1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's 1500 metres

Events at the 1990 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's 1500 metres event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 30 August and 1 September 1990.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Jens-Peter Herold East Germany
Silver	Gennaro Di Napoli Italy
Bronze	Mário Silva Portugal

Final

Rank	Final	Time
	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)	3:38.25
	Gennaro di Napoli (ITA)	3:38.60
	Mario Silva (POR)	3:38.73
4.	Peter Elliott (GBR)	3:39.07
5.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:39.08
6.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:39.15
7.	Han Kulker (NED)	3:39.85
8.	Markus Hacksteiner (SUI)	3:40.44
9.	Neil Horsfield (GBR)	3:40.59
10.	Marc Corstjens (BEL)	3:41.31
11.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:42.21
12.	Mogens Guldberg (DEN)	3:42.76
13.	Robin van Helden (NED)	3:46.13

Heats

Rank	Heat 1	Time
1.	José Luis González (ESP)	3:38.75
2.	Markus Hacksteiner (SUI)	3:38.94
3.	Fermín Cacho (ESP)	3:39.22
4.	Gennaro di Napoli (ITA)	3:39.25
5.	Steve Cram (GBR)	3:39.93
6.	Robin van Helden (NED)	3:40.61
7.	Mogens Guldberg (DEN)	3:40.71
8.	Jari Venäläinen (FIN)	3:41.23
9.	Vladimir Kolpakov (URS)	3:41.64
9.	Christophe Impens (BEL)	3:41.64
11.	Éric Dubus (FRA)	3:44.47
—	Peter Elliott (GBR)	DNF^†
—	Hauke Fuhlbrügge (GDR)	DQ^†

^†: Peter Elliott from the United Kingdom stopped running after having been pushed by East German Hauke Fuhlbrügge. The East German was disqualified. After protests of the British officials, Elliott was admitted to run in the final. The decision was a precedent case and not without controversy. ^[2]^[3]

Rank	Heat 2	Time
1.	Jens-Peter Herold (GDR)	3:39.63
2.	Mario Silva (POR)	3:39.91
3.	Neil Horsfield (GBR)	3:39.97
4.	Han Kulker (NED)	3:40.02
5.	Marc Corstjens (BEL)	3:40.30
6.	Hervé Phélippeau (FRA)	3:40.72
7.	Branko Zorko (YUG)	3:40.86
8.	Teófilo Benito (ESP)	3:40.99
9.	Lars Bøgh (DEN)	3:41.12
10.	Davide Tirelli (ITA)	3:43.76
11.	Philippe Collard (FRA)	3:46.39
12.	Eckhard Rüter (FRG)	3:48.51
—	Miroslav Chochkov (BUL)	DNF
—	Alex Geissbühler (SUI)	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

Finland (1)
France (3)
Italy (2)
Netherlands (2)

References

↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
↑ González: «La clasificación de Elliot ha sido una cacicada intolerable» (in Spanish), ABC, September 1, 1990, p. 55, retrieved September 26, 2014
↑ Jens-Peter, der letzte Herold - Robert Hartmann schreibt über Jens-Peter Herold und die 1500 m bei den Europameisterschaften in Split/Jugoslawien 1990 - Der läuferische Rückblick - Teil VII (in German), German Road Races, August 8, 2009, retrieved September 26, 2014

Results

1500 metres at the European Athletics Championships

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Women	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014

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