2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ionela Târlea	Heike Meißner	Anna Olichwierczuk

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			55.57	Q, SB
2	1			55.67	Q, SB
3	2			55.93	Q
4	1			56.05	q, SB
5	3			56.15	Q
6	3			56.31	Q
7	1			56.55	q
8	2			56.91	Q
9	2			56.93
10	1			57.00	SB
11	2			57.02
12	3			57.04
13	2			57.09
14	3			57.24
15	3			57.54
16	3			57.88
17	2			57.90
18	1			57.91
19	2			58.05
20	3			58.49

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			54.95
			55.89
			56.18
4			56.34
5			56.39
6			56.78
7			56.93
8			59.39

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120813031431/http://athletix.org/?page_id=81