This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year
2002
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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
The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.
Men's results
Track
1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 ,
1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was p ...
in
Munich, Germany
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
. 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''
Men's 20 km
Records
2002 World Year Ranking
Men's 50 km
Records
2002 World Year Ranking
Women's 20 km
Records
2002 World Year Ranking
References
IAAF
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2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
Race Walking Year Ranking, 2002