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2002 in athletics (track and field) 

This page shows the main events during the 2002 year in athletics (track and field) throughout the world.

Contents

International Events

World Records

Awards

Men

2002 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)
European Athlete of the Year Award Flag of the United Kingdom Dwain Chambers (GBR)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award Flag of the United States Maurice Greene (USA)


Women

2002 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year Flag of the United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year Flag of the United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
European Athlete of the Year Award Flag of Turkey Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award Flag of the United States Marion Jones (USA)

Men's Best Year Performances

400m Hurdles

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the Dominican Republic Felix Sánchez (DOM) 47.35
2. Flag of the United States James Carter (USA) 47.57
3. Flag of France Stéphane Diagana (FRA) 47.58
4. Flag of South Africa Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) 48.02
5. Flag of Saudi Arabia Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA) 48.11


3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Morocco Brahim Boulami (MAR) 7:58.09
2. Flag of Kenya Stephen Cherono (KEN) 7:58.10
3. Flag of Kenya Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) 8:00.56
4. Flag of Kenya Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:05.44
5. Flag of Kenya Reuben Kosgei (KEN) 8:05.87

Pole Vault

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1. Flag of the United States Jeff Hartwig (USA) 5.90 m
Flag of Germany Tim Lobinger (GER)
3. Flag of Germany Lars Börgeling (GER) 5.85 m
Flag of Israel Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)
Flag of Sweden Patrik Kristiansson (SWE)

Decathlon

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1. Flag of the Czech Republic Roman Šebrle (CZE) 8800
2. Flag of the United States Tom Pappas (USA) 8583
3. Flag of Ukraine Aleksandr Yurkov (UKR) 8509
4. Flag of Estonia Erki Nool (EST) 8438
5. Flag of Russia Lev Lobodin (RUS) 8433

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Ukraine Zhanna Block (UKR) 10.83
2. Flag of the Bahamas Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 10.91
3. Flag of Jamaica Tayna Lawrence (JAM) 10.93
4. Flag of the United States Chryste Gaines (USA) 10.94
5. Flag of France Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA) 10.96


200 metres

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the Bahamas Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 22.20
2. Flag of Ukraine Zhanna Block (UKR) 22.24
3. Flag of Jamaica Veronica Campbell (JAM) 22.39
4. Flag of France Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (FRA) 22.43
5. Flag of the United States Stephanie Durst (USA) 22.48


Half Marathon

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Ireland Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 1:07:19


100m Hurdles

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of the United States Gail Devers (USA) 12.40
2. Flag of Jamaica Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) 12.49
3. Flag of the United States Miesha McKelvy (USA) 12.60
Flag of Spain Glory Alozie (ESP)
5. Flag of the United States Anjanette Kirkland (USA) 12.62

400m Hurdles

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Russia Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) 53.10
2. Flag of Australia Jana Rawlinson (AUS) 54.14
3. Flag of Ukraine Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova (UKR) 54.28
4. Flag of the United States Sandra Glover (USA) 54.40
5. Flag of South Africa Surita Febbraio (RSA) 54.45


3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1. Flag of Belarus Alesya Turova (BLR) 9:16.51
2. Flag of Poland Justyna Bak (POL) 9:22.29
3. Flag of France Élodie Olivarès (FRA) 9:33.12
4. Flag of Romania Cristina Casandra (ROM) 9:33.16
5. Flag of Germany Melanie Schulz (GER) 9:38.31

High Jump

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1. Flag of Sweden Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 2.05 m
2. Flag of South Africa Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.02 m
3. Flag of Ukraine Irina Mikhalchenko (UKR) 2.00 m
Flag of Russia Viktoria Seryogina (RUS)
Flag of Russia Marina Kuptsova (RUS)

Pole Vault

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1. Flag of Russia Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.78 m
2. Flag of Germany Annika Becker (GER) 4.77 m
3. Flag of the United States Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.72 m
4. Flag of the United States Mary Vincent (USA) 4.65 m
5. Flag of Germany Yvonne Buschbaum (GER) 4.65 m

