title: 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
text: # 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's 50 kilometres walk
  
  These are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 8, 2002. Poland's Robert Korzeniowski set a new world record, clocking a total time of 3:36:39, defeating Valeriy Spitsyn's 3:37:26 from May 21, 2000 set in Moscow, Russia.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Robert Korzeniowski Poland (POL) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Aleksey Voyevodin Russia (RUS) |
  | Bronze | Jesús Ángel García Spain (ESP) |
  
  ## 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 |
  | CR | event record |
  | NR | national record |
  | PB | personal best |
  | SB | season best |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships :
  
  | World Record | Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS) | 3:37:26 | May 21, 2000 | Moscow, Russia |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event Record | Hartwig Gauder (GDR) | 3:40:55 | August 31, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
  | Standing records after the 2002 European Athletics Championships |||||
  | World Record | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:36:39 | August 8, 2002 | Munich, Germany |
  | Event Record | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:36:39 | August 8, 2002 | Munich, Germany |
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time | Note |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Robert Korzeniowski (POL) | 3:36:39 | WR |
  | | Aleksey Voyevodin (RUS) | 3:40:16 | SB |
  | | Jesús Ángel García (ESP) | 3:44:33 | SB |
  | 4 | German Skurygin (RUS) | 3:48:58 | |
  | 5 | Trond Nymark (NOR) | 3:50:16 | |
  | 6 | Denis Langlois (FRA) | 3:50:47 | SB |
  | 7 | Aleksandar Raković (YUG) | 3:51:47 | SB |
  | 8 | Francesco Galdenzi (ITA) | 3:52:17 | |
  | 9 | Modris Liepiņš (LAT) | 3:52:36 | SB |
  | 10 | Grzegorz Sudoł (POL) | 3:54:35 | |
  | 11 | Peter Korčok (SVK) | 3:55:34 | |
  | 12 | Santiago Pérez (ESP) | 3:55:50 | |
  | 13 | Fredrik Svensson (SWE) | 3:56:32 | SB |
  | 14 | Spiridon Kastanis (GRE) | 4:00:31 | SB |
  | 15 | David Boulanger (FRA) | 4:03:20 | SB |
  | 16 | Pedro Martins (POR) | 4:03:39 | |
  | 17 | Bengt Bengtsson (SWE) | 4:07:03 | |
  | 18 | René Piller (FRA) | 4:07:20 | SB |
  | 19 | Uģis Brūvelis (LAT) | 4:14:39 | |
  | 20 | Marek Janek (SVK) | 4:19:08 | |
  | DISQUALIFIED (DQ) ||||
  | — | Jiří Malysa (CZE) | DQ | |
  | — | Yuriy Andronov (RUS) | DQ | |
  | — | Tomasz Lipiec (POL) | DQ | |
  | — | Jamie Costin (IRL) | DQ | |
  | — | Jacob Sørensen (DEN) | DQ | |
  | — | Mikel Odriozola (ESP) | DQ | |
  | — | Giovanni de Benedictis (ITA) | DQ | |
  | — | Martin Pupis (SVK) | DQ | |
  | DID NOT FINISH (DNF) ||||
  | — | Marco Giungi (ITA) | DNF | |
  | — | Jorge Costa (POR) | DNF | |
  | DID NOT START (DNS) ||||
  | — | Miloš Holuša (CZE) | DNS | |
  