This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 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.
- All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| CR | event record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
Records
More information Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field, Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field ...
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2002 World Year Ranking
More information Rank, Time ...
| 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 | |
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Records
More information Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field, Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field ...
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2002 World Year Ranking
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| 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 | |
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Records
More information Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field ...
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2002 World Year Ranking
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| 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 | |
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Julio René Martínez (GUA)
Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
Turku, Finland
Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
Aigars Fadejevs (LAT)
Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
Marco Giungi (ITA)
Robert Heffernan (IRL)
Yuki Yamazaki (JPN)
João Vieira (POR)
Ivan Trotski (BLR)
Nathan Deakes (AUS)
Alejandro López (MEX)
Trond Nymark (NOR)
Denis Langlois (FRA)
Jacob Sørensen (DEN)
Aleksandar Raković (SCG)
Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
Peter Tichy (SVK)
Claudia Stef (ROM)
Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR)
Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)
