# 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: 20km and 50km (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 20km and 50km 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 | |