These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27, 28, and 29 August 1990.
Medalists Gold Kriss Akabusi Silver Sven Nylander Bronze Niklas Wallenlind
Results Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kriss Akabusi 47.92 NR Sven Nylander 48.43 Niklas Wallenlind 48.52 4 Vadim Zadoinov 48.61 NR 5 Stéphane Diagana 48.92 6 Carsten Köhrbrück 48.95 7 José Alonso 49.77 8 Edgar Itt 49.83
Semi-finals 28 August
Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kriss Akabusi 48.84 Q 2 Stéphane Diagana 49.26 Q 3 Vadim Zadoinov 49.34 Q 4 José Alonso 49.92 Q 5 Jozef Kucej 50.52 6 Olaf Hense 50.53 7 Paweł Woźniak 50.94 8 Thomas Nyberg 51.02
Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Niklas Wallenlind 48.80 Q 2 Sven Nylander 48.82 Q 3 Carsten Köhrbrück 49.04 Q 4 Edgar Itt 49.24 Q 5 Max Robertson 49.25 6 Aleksey Bazarov 49.37 7 Koen Verlinde 49.90 8 Krasimir Demirev 50.39
Heats 27 August
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Kriss Akabusi 50.08 Q 2 Vadim Zadoinov 50.34 Q 3 Koen Verlinde 50.50 Q 4 Olaf Hense 50.74 q 5 Paweł Woźniak 51.09 q 6 Vesa-Pekka Pihlavisto 51.59 7 Santiago Fraga 52.00 Rok Kopitar DNF
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Max Robertson 50.27 Q 2 Carsten Köhrbrück 50.39 Q 3 Stéphane Diagana 50.49 Q 4 Krasimir Demirev 50.59 q 5 Mugur Mateescu 51.63 6 Branislav Karaulić 53.26 Ilan Goldwasser Video of Heat 2
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Edgar Itt 50.93 Q 2 Jozef Kucej 51.01 Q 3 Niklas Wallenlind 51.06 Q 4 Daniel Ritter 51.24 5 Mauro Maurizi 51.27 6 Aleksandr Belikov 51.31 7 Marc Dollendorf 51.60
Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sven Nylander 50.28 Q 2 José Alonso 50.36 Q 3 Thomas Nyberg 50.83 Q 4 Aleksey Bazarov 50.84 q 5 Athanassios Kalogiannis 51.37 6 Miro Kocuvan 51.37 7 Pedro Rodrigues 52.03
Participation According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
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See also 1988 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Seoul) 1991 Men's World Championships 400m Hurdles (Tokyo) 1992 Men's Olympic 400m Hurdles (Barcelona)
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