title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles
  
  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 Târlea 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 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 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  