2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 August.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 30:01.09 | AR |
| | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 30:47.59 | NR |
| | Lyudmila Biktasheva | Russia | 31:04.00 | PB |
| 4 | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | 31:13.96 | NR |
| 5 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 31:17.72 | NR |
| 6 | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | 31:47.82 | |
| 7 | Constantina Diţă-Tomescu | Romania | 31:53.61 | PB |
| 8 | Gunhild Haugen | Norway | 31:57.02 | |
| 9 | Sonja Stolić | Yugoslavia | 32:00.55 | PB |
| 10 | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | Germany | 32:08.52 | PB |
| 11 | Galina Alexandrova | Russia | 32:11.52 | PB |
| 12 | Maura Viceconte | Italy | 32:12.66 | SB |
| 13 | Chrystosomia Iakovou | Greece | 32:18.62 | NR |
| 14 | Anikó Kálovics | Hungary | 32:22.61 | SB |
| 15 | Alena Samokhvalova | Russia | 32:30.33 | |
| 16 | Luminița Talpoș | Romania | 32:30.48 | |
| 17 | Marie Davenport | Ireland | 32:35.11 | |
| 18 | Fatima Yvelain | France | 32:40.40 | |
| 19 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 32:41.56 | |
| 20 | Liz Yelling | Great Britain | 32:44.44 | |
| 21 | Bente Landoy | Norway | 32:47.47 | PB |
| 22 | Inga Juodeškienė | Lithuania | 32:58.56 | PB |
| 23 | Mónica Rosa | Portugal | 32:59.22 | |
| 24 | Gloria Marconi | Italy | 33:01.11 | |
| 25 | Luisa Larraga | Spain | 33:14.05 | |
| 26 | Anne Keenan | Ireland | 33:19.94 | |
| 27 | Nili Avramski | Israel | 34:51.15 | |
| | Nataliya Berkut | Ukraine | DNF | |
| | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | DNF | |
