title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump
  
  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
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tatyana Kotova Russia | Jade Johnson Great Britain | Tünde Vaszi Hungary |
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | B | Jade Johnson | Great Britain | | | | 6.60 | Q |
  | 2 | B | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | | | | 6.59 | q |
  | 3 | A | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | | | | 6.50 | q |
  | 4 | A | Olga Rublyova | Russia | | | | 6.45 | q |
  | 5 | A | Stiliani Pilatou | Greece | | | | 6.43 | q |
  | 6 | B | Concepción Montaner | Spain | X | X | 6.43 | 6.43 | q |
  | 7 | A | Sofia Schulte | Germany | | | | 6.42 | q |
  | 8 | B | Heike Drechsler | Germany | | | | 6.41 | q |
  | 9 | A | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | | | | 6.35 | q |
  | 9 | B | Antonia Yordanova | Bulgaria | | | | 6.35 | q |
  | 11 | A | Naide Gomes | Portugal | | | | 6.33 | q |
  | 12 | B | Liliana Zagacka | Poland | | | | 6.31 | q |
  | 13 | A | Johanna Halkoaho | Finland | | | | 6.30 | |
  | 14 | B | Cristina Nicolau | Romania | | | | 6.29 | |
  | 15 | B | Bianca Kappler | Germany | | | | 6.20 | |
  | 16 | A | Zita Ajkler | Hungary | | | | 6.16 | |
  | 17 | B | Irina Melnikova | Russia | | | | 6.13 | |
  | 18 | B | Niki Xanthou | Greece | | | | 6.12 | |
  | 19 | B | Monica Falchi | Italy | | | | 6.09 | |
  | 20 | A | Silvia Favre | Italy | | | | 6.08 | |
  | 21 | A | Olivia Wöckinger | Austria | | | | 6.06 | |
  | 22 | B | Tina Carman | Slovenia | | | | 6.03 | |
  | 23 | B | Laura Gatto | Italy | | | | 5.92 | |
  | | A | Niurka Montalvo | Spain | X | X | X | NM | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tatyana Kotova | Russia | 6.78 | X | X | 6.81 | 6.85 | X | 6.85 | |
  | | Jade Johnson | Great Britain | 6.66 | 6.72 | X | 6.52 | 6.73 | 6.58 | 6.73 | PB |
  | | Tünde Vaszi | Hungary | 6.47 | 6.44 | 6.47 | X | 6.73 | 6.57 | 6.73 | |
  | 4 | Concepción Montaner | Spain | 6.52 | X | 6.67 | 6.56 | 6.44 | 6.47 | 6.67 | |
  | 5 | Heike Drechsler | Germany | 6.35 | 6.49 | X | 6.63 | 6.64 | X | 6.64 | |
  | 6 | Stiliani Pilatou | Greece | 6.53 | 6.58 | X | 6.48 | 6.46 | X | 6.58 | |
  | 7 | Olga Rublyova | Russia | 6.46 | X | 6.58 | 4.71 | X | X | 6.58 | |
  | 8 | Sofia Schulte | Germany | 6.25 | 6.34 | 6.43 | 4.37 | 5.84 | 6.14 | 6.43 | |
  | 9 | Liliana Zagacka | Poland | 6.01 | X | 6.24 | | | | 6.24 | |
  | 10 | Naide Gomes | Portugal | 6.23 | X | 6.00 | | | | 6.23 | |
  | 11 | Antonia Yordanova | Bulgaria | 6.11 | X | 6.21 | | | | 6.21 | |
  | 12 | Valentīna Gotovska | Latvia | 5.93 | X | X | | | | 5.93 | |
  