The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split

Split (city)

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...

, a city in Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 (then part of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

).

It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged with the Federal Republic).

Track

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100 m	Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...  United Kingdom	10.00	Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Biography:...  Early Modern France	10.04	John Regis John Regis (athlete) John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...  United Kingdom	10.07
200 m	John Regis John Regis (athlete) John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams...  United Kingdom	20.11	Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Biography:At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds...  Early Modern France	20.31	Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...  United Kingdom	20.33
400 m	Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...  United Kingdom	45.08	Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe is a former German 400 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome...  German Democratic Republic	45.13	Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz is a retired East German sprinter.His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona...  German Democratic Republic	45.27
800 m	Tom McKean Tom McKean Thomas McKean is a former Scottish middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990....  United Kingdom	1:44.76	David Sharpe  United Kingdom	1:45.59	Piotr Piekarski Piotr Piekarski Piotr Piekarski is a retired Polish middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...  Poland	1:45.76
1500 m	Jens-Peter Herold Jens-Peter Herold Jens-Peter Herold is a retired German middle distance runner who participated in several international championships in the late 1980s and early 1990s.In the 1987 World Championships he came sixth over 1500 metres...  German Democratic Republic	3:38.25	Gennaro Di Napoli Gennaro Di Napoli Gennaro Di Napoli is an Italian former middle distance runner.Di Napoli was born in Naples but moved early in his life to Lombardy, in northern Italy. He excelled in the distances from 800 to 3,000 meters....  Italy	3:38.60	Mário Silva Mário Silva (athlete) Mário Manuel da Silva is a retired Portuguese runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Indoor Championships behind Noureddine Morceli and Fermín Cacho...  Portugal	3:38.73
5000 m	Salvatore Antibo Salvatore Antibo Salvatore Antibo is a former long distance runner from Italy.-Career:Antibo was born on February 7, 1962 in Altofonte, within the province of Palermo ....  Italy	13:22.00	Gary Staines  United Kingdom	13:22.45	Sławomir Majusiak  Poland	13:22.92
10,000 m	Salvatore Antibo Salvatore Antibo Salvatore Antibo is a former long distance runner from Italy.-Career:Antibo was born on February 7, 1962 in Altofonte, within the province of Palermo ....  Italy	27:41.27	Are Nakkim Are Nakkim Are Nakkim is a retired Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented Moss IL during his active career.He won a silver medal in 10,000 m at the 1990 European Championships...  Norway	28:04.04	Stefano Mei Stefano Mei Stefano Mei is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10000 metres.-Achievements:-References:*...  Italy	28:04.46
Marathon	Gelindo Bordin Gelindo Bordin Gelindo Bordin is an Italian former athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Born at Vicenza, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships, where he won a gold medal....  Italy	2:14:02	Gianni Poli  Italy	2:14:55	Dominique Chauvelier  Early Modern France	2:15:20
110 metres hurldes	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...  United Kingdom	13.18	Tony Jarrett Tony Jarrett Anthony Alexander Jarrett is a former sprint and hurdling athlete from England. He was a sliver medalist in the 110 metres hurdles at the World Championships in 1993 and 1995, and at the European Championships in 1990, and won the gold medal in the event at the Commonwealth Games in 1998.Jarrett...  United Kingdom	13.21	Dietmar Koszewski Dietmar Koszewski Dietmar Koszewski is a retired German hurdler.He won a bronze medal for West Germany at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split and the gold medal at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo....  West Germany	13.50
400 metres hurdles	Kriss Akabusi Kriss Akabusi Kriss Kezie Uche Chukwu Duru Akabusi MBE is a former sprint and hurdling athlete from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1990 European Championships, a gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, and a silver medal in...  United Kingdom	47.92	Sven Nylander Sven Nylander Sven Olof Nylander is a retired hurdler from Sweden, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career...  Sweden	48.43	Niklas Wallenlind Niklas Wallenlind Per Johan Niklas Wallenlind is a retired track and field athlete from Sweden, who competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles event. He won the bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia...  Sweden	48.52
3000 metres steeplechase	Francesco Panetta Francesco Panetta Francesco Panetta is a former Italian long-distance runner, who won several medals at international championships in the 1980s. His greatest achievement was the victory at the World Championships' final over 3000m steeplechase in Rome 1987...  Italy	8:12.66	Mark Rowland Mark Rowland Mark Robert Rowland is a retired British athlete, who was a bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....  United Kingdom	8:13.27	Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini Alessandro Lambruschini is an Italian former long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:35.27 min...  Italy	8:15.82
20 kilometres walk	Pavol Blažek Pavol Blažek Pavol Blažek is a retired race walker, who represented Czechoslovakia and later Slovakia in the Olympic Games. He was born in Trnava.-Achievements:-External links:...  Czechoslovakia	1:22:05	Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Daniel Plaza Montero is a Spanish former race walker. Plaza is most famous for having won the 20 km walk at the 1992 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Spanish track & field athlete ever to win an Olympic gold medal.Plaza tested positive for the steroid nandrolone after the 1996 Spanish...  Spain	1:22:22	Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain Thierry Toutain is a retired French race walker. With a time of 3:40:57.9, achieved in 1996, Toutain held the world record over 50,000 metres track walking until March 12, 2011, when Yohann Diniz broke it with a time of 3:35:27.-Achievements:-External links:...  Early Modern France	1:23:22
