| Event: | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
The women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 10–11.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Florence Ekpo-Umoh Birgit Rockmeier Claudia Marx Grit Breuer Nancy Kette | Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nazarova Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Olesya Zykina Yekaterina Bakhvalova Tatyana Levina | Zuzanna Radecka Grażyna Prokopek Małgorzata Pskit Anna Olichwierczuk Justyna Karolkiewicz |
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athlete | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3:28.48 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3:29.20 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3:30.94 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 3:30.95 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3:31.57 | q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3:33.88 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 3:34.15 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 3:35.02 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 3:35.36 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 3:37.08 |
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:25.10 | EL | ||||
| 3:25.59 | SB | ||||
| 3:26.15 | SB | ||||
| 4 | 3:26.65 | SB | |||
| 5 | 3:31.71 | ||||
| 6 | 3:32.46 | ||||
| 7 | 3:32.65 | ||||
| 8 | 3:37.38 |