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

International Events

Balkan Games

World Records

Awards

Men

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

Women

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

Men's Best Year Performances

400m Hurdles

RANK	2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Felix Sánchez (DOM)	47.35
2.	James Carter (USA)	47.57
3.	Stéphane Diagana (FRA)	47.58
4.	Llewellyn Herbert (RSA)	48.02
5.	Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (KSA)	48.11

3,000m Steeplechase

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

Pole Vault

RANK	2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Jeff Hartwig (USA)	5.90 m
1.	Tim Lobinger (GER)	5.90 m
3.	Lars Börgeling (GER)	5.85 m
	Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)
	Patrik Kristiansson (SWE)

Decathlon

RANK	2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Roman Šebrle (CZE)	8800
2.	Tom Pappas (USA)	8583
3.	Aleksandr Yurkov (UKR)	8509
4.	Erki Nool (EST)	8438
5.	Lev Lobodin (RUS)	8433

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

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

200 metres

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

Half Marathon

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

100m Hurdles

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

400m Hurdles

RANK	2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	53.10
2.	Jana Rawlinson (AUS)	54.14
3.	Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova (UKR)	54.28
4.	Sandra Glover (USA)	54.40
5.	Surita Febbraio (RSA)	54.45

3,000m Steeplechase

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

High Jump

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

Pole Vault

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

Heptathlon

RANK	2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Carolina Klüft (SWE)	6542
2.	Sabine Braun (GER)	6434
3.	Shelia Burrell (USA)	6363
4.	Natalya Sazanovich (BLR)	6341
5.	Austra Skujyté (LTU)	6275

Marathon

Men's Competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
	Francis Naali (TAN)	2:11:58
	Joshua Chelanga (KEN)	2:12:44
	Andrew Letherby (AUS)	2:13:23
4.	Eric Wainaina (KEN)	2:13:27
5.	Luketz Swartbooi (NAM)	2:13:40
6.	Jonathan Wyatt (NZL)	2:14:20
7.	Lee Troop (AUS)	2:16:44
8.	Josiaah Bembe (RSA)	2:18:16
9.	Shaun Creighton (AUS)	2:18:19
10.	Dominic Bannister (ENG)	2:19:31

Best Year Performances

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

Women's Competition

Commonwealth Games

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

Best Year Performances

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

Deaths

March 22 — Marcel Hansenne (85), French middle distance runner
March 27 — Tadeusz Rut (70), Polish hammer thrower
May 26 — Mamo Wolde (69), Ethiopian runner
June 17 — Willie Davenport (59), American hurdler
June 20 — Tinus Osendarp (86), Dutch athlete
August 1 — Theo Bruce (79), Australian long jumper
August 12 — Knud Lundberg (82), Danish multi-talented sportsman
August 31 — Joe McCluskey (91), American athlete
September 18 — Bob Hayes (59), American sprinter and American football player
November 15 — Sohn Kee-Chung (90), Korean marathoner
November 18 — Kim Gallagher (38), American athlete

References

ARRS

Years in Athletics (track and field)

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