2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump explained

Event:	Women's long jump
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's long jump at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–7.

On 8 March 2013, the IAAF announced that following retesting of samples taken at the championships, it had been found that Tatyana Kotova of Russia had taken a banned substance. It was not announced whether this would mean an alteration in the medal result.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tatyana Kotova	Jade Johnson	Tünde Vaszi

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
	B						6.60	Q
	B						6.59	q
	A						6.50	q
	A						6.45	q
	A						6.43	q
	B			X	X	6.43	6.43	q
	A						6.42	q
	B						6.41	q
	A						6.35	q
	B						6.35	q
11	A						6.33	q
12	B						6.31	q
13	A						6.30
14	B						6.29
15	B						6.20
16	A						6.16
17	B						6.13
18	B						6.12
19	B						6.09
20	A						6.08
21	A						6.06
22	B						6.03
23	B						5.92
	A			X	X	X

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			6.78	X	X	6.81	6.85	X	6.85
			6.66	6.72	X	6.52	6.73	6.58	6.73	PB
			6.47	6.44	6.47	X	6.73	6.57	6.73
			6.52	X	6.67	6.56	6.44	6.47	6.67
			6.35	6.49	X	6.63	6.64	X	6.64
			6.53	6.58	X	6.48	6.46	X	6.58
			6.46	X	6.58	4.71	X	X	6.58
			6.25	6.34	6.43	4.37	5.84	6.14	6.43
			6.01	X	6.24				6.24
10			6.23	X	6.00				6.23
11			6.11	X	6.21				6.21
12			5.93	X	X				5.93

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