50 kilometres walk	Andrey Perlov Andrey Perlov Andrey Borisovich Perlov is a retired race walker who represented the USSR and later Russia.Perlov won the gold medal over 50 kilometres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...  Soviet Union	3:54:36	Bernd Gummelt Bernd Gummelt Bernd Gummelt is a retired East German race walker.Gummelt represented the sports club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam. He is married to Beate Gummelt, née Anders.-Achievements:-References:...  German Democratic Republic	3:56:33	Hartwig Gauder Hartwig Gauder Hartwig Gauder is a former German race walker.-Biography:In 1996 Gauda started suffering from a virus infection of his heart. After living with an artificial heart for several months, he received a heart transplant. He has subsequently taken part in the New York Marathon several times...  German Democratic Republic	4:00:48
4x100 metres relay	Max Morinière Max Morinière Max Morinière is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.-Biography:At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma and Gilles Quenehervé.At the 1990 European Championships in Split the... Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma Daniel Sangouma is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Biography:... Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal Jean-Charles Trouabal is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Biography:At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Max Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds... Bruno Marie-Rose Bruno Marie-Rose Bruno Marie-Rose is a retired sprinter from France . He was a member of the French team which set a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1990 with a time of 37.79 seconds to win the gold medal at the European Championships...  France	37.79 (WR)	Darren Braithwaite Darren Braithwaite Darren Braithwaite is a retired British sprinter.Braithwaite was a member of the British team which set a world indoor record for the rarely contested 4 x 200 metres relay on 3 March 1991 in Glasgow... John Regis John Regis (athlete) John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams... Marcus Adam Marcus Adam Marcus Adam is a retired English sportsperson, who represented Great Britain as both a sprinter and a bobsledder. Competing in athletics, he won the gold medal in the 200 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and also won gold and silver medals respectively in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1990... Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games...  United Kingdom	37.98	Mario Longo Mario Longo Mario Longo is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.His personal best 100 metres time was 10.32 seconds, his personal best 200 metres time was 21.18 seconds. Both times were achieved in May 1998 in Naples.-Achievements:-References:... Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia Ezio Madonia is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.In 4 x 100 m relay he helped win bronze medals at the 1990 European Championships in Split, 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg... Sandro Floris Sandro Floris Sandro Floris is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.His personal best 200 metres time was 20.68 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Rome. His personal best 100 metres time was 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1994 in Nuoro.-Achievements:-References:... Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli Stefano Tilli is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.His personal best 100 metres time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in August 1984 in Zurich. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari.-Achievements:-References:...  Italy	38.39
4x400 metres relay	Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi Kriss Akabusi Kriss Kezie Uche Chukwu Duru Akabusi MBE is a former sprint and hurdling athlete from the United Kingdom. During his career, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1990 European Championships, a gold in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1991 World Championships, and a silver medal in... John Regis John Regis (athlete) John Paul Lyndon Regis, MBE is a retired English sprinter. During his career, he won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships, and a silver medal in the distance at the 1993 World Championships.He was a member of the British teams... Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4x400 metres relay gold medals at both the...    United Kingdom	2:58.22	Klaus Just Klaus Just Klaus Just is a retired West German sprinter.His personal best time was 45.52 seconds, achieved in August 1985 in Stuttgart.Just represented the sports club SV Salamander Kornwestheim.-Achievements:... Edgar Itt Edgar Itt Edgar Itt was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke. He finished in eight position in the final of the... Carsten Köhrbrück Carsten Köhrbrück Carsten Köhrbrück is a retired German hurdler.He won the bronze medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1990 European Championships, with teammates Klaus Just, Edgar Itt and Norbert Dobeleit. He also finished sixth in the hurdles... Norbert Dobeleit Norbert Dobeleit Norbert Dobeleit is a German television personality and retired athlete. During his active career he represented West Germany and specialized in the 200 and 400 metres....    West Germany	3:00.64	Rico Lieder Rico Lieder Rico Lieder is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.He competed for the clubs SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, LG Chemnitz and LAC Chemnitz during his active career.-Achievements:-References:... Karsten Just Karsten Just Karsten Just is a retired East German sprinter. Just represented the sports club Berliner TSC.-Achievements:-References:... Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe is a former German 400 metres runner who won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome... Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz is a retired East German sprinter.His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona...    German Democratic Republic	3:01.51

