1990_European_Athletics_Championships
1990 European Athletics Championships
International athletics championship event
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 | |
---|---|
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.
Complete results were published.[1]
Track
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
Field
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
†: 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]
Track
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
Field
1982 |1986 |1990 |1994 |1998 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High jump details |
Heike Henkel West Germany | 1.99 | Biljana Petrović Yugoslavia | 1.96 | Yelena Yelesina Soviet Union | 1.96 |
Long jump details |
Heike Drechsler East Germany | 7.30 | Marieta Ilcu Romania | 7.02 | Helga Radtke East Germany | 6.94 |
Shot put details |
Astrid Kumbernuss East Germany | 20.38 | Natalya Lisovskaya Soviet Union | 20.06 | Kathrin Neimke East Germany | 19.96 |
Discus throw details |
Ilke Wyludda East Germany | 68.46 | Olga Burova Soviet Union | 66.72 | Martina Hellmann East Germany | 66.66 |
Javelin throw details |
Päivi Alafrantti Finland | 67.68 | Karen Forkel East Germany | 67.56 | Petra Felke East Germany | 66.56 |
Heptathlon details |
Sabine Braun West Germany | 6688 | Heike Tischler East Germany | 6572 | Peggy Beer East Germany | 6531 |
* 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 |
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)
- 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)
- United Kingdom (95)
- West Germany (68)
- Yugoslavia (45)
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
- Verspringer Maas neemt EK-brons van Bilac over - Verspringer Frans Maas ontvangt alsnog de bronzen medaille van het Europese kampioenschap. De Nederlandse atleet, die eind augustus in Split negen centimeter van de derde plaats bleef verwijderd, neemt het brons over van Borut Bilac, die in Joegoslavie verboden stimulerende middelen heeft gebruikt. (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, October 5, 1990, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Doping bei EM (in German), Neues Deutschland, October 6, 1990, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Medaille Bilac - De Joegoslavische verspringer Borut Bilac is door de Europese atletiekfederatie (EAA) gerehabiliteerd. (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, May 13, 1991, retrieved September 21, 2014
- Weitspringer rehabilitiert (in German), Neues Deutschland, May 13, 1991, retrieved September 21, 2014
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, p. 4, retrieved 13 August 2014
- European Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-26.
- European Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-26.