1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Men's 4x400 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 31 August and 1 September 1990.

## Medalists

| Gold | Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black United Kingdom |
| - | - |
| Silver | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Carsten Köhrbrück Norbert Dobeleit West Germany |
| Bronze | Rico Lieder Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz East Germany |

## Results

### Final

1 September

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | United Kingdom | Paul Sanders Kriss Akabusi John Regis Roger Black | 2:58.22 | AR |
| | West Germany | Klaus Just Edgar Itt Carsten Köhrbrück Norbert Dobeleit | 3:00.64 | |
| | East Germany | Rico Lieder Karsten Just Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz | 3:01.51 | |
| 4 | Italy | Andrea Montanari Vito Petrella Roberto Ribaud Andrea Nuti | 3:01.78 | |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | Nenad Đurović Slobodan Popović Ismail Mačev Slobodan Branković | 3:02.46 | |
| 6 | Spain | Antonio Sánchez Gaietà Cornet Moises Fernández José Luis Palacios | 3:02.74 | |
| 7 | France | Christophe Zapata Stéphane Diagana Patrick Barré Olivier Noirot | 3:03.33 | |
| 8 | Soviet Union | Dmitriy Golovastov Aleksey Bazarov Vadim Zadoinov Aivar Ojastu | 3:04.17 | |

### Heats

31 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | Andrea Montanari Alessandro Aimar Fabio Grossi Andrea Nuti | 3:04.08 | Q |
| 2 | United Kingdom | Brian Whittle Kriss Akabusi Paul Sanders Phil Brown | 3:04.32 | Q |
| 3 | Soviet Union | Aleksey Petukhov Aleksey Bazarov Aivar Ojastu Dmitriy Golovastov | 3:04.74 | Q |
| 4 | France | Olivier Noirot Christophe Zapata Patrick Barré Stéphane Diagana | 3:05.18 | q |
| 5 | Poland | Mariusz Rządziński Paweł Woźniak Wojciech Lach Tomasz Jędrusik | 3:06.51 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West Germany | Klaus Just Ulrich Schlepütz Jörg Vaihinger Carsten Köhrbrück | 3:03.89 | Q |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | Dejan Jovković Nenad Đurović Ismail Mačev Slobodan Popović | 3:04.04 | Q |
| 3 | East Germany | Jan Lenzke Rico Lieder Thomas Schönlebe Jens Carlowitz | 3:04.55 | Q |
| 4 | Spain | Manuel Moreno Antonio Sánchez Moises Fernández José Luis Palacios | 3:05.90 | q |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 46 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

* East Germany (5)
* France (4)
* Italy (6)
* Poland (4)
* Soviet Union (5)
* Spain (5)
* United Kingdom (6)
* West Germany (6)
* Yugoslavia (5)
