2002 in marathon running
| 2001 . 2002 in marathon running . 2003 |
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 2002 in the Marathon for both men and women. One of the main title events during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany. The world record was broken in both the men's and the women's competition.
Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 2:05:42 | October 24, 1999 | ||
| Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | 2:05:38 | April 14, 2002 | ||
2002 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Birthdate | Pos | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:05:38 | 22 12 1971 | 1 | London | 14 04 2002 | WR | |
| 2 | 2:05:48 | 17 06 1969 | 2 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 3 | 2:06:16 | 07 05 1976 | 2 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 4 | 2:06:16 | 24 09 1970 | 3 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 5 | 2:06:35 | 18 04 1973 | 3 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 6 | 2:06:46 | 01 01 1969 | 5 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 7 | 2:06:47 | 1975 | 1 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 8 | 2:06:49 | 03 03 1970 | 2 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 9 | 2:06:52 | 22 06 1976 | 3 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 10 | 2:07:06 | 20 01 1976 | 5 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 11 | 2:07:26 | 05 09 1971 | 1 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 12 | 2:07:29 | 25 05 1971 | 6 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 13 | 2:07:50 | 05 09 1974 | 4 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 14 | 2:07:55 | 13 02 1969 | 2 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 15 | 2:07:59 | 30 03 1974 | 3 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 16 | 2:08:07 | 16 02 1976 | 1 | New York | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 17 | 2:08:08 | 26 08 1970 | 4 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 18 | 2:08:10 | 12 12 1971 | 5 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 19 | 2:08:16 | 16 04 1978 | 1 | Hofu | 15 12 2002 | ||
| 20 | 2:08:17 | 03 03 1977 | 2 | New York | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 21 | 2:08:18 | 19 08 1976 | 1 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 22 | 2:08:25 | 14 08 1973 | 5 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 23 | 2:08:35 | 18 05 1971 | 1 | Otsu | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 24 | 2:08:39 | 30 12 1977 | 3 | New York | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 25 | 2:08:43 | 19 12 1973 | 1 | Tokyo | 10 02 2002 | ||
| 26 | 2:08:44 | 10 12 1976 | 6 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 27 | 2:08:49 | 06 11 1973 | 1 | Venezia | 27 10 2002 | ||
| 28 | 2:08:53 | 02 12 1969 | 2 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 29 | 2:08:53 | 01 01 1969 | 4 | New York | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 30 | 2:08:59 | 20 08 1966 | 2 | Tokyo | 10 02 2002 | ||
| 31 | 2:08:59 | 26 09 1978 | 1 | Milan | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 32 | 2:08:59 | 26 10 1978 | 2 | Milan | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 33 | 2:08:59 | 17 12 1972 | 3 | Milan | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 34 | 2:09:07 | 31 01 1969 | 3 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 35 | 2:09:08 | 03 06 1974 | 3 | Otsu | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 36 | 2:09:10 | 29 01 1977 | 4 | Otsu | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 37 | 2:09:10 | 22 03 1966 | 7 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 38 | 2:09:13 | 23 04 1978 | 1 | Fukuoka | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 39 | 2:09:15 | 11 05 1973 | 2 | Fukuoka | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 40 | 2:09:17 | 22 11 1974 | 8 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 41 | 2:09:18 | 30 07 1974 | 5 | Otsu | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 42 | 2:09:22 | 24 06 1974 | 4 | Milan | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 43 | 2:09:34 | 29 12 1976 | 1 | San Sebastián | 24 11 2002 | ||
| 44 | 2:09:38 | 04 06 1976 | 2 | Hofu | 15 11 2002 | ||
| 45 | 2:09:39 | 20 12 1974 | 4 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 46 | 2:09:41 | 15 09 1972 | 6 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 47 | 2:09:43 | 02 08 1974 | 2 | Rotterdam | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 48 | 2:09:45 | 04 04 1965 | 4 | Boston | 15 04 2002 | ||
| 49 | 2:09:48 | 15 12 1981 | 3 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 50 | 2:09:50 | 23 04 1976 | 9 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 51 | 2:09:51 | 27 01 1982 | 4 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 52 | 2:09:51 | 12 12 1973 | 5 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 53 | 2:09:54 | 15 11 1973 | 5 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 54 | 2:09:55 | 22 10 1971 | 3 | Rotterdam | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 55 | 2:09:56 | 19 10 1974 | 6 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 56 | 2:09:58 | 22 12 1974 | 2 | San Sebastián | 24 11 2002 | ||
| 57 | 2:09:59 | 21 11 1976 | 1 | Carpi | 06 10 2002 | ||
| 58 | 2:10:02 | 09 01 1969 | 7 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 59 | 2:10:02 | 29 10 1978 | 2 | Venezia | 27 10 2002 | ||
