100 m - wind -0.7 m/s - 07-08-2002
1. Ekaterini Thanou - Greece - 11.10
2. Kim Gevaert - Belgium - 11.22
3. Manuela Levorato - Italy - 11.23
200 m - wind -0.3 m/s - 09-08-2002
1. Muriel Hurtis - France - 22.43
2. Kim Gevaert - Belgium - 22.53
3. Manuela Levorato - Italy - 22.75
400 m - 08-08-2002
1. Olesya Zykina - Russia - 50.45
2. Grit Breuer - Germany - 50.70
3. Lee McConnell - Great Britain - 51.02
800 m - 08-08-2002
1. Jolanda Ceplak - Slovenia - 1:57.65
2. Mayte Martínez - Spain - 1:58.86
3. Kelly Holmes - Great Britain - 1:59.83
1500 m - 11-08-2002
1. Süreyya Ayhan - Turkey - 3:58.79 -
national record
2. Gabriela Szabo - Gabriela Szabo - 3:58.81
3. Tatyana Tomashova - Russia - 4:01.28
5000 m - 10-08-2002
1. Marta Domínguez - Spain - 15:14.76
2. Sonia O'Sullivan - Ireland - 15:14.85
3. Yelena Zadorozhnaya - Russia - 15:15.22
10000 m - 06-08-2002
1. Paula Radcliffe - Great Britain - 30:01.09 -
European record
2. Sonia O'Sullivan - Ireland - 30:47.59 -
national record
3. Lyudmila Biktasheva - Russia - 31:04.00
4. Mihaela Botezan - Romania - 31:16.96 -
national record
5. Jelena Prokopcuka - Latvia - 31:17.72 -
national record
13. Chrystosomia Iakovou - Greece - 32:18.62 -
national record
marathon - 10-08-2002
1. Maria Guida - Italy - 2:26:05 -
Championship record
2. Luminita Zaituc - Germany - 2:26:58
3. Sonja Oberem - Germany - 2:28.45
100 m hurdles - wind -0.7 m/s - 09-08-2002
1. Glory Alozie - Spain - 12.73
2. Olena Krasovska - Ukraine - 12.88
3. Yana Kasova - Bulgaria - 12.91
400 m hurdles - 08-08-2002
1. Ionela Tirlea - Romania - 54.95
2. Heike Meissner - Germany - 55.89
3. Anna Olichwierczuk - Poland - 56.18
20 km walk - 07-08-2002
First time this event was held at the European Championships (replacing the 10 km walk).
1. Olimpiada Ivanova - Russia - 1:26:42
2. Yelena Nikolayeva - Russia - 1:28:20
3. Erica Alfridi - Italy - 1:28.33
4 x 100 m - 11-08-2002
1. France - 42.46
(Delphine Combe, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix, Odiah Sidibé)
2. Germany - 42.54
(Melanie Paschke, Gabi Rockmeier, Sina Schielke, Marion Wagner)
3. Russia - 43.11
(Natalya Ignatova, Yuliya Tabakova, Irina Khabarova, Larisa Kruglova)
4 x 400 m - 11-08-2002
1. Germany - 3:25.10
(Florence Ekpo-Umoh, Birgit Rockmeier, Claudia Marx, Grit Breuer)
2. Russia - 3:25.59
(Natalya Antyukh, Natalya Nazarova, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Olesya Zykina)
3. Poland - 3:26.15
(Zuzanna Radecka, Grazyna Prokopek, Malgorzata Pskit, Anna Olichwierczuk)
high jump - 11-08-2002
1. Kajsa Bergqvist - Sweden - 1,98 m
2. Marina Kuptsova - Russia - 1,92 m
3. Olga Kaliturina - Russia - 1,89 m
pole vault - 09-08-2002
1. Svetlana Feofanova - Russia - 4,60 m -
Championship record
2. Yelena Isinbayeva - Russia - 4,55 m
3. Yvonne Buschbaum - Germany - 4,50 m
long jump - 07-08-2002
1. Tatyana Kotova - Russia - 6,85 m
2. Jade Johnson - Great Britain - 6,73 m
3. Tünde Vaszi - Hungary - 6,73 m
triple jump - 10-08-2002
1. Ashia Hansen - Great Britain - 15,00 m (w)
2. Heli Koivula - Finland - 14,83 m (w)
3. Yelena Oleynikova - Russia - 14,54 m
shot - 10-08-2002
1. Irina Korzhanenko - Russia - 20,64 m
2. Vita Pavlysh - Ukraine - 20,02 m
3. Svetlana Krivelyova - Russia - 19,56 m
discus - 07-08-2002
1. Ekaterini Voggoli - Greece - 64,31 m
2. Natalya Sadova - Russia - 64,12 m
3. Anastasia Kelesidou - Greece - 63,92 m
javelin - 08-08-2002
1. Mirela Manjani - Greece - 67,47 m -
Championship record
2. Steffi Nerius - Germany - 64,09 m
3. Mikaela Ingberg - Finland - 63,50 m
hammer - 09-08-2002
1. Olga Kuzenkova - Russia - 72,94 m -
Championship record
2. Kamila Skolimowska - Poland - 72,46 m
3. Manuela Montebrun - France - 72,04 m
heptathlon - 09/10-08-2002
1. Carolina Klüft - Sweden - 6542 points
2. Sabine Braun - Germany - 6434 points
3. Natallia Sazanovich - Belarus - 6431 points