# 2002 World Military Track and Field Championships

The 2002 World Military Track and Field Championships were the 40th edition of the international athletics competition between military personnel organised by the CISM (International Military Sports Council). The championships were held in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy from 4–7 September. A total of 30 events were contested, of which 21 by male and 9 by female athletes.
In addition to the track and field competition, the World Military Marathon Championships were held separately on 13–17 June in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland.
The host, Italy, won the most medals, with ten gold medals and twenty medals in total across the two events. Kenya was the runner-up with seven golds in sixteen medals and Germany took third with five golds among its haul of fourteen. Twenty nations reached the medal table in the track and field and marathon competitions.

## Medal summary
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Francesco Scuderi (ITA) | 10.67 | Maurizio Checcucci (ITA) | 10.75 | Rafael de Araújo (BRA) | 10.86 |
| 200 metres | Marco Torrieri (ITA) | 20.71 | Emanuele Di Gregorio (ITA) | 21.04 | Radek Zachoval (CZE) | 21.20 |
| 400 metres | David Kirui (KEN) | 45.30 CR | Flávio Godoy (BRA) | 45.67 | Sofiane Labidi (TUN) | 45.74 |
| 800 metres | Joseph Mutua (KEN) | 1:45.72 | Michael Rotich (KEN) | 1:45.98 | Bram Som (NED) | 1:46:49 |
| 1500 metres | Robert Rono (KEN) | 3:42.51 | Abdelkader Hachlaf (MAR) | 3:42.94 | David Kiplak (KEN) | 3:43.12 |
| 5000 metres | Sammy Kipketer (KEN) | 13:19.87 | Paul Malakwen Kosgei (KEN) | 13:20.92 | Rachid Chékhémani (FRA) | 13:38.79 |
| 10.000 metres | John Cheruiyot Korir (KEN) | 28:02.69 | Paul Malakwen Kosgei (KEN) | 28:21.48 | Mohammed Yagoub (SUD) | 28:50.25 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Mike Fenner (GER) | 13.56 | Artur Kohutek (POL) | 13.57 | Devis Favaro (ITA) | 13.80 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 49.37 | Ruslan Mashchenko (RUS) | 49.40 | Štěpán Tesařík (CZE) | 49.69 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Abraham Cherono (KEN) | 8:27.17 | Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) | 8:34.31 | Raphael Schäfer (GER) | 8:39.17 |
| 4×100 metres relay | Italy (ITA) Francesco Scuderi Maurizio Checcucci Emanuele Di Gregorio Marco Torrieri | 39.43 | Kenya (KEN) | 40.37 | Brazil (BRA) | 40.76 |
| 4×400 metres relay | Kenya (KEN) Victor Kibet Joseph Mutua Michael Rotich David Kirui | 3:06.02 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 3:06.85 | Senegal (SEN) | 3:11.44 |
| Marathon | Kamal Saidou (MAR) | ? | Gino Van Geyte (BEL) | ? | Alex de Mendonca (BRA) | ? |
| 10 km walk | Aigars Fadejevs (LAT) | 39:58.25 | Vladimir Andreyev (RUS) | 40:08.27 | Alessandro Gandellini (ITA) | 40:09.37 |
| High jump | Nicola Ciotti (ITA) | 2.25 m | Tomáš Janků (CZE) | 2.23 m | Svatoslav Ton (CZE) | 2.23 m |
| Pole vault | Giuseppe Gibilisco (ITA) | 5.50 m | Adam Ptáček (CZE) | 5.40 m | Marvin Osei-Tutu (GER) | 5.30 m |
| Long jump | Petr Lampart (CZE) | 7.87 m | Andreas Pohle (GER) | 7.68 m | Alessio Rimoldi (ITA) | 7.66 m |
| Triple jump | Fabrizio Donato (ITA) | 16.75 m | Aleksandr Sergeyev (RUS) | 16.59 m | Thomas Moede (GER) | 16.43 m |
| Shot put | Ralf Bartels (GER) | 20.20 m | Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) | 20.02 m | Milan Haborák (SVK) | 19.18 m |
| Discus throw | Igor Primc (SLO) | 61.07 m | Jo Van Daele (BEL) | 59.16 m | Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) | 59.04 m |
| Hammer throw | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | 77.80 m | Markus Esser (GER) | 76.08 m | Pavel Sedláček (CZE) | 76.01 m |
| Javelin throw | Mark Frank (GER) | 81.88 m | Christian Nicolay (GER) | 78.65 m | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 77.85 m |
* $^a$ Gregor Högler's throw is listed as 75.77 m in the original results, but listed as 77.85 in Tilastopaja results with fourth placed Pekka Alaräisänen recording 77.11 m.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Manuela Grillo (ITA) | 11.80 | Francesca Cola (ITA) | 11.99 | Priscilla Isiao (KEN) | 12.40 |
| 200 metres | Birgit Rockmeier (GER) | 23.74 | Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS) | 24.08 | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 24.38 |
| 400 metres | Awatef Ben Hassine (TUN) | 52.74 | Natalya Lavshuk (RUS) | 53.00 | Birgit Rockmeier (GER) | 53.11 |
| 800 metres | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 2:03.11 | Elena Antoci (ROM) | 2:03.45 | Seltana Aït Hammou (MAR) | 2:03.60 |
| 1500 metres | Elena Antoci (ROM) | 4:11.87 | Naomi Mugo (KEN) | 4:14.64 | Brigitte Mühlbacher (AUT) | 4:17.31 |
| 5000 metres | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | 15:16.32 | Zhor El Kamch (MAR) | 15:22.05 | Naomi Mugo (KEN) | 15:29.81 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Monika Niederstätter (ITA) | 56.27 | Lara Rocco (ITA) | 57.69 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS) | 58.26 |
| Marathon | N. Guihot (FRA) | ? | T. Hiscock (CAN) | ? | S. Cote (CAN) | ? |
| 5 km walk | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 20:54.65 | Melanie Seeger (GER) | 21:08.38 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 21:27.41 |
| Long jump | Anna Pyatykh (RUS) | 6.16 m | Katja Keller (GER) | 6.07 m | Monica Falchi (ITA) | 6.06 m |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy* | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Kenya | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Russia | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Morocco | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |

## Participation

* Austria
* Belgium
* Brazil
* Canada
* Czech Republic
* France
* Finland
* Germany
* Greece
* Italy
* Kenya
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Morocco
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Qatar
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Senegal
* Sudan
* Switzerland
* Slovakia
* Tunisia