2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the 2002 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 20 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 7, 2002. The women's 20 km walk event replaced the 10 km walk, which was run since the 1986 edition of the European Championships.

Medalists

Gold	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Erica Alfridi Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
WL	world leading
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:24.50	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia
Event Record	New Event

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:26:42	SB
	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	1:28:20
	Erica Alfridi (ITA)	1:28:33	SB
4	Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)	1:28:46	SB
5	Claudia Stef (ROM)	1:29:57	SB
6	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	1:30:25	SB
7	Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)	1:30:44	SB
8	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	1:31:19
9	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	1:31:25	SB
10	Eva Pérez (ESP)	1:31:38	SB
11	Athina Papayianni (GRE)	1:31:45	SB
12	Beatriz Pascual (ESP)	1:32:38	SB
13	Olive Loughnane (IRL)	1:33:08
14	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:33:40
15	Inês Henriques (POR)	1:35:07	SB
16	Nevena Mineva (BUL)	1:35:28
17	Vera Santos (POR)	1:37:19
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	María Vasco (ESP)	DNF
—	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	DNF
—	Susana Feitor (POR)	DNF
—	Jolanta Dukure (LAT)	DNF
—	Natalya Fedoskina (RUS)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DQ)
—	Yelena Ginko (BLR)	DQ
—	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	DQ
—	Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR)	DQ
—	Norica Câmpean (ROM)	DQ

See also

• 1999 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic 20km Walk (Sydney)
• 2001 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Edmonton)
• 2002 Race Walking Year Ranking
• 2003 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Paris)
• 2004 Women's Olympic 20km Walk (Athens)
• 2005 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Helsinki)

References

• Results
• Official Results