2002 in shot put

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in both the men's and the women's shot put. One of the main event during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday August 6, 2002. The women had their final four days later, on Saturday August 10, 2002. Men Records Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field World Record Randy Barnes USA 23.12 m May 20, 1990 USA Los Angeles, United States 2002 World Year Ranking RankMarkAthleteVenueDateNote 1 22.51 m Adam Nelson USA Portland, United States 2002-05-18 2 22.19 m Kevin Toth USA Eugene, United States 2002-05-26 3 21.91 m John Godina USA Eugene, United States 2002-05-26 4 21.60 m Janus Robberts RSA Baton Rouge, United States 2002-06-01 5 21.57 m Joachim Olsen DEN Baton Rouge, United States 2002-06-01 6 21.47 m Manuel Martínez ESP Salamanca, Spain 2002-07-10 7 21.45 m Christian Cantwell USA Iowa City, United States 2002-05-04 8 21.37 m Yuriy Bilonoh UKR Munich, Germany 2002-08-06 9 21.11 m Arsi Harju FIN Lapinlahti, Finland 2002-07-14 10 21.09 m Ville Tiisanoja FIN Kuortane, Finland 2002-07-28 11 21.00 m Jamie Beyer USA Palo Alto, United States 2002-06-22 12 20.91 m Justin Anlezark AUS Manchester, Great Britain 2002-07-31 13 20.86 m Paolo Dal Soglio ITA Riese Pio, Italy 2002-09-22 14 20.85 m Ralf Bartels GER Gotha, Germany 2002-06-09 15 20.82 m Milan Haborák SVK Thum, Germany 2002-05-19 16 20.80 m Tepa Reinikainen FIN Kuortane, Finland 2002-07-28 17 20.73 m Jimmy Nordin SWE Ludvika, Sweden 2002-06-27 18 20.72 m Carl Myerscough GBR Lincoln, United States 2002-05-04 19 20.56 m Szilárd Kiss HUN Debrecen, Hungary 2002-07-26 20 20.51 m Tonyo Sylvester USA Palo Alto, United States 2002-06-22 21 20.50 m Conny Karlsson FIN Espoo, Finland 2002-05-30 22 20.47 m Detlef Bock GER Gotha, Germany 2002-06-09 Reese Hoffa USA Palo Alto, United States 2002-06-22 24 20.39 m Rutger Smith NED Hengelo, Netherlands 2002-06-02 25 20.28 m Petr Stehlík CZE Patras, Greece 2002-07-14 Women Records Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field World Record Natalya Lisovskaya URS 22.63 m June 7, 1987 URS Moscow, Soviet Union 2002 World Year Ranking RankMarkAthleteVenueDateNote 1 20.64 m Irina Korzhanenko RUS Munich, Germany 10/08/2002 2 20.53 m Svetlana Krivelyova RUS Tula, Russia 02/06/2002 3 20.07 m Vita Pavlysh UKR Dortmund, Germany 08/06/2002 4 19.86 m Astrid Kumbernuss GER Neuwied-Engers, Germany 17/05/2002 5 19.40 m Nadzeya Astapchuk BLR Milan, Italy 05/06/2002 6 19.39 m Yumileidi Cumbá CUB Salamanca, Spain 10/07/2002 7 19.24 m Nadine Kleinert GER Neuwied-Engers, Germany 17/05/2002 8 19.20 m Olga Ryabinkina RUS Tula, Russia 09/06/2002 Teri Steer USA Palo Alto, United States 21/06/2002 10 18.95 m Li Meiju CHN Benxi, PR China 09/06/2002 11 18.92 m Irina Khudoroshkina RUS Moscow, Russia 28/06/2002 12 18.73 m Elena Hila ROM Snagov, Romania 18/05/2002 Krystyna Zabawska POL Sopot, Poland 13/07/2002 14 18.67 m Du Xianhui CHN Singapore 17/03/2002 15 18.62 m Song Feina CHN Benxi, PR China 09/06/2002 16 18.51 m Seilala Sua USA Palo Alto, United States 21/06/2002 17 18.50 m Lee Myung-Sun KOR Busan, South Korea 09/10/2002 18 18.47 m Lieja Tunks NED Rome, Italy 12/07/2002 19 18.46 m Elisângela Adriano BRA São Caetano do Sul, Brazil 24/08/2002 20 18.40 m Valerie Vili NZL Madrid, Spain 21/09/2002 21 18.39 m Li Fengfeng CHN Tiantai, PR China 27/10/2002 22 18.38 m Zhang Xiaoyu CHN Baoding, PR China 09/09/2002 23 18.37 m Cheng Xiaoyan CHN Shanghai, PR China 18/05/2002 24 18.34 m Valentina Fedyushina AUT Lisboa, Portugal 03/07/2002 25 18.31 m Katarzyna Zakowicz POL Dortmund, Germany 08/06/2002 References IAAF tilastopaja apulanta apulanta Shot Put Year Ranking, 2002 2002