Field

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High jump	Dragutin Topić Dragutin Topic -Career:He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four...  Kingdom of Yugoslavia	2.34	Aleksey Yemelin Aleksey Yemelin Aleksey Yemelin is a retired high jumper who represented the USSR and later Russia.-Major achievements:-External links:...  Soviet Union	2.34	Georgi Dakov Georgi Dakov Georgi Dakov was a Bulgarian high jumper, who was actually born in Russia.His personal best jump was 2.36 metres, achieved in August 1990 in Brussel. This is the current Bulgarian record....  Bulgaria	2.34

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|Dietmar Haaf

Dietmar Haaf

Dietmar Haaf is a former German long jumper.-Career:He won the gold medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jummp of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville...

 West Germany||8.25
|Ángel Hernández

Angel Hernandez (athlete)

Ángel Hernández Yáñez is a retired Spanish long jumper who won a silver medal at the 1990 European Championships, jumping 8.15 meters.Hernández won the national championships in 1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994.-References:*...

 Spain||8.15
|Borut Bilač

Borut Bilac

Borut Bilač is a retired Slovenian long jumper, best known for finishing ninth at the 1992 Olympic Games.His personal best is 8.24 metres, achieved in July 1990. He is married to high jumper Britta Bilač.-External links:...

 Kingdom of Yugoslavia||8.09
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|Pole vault

|Radion Gataullin
 Soviet Union||5.85
|Grigoriy Yegorov

Grigoriy Yegorov

Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Yegorov is a former pole vault athlete from Kazakhstan. Yegorov trained at Dynamo in Alma-Ata. He won the 1988 Olympic bronze medal , two World Indoor silver medals, and finished second at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics with a personal best jump of 5.90 metres...

 Soviet Union||5.75
|Hermann Fehringer

Hermann Fehringer

Hermann Fehringer is a former pole vaulter from Austria.His personal best was 5.77 metres, achieved in July 1991 in Linz. This is the current Austrian record.-Achievements:-External links:...

 Austria||5.75
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|Triple jump

|Leonid Voloshin

Leonid Voloshin

Leonid Voloshin is a retired triple jumper from Russia. He won the European Championships in 1990 as well as two European Indoor titles. He also won two World Championship silvers, in 1991 and 1993. In Tokyo 1991 he achieved a personal best jump of 17.75 metres, which puts him 18th in the all-time...

 Soviet Union||17.74
|Khristo Markov
 Bulgaria||17.43
|Igor Lapshin

Igor Lapshin

Igor Olegovich Lapshin is a retired male triple jumper who represented the USSR. Best known for his 1988 Olympic silver medal, he also won the 1991 World Indoor Championships as well as one European Indoor title. In July 1988 Lapshin achieved a personal best jump of 17.69 metres, which puts him...

