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: 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

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* All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

WR | world record

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AR | area record
CR | event record
NR | national record
PB | personal best

## Men's 20 km

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### Records

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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
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

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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

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### Records

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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

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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 |
3:52:40 |  Nathan Deakes (AUS) | Manchester, Great Britain | 30/07/2002 |

## Women's 20 km

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### Records

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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

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Rank  | Time  | Athlete  | Venue  | Date  | Note

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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 |

## References

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* IAAF
* Women's 20 km Year Ranking

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World Best Year Performance in men's race walking

20 km walk|

* 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX)
* 1981: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS)
* 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
* 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
* 1985: Dave Smith (AUS)
* 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN)
* 1987: Axel Noack (GDR)
* 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
* 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
* 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
* 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS)
* 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE)
* 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
* 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
* 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
* 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA)
* 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
* 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)
* 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
* 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
* 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS)
* 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN)
* 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)
* 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS)
* 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
* 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN)
* 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS)
* 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
* 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN)
* 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS)
* 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
* 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
* 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)

50 km walk|

* 1980: José Marín (ESP)
* 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR)
* 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1983: José Marín (ESP)
* 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
* 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
* 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS)
* 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
* 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
* 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP)
* 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN)
* 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA)
* 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
* 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)
* 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
* 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
* 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
* 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN)
* 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
* 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
* 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
* 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
* 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
* 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
* 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
* 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN)
* 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN)
* 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK)
* 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN)
* 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)

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World Best Year Performance in women's race walking

10 km walk|

* 1983: Xu Yongjiu (CHN)
* 1984: Olga Krishtop (URS)
* 1985: Yan Hong (CHN)
* 1986: Yelena Kuznetsova (URS)
* 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1989: Alina Ivanova (URS)
* 1990: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1991: Alina Ivanova (URS)
* 1992: Ileana Salvador (ITA)
* 1993: Li Chunxiu (CHN)
* 1994: Gao Hongmiao (CHN)
* 1995: Larisa Ramazanova (RUS)
* 1996: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
* 1997: Irina Stankina (RUS)
* 1998: Olga Panfyorova (RUS)

20 km walk|

* 1987: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1988: Kerry Saxby (AUS)
* 1989: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
* 1990: Olga Kardopoltseva (URS)
* 1991: Marina Smyslova (URS)
* 1992: Tamara Romanova (EUN)
* 1993: Ileana Salvador (ITA)
* 1994: Yelena Gruzinova (RUS)
* 1995: Liu Hongyu (CHN)
* 1996: Feng Haixia (CHN)
* 1997: Erica Alfridi (ITA)
* 1998: Tatyana Sibileva (RUS)
* 1999: Nadezhda Ryashkina (RUS)
* 2000: Tatyana Gudkova (RUS)
* 2001: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2002: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2003: Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)
* 2004: Song Hongjuan (CHN)
* 2005: Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)
* 2006: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2007: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2008: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2009: Olga Kaniskina (RUS)
* 2010: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
* 2011: Vera Sokolova (RUS)
* 2012: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2013: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2014: Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS)
* 2015: Liu Hong (CHN)
* 2016: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2017: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2018: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2019: Elena Lashmanova (RUS)
* 2020: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)
* 2021: Yang Jiayu (CHN)
* 2022: Elvira Khasanova (RUS)

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*[RUS]: Russia
*[ESP]: Spain
*[ECU]: Ecuador
*[LAT]: Latvia
*[POL]: Poland
*[ITA]: Italy
*[IRL]: Ireland
*[JPN]: Japan
*[POR]: Portugal
*[BLR]: Belarus
*[AUS]: Australia
*[MEX]: Mexico
*[GER]: Germany
*[NOR]: Norway
*[FRA]: France
*[DEN]: Denmark
*[SCG]: Serbia and Montenegro
*[KAZ]: Kazakhstan
*[SVK]: Slovakia
*[ROM]: Romania
*[UKR]: Ukraine
*[LTU]: Lithuania
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