1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Medalists

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

Results

Final

29 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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.

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Seoul)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 800 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 800 metres (Barcelona)

References

External links

• Jeube, Jorge. "XV Campeonatos de Europa De Atletismo" (in Spanish). Jorge Jeube. Archived from the original on 24 January 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
• "15th European Athletics Championships, Split 1990". AthleticsDB. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2012.