European Athletics Championships 2002/400 m women
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| discipline | 400 meter run | ||||||||
| gender | Women | ||||||||
| Attendees | 21 athletes from 14 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Munich
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | August 7th (preliminary) August 8th (final) |
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The women's 400-meter run at the European Athletics Championships in 2002 was held on August 7th and 8th, 2002 in the Munich Olympic Stadium.
The European champion was the Russian Olesja Sykina . Second place finished the German European champion of 1990 / 1998 and Vice World Champion 1991 Grit Breuer . Bronze went to the Briton Lee McConnell .
Existing records
| World record | 47.60 s |
 Marita Koch
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Canberra , Australia | October 6, 1985 |
| European record | ||||
| EM record | 48.16 s | EM Athens , Greece | September 8, 1982 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Preliminary round
August 7, 2002
The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final. The semi-finals could be omitted with only 21 participants.
Forward 1
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olesia Sykina |
 Russia
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50.47 |
| 2 | Birgit Rockmeier |
Germany
|
52.28 |
| 3 | Danielle Perpoli |
 Italy
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52.34 |
| 4th | Karen Shinkins |
 Ireland
|
52.50 |
| 5 | Hrísa Goudenoúdi |
 Greece
|
52.63 |
| 6th | Jovana Miljković |
;_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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52.72 |
| DNF | Catherine Murphy |
 Great Britain
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Forward 2
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonina Yefremova |
 Ukraine
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51.96 |
| 2 | Grażyna Prokopek |
 Poland
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52.01 |
| 3 | Claudia Marx |
Germany
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52.42 |
| 4th | Tatiana Levina |
Russia
|
52.56 |
| 5 | Barbara Petráhn |
 Hungary
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52.72 |
| 6th | Otilia Ruicu |
 Romania
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53.35 |
| 7th | Zana Minina |
.svg){kind=small} Lithuania
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53.50 |
Forward 3
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grit Breuer |
Germany
|
50.98 |
| 2 | Lee McConnell |
Great Britain
|
51.24 |
| 3 | Anastassija Kapachinskaya |
Russia
|
51.56 |
| 4th | Svyatlana Usovich |
.svg){kind=small} Belarus
|
52.33 |
| 5 | Olha Mishchenko |
Ukraine
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52.62 |
| 6th | Lena Aruhn |
 Sweden
|
53.26 |
| 7th | Klodiana Shala |
 Albania
|
55.81 |
final
August 8, 2002
| space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olesia Sykina |
Russia
|
50.45 |
| 2 | Grit Breuer |
Germany
|
50.70 |
| 3 | Lee McConnell |
Great Britain
|
51.02 |
| 4th | Grażyna Prokopek |
Poland
|
51.53 |
| 5 | Anastassija Kapachinskaya |
Russia
|
51.69 |
| 6th | Antonina Yefremova |
Ukraine
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52.02 |
| 7th | Svyatlana Usovich |
Belarus
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52.10 |
| 8th | Birgit Rockmeier |
Germany
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52.91 |
Bronze medalist Lee McConnell
Anastassija Kapachinskaja came in fifth place
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Munich 2002 at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 18, 2019
- Women 400m European Championship 2002 Munich on todor66.com, accessed on November 1, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2002 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on November 1, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 400m European Championship 2002 Munich, p. 485 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on November 1, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2002, 400 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on November 1, 2019
- 18th European Athletics Championships 2002 in Munich, Germany from ifosta.de, accessed on November 1, 2019
Video
- Lee McConnell - 2002 Munich 400m European Champs Final on youtube.com (English), accessed on November 1, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 400m women , accessed November 1, 2019