Heptathlon

RANK 2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1. Flag of Sweden Carolina Klüft (SWE) 6542
2. Flag of Germany Sabine Braun (GER) 6434
3. Flag of the United States Shelia Burrell (USA) 6363
4. Flag of Belarus Natalya Sazanovich (BLR) 6341
5. Flag of Lithuania Austra Skujyté (LTU) 6275

Marathon

Men's Competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK ATHLETE TIME
Image:Med 1.png Flag of Tanzania Francis Naali (TAN) 2:11:58
Image:Med 2.png Flag of Kenya Joshua Chelanga (KEN) 2:12:44
Image:Med 3.png Flag of Australia Andrew Letherby (AUS) 2:13:23
4. Flag of Kenya Eric Wainaina (KEN) 2:13:27
5. Flag of Namibia Luketz Swartbooi (NAM) 2:13:40
6. Flag of New Zealand Jonathan Wyatt (NZL) 2:14:20
7. Flag of Australia Lee Troop (AUS) 2:16:44
8. Flag of South Africa Josiaah Bembe (RSA) 2:18:16
9. Flag of Australia Shaun Creighton (AUS) 2:18:19
10. Flag of England Dominic Bannister (ENG) 2:19:31

Best Year Performances

RANK ATHLETE TIME EVENT
1. Flag of Morocco Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 2:05:37 WR London Marathon
2. Flag of Kenya Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:05:48 London Marathon
3. Flag of Morocco Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 2:05:56 Chicago Marathon
4. Flag of Kenya Daniel Njenga (KEN) 2:06:16 Chicago Marathon
— Flag of Japan Toshinari Takaoka (JPN) 2:06:16 Chicago Marathon
6. Flag of Kenya Paul Tergat (KEN) 2:06:18 Chicago Marathon
7. Flag of Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 2:06:35 London Marathon
8. Flag of Morocco Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR) 2:06:46 Chicago Marathon
9. Flag of Kenya Raymond Kipkoech (KEN) 2:06:47 Berlin Marathon
10. Flag of Kenya Simon Biwott (KEN) 2:06:49 Berlin Marathon

Women's Competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK ATHLETE TIME
Image:Med 1.png Flag of Australia Kerryn McCann (AUS) 2:30:05
Image:Med 2.png Flag of Australia Krishna Stanton (AUS) 2:34:52
Image:Med 3.png Flag of Australia Jackie Gallagher (AUS) 2:36:37
4. Flag of England Debbie Robinson (ENG) 2:39:42
5. Flag of Northern Ireland Teresa McCluskey (NIR) 2:40:29
6. Flag of England Beverley Hartigan (ENG) 2:41:27
7. Flag of Malta Carol Galea (MLT) 2:45:48
8. Flag of England Marian Sutton (ENG) 2:45:55
9. Flag of Namibia Beata Naigambo (NAM) 2:47:22
10. Flag of Namibia Elizabeth Mongudhi (NAM) 2:49:19

Best Year Performances

RANK ATHLETE TIME EVENT
1. Flag of the United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:17:17 WR Chicago Marathon
2. Flag of the United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2:18:56 WR London Marathon
3. Flag of Kenya Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2:19:26 Chicago Marathon
4. Flag of Kenya Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2:20:43 Boston Marathon
5. Flag of Kenya Catherine Ndereba (KEN) 2:21:12 Boston Marathon
6. Flag of the People's Republic of China Sun Yingjie (CHN) 2:21:21 Beijing Marathon
7. Flag of Japan Yoko Shibui (JPN) 2:19:26 Chicago Marathon
8. Flag of Russia Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:21:31 Chicago Marathon
9. Flag of Japan Naoko Takahashi (JPN) 2:21:49 Berlin Marathon
10. Flag of Ethiopia Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:22:20 Amsterdam Marathon

Deaths

References

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