Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

February 22, 2002

EXHIBIT 23.2 - CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG

Published on February 22, 2002



EXHIBIT 23.2


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Interest of
Named Experts and Counsel" in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining
to The Coca-Cola Company Thrift Plan and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our reports dated January 26, 2001, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of The Coca-Cola Company incorporated by reference in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2000, and the related
financial statement schedule included therein, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.




/s/Ernst & Young LLP

Atlanta, Georgia
February 20, 2002