2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Women's 400 metres hurdles at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Munich, Germany
Dates	7 and 8 August 2002
Medalists
Ionela Târlea    Romania   Heike Meißner    Germany   Anna Olichwierczuk    Poland

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
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.

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

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

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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