itt Carsten Köhrbrück Norbert Dobeleit	3:00.64
	East Germany	Rico Lieder Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz	3:01.51
4	Italy	Andrea Montanari Vito Petrella Roberto Ribaud Andrea Nuti	3:01.78
5	Yugoslavia	Nenad Đurović Slobodan Popović Ismail Mačev Slobodan Branković	3:02.46
6	Spain	Antonio Sánchez Gaietà Cornet Moises Fernández José Luis Palacios	3:02.74
7	France	Christophe Zapata Stéphane Diagana Patrick Barré Olivier Noirot	3:03.33
8	Soviet Union	Dmitriy Golovastov Aleksey Bazarov Vadim Zadoinov Aivar Ojastu	3:04.17

Heats

31 August

Heat 1

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Italy	Andrea Montanari Alessandro Aimar Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti	3:04.08	Q
2	United Kingdom	Brian Whittle Kriss Akabusi Paul Sanders Phil Brown	3:04.32	Q
3	Soviet Union	Aleksey Petukhov Aleksey Bazarov Aivar Ojastu Dmitriy Golovastov	3:04.74	Q
4	France	Olivier Noirot Christophe Zapata Patrick Barré Stéphane Diagana	3:05.18	q
5	Poland	Mariusz Rządziński Paweł Woźniak Wojciech Lach Tomasz Jędrusik	3:06.51

Heat 2

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	West Germany	Klaus Just Ulrich Schlepütz Jörg Vaihinger Carsten Köhrbrück	3:03.89	Q
2	Yugoslavia	Dejan Jovković Nenad Đurović Ismail Mačev Slobodan Popović	3:04.04	Q
3	East Germany	Jan Lenzke Rico Lieder Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz	3:04.55	Q
4	Spain	Manuel Moreno Antonio Sánchez Moises Fernández José Luis Palacios	3:05.90	q

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• East Germany (5)
• France (4)
• Italy (6)
• Poland (4)
• Soviet Union (5)
• Spain (5)
• United Kingdom (6)
• West Germany (6)
• Yugoslavia (5)

See also

• 1988 Men's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Seoul)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic 4 × 400 m Relay (Barcelona)
• 1993 Men's World Championships 4 × 400 m Relay (Stuttgart)

References

• Results