title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles
  
  The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 7–9.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Stéphane Diagana France | Jiří Mužík Czech Republic | Paweł Januszewski Poland |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 49.17 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 49.20 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.24 | Q, SB |
  | 4 | 3 | Stéphane Diagana | France | 49.52 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | Mikael Jakobsson | Sweden | 49.59 | q |
  | 6 | 4 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 49.62 | Q |
  | 7 | 3 | Edivaldo Monteiro | Portugal | 49.64 | Q, SB |
  | 8 | 4 | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | 49.73 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 49.76 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 49.77 | q |
  | 11 | 3 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.78 | Q |
  | 12 | 4 | Thomas Kortbeek | Netherlands | 49.83 | Q |
  | 13 | 4 | Olivier Jean-Théodore | France | 49.91 | q |
  | 14 | 2 | Anthony Borsumato | Great Britain | 49.93 | Q |
  | 15 | 3 | Matt Elias | Great Britain | 50.18 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Jaime Juan | Spain | 50.20 | Q |
  | 17 | 2 | Naman Keïta | France | 50.20 | |
  | 18 | 3 | Eduardo Iván Rodríguez | Spain | 50.26 | |
  | 19 | 4 | Gianni Carabelli | Italy | 50.30 | |
  | 20 | 2 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 50.31 | |
  | 21 | 2 | Janne Mäkelä | Finland | 50.32 | PB |
  | 22 | 4 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 50.45 | |
  | 23 | 3 | Christian Duma | Germany | 50.50 | |
  | 24 | 4 | Ari-Pekka Lattu | Finland | 50.56 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Jindřich Šimánek | Czech Republic | 50.60 | |
  | 27 | 2 | Henning Hackelbusch | Germany | 51.37 | |
  | 28 | 3 | Jussi Heikkila | Finland | 51.47 | |
  | 29 | 2 | Zakar Nazaryan | Armenia | 54.13 | |
  | | 1 | José María Romera | Spain | DQ | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 48.46 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 48.60 | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 48.70 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 48.99 | Q |
  | 5 | 2 | Stéphane Diagana | France | 49.01 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | Anthony Borsumato | Great Britain | 49.37 | |
  | 7 | 2 | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | 49.48 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 49.54 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.55 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 49.60 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Edivaldo Monteiro | Portugal | 49.75 | |
  | 12 | 1 | Olivier Jean-Théodore | France | 50.21 | |
  | 13 | 1 | Jaime Juan | Spain | 50.57 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Thomas Kortbeek | Netherlands | 50.64 | |
  | 15 | 2 | José María Romera | Spain | 51.11 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Mikael Jakobsson | Sweden | 51.77 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Stéphane Diagana | France | 47.58 | WL |
  | | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 48.43 | SB |
  | | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 48.46 | SB |
  | 4 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 49.05 | |
  | 5 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.07 | |
  | 6 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.41 | |
  | 7 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 50.02 | |
  | | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | DNF | |
  