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2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk

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Men's 50 kilometres walk
at the European Athletics Championships

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

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

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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

Intermediates

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Final

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Rank Athlete Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Robert Korzeniowski (POL) 3:36:39 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) 3:40:16 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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References

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