# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 7–9.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Stéphane Diagana France | Jiří Mužík Czech Republic | Paweł Januszewski Poland |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 49.17 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 49.20 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.24 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Stéphane Diagana | France | 49.52 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mikael Jakobsson | Sweden | 49.59 | q |
| 6 | 4 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 49.62 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Edivaldo Monteiro | Portugal | 49.64 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 4 | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | 49.73 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 49.76 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 49.77 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.78 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Thomas Kortbeek | Netherlands | 49.83 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Olivier Jean-Théodore | France | 49.91 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Anthony Borsumato | Great Britain | 49.93 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Matt Elias | Great Britain | 50.18 | |
| 16 | 2 | Jaime Juan | Spain | 50.20 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Naman Keïta | France | 50.20 | |
| 18 | 3 | Eduardo Iván Rodríguez | Spain | 50.26 | |
| 19 | 4 | Gianni Carabelli | Italy | 50.30 | |
| 20 | 2 | Laurent Ottoz | Italy | 50.31 | |
| 21 | 2 | Janne Mäkelä | Finland | 50.32 | PB |
| 22 | 4 | Carlos Silva | Portugal | 50.45 | |
| 23 | 3 | Christian Duma | Germany | 50.50 | |
| 24 | 4 | Ari-Pekka Lattu | Finland | 50.56 | |
| 26 | 1 | Jindřich Šimánek | Czech Republic | 50.60 | |
| 27 | 2 | Henning Hackelbusch | Germany | 51.37 | |
| 28 | 3 | Jussi Heikkila | Finland | 51.47 | |
| 29 | 2 | Zakar Nazaryan | Armenia | 54.13 | |
| | 1 | José María Romera | Spain | DQ | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 48.46 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 48.60 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 48.70 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 48.99 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Stéphane Diagana | France | 49.01 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Anthony Borsumato | Great Britain | 49.37 | |
| 7 | 2 | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | 49.48 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 49.54 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.55 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | 49.60 | |
| 11 | 2 | Edivaldo Monteiro | Portugal | 49.75 | |
| 12 | 1 | Olivier Jean-Théodore | France | 50.21 | |
| 13 | 1 | Jaime Juan | Spain | 50.57 | |
| 14 | 2 | Thomas Kortbeek | Netherlands | 50.64 | |
| 15 | 2 | José María Romera | Spain | 51.11 | |
| 16 | 2 | Mikael Jakobsson | Sweden | 51.77 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Stéphane Diagana | France | 47.58 | WL |
| | Jiří Mužík | Czech Republic | 48.43 | SB |
| | Paweł Januszewski | Poland | 48.46 | SB |
| 4 | Fabrizio Mori | Italy | 49.05 | |
| 5 | Periklis Iakovakis | Greece | 49.07 | |
| 6 | Štěpán Tesařík | Czech Republic | 49.41 | |
| 7 | Ruslan Mashchenko | Russia | 50.02 | |
| | Chris Rawlinson | Great Britain | DNF | |