The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Munich)

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 on August 7–9.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...	Jiří Mužík Jirí Mužík Jiří Mužík is a Czech hurdler.His personal best time was 48.27 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1997 World Championships in Athens.-Achievements:-References:...	Paweł Januszewski

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastet (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Paweł Januszewski		49.17	Q
	1	Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships. His personal best over 400 metres hurdles, which is also an Italian record, is 47.54 seconds, achieved at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.-Achievements:-External links:...		49.20	Q
	1	Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....		49.24	Q, SB
	3	Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...		49.52	Q
	1	Mikael Jakobsson		49.59	q
	4	Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...		49.62	Q
	3	Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro is a Guinea-Bissau-born Portuguese hurdler.He competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final....		49.64	Q, SB
	4	Chris Rawlinson Chris Rawlinson Christopher Lee Rawlinson is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles.He also appeared in the 1995 series of the popular TV series Gladiators....		49.73	Q
	2	Jiří Mužík Jirí Mužík Jiří Mužík is a Czech hurdler.His personal best time was 48.27 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1997 World Championships in Athens.-Achievements:-References:...		49.76	Q
10	1	Pedro Rodrigues Pedro Rodrigues Pedro Rodrigues is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.He was born in Lisboa, and represented SL Benfica. He finished fourth at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics...		49.77	q
11	3	Štěpán Tesařík Štepán Tesarík Štěpán Tesařík is a Czech athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships...		49.78	Q
12	4	Thomas Kortbeek		49.83	Q
13	4	Olivier Jean-Théodore		49.91	q
14	2	Anthony Borsumato		49.93	Q
15	3	Matt Elias		50.18
16	2	Jaime Juan		50.20	Q
17	2	Naman Keïta Naman Keita Naman Keïta is a track and field athlete, who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles, competing internationally for France. He was a bronze medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-Personal:Keïta was born in Paris to a Malian father and an Algerian mother...		50.20
18	3	Iván Rodríguez		50.26
19	4	Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli Gianni Carabelli is an Italian hurdler.He finished 6th in the 400m hurdles final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. He was a semi-finalist at the 2005 World Championships....		50.30
20	2	Laurent Ottoz Laurent Ottoz -Biography:His personal best time was 13.42 seconds, achieved in August 1994 in Berlin. This is a former Italian record, which in turn belonged to his father Eddy Ottoz with 13.46 seconds. The Italian record currently belongs to Andrea Giaconi with 13.35 seconds....		50.31
21	2	Janne Makela		50.32	PB
22	4	Carlos Silva		50.45
23	3	Christian Duma Christian Duma Christian Duma is a German athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 49.17 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Florence.-Achievements:-References:...		50.50
24	4	Ari-Pekka Lattu		50.56
26	1	Jindřich Šimánek		50.60
27	2	Henning Hackelbusch		51.37
28	3	Jussi Heikkila Jussi Heikkilä Jussi Sakari Heikkilä is a Finnish 400 metre hurdler. His personal best is 49.39 seconds, achieved in May 2008 in Tallahassee, Florida....		51.47
29	2	Zakar Nazaryan		54.13

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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Jiří Mužík Jirí Mužík Jiří Mužík is a Czech hurdler.His personal best time was 48.27 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1997 World Championships in Athens.-Achievements:-References:...		48.46	Q
2	1	Paweł Januszewski		48.60	Q
3	1	Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships. His personal best over 400 metres hurdles, which is also an Italian record, is 47.54 seconds, achieved at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.-Achievements:-External links:...		48.70	Q
4	1	Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....		48.99	Q
5	2	Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...		49.01	Q
6	1	Anthony Borsumato		49.37
7	2	Chris Rawlinson Chris Rawlinson Christopher Lee Rawlinson is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metre hurdles.He also appeared in the 1995 series of the popular TV series Gladiators....		49.48	Q
8	2	Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...		49.54	Q
9	2	Štěpán Tesařík Štepán Tesarík Štěpán Tesařík is a Czech athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships...		49.55	Q
10	1	Pedro Rodrigues Pedro Rodrigues Pedro Rodrigues is a retired Portuguese athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.He was born in Lisboa, and represented SL Benfica. He finished fourth at the 1994 European Championships in Athletics...		49.60
11	2	Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro Edivaldo Monteiro is a Guinea-Bissau-born Portuguese hurdler.He competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Olympic Games in 2004 and 2008 without reaching the final....		49.75
12	1	Olivier Jean-Théodore		50.21
13	1	Jaime Juan		50.57
14	2	Thomas Kortbeek		50.64
15	2	José María Romera		51.11
16	2	Mikael Jakobsson		51.77

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana Stéphane Diagana is a former French athlete who won the gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens over 400 metres hurdles. In 2002 he won the gold medal at the European Championships in Athletics in Munich in the same event. Diagana also set the European record of 47.37...		47.58	WL
	Jiří Mužík Jirí Mužík Jiří Mužík is a Czech hurdler.His personal best time was 48.27 seconds, achieved during the heats of the 1997 World Championships in Athens.-Achievements:-References:...		48.43	SB
	Paweł Januszewski		48.46	SB
4	Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori Fabrizio Mori is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships. His personal best over 400 metres hurdles, which is also an Italian record, is 47.54 seconds, achieved at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.-Achievements:-External links:...		49.05
5	Periklis Iakovakis Periklís Iakovákis Periklís Iakovákis is a Greek athlete mainly competing in 400 metres hurdles. He is the Greek record holder and nine times national champion in the event....		49.07
6	Štěpán Tesařík Štepán Tesarík Štěpán Tesařík is a Czech athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.He finished sixth at the 2002 European Championships...		49.41
7	Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko Ruslan Mashchenko is a retired hurdler from Russia, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career . He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics , and set his personal best in the men's 400 metres hurdles on 1998-06-13 in...		50.02

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