2002 in race walking

{{short description|none}} This page lists the '''World Best Year Performance''' in the year '''[[2002 in athletics (track and field)|2002]]''' in both the men's and the women's '''[[race walking]]''' distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the [[2002 European Athletics Championships]] in [[Munich, Germany]]. The world record was broken in 2002 in both the men's 20 km and 50 km race walk.

==Abbreviations== *''All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- |'''WR''' || world record |- |'''AR''' || area record |- |'''CR''' || event record |- |'''NR''' || national record |- |'''PB''' || personal best |}

==Men's 20 km==

===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field |- |rowspan=2| [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Julio René Martínez]]|GUA}} || '''1:17:46''' || May 8, 1999|| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Eisenhüttenstadt]], [[Germany]] |- | {{flagathlete|[[Roman Rasskazov]]|RUS}} || '''1:17:46''' || May 19, 2000|| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow, Russia]] |- !colspan="5"|Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field |- | [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Paquillo Fernández]]|ESP}} || '''1:17:22''' || April 28, 2002 || {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Turku, Finland]] |}

===2002 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''1:17:22''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Paquillo Fernández]]|ESP}} || Turku, Finland || 28/04/2002 || [[List of world records in athletics|WR]] |- | 2 || '''1:19:02''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andrey Stadnichuk]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 3 || '''1:19:08''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jefferson Pérez]]|ECU}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 02/06/2002 || |- | 4 || '''1:19:18''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Andreyev (racewalker)|Vladimir Andreyev]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 5 || '''1:19:25''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aigars Fadejevs]]|LAT}} || Hildesheim, Germany || 24/08/2002 || |- | 6 || '''1:19:40''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || Turku, Finland || 28/04/2002 || |- | 7 || '''1:19:49''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Marco Giungi]]|ITA}} || Grosseto, Italy || 07/04/2002 || |- | 8 || '''1:20:18''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Juan Manuel Molina]]|ESP}} || Naumburg, Germany || 05/05/2002 || |- | 9 || '''1:20:25''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Heffernan]]|IRL}} || Naumburg, Germany || 05/05/2002 || |- | 10 || '''1:20:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Viktor Burayev]]|RUS}} || Munich, Germany || 06/08/2002 || |- | 11 || '''1:20:37''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Semen Lovkin]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 12 || '''1:20:43''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yuki Yamazaki (race walker)|Yuki Yamazaki]]|JPN}} || Kobe, Japan || 27/01/2002 || |- | 13 || '''1:20:44''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[João Vieira (racewalker)|João Vieira]]|POR}} || Naumburg, Germany || 05/05/2002 || |- | 14 || '''1:20:52''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Ivan Trotski]]|BLR}} || Munich, Germany || 06/08/2002 || |- | 15 || '''1:20:56''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yevgeniy Misyulya]]|BLR}} || Munich, Germany || 06/08/2002 || |- | 16 || '''1:20:57''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Satoshi Yanagisawa]]|JPN}} || Kobe, Japan || 27/01/2002 || |- | 17 || '''1:21:01''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Roman Rasskazov]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || |- | 18 || '''1:21:03''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Gandellini]]|ITA}} || Munich, Germany || 06/08/2002 || |- | 19 || '''1:21:07''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nathan Deakes]]|AUS}} || Zapopan, Mexico || 22/03/2002 || |- | 20 || '''1:21:12''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Lorenzo Civallero]]|ITA}} || Munich, Germany || 06/08/2002 || |- | 21 || '''1:21:23''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Khripunov]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 22 || '''1:21:27''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andrey Makarov (racewalker)|Andrey Makarov]]|BLR}} || Brest, Belarus || 06/06/2002 || |- | 23 || '''1:21:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Alejandro López (racewalker)|Alejandro López]]|MEX}} || Xalapa, Mexico || 24/08/2002 || |- | 24 || '''1:21:38''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[André Höhne]]|GER}} || Munich, Germany || 06/08/2002 || |- | 25 || '''1:21:41''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Iván Flores]]|MEX}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany || 02/06/2002 || |}

==Men's 50 km==

===Records=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field |- | [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Spitsyn]]|RUS}} || '''3:37:26''' || May 21, 2000 || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Moscow, Russia]] |- !colspan="5"|Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field |- | [[List of world records in athletics|World Record]] || {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || '''3:36:39''' || August 8, 2002 || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Munich, Germany]] |}