 Soviet Union||17.34
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|Shot put

|Ulf Timmermann

Ulf Timmermann

Ulf Timmermann is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres ....

 German Democratic Republic||21.32
|Oliver-Sven Buder

Oliver-Sven Buder

Oliver-Sven Buder is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal...

 German Democratic Republic||21.01
|Georg Andersen

Georg Andersen

Georg Andersen is a Norwegian shot putter. He represented IK Grane, IK Tjalve and Urædd Friidrett.Early in his international career he finished twelfth at the 1985 European Indoor Championships, tenth at the 1986 European Championships, sixth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships and tenth at...

 Norway||20.71
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|Discus throw

|Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...

 German Democratic Republic||64.58
|Erik de Bruin

Erik de Bruin

Erik de Bruin is a retired Dutch discus thrower and shot putter. He held the Dutch national record in shot put from 1986 to 2005, and his 68.12 m discus throw record of April 1, 1991 still stands today....

 Netherlands||64.46
|Wolfgang Schmidt

Wolfgang Schmidt

Wolfgang Schmidt is a former German track and field athlete, who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Championships in Athletics. Schmidt made headlines in 1982...

 West Germany||64.10
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|Javelin throw

|Steve Backley

Steve Backley

Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing...

 United Kingdom||87.30
|Viktor Zaitsev

Viktor Zaitsev

Viktor Zaytsev is a retired javelin thrower from Uzbekistan, who competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There he did not reach the final, after having won the silver medal two years earlier, at the European Championships in Split,...

 Soviet Union||83.30
|Patrik Bodén

Patrik Bodén

Lars Patrik Bodén is a retired male Swedish javelin thrower. He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 meters, set in Austin, Texas, on March 24, 1990. He also held the world record with this throw for a while, until Steve Backley set a new record later the same year.-Achievements:-External...

 Sweden||82.66
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|Hammer throw

|Igor Astapkovich

Igor Astapkovich

Ihar Astapkovich , born in Minsk, is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.-Biography:...

 Soviet Union||84.14
|Tibor Gécsek

Tibor Gécsek

Tibor Gécsek is a retired male hammer thrower from Hungary. Gécsek is of Hungarian Slovenian descent....

 Hungary||80.14
|Igor Nikulin

Igor Nikulin (athlete)

Igor Nikulin is a former hammer thrower who represented the USSR, the Unified Team, and later Russia. He won the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain....

 Soviet Union||80.02
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|Decathlon

|Christian Plaziat

Christian Plaziat

Christian Plaziat is a retired French decathlete. During his career he won the European Championships, the European Indoor Championships and the World Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-External links:...

 Early Modern France||8.574
|Dezső Szabó
 Hungary||8.436
|Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk

Christian Schenk won the gold medal in the decathlon in the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea.Schenk also won a bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo...

 German Democratic Republic||8.433
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Track

