2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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.

Medalists edit

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

Abbreviations edit

  • All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds
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 edit

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 edit

Final edit

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 edit

References edit