2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk

These are the official results of the Women's 20 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 7, 2002. The women's 20 km walk event replaced the 10 km walk, which was run since the 1986 edition of the European Championships.

Medalists

Gold	Olimpiada Ivanova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Yelena Nikolayeva Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Erica Alfridi Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:24.50	March 4, 2001	Adler, Russia
Event Record	New Event

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
	Olimpiada Ivanova (RUS)	1:26:42	SB
	Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS)	1:28:20
	Erica Alfridi (ITA)	1:28:33	SB
4	Gillian O'Sullivan (IRL)	1:28:46	SB
5	Claudia Stef (ROM)	1:29:57	SB
6	Elisabetta Perrone (ITA)	1:30:25	SB
7	Kristina Saltanovič (LTU)	1:30:44	SB
8	Annarita Sidoti (ITA)	1:31:19
9	Athanasia Tsoumeleka (GRE)	1:31:25	SB
10	Eva Pérez (ESP)	1:31:38	SB
11	Athina Papayianni (GRE)	1:31:45	SB
12	Beatriz Pascual (ESP)	1:32:38	SB
13	Olive Loughnane (IRL)	1:33:08
14	Melanie Seeger (GER)	1:33:40
15	Inês Henriques (POR)	1:35:07	SB
16	Nevena Mineva (BUL)	1:35:28
17	Vera Santos (POR)	1:37:19
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
—	María Vasco (ESP)	DNF
—	Sonata Milušauskaitė (LTU)	DNF
—	Susana Feitor (POR)	DNF
—	Jolanta Dukure (LAT)	DNF
—	Natalya Fedoskina (RUS)	DNF
DISQUALIFIED (DQ)
—	Yelena Ginko (BLR)	DQ
—	Kjersti Plätzer (NOR)	DQ
—	Olga Lukyanchuk (UKR)	DQ
—	Norica Câmpean (ROM)	DQ