===2002 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''3:36:39''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Korzeniowski]]|POL}} || Munich, Germany ||08/08/2002 || [[List of world records in athletics|WR]] |- | 2 || '''3:40:16''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksey Voyevodin]]|RUS}} || Munich, Germany ||08/08/2002 || |- | 3 || '''3:42:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Andronov]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 26/05/2002 || |- | 4 || '''3:42:08''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[German Skurygin]]|RUS}} || Turin, Italy || 13/10/2002 || |- | 5 || '''3:42:52''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Stepan Yudin]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 26/05/2002 || |- | 6 || '''3:43:46''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nikolay Matyukhin]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 26/05/2002 || |- | 7 || '''3:44:33''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jesús Angel García]]|ESP}} || Munich, Germany ||08/08/2002 || |- | 8 || '''3:45:28''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Andreas Erm]]|GER}} || Naumburg, Germany || 05/05/2002 || |- | 9 || '''3:45:37''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tomasz Lipiec]]|POL}} || Turin, Italy || 13/10/2002 || |- | 10 || '''3:45:55''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Marco Giungi]]|ITA}} || Vittorio Veneto, Italy || 03/03/2002 || |- | 11 || '''3:47:55''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Mikel Odriozola]]|ESP}} || La Coruña, Spain || 16/03/2002 || |- | 12 || '''3:48:06''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni De Benedictis]]|ITA}} || Vittorio Veneto, Italy || 03/03/2002 || |- | 13 || '''3:48:17''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Francesco Galdenzi]]|ITA}} || Vittorio Veneto, Italy || 03/03/2002 || |- | 14 || '''3:49:27''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Trond Nymark]]|NOR}} || Borås, Norway || 06/04/2002 || |- | 15 || '''3:50:37''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Grzegorz Sudol]]|POL}} || Podebrady, Czech Republic || 25/05/2002 || |- | 16 || '''3:50:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Denis Langlois]]|FRA}} || Munich, Germany ||08/08/2002 || |- | 17 || '''3:51:15''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Roman Magdziarczyk]]|POL}} || Podebrady, Czech Republic || 25/05/2002 || |- | 18 || '''3:51:46''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Jacob Sørensen (athlete)|Jacob Sørensen]]|DEN}} || Dublin, Ireland || 15/06/2002 || |- | 19 || '''3:51:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksandar Raković]]|SCG}} || Munich, Germany ||08/08/2002 || |- | 20 || '''3:52:19''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Kirdyapkin]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 26/05/2002 || |- | 21 || '''3:52:20''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Korepanov (racewalker)|Sergey Korepanov]]|KAZ}} || Turin, Italy || 13/10/2002 || |- | 22 || '''3:52:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Modris Liepiņš]]|LAT}} || Munich, Germany ||08/08/2002 || |- | 23 || '''3:52:36''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Peter Tichy]]|SVK}} || Turin, Italy || 13/10/2002 || |- | 24 || '''3:52:37''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Nadezhdin]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 26/05/2002 || |- |rowspan=2| 25 || '''3:52:40''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Mistretta]]|ITA}} || Vittorio Veneto, Italy || 03/03/2002 || |- | '''3:52:40''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nathan Deakes]]|AUS}} || Manchester, Great Britain || 30/07/2002 || |}

==Women's 20 km==

===2002 World Year Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%" |- !Rank !Time !Athlete !Venue !Date !Note |- | 1 || '''1:26:42''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Olimpiada Ivanova]]|RUS}} || Munich, Germany ||07/08/2002 || |- | 2 || '''1:27:02''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Yelena Nikolayeva (racewalker)|Yelena Nikolayeva]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || |- | 3 || '''1:27:45''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Natalya Fedoskina]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 4 || '''1:27:51''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Lyudmila Yefimkina]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || |- | 5 || '''1:28:03''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Larisa Emelyanova]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 6 || '''1:28:18''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Nadezhda Ryashkina]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || |- | 7 || '''1:28:24''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Margarita Nazarova (racewalker)|Margarita Nazarova]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || PB |- | 8 || '''1:28:33''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Erica Alfridi]]|ITA}} || Munich, Germany ||07/08/2002 || |- | 9 || '''1:28:38''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Tolstaya]]|KAZ}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || |- | 10 || '''1:28:46''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Gillian O'Sullivan]]|IRL}} || Munich, Germany ||07/08/2002 || |- | 11 || '''1:28:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[María Vasco]]|ESP}} || La Coruña, Spain || 16/03/2002 || |- | 12 || '''1:28:55''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Kjersti Plätzer]]|NOR}} || Dublin, Ireland || 15/06/2002 || |- | 13 || '''1:29:12''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Korotkova]]|RUS}} || Cheboksary, Russia || 25/05/2002 || |- | 14 || '''1:29:47''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Antonina Petrova]]|RUS}} || Adler, Russia || 17/02/2002 || |- | 15 || '''1:29:57''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Claudia Stef]]|ROM}} || Munich, Germany ||07/08/2002 || |- | 16 || '''1:30:21''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Gudkova]]|RUS}} || Izhevsk, Russia || 22/09/2002 || |- | 17 || '''1:30:25''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Elisabetta Perrone]]|ITA}} || Munich, Germany ||07/08/2002 || |- | 18 || '''1:30:37''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Valentina Tsybulskaya]]|BLR}} || Turin, Italy || 12/10/2002 || |- | 19 || '''1:30:38''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Olga Lukyanchuk]]|UKR}} || Yevpatoria, Ukraine|| 24/02/2002 || |- | 20 || '''1:30:43''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Elisa Rigaudo]]|ITA}} || Dublin, Ireland || 15/06/2002 || |- | 21 || '''1:30:44''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Kristina Saltanovič]]|LTU}} || Munich, Germany ||07/08/2002 || |- | 22 || '''1:30:50''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Norica Câmpean]]|ROM}} || Resita, Romania|| 14/07/2002 || |- | 23 || '''1:30:57''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Elena Ginko]]|BLR}} || Brest, Belarus|| 04/06/2002 || |- | 24 || '''1:31:08''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Melanie Seeger]]|GER}} || Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany|| 02/06/2002 || |- | 25 || '''1:31:10''' ||align=left| {{flagathlete|[[Rossella Giordano]]|ITA}} || Turin, Italy || 12/10/2002 || |}

==References== *[http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2002/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=20KR/detail.html IAAF] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090109142156/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/lists/2002/outdoor/G/w/20KR.html Women's 20 km Year Ranking] {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Men}} {{Footer WBYP Race Walk Women}} [[Category:Race walking by year|2002]] [[Category:2002 in the sport of athletics|Race Walking Year Ranking, 2002]]