1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres

1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

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

Medalists

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

Results

Heats

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

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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