2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Olesya Zykina Russia | Grit Breuer Germany | Lee McConnell Great Britain |

## 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 | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 50.47 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Grit Breuer | Germany | 50.98 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lee McConnell | Great Britain | 51.24 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Russia | 51.56 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Antonina Yefremova | Ukraine | 51.96 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Grażyna Prokopek | Poland | 52.01 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 52.28 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Sviatlana Usovich | Belarus | 52.33 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Danielle Perpoli | Italy | 52.34 | |
| 10 | 2 | Claudia Marx | Germany | 52.42 | |
| 11 | 1 | Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 52.50 | |
| 12 | 2 | Tatyana Levina | Russia | 52.56 | |
| 13 | 3 | Olga Mishchenko | Ukraine | 52.62 | |
| 14 | 1 | Hrisoula Goudenoudi | Greece | 52.63 | |
| 15 | 2 | Barbara Petráhn | Hungary | 52.72 | |
| 16 | 3 | Lena Udd | Sweden | 53.26 | |
| 17 | 2 | Otilia Ruicu | Romania | 53.35 | |
| 18 | 2 | Zana Minina | Lithuania | 53.50 | |
| 19 | 1 | Jovana Miljković | Yugoslavia | 53.72 | |
| 20 | 3 | Klodiana Shala | Albania | 55.81 | |
| | 1 | Catherine Murphy | Great Britain | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Olesya Zykina | Russia | 50.45 | EL |
| | Grit Breuer | Germany | 50.70 | SB |
| | Lee McConnell | Great Britain | 51.02 | PB |
| 4 | Grażyna Prokopek | Poland | 51.53 | |
| 5 | Anastasiya Kapachinskaya | Russia | 51.69 | |
| 6 | Antonina Yefremova | Ukraine | 52.02 | |
| 7 | Sviatlana Usovich | Belarus | 52.10 | |
| 8 | Birgit Rockmeier | Germany | 52.91 | |
