2002 in marathon running

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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.

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Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
World Record Flag of Morocco.svg  Khalid Khannouchi  (MAR)2:05:42October 24, 1999 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, United States
Broken records during the 2002 season in track and field
World Record Flag of the United States.svg  Khalid Khannouchi  (USA)2:05:38April 14, 2002 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, United Kingdom


2002 World Year Ranking

RankTimeAthleteBirthdatePosVenueDateNote
12:05:38Flag of the United States.svg  Khalid Khannouchi  (USA)22 12 19711London14 04 2002 WR
22:05:48Flag of Kenya.svg  Paul Tergat  (KEN)17 06 19692London14 04 2002
32:06:16Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Njenga  (KEN)07 05 19762Chicago13 10 2002
42:06:16Flag of Japan.svg  Toshinari Takaoka  (JPN)24 09 19703Chicago13 10 2002
52:06:35Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)18 04 19733London14 04 2002
62:06:46Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelkader El Mouaziz  (MAR)01 01 19695Chicago13 10 2002
72:06:47Flag of Kenya.svg  Raymond Kipkoech  (KEN)19751Berlin29 09 2002
82:06:49Flag of Kenya.svg  Simon Biwott  (KEN)03 03 19702Berlin29 09 2002
92:06:52Flag of Kenya.svg  Vincent Kipsos  (KEN)22 06 19763Berlin29 09 2002
102:07:06Flag of South Africa.svg  Ian Syster  (RSA)20 01 19765London14 04 2002
112:07:26Flag of Kenya.svg  Benjamin Kimutai  (KEN)05 09 19711Amsterdam20 10 2002
122:07:29Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Baldini  (ITA)25 05 19716London14 04 2002
132:07:50Flag of Kenya.svg  Boniface Usisivu  (KEN)05 09 19744Berlin29 09 2002
142:07:55Flag of Kenya.svg  Simon Bor  (KEN)13 02 19692Amsterdam20 10 2002
152:07:59Flag of Kenya.svg  Steven Matebo  (KEN)30 03 19743Amsterdam20 10 2002
162:08:07Flag of Kenya.svg  Rodgers Rop  (KEN)16 02 19761New York03 11 2002
172:08:08Flag of Spain.svg  Antoni Peña  (ESP)26 08 19704Amsterdam20 10 2002
182:08:10Flag of Kenya.svg  Sammy Korir  (KEN)12 12 19715Amsterdam20 10 2002
192:08:16Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Hailu Negussie  (ETH)16 04 19781Hofu15 12 2002
202:08:17Flag of Kenya.svg  Christopher Cheboiboch  (KEN)03 03 19772New York03 11 2002
212:08:18Flag of France.svg  Benoît Zwierzchiewski  (FRA)19 08 19761Paris07 04 2002
222:08:25Flag of Kenya.svg  Jimmy Muindi  (KEN)14 08 19735Berlin29 09 2002
232:08:35Flag of Japan.svg  Ryuji Takei  (JPN)18 05 19711Otsu03 03 2002
242:08:39Flag of Kenya.svg  Laban Kipkemboi  (KEN)30 12 19773New York03 11 2002
252:08:43Flag of Kenya.svg  Erick Wainaina  (KEN)19 12 19731Tokyo10 02 2002
262:08:44Flag of Kenya.svg  Boaz Kimaiyo  (KEN)10 12 19766Amsterdam20 10 2002
272:08:49Flag of Kenya.svg  David Makori  (KEN)06 11 19731Venezia27 10 2002
282:08:53Flag of Estonia.svg  Pavel Loskutov  (EST)02 12 19692Paris07 04 2002
292:08:53Flag of France.svg  Mohamed Ouaadi  (FRA)01 01 19694New York03 11 2002
302:08:59Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Juzdado  (ESP)20 08 19662Tokyo10 02 2002
312:08:59Flag of Kenya.svg  Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot  (KEN)26 09 19781Milan01 12 2002
322:08:59Flag of Kenya.svg  Michael Rotich  (KEN)26 10 19782Milan01 12 2002
332:08:59Flag of Italy.svg  Daniele Caimmi  (ITA)17 12 19723Milan01 12 2002
342:09:07Flag of Italy.svg  Migidio Bourifa  (ITA)31 01 19693Paris07 04 2002
352:09:08Flag of Kenya.svg  Fred Kiprop  (KEN)03 06 19743Otsu03 03 2002
362:09:10Flag of Japan.svg  Toshinari Suwa  (JPN)29 01 19774Otsu03 03 2002
372:09:10Flag of Portugal (official).svg  António Pinto  (POR)22 03 19667London14 04 2002
382:09:13Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gezahegne Abera  (ETH)23 04 19781Fukuoka01 12 2002
392:09:15Flag of Japan.svg  Tsuyoshi Ogata  (JPN)11 05 19732Fukuoka01 12 2002
402:09:17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Mark Steinle  (GBR)22 11 19748London14 04 2002
412:09:18Flag of Japan.svg  Takeshi Hamano  (JPN)30 07 19745Otsu03 03 2002
422:09:22Flag of Kenya.svg  Peter Chebet Kiprono  (KEN)24 06 19744Milan01 12 2002
432:09:34Flag of Kenya.svg  Timothy Cherigat  (KEN)29 12 19761San Sebastián24 11 2002
442:09:38Flag of Japan.svg  Satoshi Osaki  (JPN)04 06 19762Hofu15 11 2002
452:09:39Flag of Kenya.svg  Robert Cheruiyot  (KEN)20 12 19744Paris07 04 2002
462:09:41Flag of the United States.svg  Alan Culpepper  (USA)15 09 19726Chicago13 10 2002
