1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Kelvin Hall on 3 and 4 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marina Shmonina Soviet Union	Iolanda Oanță Romania	Judit Forgács Hungary

The winner of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Marina Shmonina	Soviet Union	52.53	Q
2	1	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	52.92	Q
3	1	Iolanda Oanță	Romania	53.27	q
4	1	Judit Forgács	Hungary	53.30	q
5	3	Linda Kisabaka	West Germany	53.41
6	3	Linda Keough	Great Britain	53.74
7	2	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	54.01	Q
8	2	Noémi Bátori	Hungary	54.35
9	1	Cristina Pérez	Spain	54.53
10	2	Irmgard Trojer	Italy	54.90
11	2	Marina Vasarmidou	Greece	55.38
	3	Anita Protti	Switzerland	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	2	Marina Shmonina	Soviet Union	51.22
	1	Iolanda Oanță	Romania	52.22
	4	Judit Forgács	Hungary	53.02
4	3	Sally Gunnell	Great Britain	53.38
5	5	Angela Piggford	Great Britain	53.82

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