2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 20 kilometres walk
# 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 | New Event | New Event | 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 | |