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100 metres	Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe is a female athlete who competed for the German Democratic Republic and Germany thereafter...  German Democratic Republic	10.89 CR	Silke Gladisch-Moller Silke Möller Silke Möller, née Gladisch is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the World cup in Canberra on October 6, 1985...  German Democratic Republic	11.10	Kerstin Behrendt Kerstin Behrendt Kerstin Behrendt is a former German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres during her career....  German Democratic Republic	11.17
200 metres	Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe is a female athlete who competed for the German Democratic Republic and Germany thereafter...  German Democratic Republic	21.95	Heike Daute-Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...  German Democratic Republic	22.19	Galina Malchugina-Chermoshanskaya Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...  Soviet Union	22.23
400 metres	Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  German Democratic Republic	49.50	Petra Müller Petra Schersing Petra Schersing, née Müller is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres...  German Democratic Republic	50.51	Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....  Early Modern France	50.84
800 metres	Sigrun Ludvigs-Wodars Sigrun Wodars Sigrun Grau is an East German former middle distance athlete, who was born Sigrun Ludwigs in Neu-Kaliß. She started out as a 400 m runner in Schwerin, and proved successful in this event in junior meets...  German Democratic Republic	1:55.87	Christine Wachtel Christine Wachtel Christine Wachtel , is a German track and field athlete who won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1988 Olympic summer games in Seoul in the 800 metres run...  German Democratic Republic	1:56.11	Liliya Nurutdinova  Soviet Union	1:57.39
1500 metres	Snežana Pajkić Snežana Pajkic Snežana Pajkić-Jolović is a former middle distance runner from Serbia, who won the gold medal for Yugoslavia in the women's 1.500 metres at the 1990 European Championships.-Achievements:...  Kingdom of Yugoslavia	4:08.12	Ellen Kiessling  German Democratic Republic	4:08.67	Sandra Gasser Sandra Gasser Sandra Gasser is a retired Swiss track and field athlete who specialised in middle distances.After the 1987 World Championships, where she achieved third place in the 1500 metres, she failed a doping test and was disqualified...  Switzerland	4:08.89
3000 metres	Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray MBE , is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. She won a bronze medal in the 3000 metres at the 1988 Olympic Games, and gold medals at this distance at the 1993 World Indoor Championships and the 1990 European Championships...  United Kingdom	8:43.06	Yelena Romanova Yelena Romanova Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova was a Russian middle distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.-Achievements:-Death:Romanova was found dead at age 43 in her flat in Volgorad in January 2007. The cause of death has not yet been given.-References:...  Soviet Union	8:43.68	Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet is a former middle distance runner from Italy who first won a bronze medal in the European Championships in 3,000 metres in 1990 and then won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships and a...  Italy	8:46.19
10,000 metres	Yelena Romanova Yelena Romanova Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova was a Russian middle distance runner. She won an Olympic gold medal in 1992.-Achievements:-Death:Romanova was found dead at age 43 in her flat in Volgorad in January 2007. The cause of death has not yet been given.-References:...  Soviet Union	31:46.83	Kathrin Ullrich Kathrin Weßel Kathrin Weßel, née Ullrich is a retired German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres...  German Democratic Republic	31:47.70	Annette Sergent  Early Modern France	31:51.68
Marathon	Rosa Mota Rosa Mota Rosa Maria Correia dos Santos Mota, GCIH, GCM is a Portuguese former marathon runner, one of her country's foremost athletes. She is also considered to have been one of the best marathon runners of the 20th century....  Portugal	2: 31:27	Valentina Yegorova Valentina Yegorova Valentina Mikhailovna Yegorova is a long-distance runner from Russia. She was born in Cheboksary.Yegorova competed in the women's marathon for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain...  Soviet Union	2: 31:32	Maria Rebelo Maria Rebélo Maria Rebelo is a retired female long-distance runner from France. She set her personal best in the marathon in 1991.-Achievements:-References:* *...  Early Modern France	2: 35:51
100 metres hurdles	Monique Ewanje-Epée Monique Ewanje-Epee Monique Ewanje-Epee is a French athlete who specialises in the 100 meter hurdles,her sister Maryse Ewanje-Epee also competed in the olympics. Ewanje-Epee competed in the women's 100 meter hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics,1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics.- References :...  Early Modern France	12.79	Gloria Kovarik-Siebert Gloria Siebert Gloria Siebert, née Kovarik, divorced Uibel is a retired East German hurdler.She won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...  German Democratic Republic	12.91	Lidiya Yurkova  Soviet Union	12.92