| 60 | 2:10:05 | 15 04 1971 | 7 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 61 | 2:10:06 | 02 02 1972 | 6 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 62 | 2:10:06 | 05 07 1963 | 7 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 63 | 2:10:06 | 12 11 1973 | 3 | Venezia | 27 10 2002 | ||
| 64 | 2:10:09 | 28 08 1977 | 7 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 65 | 2:10:09 | 20 09 1973 | 8 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 66 | 2:10:10 | 1983 | 8 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 67 | 2:10:12 | 24 08 1974 | 1 | Eindhoven | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 68 | 2:10:14 | 16 09 1974 | 8 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 69 | 2:10:17 | 18 05 1976 | 6 | Otsu | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 70 | 2:10:17 | 1969 | 1 | Hamburg | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 71 | 2:10:22 | 11 09 1974 | 4 | Venezia | 27 10 2002 | ||
| 72 | 2:10:25 | 20 08 1965 | 1 | Vienna | 26 05 2002 | ||
| 73 | 2:10:27 | 01 06 1967 | 1 | Los Angeles | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 74 | 2:10:27 | 19 04 1974 | 1 | Torino | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 75 | 2:10:30 | 11 10 1970 | 5 | Boston | 15 04 2002 | ||
| 76 | 2:10:31 | 24 06 1974 | 6 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 77 | 2:10:39 | 03 12 1972 | 7 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 78 | 2:10:39 | 4 | San Sebastián | 24 11 2002 | |||
| 79 | 2:10:39 | 08 08 1974 | 5 | Milan | 01 12 2002 | ||
| 80 | 2:10:40 | 10 01 1971 | 9 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 81 | 2:10:40 | 1974 | 6 | Boston | 15 04 2002 | ||
| 82 | 2:10:41 | 24 09 1978 | 9 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 83 | 2:10:42 | 10 11 1970 | 3 | Hamburg | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 84 | 2:10:48 | 07 06 1971 | 4 | Rotterdam | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 85 | 2:10:48 | 24 07 1974 | 2 | Carpi | 06 10 2002 | ||
| 86 | 2:10:49 | 16 01 1967 | 2 | Eindhoven | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 87 | 2:10:50 | 29 12 1974 | 3 | Eindhoven | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 88 | 2:10:51 | 06 10 1978 | 1 | Köln | 06 10 2002 | ||
| 89 | 2:10:52 | 03 12 1972 | 2 | Torino | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 90 | 2:10:53 | 19 04 1977 | 3 | Vienna | 26 05 2002 | ||
| 91 | 2:10:54 | 15 01 1972 | 6 | New York | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 92 | 2:10:55 | 04 12 1976 | 10 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 93 | 2:10:57 | 10 08 1970 | 1 | Duluth | 22 06 2002 | ||
| 94 | 2:10:59 | 25 01 1968 | 5 | Rotterdam | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 95 | 2:11:00 | 07 09 1972 | 3 | Torino | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 96 | 2:11:03 | 06 11 1972 | 7 | Otsu | 03 03 2002 | ||
| 97 | 2:11:04 | 17 04 1976 | 9 | Seoul | 03 11 2002 | ||
| 98 | 2:11:07 | 21 10 1974 | 3 | Carpi | 06 10 2002 | ||
| 99 | 2:11:08 | 04 05 1964 | 11 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 100 | 2:11:08 | 1976 | 5 | Venice | 27 10 2002 |
Women
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record | 2:18:47 | October 7, 2001 | ||
| Broken records during the 2001 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | 2:17:18 | October 13, 2002 | ||
2002 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Birthdate | Venue | Rank | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2:17:18 | 17 12 1973 | 1 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | WR | |
| 2 | 2:19:26 | 21 07 1972 | 2 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 3 | 2:20:23 | 06 12 1980 | 1 | Beijing | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 4 | 2:20:43 | 30 05 1976 | 1 | Boston | 15 04 2002 | ||
| 5 | 2:21:21 | 03 10 1977 | 2 | Beijing | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 6 | 2:21:22 | 14 03 1979 | 3 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 7 | 2:21:31 | 15 09 1970 | 4 | Chicago | 13 10 2002 | ||
| 8 | 2:21:49 | 06 05 1972 | 1 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 9 | 2:22:19 | 11 12 1974 | 1 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 10 | 2:22:33 | 07 10 1968 | 3 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 11 | 2:22:46 | 11 06 1976 | 4 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 12 | 2:23:05 | 24 12 1968 | 1 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 13 | 2:23:17 | 13 09 1979 | 3 | Beijing | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 14 | 2:23:19 | 25 06 1975 | 5 | London | 14 04 2002 | ||
| 15 | 2:23:43 | 15 11 1975 | 1 | Rotterdam | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 16 | 2:23:52 | 23 01 1970 | 2 | Amsterdam | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 17 | 2:23:55 | 20 03 1974 | 1 | Osaka | 27 01 2002 | ||
| 18 | 2:23:57 | 20 04 1984 | 4 | Beijing | 20 10 2002 | ||
| 19 | 2:24:11 | 04 04 1971 | 2 | Berlin | 29 09 2002 | ||
| 20 | 2:24:33 | 09 03 1977 | 2 | Paris | 07 04 2002 | ||
| 21 | 2:24:34 | 02 09 1968 | 2 | Osaka | 27 01 2002 | ||
| 22 | 2:24:39 | 5 | Beijing | 20 10 2002 | |||
| 23 | 2:24:59 | 14 11 1977 | 1 | Tokyo | 17 11 2002 | ||
| 24 | 2:25:11 | 18 07 1976 | 2 | Rotterdam | 21 04 2002 | ||
| 25 | 2:25:15 | 06 04 1985 | 6 | Beijing | 20 10 2002 |
References
- 2002 Marathon Ranking by the ARRS
- IAAF (men)
- IAAF (women)