These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 27, 28, and 29 August 1990.

Results Heats 27 August

Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grit Breuer 52.50 Q 2 Marie-José Pérec 52.56 Q 3 Linda Keough 52.60 Q 4 Lisbeth Andersen 53.01 q 5 Judit Forgács 53.06 q 6 Linda Kisabaka 53.09 7 Julia Merino 53.74

Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lyudmila Dzhigalova 52.42 Q 2 Annette Hesselbarth 52.72 Q 3 Helga Arendt 53.01 Q 4 Lorraine Hanson 53.57 5 Erzsébet Szabó 54.08 6 Gordana Čotrić 54.46 7 Regula Scalabrin 54.88

Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Marina Shmonina 52.18 Q 2 Petra Schersing 52.44 Q 3 Martha Grossenbacher 52.76 Q 4 Viviane Dorsile 52.91 q 5 Angela Piggford 53.00 q 6 Gretha Tromp 55.64

Heat 4 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Yelena Ruzina 51.64 Q 2 Karin Janke 52.83 Q 3 Evelyne Elien 52.95 Q 4 Sonja Finell 53.47 5 Ágnes Kozáry 54.13 6 Blanca Lacambra 54.61

Semi-finals 28 August

Semi-final 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Grit Breuer 50.89 Q 2 Petra Schersing 51.05 Q 3 Linda Keough 51.20 Q 4 Viviane Dorsile 52.06 Q 5 Helga Arendt 52.16 6 Judit Forgács 52.77 7 Martha Grossenbacher 53.57 Yelena Ruzina DNF

Semi-final 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Annette Hesselbarth 51.43 Q 2 Marina Shmonina 51.45 Q 3 Lyudmila Dzhigalova 51.56 Q 4 Marie-José Pérec 51.63 Q 5 Karin Janke 51.65 6 Evelyne Elien 53.05 7 Lisbeth Andersen 53.26 8 Angela Piggford 53.53

Final 29 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Grit Breuer 49.50 Petra Schersing 50.51 Marie-José Pérec 50.84 4 Annette Hesselbarth 51.14 5 Linda Keough 51.22 6 Lyudmila Dzhigalova 51.31 7 Marina Shmonina 51.67 8 Viviane Dorsile 52.11

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