400 metres hurdles	Tatyana Ledovskaya Tatyana Ledovskaya Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented the Soviet Union, training in Minsk....  Soviet Union	53.62	Anita Protti Anita Protti Anita Protti is a retired athlete from Switzerland who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. Her greatest achievement was the 1990 European Championships silver medal....  Switzerland	54.36	Monica Westén  Sweden	54.75
10 kilometres walk	Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti Annarita Sidoti is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**...  Italy	44:00	Olga Kardopoltseva Olga Kardopoltseva -Achievements:-References:...  Soviet Union	44:06	Ileana Salvador Ileana Salvador Ileana Salvador is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-References:**...  Italy	44:38
4x100 metres relay	Silke Möller Silke Möller Silke Möller, née Gladisch is a German athlete, who in the 1980s competed for East Germany as one of the best female sprinters in the world. Her best result was a world record in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the World cup in Canberra on October 6, 1985... Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe is a female athlete who competed for the German Democratic Republic and Germany thereafter... Kerstin Behrendt Kerstin Behrendt Kerstin Behrendt is a former German athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres during her career.... Sabine Günther Sabine Günther Sabine Günther, née Rieger is a retired East German sprinter who competed mainly in the 200 metres.She won the 200 metres gold medal at the 1981 European Junior Championships...  German Democratic Republic	41.68	Gabi Lippe Gabi Roth Gabriele Roth, née Lippe is a retired German hurdler.She won the bronze medals at the 1989 European Indoor Championships in Athletics in den Haag and the 1992 IAAF World Cup... Ulrike Sarvari Ulrike Sarvari Ulrike Sarvari is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.She finished fourth in the 4x100 m relay for West Germany at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul... Andrea Thomas Silke Knoll Silke Knoll Silke-Beate Knoll was a German track and field athlete and participant in the Olympic Games who had success in the 1980s and 1990s as a sprinter.Her first success was the 1986 German junior title over 200 metres...  West Germany	43.09	Stephanie Douglas Beverley Kinch Bev Kinch Beverly Kinch is a former British long jumper and sprinter.Bev Kinch competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning the bronze medal in the long jump with a jump of 6.78m... Simone Jacobs Simone Jacobs Simmone Jacobs is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Simone began her career at Reading Athletic Club, where she was encouraged by two senior members, Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Beverley Goddard.She competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in... Paula Thomas  United Kingdom	43.32
4x400 metres relay	Manuela Derr Manuela Derr Manuela Derr, married Rödel is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.... Annett Hesselbarth Annett Hesselbarth Annett Hesselbarth is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.At the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split she finished fourth in 400 m and won the 4x400 m relay for East Germany together with Grit Breuer, Manuela Derr and Petra Schersing... Petra Müller Petra Schersing Petra Schersing, née Müller is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres... Grit Breuer Grit Breuer Grit Breuer is a former East German athlete, who competed in the women's 200m, 400m, 4x100m, and 4x400m events....  German Democratic Republic	3:21.02	Yelena Vinogradova Yelena Vinogradova Yelena Vinogradova is a female track and field athlete who represented the Soviet Union. She specialized in the 200 metres and often ran relay races, winning the silver medal in the 4 x 100 m relay and placing eighth in the 200 m at the 1991 World Championships. She won a gold medal in the... Lyudmila Dzhigalova Lyudmila Dzhigalova Lyudmyla Stanislavivna Dzhyhalova is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres... Tatyana Ledovskaya Tatyana Ledovskaya Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented the Soviet Union, training in Minsk.... Yelena Ruzina Yelena Ruzina Yelena Ivanovna Ruzina is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union....  Soviet Union	3:23.34	Sally Gunnell Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles... Jennifer Stoute Jennifer Stoute Jennifer Elaine Stoute is a former sprinter from Great Britain.At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Stoute won a gold medal in the women's 4x400 m, along with a silver in the 4x100 m.... Patricia Beckford Linda Keough Linda Keough Linda Keough-Staines is a former British 400 metre athlete. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul in both the 400m and 4 x 400m relay. She won an individual silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.Keough missed the 1992 Summer Olympics due to injuries...  United Kingdom	3:24.78

