2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ionela Tirlea  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 Tirlea	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 Tirlea	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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