2002 in race walking

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.

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
World Record	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
25	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

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)

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: Yohan Diniz (FRA) 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS) 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL) 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)

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)

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