2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

The women's long jump at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–7.

On 8 March 2013, the IAAF announced that following retesting of samples taken at the championships, it had been found that Tatyana Kotova of Russia had taken a banned substance. It was not announced whether this would mean an alteration in the medal result.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Tatyana Kotova
Russia 		Jade Johnson
Great Britain 		Tünde Vaszi
Hungary

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Jade Johnson Great Britain 6.60 Q
2 B Tünde Vaszi Hungary 6.59 q
3 A Tatyana Kotova Russia 6.50 q
4 A Olga Rublyova Russia 6.45 q
5 A Stiliani Pilatou Greece 6.43 q
6 B Concepción Montaner Spain X X 6.43 6.43 q
7 A Sofia Schulte Germany 6.42 q
8 B Heike Drechsler Germany 6.41 q
9 A Valentīna Gotovska Latvia 6.35 q
9 B Antonia Yordanova Bulgaria 6.35 q
11 A Naide Gomes Portugal 6.33 q
12 B Liliana Zagacka Poland 6.31 q
13 A Johanna Halkoaho Finland 6.30
14 B Cristina Nicolau Romania 6.29
15 B Bianca Kappler Germany 6.20
16 A Zita Ajkler Hungary 6.16
17 B Irina Melnikova Russia 6.13
18 B Niki Xanthou Greece 6.12
19 B Monica Falchi Italy 6.09
20 A Silvia Favre Italy 6.08
21 A Olivia Wöckinger Austria 6.06
22 B Tina Carman Slovenia 6.03
23 B Laura Gatto Italy 5.92
A Niurka Montalvo Spain X X X NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tatyana Kotova Russia 6.78 X X 6.81 6.85 X 6.85
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jade Johnson Great Britain 6.66 6.72 X 6.52 6.73 6.58 6.73 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tünde Vaszi Hungary 6.47 6.44 6.47 X 6.73 6.57 6.73
4 Concepción Montaner Spain 6.52 X 6.67 6.56 6.44 6.47 6.67
5 Heike Drechsler Germany 6.35 6.49 X 6.63 6.64 X 6.64
6 Stiliani Pilatou Greece 6.53 6.58 X 6.48 6.46 X 6.58
7 Olga Rublyova Russia 6.46 X 6.58 4.71 X X 6.58
8 Sofia Schulte Germany 6.25 6.34 6.43 4.37 5.84 6.14 6.43
9 Liliana Zagacka Poland 6.01 X 6.24 6.24
10 Naide Gomes Portugal 6.23 X 6.00 6.23
11 Antonia Yordanova Bulgaria 6.11 X 6.21 6.21
12 Valentīna Gotovska Latvia 5.93 X X 5.93