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

The women's 400 metres event at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 1–3.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Natalya Antyukh Russia | Claudia Marx Germany | Karen Shinkins Ireland |

## Results

### Heats

The first 3 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia | 51.39 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 51.90 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Catherine Murphy | Great Britain | 51.95 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Natalya Ivanova | Russia | 52.25 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Claudia Marx | Germany | 52.27 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Yuliya Pechonkina | Russia | 52.27 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Sviatlana Usovich | Belarus | 52.59 | NR |
| 8 | 1 | Grażyna Prokopek | Poland | 52.86 | PB |
| 9 | 2 | Yekaterina Stankevich | Belarus | 53.37 | |
| 10 | 2 | Androula Sialou | Cyprus | 54.27 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 6 | Natalya Antyukh | Russia | 51.65 | |
| | 4 | Claudia Marx | Germany | 52.15 | |
| | 5 | Karen Shinkins | Ireland | 52.17 | |
| 4 | 1 | Natalya Ivanova | Russia | 52.23 | PB |
| 5 | 2 | Yuliya Pechonkina | Russia | 52.91 | |
| 6 | 3 | Catherine Murphy | Great Britain | 52.98 | |
