The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.

1994 |1998 |2002 |2006 |2010 | 1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was part of the British team (with Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell and Marlon Devonish) that won the 4 × 100 m relay in 38.19, but he was disqualified with the British team in August 2003 after he admitted to using THG between 2000 and 2002.

1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 *   Host nation (Germany)Differences to competition format since the 1998 European Championships New event added: