# 2002 in modern pentathlon

This article lists the main modern pentathlon events and their results for 2002.

## International modern pentathlon events

* June 27: 2002 CISM Modern Pentathlon Championships in Hradec Králové
** Individual winners: Vadym Tkachuk (m) / Jeļena Rubļevska (f)
** Men's Team Relay winner: Mihail Prokopenko
* October 10: 2002 Asian Games in Busan
** Individual winners: KIM Mi-sub (m) / Lada Jiyenbalanova (f)

## World modern pentathlon events

* July 15: 2002 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in San Francisco
** Individual winners: Michal Sedlecky (m) / Bea Simoka (f)
** Men's Team Relay winners: Germany (Carsten Niederberger, Eric Walther, & Sebastian Dietz)
** Women's Team Relay winners: Czech Republic (Lucie Grolichová, Alexandra Kalinovská, & Olga Zavorkova)
* September 23: 2002 World Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Sydney
** Note: The junior men's event was not concluded properly. No idea about who was the champion here.
** Junior Women's Individual winner: Olessia Velitchko
** Junior Men's Team Relay winners: France (John Zakrzewski, Arnaud Denfert, & Cedric Pla)
** Junior Women's Team Relay winners: Russia (Vera Feshchenko & Olessia Velitchko)

## Continental modern pentathlon events

* Note: There is a discrepancy between Santo Domingo (June) and Rio de Janeiro (October), in terms of the Pan American MP host city here.
* April 17: 2002 European Youth "A" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Athens
** Youth Winner: Ádám Marosi
* April 25: 2002 South American Modern Pentathlon Championships in Buenos Aires
** Men's Individual winner: Horacio de la Vega
** Men's Team Relay winners: Chile (Cristian Bustos, Javier Tisi, & Cristian Carrasco)
* May 14: 2002 Asian Modern Pentathlon Championships in Tokyo
** Individual winners: Qian Zhenhua (m) / Dong Le'an (f)
** Men's Team Relay winners: Japan (Mazura Okada, Yoshinori Mizouchi, & Shoji Kurousu)
** Women's Team Relay winners: Kazakhstan (Lada Jiyenbalanova, Lyudmila Shumilova, & Natalia Uvarova)
* June 14 & 15: 2002 NORCECA (Pan American) Modern Pentathlon Championships in Santo Domingo
** Women's Individual winner: Miranda Dominguez
** Men's Team Relay winners: Mexico (5 different team members here)
** Women's Team Relay winner: Cynthia Soto
* June 18: 2002 European Modern Pentathlon Championships in Ústí nad Labem
** Individual winners: Libor Capalini (m) / Claudia Corsini (f)
** Men's Team Relay winners: Lithuania (Edvinas Krungolcas, Tadas Zemaitis, & Andrejus Zadneprovskis)
** Women's Team Relay winners: Italy (Sara Bertoli, Claudia Cerutti, & Claudia Corsini)
* July 2: 2002 European Junior Modern Pentathlon Championships in Budapest
** Junior Individual winners: Steffen Gebhardt (m) / Tatiana Gorliak (f)
** Junior Men's Team Relay winners: France (Cedric Pla, John Zakrzewski, & Arnaud Denfert)
** Junior Women's Team Relay winners: Hungary (Eva Sasvari, Reka Kling, & Vivien Mathe)
* July 26: 2002 European Youth "B" Modern Pentathlon Championships in Eaubonne
** Youth Individual winners: Jaime López (m) / Aleksandra Sadovnikova (f)
** Youth Men's Team Relay winners: Poland (Lukasz Lis, Radoslaw Slomian, & Szymon Staśkiewicz)
** Youth Women's Team Relay winners: Hungary (Eszter Tóth, Ildiko Hidvegi, & Katalin Prill)
* October 24: 2002 Pan American Modern Pentathlon Championships in Rio de Janeiro
** Individual winners: Andres Sanches (m) / Monica Fling (f)

## 2002 Modern Pentathlon World Cup

* Note: The MPWC #1 event here has two men as champions by the UIPM.
* March 14: MPWC #1 in Mexico City
** Men's Individual winners: Viktor Horváth (#1) / Ádám Marosi (#2)
** Women's Individual winner: Katalin Partics
* April 4: MPWC #2 in Madrid
** Individual winners: Viktor Horváth (m) / Georgina Harland (f)
* April 25: MPWC #3 for Women in Székesfehérvár
** Winner: Zsuzsanna Vörös
* April 28: MPWC #3 for Men in Sindelfingen
** Winner: Libor Capalini
* May 9: MPWC #4 for Men in Budapest
** Winner: Edvinas Krungolcas
* June 1: MPWC #4 for Women in Warsaw
** Winner: Bea Simoka
* August 11: MPWC #5 (final) in Budapest
** Individual winners: Andrejus Zadneprovskis (m) / Claudia Corsini (f)