Medalists

Gold	Olimpiada Ivanova Olimpiada Ivanova Olimpiada Vladimirovna Ivanova is a Russian race walker. She has 4 medals from the major events. She was born in Munsjuty, Chuvashia.Her first gold medal was won in the 2001 Edmonton World Championships, where she beat the rest of the world with the time 1.27:48... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...  (RUS)
Silver	Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayeva Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva is a Russian race walker.Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling... Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...  (RUS)
Bronze	Erica Alfridi Erica Alfridi Erica Alfridi is an Italian race walker.-Achievements:-External links:... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...  (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		1:24.50	March 4, 2001	Adler Adlersky City District Adlersky City District is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, lying along the Black Sea coast near the southern Russian border with Abkhazia, Georgia... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Final

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
  2002 Race Walking Year Ranking
  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 . One of the main events during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany...
  
  
• 2003 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Paris)
  2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
  The official results of the Women's 20 km Walk at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, held on 24 August 2003.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Final ranking:-See also:...
  
  
• 2004 Women's Olympic 20km Walk (Athens)
• 2005 Women's World Championships 20km Walk (Helsinki)