This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002

2002 in athletics (track and field)

This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2002.There was no primary championships that season, although continental championships were held in Africa, Asia and Europe. The foremost athletics competitions at...

in both the men's and the women's race walking

Race walking

Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
World Record		1:17:46	May 8, 1999	Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt Eisenhüttenstadt is a town in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany at the border with Poland. The town was founded in 1950 alongside a new steel mill as a socialist model city and has a population of 32,214... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
		1:17:46	May 19, 2000	Moscow, Russia
Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field
World Record		1:17:22	April 28, 2002	Turku, Finland

2002 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:17:22		Turku, Finland	28/04/2002	WR
2	1:19:02		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
3	1:19:08		Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	02/06/2002
4	1:19:18		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
5	1:19:25		Hildesheim, Germany	24/08/2002
6	1:19:40		Turku, Finland	28/04/2002
7	1:19:49		Grosseto, Italy	07/04/2002
8	1:20:18		Naumburg, Germany	05/05/2002
9	1:20:25		Naumburg, Germany	05/05/2002
10	1:20:36		Munich, Germany	06/08/2002
11	1:20:37		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
12	1:20:43		Kobe, Japan	27/01/2002
13	1:20:44		Naumburg, Germany	05/05/2002
14	1:20:52		Munich, Germany	06/08/2002
15	1:20:56		Munich, Germany	06/08/2002
16	1:20:57		Kobe, Japan	27/01/2002
17	1:21:01		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002
18	1:21:03		Munich, Germany	06/08/2002
19	1:21:07		Zapopan, Mexico	22/03/2002
20	1:21:12		Munich, Germany	06/08/2002
21	1:21:23		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
22	1:21:27		Brest, Belarus	06/06/2002
23	1:21:36		Xalapa, Mexico	24/08/2002
24	1:21:38		Munich, Germany	06/08/2002
25	1:21:41		Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	02/06/2002

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
World Record		3:37:26	May 21, 2000	Moscow, Russia
Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field
World Record		3:36:39	August 8, 2002	Munich, Germany

2002 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	3:36:39		Munich, Germany	08/08/2002	WR
2	3:40:16		Munich, Germany	08/08/2002
3	3:42:06		Cheboksary, Russia	26/05/2002
4	3:42:08		Turin, Italy	13/10/2002
5	3:42:52		Cheboksary, Russia	26/05/2002
6	3:43:46		Cheboksary, Russia	26/05/2002
7	3:44:33		Munich, Germany	08/08/2002
8	3:45:28		Naumburg, Germany	05/05/2002
9	3:45:37		Turin, Italy	13/10/2002
10	3:45:55		Vittorio Veneto, Italy	03/03/2002
11	3:47:55		La Coruña, Spain	16/03/2002
12	3:48:06		Vittorio Veneto, Italy	03/03/2002
13	3:48:17		Vittorio Veneto, Italy	03/03/2002
14	3:49:27		Borås, Norway	06/04/2002
15	3:50:37		Podebrady, Czech Republic	25/05/2002
16	3:50:47		Munich, Germany	08/08/2002
17	3:51:15		Podebrady, Czech Republic	25/05/2002
18	3:51:46		Dublin, Ireland	15/06/2002
19	3:51:47		Munich, Germany	08/08/2002
20	3:52:19		Cheboksary, Russia	26/05/2002
21	3:52:20		Turin, Italy	13/10/2002
22	3:52:36		Munich, Germany	08/08/2002
23	3:52:36		Turin, Italy	13/10/2002
24	3:52:37		Cheboksary, Russia	26/05/2002
25	3:52:40		Vittorio Veneto, Italy	03/03/2002
	3:52:40		Manchester, Great Britain	30/07/2002

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
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...

2002 World Year Ranking

Rank	Time	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	1:26:42		Munich, Germany	07/08/2002
2	1:27:02		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002
3	1:27:45		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
4	1:27:51		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002
5	1:28:03		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
6	1:28:18		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002
7	1:28:24		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002	PB
8	1:28:33		Munich, Germany	07/08/2002
9	1:28:38		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002
10	1:28:46		Munich, Germany	07/08/2002
11	1:28:47		La Coruña, Spain	16/03/2002
12	1:28:55		Dublin, Ireland	15/06/2002
13	1:29:12		Cheboksary, Russia	25/05/2002
14	1:29:47		Adler, Russia	17/02/2002
15	1:29:57		Munich, Germany	07/08/2002
16	1:30:21		Izhevsk, Russia	22/09/2002
17	1:30:25		Munich, Germany	07/08/2002
18	1:30:37		Turin, Italy	12/10/2002
19	1:30:38		Yevpatoria, Ukraine	24/02/2002
20	1:30:43		Dublin, Ireland	15/06/2002
21	1:30:44		Munich, Germany	07/08/2002
22	1:30:50		Resita, Romania	14/07/2002
23	1:30:57		Brest, Belarus	04/06/2002
24	1:31:08		Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	02/06/2002
25	1:31:10		Turin, Italy	12/10/2002