472:09:43Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenneth Cheruiyot  (KEN)02 08 19742Rotterdam21 04 2002
482:09:45Flag of Kenya.svg  Mbarak Hussein  (KEN)04 04 19654Boston15 04 2002
492:09:48Flag of South Korea.svg  Ji Young-Joon  (KOR)15 12 19813Seoul03 11 2002
502:09:50Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tesfaye Jifar  (ETH)23 04 19769London14 04 2002
512:09:51Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tereje Wodajo  (ETH)27 01 19824Seoul03 11 2002
522:09:51Flag of Kenya.svg  Josephat Kiprono  (KEN)12 12 19735Seoul03 11 2002
532:09:54Flag of Algeria.svg  Rachid Ziar  (ALG)15 11 19735Paris07 04 2002
542:09:55Flag of Spain.svg  José Manuel Martínez  (ESP)22 10 19713Rotterdam21 04 2002
552:09:56Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tesfaye Tola  (ETH)19 10 19746Seoul03 11 2002
562:09:58Flag of Kenya.svg  David Busienei  (KEN)22 12 19742San Sebastián24 11 2002
572:09:59Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kirwa  (KEN)21 11 19761Carpi06 10 2002
582:10:02Flag of Kenya.svg  John Kagwe  (KEN)09 01 19697Chicago13 10 2002
592:10:02Flag of Kenya.svg  Martin Lel  (KEN)29 10 19782Venezia27 10 2002
602:10:05Flag of South Africa.svg  Josia Thugwane  (RSA)15 04 19717Seoul03 11 2002
612:10:06Flag of South Africa.svg  Hendrick Ramaala  (RSA)02 02 19726Paris07 04 2002
622:10:06Flag of France.svg  Abdellah Béhar  (FRA)05 07 19637Paris07 04 2002
632:10:06Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Moges Taye  (ETH)12 11 19733Venezia27 10 2002
642:10:09Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ambesse Tolosa  (ETH)28 08 19777Amsterdam20 10 2002
652:10:09Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Yi-Yong  (KOR)20 09 19738Seoul03 11 2002
662:10:10Flag of Kenya.svg  Matthew Sigei  (KEN)19838Amsterdam20 10 2002
672:10:12Flag of Kenya.svg  Willy Cheruiyot Kipkirui  (KEN)24 08 19741Eindhoven13 10 2002
682:10:14Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tesfaye Eticha  (ETH)16 09 19748Paris07 04 2002
692:10:17Flag of Japan.svg  Toshihiro Iwasa  (JPN)18 05 19766Otsu03 03 2002
702:10:17Flag of Kenya.svg  Christopher Kandie  (KEN)19691Hamburg21 04 2002
712:10:22Flag of Kenya.svg  Philip Tarus  (KEN)11 09 19744Venezia27 10 2002
722:10:25Flag of Kenya.svg  Moses Tanui  (KEN)20 08 19651Vienna26 05 2002
732:10:27Flag of Kenya.svg  Stephen Ndungu  (KEN)01 06 19671Los Angeles03 03 2002
742:10:27Flag of Italy.svg  Alberico Di Cecco  (ITA)19 04 19741Torino21 04 2002
752:10:30Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Bong-Ju  (KOR)11 10 19705Boston15 04 2002
762:10:31Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuhiro Matsuda  (JPN)24 06 19746Berlin29 09 2002
772:10:39Flag of Mexico.svg  José Ernani Palalia  (MEX)03 12 19727Berlin29 09 2002
782:10:39Flag of Kenya.svg  Henry Serem  (KEN)4San Sebastián24 11 2002
792:10:39Flag of Italy.svg  Ruggero Pertile  (ITA)08 08 19745Milan01 12 2002
802:10:40Flag of France.svg  Larbi Zeroual  (FRA)10 01 19719Paris07 04 2002
812:10:40Flag of Kenya.svg  Elias Chebet  (KEN)19746Boston15 04 2002
822:10:41Flag of Kenya.svg  Elijah Mutai  (KEN)24 09 19789Berlin29 09 2002
832:10:42Flag of Kenya.svg  Mark Saina  (KEN)10 11 19703Hamburg21 04 2002
842:10:48Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Kahugu  (KEN)07 06 19714Rotterdam21 04 2002
852:10:48Flag of Kenya.svg  Frederick Chumba  (KEN)24 07 19742Carpi06 10 2002
862:10:49Flag of Poland.svg  Grzegorz Gajdus  (POL)16 01 19672Eindhoven13 10 2002
872:10:50Flag of Kenya.svg  Douglas Rono  (KEN)29 12 19743Eindhoven13 10 2002
882:10:51Flag of Kenya.svg  Ernest Kipyego  (KEN)06 10 19781Köln06 10 2002
892:10:52Flag of Italy.svg  Danilo Goffi  (ITA)03 12 19722Torino21 04 2002
902:10:53Flag of Kenya.svg  Barnabas Kipngetich  (KEN)19 04 19773Vienna26 05 2002
912:10:54Flag of Ireland.svg  Mark Carroll  (IRL)15 01 19726New York03 11 2002
922:10:55Flag of Kenya.svg  Mark Yatich  (KEN)04 12 197610Berlin29 09 2002
932:10:57Flag of Kenya.svg  Elly Rono  (KEN)10 08 19701Duluth22 06 2002
942:10:59Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Luc Krotwaar  (NED)25 01 19685Rotterdam21 04 2002
952:11:00Flag of Italy.svg  Sergio Chiesa  (ITA)07 09 19723Torino21 04 2002
962:11:03Flag of Japan.svg  Masayoshi Koide  (JPN)06 11 19727Otsu03 03 2002
972:11:04Flag of Kenya.svg  Francis Kipketer  (KEN)17 04 19769Seoul03 11 2002
982:11:07Flag of Ukraine.svg  Aleksandr Kuzin  (UKR)21 10 19743Carpi06 10 2002
992:11:08Flag of South Africa.svg  Ezael Thlobo  (RSA)04 05 196411Berlin29 09 2002
1002:11:08Flag of Kenya.svg  David Kosgei  (KEN)19765Venice27 10 2002


Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
World Record Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)2:18:47October 7, 2001 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, United States
Broken records during the 2001 season in track and field
World Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paula Radcliffe  (GBR)2:17:18October 13, 2002 Flag of the United States.svg Chicago, United States


2002 World Year Ranking

RankTimeAthleteBirthdateVenueRankDateNote
12:17:18Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Paula Radcliffe  (GBR)17 12 19731Chicago13 10 2002 WR
22:19:26Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)21 07 19722Chicago13 10 2002
32:20:23Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Yanan  (CHN)06 12 19801Beijing20 10 2002
42:20:43Flag of Kenya.svg  Margaret Okayo  (KEN)30 05 19761Boston15 04 2002
52:21:21Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yingjie  (CHN)03 10 19772Beijing20 10 2002
62:21:22Flag of Japan.svg  Yoko Shibui  (JPN)14 03 19793Chicago13 10 2002
72:21:31Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Zakharova  (RUS)15 09 19704Chicago13 10 2002
82:21:49Flag of Japan.svg  Naoko Takahashi  (JPN)06 05 19721Berlin29 09 2002
92:22:19Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Gete Wami  (ETH)11 12 19741Amsterdam20 10 2002
102:22:33Flag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Petrova  (RUS)07 10 19683London14 04 2002
112:22:46Flag of Japan.svg  Reiko Tosa  (JPN)11 06 19764London14 04 2002
122:23:05Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marleen Renders  (BEL)24 12 19681Paris07 04 2002
132:23:17Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Shujing  (CHN)13 09 19793Beijing20 10 2002
142:23:19Flag of Kenya.svg  Susan Chepkemei  (KEN)25 06 19755London14 04 2002
152:23:43Flag of Japan.svg  Takami Ominami  (JPN)15 11 19751Rotterdam21 04 2002
162:23:52Flag of Romania.svg  Constantina Tomescu  (ROM)23 01 19702Amsterdam20 10 2002
172:23:55Flag of Kenya.svg  Lornah Kiplagat  (KEN)20 03 19741Osaka27 01 2002
182:23:57Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Xiaolin  (CHN)20 04 19844Beijing20 10 2002
192:24:11Flag of Mexico.svg  Adriana Fernández  (MEX)04 04 19712Berlin29 09 2002
202:24:33Flag of Japan.svg  Rie Matsuoka  (JPN)09 03 19772Paris07 04 2002
212:24:34Flag of Japan.svg  Harumi Hiroyama  (JPN)02 09 19682Osaka27 01 2002
222:24:39Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Hu Yuanyuan  (CHN)5Beijing20 10 2002
232:24:59Flag of Tanzania.svg  Banuelia Mrashani  (TAN)14 11 19771Tokyo17 11 2002
242:25:11Flag of Japan.svg  Masako Chiba  (JPN)18 07 19762Rotterdam21 04 2002
252:25:15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Weiwei  (CHN)06 04 19856Beijing20 10 2002


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