title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres
  
  The women's 1500 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 9–11.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Süreyya Ayhan Turkey | Gabriela Szabo Romania | Tatyana Tomashova Russia |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 4:04.42 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Tatyana Tomashova | Russia | 4:05.04 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 4:05.14 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:05.42 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:05.70 | q |
  | 6 | 3 | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 4:05.75 | q |
  | 7 | 3 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:05.78 | q |
  | 8 | 1 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 4:07.71 | Q |
  | 9 | 1 | Daniela Yordanova | Bulgaria | 4:07.76 | Q |
  | 10 | 1 | Iris Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 4:07.89 | Q |
  | 11 | 1 | Kelly Holmes | Great Britain | 4:08.11 | |
  | 12 | 2 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 4:08.89 | Q |
  | 13 | 2 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 4:08.91 | Q |
  | 14 | 2 | Kathleen Friedrich | Germany | 4:08.98 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Elena Iagăr | Romania | 4:09.37 | |
  | 16 | 2 | Helen Pattinson | Great Britain | 4:09.66 | |
  | 17 | 2 | Lena Nilsson | Sweden | 4:09.89 | |
  | 18 | 3 | Hayley Tullett | Great Britain | 4:10.68 | |
  | 19 | 2 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium | 4:10.88 | |
  | 20 | 1 | Yekaterina Puzanova | Russia | 4:11.49 | |
  | 21 | 1 | Maria Tsirba | Germany | 4:12.75 | |
  | 22 | 1 | Trine Pilskog | Norway | 4:13.84 | |
  | 23 | 3 | Maria Lynch | Ireland | 4:14.41 | |
  | 24 | 3 | Heidi Jensen | Denmark | 4:16.01 | |
  | 25 | 1 | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | 4:16.80 | |
  | 25 | 3 | Kristin Roset | Norway | 4:17.40 | |
  | 26 | 1 | Anjolie Wisse | Netherlands | 4:17.89 | |
  | 27 | 2 | Geraldine Hendricken | Ireland | 4:18.13 | |
  | 28 | 2 | Helena Javornik | Slovenia | 4:18.46 | |
  | 29 | 2 | Lívia Tóth | Hungary | 4:19.53 | |
  | 30 | 3 | Sonja Roman | Slovenia | 4:19.87 | |
  | 31 | 2 | Sara Palmas | Italy | 4:28.31 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Süreyya Ayhan | Turkey | 3:58.79 | NR |
  | | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 3:58.81 | |
  | | Tatyana Tomashova | Russia | 4:01.28 | PB |
  | 4 | Judit Varga | Hungary | 4:02.37 | |
  | 5 | Daniela Yordanova | Bulgaria | 4:03.03 | |
  | 6 | Natalia Rodríguez | Spain | 4:06.15 | |
  | 7 | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 4:06.64 | |
  | 8 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 4:07.11 | |
  | 9 | Lidia Chojecka | Poland | 4:10.56 | |
  | 10 | Iryna Lishchynska | Ukraine | 4:11.70 | |
  | 11 | Iris Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 4:13.02 | |
  | 12 | Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 4:17.01 | |
  