# 2002 in race walking

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This page lists the **World Best Year Performance** in the year **[2002](/source/2002_in_athletics_(track_and_field))** in both the men's and the women's **[race walking](/source/Race_walking)** distances: 20 km and 50 km (outdoor). One of the main events during this season were the [2002 European Athletics Championships](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships) in [Munich, Germany](/source/Munich%2C_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*

WR world record AR area record CR event record NR national record PB personal best

## Men's 20 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field World Record Julio René Martínez (GUA) 1:17:46 May 8, 1999 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 1:17:46 May 19, 2000 Moscow, Russia Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field World Record Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 1:17:22 April 28, 2002 Turku, Finland

### 2002 World Year Ranking

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

## Men's 50 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field World Record Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Moscow, Russia Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field World Record Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:36:39 August 8, 2002 Munich, Germany

### 2002 World Year Ranking

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

## Women's 20 km

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field World Record Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 1:24:50 March 4, 2001 Adler, Russia

### 2002 World Year Ranking

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

## References

- [IAAF](http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=2002/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=20KR/detail.html)

- [Women's 20 km Year Ranking](https://web.archive.org/web/20090109142156/http://www2.iaaf.org/Results/lists/2002/outdoor/G/w/20KR.html)

v t e World Best Year Performance in men's race walking 20 km walk 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX) 1981: Dave Smith (AUS) 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS) 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH) 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX) 1985: Dave Smith (AUS) 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN) 1987: Axel Noack (GDR) 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS) 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS) 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH) 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS) 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE) 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX) 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR) 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA) 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS) 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS) 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP) 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU) 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS) 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN) 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS) 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS) 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN) 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS) 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN) 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN) 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS) 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN) 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN) 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA) 50 km walk 1980: José Marín (ESP) 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR) 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1983: José Marín (ESP) 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR) 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS) 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS) 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS) 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX) 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP) 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN) 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA) 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS) 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ) 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN) 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS) 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA) 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA) 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN) 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN) 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK) 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN) 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

v t e World Best Year Performance in women's race walking 10 km walk 1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN) 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS) 1985: Yan Hong (CHN) 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS) 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS) 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN) 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN) 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS) 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS) 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS) 20 km walk 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS) 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS) 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS) 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN) 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA) 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS) 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN) 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN) 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA) 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS) 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS) 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS) 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN) 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS) 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS) 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS) 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 2015: Liu Hong (CHN) 2016: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2017: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2018: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2019: Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 2020: Elvira Khasanova (RUS) 2021: Yang Jiayu (CHN) 2022: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)

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