1990 European Athletics Championships
International athletics championship event
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The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. The host stadium was Stadion Poljud.
| 15th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
The logo of the 1990 European Athletics Championships | |
| Dates | 26 August - 2 September |
| Host city | Split, Yugoslavia |
| Venue | Stadion Poljud |
| Level | Senior |
| Type | Outdoor |
| Events | 43 |
| Participation | 952 athletes from 33 nations |
It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged with the Federal Republic), the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, and SFR Yugoslavia.
Men's results
Complete results were published.[1]
Track
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
Field
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia | 2.34 | Aleksey Yemelin Soviet Union | 2.34 | Georgi Dakov Bulgaria | 2.34 |
| Long jump |
Dietmar Haaf West Germany | 8.25 | Ángel Hernández Spain | 8.15 | Borut Bilač† Yugoslavia | 8.09 |
| Pole vault |
Radion Gataullin Soviet Union | 5.85 | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union | 5.75 | Hermann Fehringer Austria | 5.75 |
| Triple jump |
Leonid Voloshin Soviet Union | 17.74 | Khristo Markov Bulgaria | 17.43 | Igor Lapshin Soviet Union | 17.34 |
| Shot put‡ |
Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 21.32 | Oliver-Sven Buder East Germany | 21.01 | Georg Andersen Norway | 20.71 |
| Discus throw |
Jürgen Schult East Germany | 64.58 | Erik de Bruin Netherlands | 64.46 | Wolfgang Schmidt West Germany | 64.10 |
| Javelin throw |
Steve Backley Great Britain | 87.30 | Viktor Zaytsev Soviet Union | 83.30 | Patrik Bodén Sweden | 82.66 |
| Hammer throw |
Igor Astapkovich Soviet Union | 84.14 | Tibor Gécsek Hungary | 80.14 | Igor Nikulin Soviet Union | 80.02 |
| Decathlon |
Christian Plaziat France | 8,574 | Dezső Szabó Hungary | 8,436 | Christian Schenk East Germany | 8,433 |
†: In long jump, bronze medalist Borut Bilač from Yugoslavia was initially disqualified for a suspected infringement of IAAF doping rules,[2][3] but was later cleared of the charges and reinstated.[4][5]
‡: In shot put, Vyacheslav Lykho from the Soviet Union ranked initially 3rd (20.81m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.[2][3]
Women's results
Track
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
Field
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Heike Henkel West Germany | 1.99 | Biljana Petrović Yugoslavia | 1.96 | Yelena Yelesina Soviet Union | 1.96 |
| Long jump |
Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.30 | Marieta Ilcu Romania | 7.02 | Helga Radtke East Germany | 6.94 |
| Shot put |
Astrid Kumbernuss East Germany | 20.38 | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 20.06 | Kathrin Neimke East Germany | 19.96 |
| Discus throw |
Ilke Wyludda East Germany | 68.46 | Olga Burova Soviet Union | 66.72 | Martina Hellmann East Germany | 66.66 |
| Javelin throw |
Päivi Alafrantti Finland | 67.68 | Karen Forkel East Germany | 67.56 | Petra Felke East Germany | 66.56 |
| Heptathlon |
Sabine Braun West Germany | 6688 | Heike Tischler East Germany | 6572 | Peggy Beer East Germany | 6531 |
Medal table
* Host nation (Yugoslavia)
| Rank | Nation | 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 | West Germany (FRG) | 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 |
| Totals (20 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 914 athletes from 33 countries participated in the event, 39 athletes less than the official number of 952 as published.[6]
Albania (2)
Austria (11)
Belgium (19)
Bulgaria (20)
Cyprus (4)
Czechoslovakia (17)
Denmark (7)
East Germany (67)
Finland (45)
France (67)
Great Britain (95)
Greece (11)
Hungary (32)
Iceland (6)
Ireland (14)
Israel (3)
Italy (61)
Liechtenstein (2)
Luxembourg (1)
Malta (1)
Netherlands (17)
Norway (18)
Poland (18)
Portugal (32)
Romania (21)
San Marino (1)
Soviet Union (97)
Spain (61)
Sweden (25)
Switzerland (18)
Turkey (8)
West Germany (68)
Yugoslavia (45)
