At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium on 26–30 July 2002. The route for the

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event crossed

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city centre and finished in the stadium. The

race walk Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asse ...

events began alongside the Lowry Centre at

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. There were twenty-five men's events and 23 women's events; the schedules were identical except that there were men's

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and 50 kilometres walk events.

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er Dominic Johnson won a bronze medal, Saint Lucia's only medal of the Games. Sixteen Games records were bettered over the course of the competition, and two further records were set in the disability events.

Medal summary

Men

Women

;Track and road events
* Athletes who ran in heats and received medals. ;Field and combined events

Disability events

Medal table

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. Retrieved 2009-08-07.

Participating nations

References

External links

2002 Athletics results
from official website
Results
from BBC {{Commonwealth Games Athletics

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Athletics in Greater Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games events International athletics competitions hosted by England