| Event: | Women's 400 metres hurdles |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 31 August 1990.
| Gold | Tatyana Ledovskaya | |
| Silver | Anita Protti | |
| Bronze | Monica Westén |
31 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 53.62 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 54.36 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 54.75 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 54.97 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 55.22 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 55.45 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 56.09 | |||
| align=left | align=left | DNS |
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 54.73 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 55.70 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 55.87 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 55.93 | Q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 56.04 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 56.59 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 57.06 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 57.40 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 55.05 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 55.30 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 55.35 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 55.45 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 56.11 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 56.74 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | | 57.66 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 59.08 |
29 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 55.61 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 55.74 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 55.82 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 56.02 | q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 56.76 | q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 57.33 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 58.67 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 59.05 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 55.37 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 55.89 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 56.40 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 56.65 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 57.08 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 58.35 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 59.49 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | DQ |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 55.99 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 56.76 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 56.77 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 56.84 | q | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 57.38 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 59.19 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 61.78 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DQ |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | 55.02 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 56.80 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | 56.95 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 57.03 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 57.57 | NR | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left |  | 57.85 | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 59.65 |
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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