Field

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High jump	Heike Henkel Heike Henkel Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump...  West Germany	1.99	Biljana Petrović Biljana Petrovic Biljana Petrović is a retired yugoslavian high jumper from Kraljevo, Serbia. She set her personal best on 22 June 1990, jumping 2.00 metres at a meet in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 22nd place...  Kingdom of Yugoslavia	1.96	Yelena Yelesina Yelena Yelesina Yelena Borisovna Yelesina is a female high jumper from Russia. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with 2,01m, one centimetre behind her personal best jump. She also has several minor medals from major championships.-Achievements:...  Soviet Union	1.96
Long jump	Heike Drechsler Heike Drechsler Heike Gabriela Drechsler née Daute is a German track and field athlete. She is one of the most successful female long jumpers of all time and also had several successes in sprint disciplines.She is the only woman who has won two Olympic gold medals in the long jump...  German Democratic Republic	7.30	Marieta Ilcu Marieta Ilcu Marieta Ilcu is a retired Romanian long jumper. In 1989 she won a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships, and jumped 7.08 metres in June. This would remain her personal best. In 1993 she celebrated her greatest sporting triumph as she won the World Indoor...  Kingdom of Romania	7.09	Helga Radtke Helga Radtke Helga Radtke is a German track and field athlete. She competed from 1979 up until the 1990’s in the long and triple jumps. Until 1990 she represented East Germany...  German Democratic Republic	6.94
Shot put	Astrid Kumbernuss Astrid Kumbernuss Astrid Kumbernuss is a former German female shot putter and discus thrower.Her career started at the SC Neubrandenburg sports club. Her greatest successes were gold medals at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics, and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta...  German Democratic Republic	20.38	Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya Natalya Lisovskaya is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the shot put. Lisovskaya trained at Spartak in Moscow.She competed for the USSR in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where she won the gold medal...  Soviet Union	20.06	Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke Kathrin Neimke , is a German track and field athlete. During the 1980s and 1990s she was one of the world's best in the shot put. Until 1990 she represented East Germany...  German Democratic Republic	19.96
Discus throw	Ilke Wyludda Ilke Wyludda Ilke Wyludda is a former discus thrower from Germany.She set eleven junior records at discus throw and even two at shot put, and became junior world champion. Between 1989 and 1991 she recorded 41 successive wins, only to be beaten by Tsvetanka Khristova at the 1991 World Championships...  German Democratic Republic	68.46	Olga Burova Olga Chernyavskaya Olga Chernyavskaya, née Davydova, then Burova is a Russian discus thrower best known for winning the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships. Her best Olympic performance is 5th place in 1992, and she even competed in 2004 at the age of 41. Her personal best is 68.38m, achieved in...  Soviet Union	66.72	Martina Hellmann Martina Hellmann Martina Hellmann, née Opitz , is a retired German track and field athlete who represented East Germany. She was the Olympic champion in the discus throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She also won the World Championship in that event in 1983 and again in 1987.Hellmann was sixteen years old when she...  German Democratic Republic	66.66
Javelin throw	Päivi Alafrantti Päivi Alafrantti Päivi Jaana Maarit Alafrantti is a retired female javelin thrower from Finland.-Achievements:-External links:**http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/fi/atw.php?ID=10489...  Finland	67.68	Karen Forkel Karen Forkel Karen Forkel is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.Her personal best throw with the...  German Democratic Republic	67.56	Petra Felke Petra Felke Petra Meier, nee Felke is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion who represented East Germany....  German Democratic Republic	66.56
Heptathlon	Sabine Braun Sabine Braun Sabine Braun is a German former athlete in track and field. Because she had talents in several disciplines, Sabine Braun competed in the heptathlon and had a number of successes...  West Germany	6688	Heike Tischler Heike Tischler Heike Tischler is a retired German heptathlete.She won the silver medal for East Germany at the 1990 European Championships in Athletics in Split with a personal best score of 6572 points...  German Democratic Republic	6572	Peggy Beer Peggy Beer Peggy Beer is a retired German heptathlete. Her personal best was 6531 points, achieved at the 1990 European Championships in Split. This ranks her tenth among German heptathletes, behind Sabine Braun, Sabine Paetz, Ramona Neubert, Anke Behmer-Vater, Heike Drechsler, Ines Schulz, Sibylle Thiele,...  German Democratic Republic	6531

Medals table

1	German Democratic Republic	12	12	10	34
2	United Kingdom	9	5	4	18
3	Soviet Union	6	9	6	21
4	Italy	5	2	5	12
5	Early Modern France	3	2	5	10
6	West Germany	3	2	2	7
7	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	2	1	1	4
8	Portugal	1	0	1	2
9	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
9	Finland	1	0	0	1
11	Hungary	0	2	0	2
11	Spain	0	2	0	2
13	Sweden	0	1	3	4
14	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
14	Norway	0	1	1	2
14	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
17	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
17	Kingdom of Romania	0	1	0	1
19	Poland	0	0	2	2
20	Austria	0	0	1	1
20	Total	43	43	43	129