2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

Events at the 2002 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 8, 2002. Poland's Robert Korzeniowski set a new world record, clocking a total time of 3:36:39, defeating Valeriy Spitsyn's 3:37:26 from May 21, 2000 set in Moscow, Russia.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Robert Korzeniowski
Poland (POL)
Silver Aleksey Voyevodin
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Jesús Ángel García
Spain (ESP)

Abbreviations

DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
WL world leading
AR area record
CR event record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) 3:37:26 May 21, 2000 Moscow, Russia
Event Record  Hartwig Gauder (GDR) 3:40:55 August 31, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany
Standing records after the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:36:39 August 8, 2002 Munich, Germany
Event Record

Intermediates

Final

Rank Athlete Time Note
 Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:36:39 WR
 Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 3:40:16 SB
 Jesús Ángel García (ESP) 3:44:33 SB
4  German Skurygin (RUS) 3:48:58
5  Trond Nymark (NOR) 3:50:16
6  Denis Langlois (FRA) 3:50:47 SB
7  Aleksandar Raković (YUG) 3:51:47 SB
8  Francesco Galdenzi (ITA) 3:52:17
9  Modris Liepiņš (LAT) 3:52:36 SB
10  Grzegorz Sudoł (POL) 3:54:35
11  Peter Korčok (SVK) 3:55:34
12  Santiago Pérez (ESP) 3:55:50
13  Fredrik Svensson (SWE) 3:56:32 SB
14  Spiridon Kastanis (GRE) 4:00:31 SB
15  David Boulanger (FRA) 4:03:20 SB
16  Pedro Martins (POR) 4:03:39
17  Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) 4:07:03
18  René Piller (FRA) 4:07:20 SB
19  Uģis Brūvelis (LAT) 4:14:39
20  Marek Janek (SVK) 4:19:08
DISQUALIFIED (DQ)
 Jiří Malysa (CZE) DQ
 Yuriy Andronov (RUS) DQ
 Tomasz Lipiec (POL) DQ
 Jamie Costin (IRL) DQ
 Jacob Sørensen (DEN) DQ
 Mikel Odriozola (ESP) DQ
 Giovanni de Benedictis (ITA) DQ
 Martin Pupis (SVK) DQ
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
 Marco Giungi (ITA) DNF
 Jorge Costa (POR) DNF
DID NOT START (DNS)
 Miloš Holuša (CZE) DNS

See also

References