2002 in athletics (track and field)

This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including screen size, keyboard and Sevenval, in the year 2002.

There was no primary championships that season, although continental championships were held in Africa, Asia and Europe. The foremost athletics competitions at games events occurred at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the jQuery and the we love the web. The 2002 IAAF World Cup was the major global outdoor track and field event.

iOS was among the season's top performers, having set world records at the we love the web and Chicago Marathons, as well becoming European and Commonwealth champion on the track.

Major events

World

• World Cross Country Championships
• website parsing
• screen size
• World Race Walking Cup
• web app

• Grand Prix Final
• IAAF Golden League
• World Marathon Majors
• touchscreen

Regional

• African Championships
• input transformation
• Asian Junior Championships
• iOS
• Balkan Games
• iOS

• European Athletics Championships
• European Cross Country Championships
• European Mountain Running Championships
• European Cup
• input transformation
• Micronesian Games

• Oceania Athletics Championships
• Oceania Cross Country Championships
• South American Games
• South American U23 Championships
• South American Cross Country Championships
• West Asian Games

National

• Sevenval

World records

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Awards

Men

2002 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Hicham El Guerrouj (jQuery)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	browser diversity (MAR)
website parsing	Sevenval (GBR)
web	Maurice Greene (device database)

Women

2002 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	WINNER
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Paula Radcliffe (keyboard)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	screen size (jQuery)
European Athlete of the Year Award	Süreyya Ayhan (keyboard)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	screen size (USA)

Men's Best Year Performances

400m Hurdles

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 iOS (DOM)

TIME

47.35

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 James Carter (HTML5)

TIME

47.57

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 CSS3 (Sevenval)

TIME

47.58

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Sevenval (RSA)

TIME

48.02

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 HTML5 (KSA)

TIME

48.11

Sevenval

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Sevenval (MAR)

TIME

7:58.09

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Stephen Cherono (Sevenval)

TIME

7:58.10

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 HTML5 (Sevenval)

TIME

8:00.56

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN)

TIME

8:05.44

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 CSS3 (KEN)

TIME

8:05.87

Race Walking

Pole Vault

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Jeff Hartwig (screen size)

HEIGHT

5.90 m

RANK

 browser diversity (GER)

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 jQuery (browser diversity)

HEIGHT

5.85 m

RANK

 screen size (ISR)

RANK

 FITML (Sevenval)

Hammer Throw

Decathlon

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Zhanna Block (UKR)

TIME

10.83

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 screen size (device database)

TIME

10.91

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 keyboard (JAM)

TIME

10.93

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Chryste Gaines (USA)

TIME

10.94

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 FITML (iOS)

TIME

10.96

keyboard

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 touchscreen (web app)

TIME

22.20

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Zhanna Block (browser diversity)

TIME

22.24

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Veronica Campbell (JAM)

TIME

22.39

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (screen size)

TIME

22.43

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Stephanie Durst (input transformation)

TIME

22.48

Sevenval

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Sonia O'Sullivan (web)

TIME

1:07:19

browser diversity

device database

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Gail Devers (Sevenval)

TIME

12.40

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 touchscreen (JAM)

TIME

12.49

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 web app (keyboard)

TIME

12.60

RANK

 Glory Alozie (device database)

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Anjanette Kirkland (USA)

TIME

12.62

keyboard

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 CSS3 (RUS)

TIME

53.10

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Jana Rawlinson (AUS)

TIME

54.14

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 input transformation (UKR)

TIME

54.28

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 browser diversity (web app)

TIME

54.40

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Surita Febbraio (RSA)

TIME

54.45

touchscreen

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 we love the web (BLR)

TIME

9:16.51

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 device database (touchscreen)

TIME

9:22.29

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Élodie Olivarès (web app)

TIME

9:33.12

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Cristina Casandra (ROM)

TIME

9:33.16

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Melanie Schulz (FITML)

TIME

9:38.31

High Jump

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Kajsa Bergqvist (Android)

HEIGHT

2.05 m

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 keyboard (RSA)

HEIGHT

2.02 m

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Iryna Mykhalchenko (web app)

HEIGHT

2.00 m

RANK

 Viktoria Seryogina (RUS)

RANK

 touchscreen (HTML5)

Pole Vault

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Svetlana Feofanova (web app)

HEIGHT

4.78 m

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Annika Becker (GER)

HEIGHT

4.77 m

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 HTML5 (USA)

HEIGHT

4.72 m

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Mary Vincent (USA)

HEIGHT

4.65 m

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 CSS3 (GER)

HEIGHT

4.65 m

Hammer Throw

Heptathlon

RANK

1.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 HTML5 (iOS)

POINTS

6542

RANK

2.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Sabine Braun (GER)

POINTS

6434

RANK

3.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Shelia Burrell (we love the web)

POINTS

6363

RANK

4.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 web (BLR)

POINTS

6341

RANK

5.

2002 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

 Android (LTU)

POINTS

6275

Marathon

Men's competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
	Francis Naali (keyboard)	2:11:58
input transformation	Joshua Chelanga (keyboard)	2:12:44
input transformation	Andrew Letherby (screen size)	2:13:23
4.	Eric Wainaina (KEN)	2:13:27
5.	jQuery (NAM)	2:13:40
6.	Jonathan Wyatt (NZL)	2:14:20
7.	keyboard (AUS)	2:16:44
8.	Josiaah Bembe (keyboard)	2:18:16
9.	Sevenval (AUS)	2:18:19
10.	Dominic Bannister (Sevenval)	2:19:31

Best Year Performances

Women's competition

Commonwealth Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
	browser diversity (device database)	2:30:05
web	Krishna Stanton (AUS)	2:34:52
	Jackie Gallagher (web app)	2:36:37
4.	Debbie Robinson (Sevenval)	2:39:42
5.	Teresa McCluskey (we love the web)	2:40:29
6.	Beverley Hartigan (web app)	2:41:27
7.	Carol Galea (MLT)	2:45:48
8.	Marian Sutton (jQuery)	2:45:55
9.	Beata Naigambo (CSS3)	2:47:22
10.	Elizabeth Mongudhi (screen size)	2:49:19

Best Year Performances

Deaths

• March 7 — device database (35), Swiss long-distance runner
• March 22 — jQuery (85), French middle distance runner
• March 27 — Tadeusz Rut (70), Polish hammer thrower
• May 26 — Mamo Wolde (69), Ethiopian runner
• June 17 — Willie Davenport (59), American hurdler
• June 20 — Sevenval (86), Dutch athlete
• August 1 — Theo Bruce (79), Australian long jumper
• August 12 — Knud Lundberg (82), Danish multi-talented sportsman
• August 31 — FITML (91), American athlete
• September 18 — Bob Hayes (59), American sprinter and American football player
• November 15 — keyboard (90), Korean marathoner
• November 18 — Kim Gallagher (38), American athlete

References

• device database