2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 7–8.

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ionela Târlea Romania	Heike Meißner Germany	Anna Olichwierczuk Poland

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ionela Târlea	Romania	55.57	Q, SB
2	1	Heike Meißner	Germany	55.67	Q, SB
3	2	Anna Olichwierczuk	Poland	55.93	Q
4	1	Monika Niederstätter	Italy	56.05	q, SB
5	3	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	56.15	Q
6	3	Małgorzata Pskit	Poland	56.31	Q
7	1	Natasha Danvers	Great Britain	56.55	q
8	2	Sinead Dudgeon	Great Britain	56.91	Q
9	2	Tetyana Debela	Ukraine	56.93
10	1	Marjolein de Jong	Netherlands	57.00	SB
11	2	Ann Mercken	Belgium	57.02
12	3	Sylvanie Morandais	France	57.04
13	2	Nadja Petersen	Sweden	57.09
14	3	Benedetta Ceccarelli	Italy	57.24
15	3	Tracey Duncan	Great Britain	57.54
16	3	Miriam Hrdličková	Slovakia	57.88
17	2	Carmo Tavares	Portugal	57.90
18	1	Alena Rücklová	Czech Republic	57.91
19	2	Lara Rocco	Italy	58.05
20	3	Erica Mårtensson	Sweden	58.49

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ionela Târlea	Romania	54.95
	Heike Meißner	Germany	55.89
	Anna Olichwierczuk	Poland	56.18
4	Monika Niederstätter	Italy	56.34
5	Yekaterina Bakhvalova	Russia	56.39
6	Małgorzata Pskit	Poland	56.78
7	Natasha Danvers	Great Britain	56.93
8	Sinead Dudgeon	Great Britain	59.39

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