Personal bests for 2002

The fastest 800 m athletes of 2002

The best once more
Number one again. Wilson Kipketer has every reason to be happy, having just won a very fast race at the Ivo Vandamme Memorial in Brussels.
Halfway through the nineties Kipketer had definitely lifted 800m running to a new level. But in 2000 and 2001 injuries and fierce competition from his rivals meant he could no longer take his position at the top for granted. In 2002 though he proved his exceptional talents once more. He won all his races except one (he came second in Zürich) and captured the European Championship that had eluded him four years earlier. In Brussels he recorded the first sub-1:43 mark of the season, and he would go on to improve that time several days later winning the fastest race of the year in Rieti.

#	Athlete	Nat	Time	Date	Venue
1	Wilson Kipketer	DEN	1.42.32	08-09-2002	Rieti
2	Wilfred Bungei	KEN	1.42.34	08-09-2002	Rieti
3	William Yiampoy	KEN	1.42.91	08-09-2002	Rieti
4	Mehdi Baala	FRA	1.43.15	08-09-2002	Rieti
5	Japheth Kimutai	KEN	1.43.15	08-09-2002	Rieti
6	Joseph Mutua	KEN	1.43.33	16-08-2002	Zürich A
7	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	1.43.81	16-08-2002	Zürich A
8	Antonio Reina	ESP	1.43.83	21-09-2002	Madrid
9	David Krummenacker	USA	1.43.92	30-08-2002	Bruxelles
10	André Bucher	SUI	1.43.93	30-08-2002	Bruxelles
11	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	ALG	1.44.03	21-09-2002	Madrid
12	Nils Schumann	GER	1.44.16	30-08-2002	Bruxelles
13	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	RUS	1.44.20	30-08-2002	Bruxelles
14	Pawel Czapiewski	POL	1.44.32	30-08-2002	Bruxelles
15	Joeri Jansen	BEL	1.44.38	30-08-2002	Bruxelles
16	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	1.44.39	19-07-2002	Monaco
17	Khadevis Robinson	USA	1.44.41	14-07-2002	Lapinlahti
18	Nicholas Wachira	KEN	1.44.44	07-06-2002	Torino
19	Rui Silva	POR	1.44.91	20-08-2002	San Sebastián
20	Vincent Kemboi	KEN	1.44.92	18-05-2002	Nairobi
21	Otukile Lekote	BOT	1.45.17	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
22	Nicolas Aïssat	FRA	1.45.30	16-08-2002	Zürich B
23	Willy Rotich	KEN	1.45.33	17-08-2002	Vammala
24	Berhanu Alemu	ETH	1.45.35	10-06-2002	Ostrava
25	Samuel Burley	USA	1.45.39	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
26	Glody Dube	BOT	1.45.40	02-06-2002	Hengelo
27	Arthémon Hatungimana	BDI	1.45.45	20-08-2002	San Sebastián
28	Alex Kipchirchir	KEN	1.45.5m	18-05-2002	Nairobi
29	Werner Botha	RSA	1.45.52	02-06-2002	Hengelo
30	James McIlroy	GBR	1.45.52	28-08-2002	Rovereto
31	Florent Lacasse	FRA	1.45.53	21-04-2002	Cape Town
32	Paul Korir	KEN	1.45.55	30-06-2002	Chania
33	Arnoud Okken	NED	1.45.65	16-08-2002	Zürich B
34	Dimitriy Bogdanov	RUS	1.45.72	20-07-2002	Cuxhaven
35	Henry Rotich	KEN	1.45.73	29-06-2002	Strasbourg
36	Moise Joseph	HAI	1.45.74	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
37	Michael Rotich	KEN	1.45.76	30-06-2002	Chania
38	Jonathan Johnson	USA	1.45.81	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
39	Bernard Kisilu	KEN	1.45.82	18-08-2002	Lappeenranta
40	David Lelei	KEN	1.45.82	20-07-2002	Heusden-Zolder A
41	Kris McCarthy	AUS	1.45.82	16-08-2002	Zürich B
42	René Herms	GER	1.45.85	07-07-2002	Wattenscheid
43	Osmar dos Santos	BRA	1.45.86	29-09-2002	Rio de Janeiro
44	Bram Som	NED	1.45.86	23-06-2002	Sevilla
45	Sylas Kimutai	KEN	1.45.91	20-05-2002	Rehlingen
46	Noah Ngeny	KEN	1.45.94	05-07-2002	Paris
47	David Fiegen	LUX	1.45.96	29-06-2002	Strasbourg
48	Nathan Brannen	CAN	1.46.00	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
49	Christian Neunhäuserer	ITA	1.46.07	12-07-2002	Roma
50	Wilson Kirwa	FIN	1.46.10	18-08-2002	Lappeenranta
51	Justus Koech	KEN	1.46.10	22-06-2002	Nairobi
52	Trinity Gray	USA	1.46.12i	09-02-2002	New York
53	Sergey Kozhevnikov	RUS	1.46.13i	03-03-2002	Wien
54	Tom Omey	BEL	1.46.18	25-05-2002	Nijmegen
55	Marc Sylvester	USA	1.46.21	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
56	Jeff DeLong	USA	1.46.23	11-07-2002	Dübendorf
57	Anthony Whiteman	GBR	1.46.23	12-04-2002	Pretoria
58	Franck Barre	FRA	1.46.25	29-06-2002	Strasbourg
59	Lucky Hadebe	RSA	1.46.27	12-04-2002	Pretoria
60	Rachid Khouia	FRA	1.46.27	29-06-2002	Strasbourg
61	Norberto Téllez	CUB	1.46.28	29-06-2002	Funchal
62	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SUD	1.46.36	17-07-2002	Kingston s2
63	Grzegorz Krzosek	POL	1.46.36	27-07-2002	Gdansk
64	Miguel Quesada	ESP	1.46.45	30-06-2002	Igualada
65	Amine Laalou	MAR	1.46.5m	20-06-2002	Blida
66	Bryan Woodward	USA	1.46.52	06-07-2002	Brunswick
67	Fernando Almeida	POR	1.46.54	15-06-2002	Lisboa
68	Fouad Chouki	FRA	1.46.54	29-06-2002	Strasbourg
69	Francis Marwa	KEN	1.46.56	21-06-2002	Nairobi s2
70	Stefan Beumer	NED	1.46.57	20-07-2002	Heusden-Zolder A
71	Derrick Peterson	USA	1.46.60i	02-03-2002	New York
72	Anthony Kabara	KEN	1.46.61	26-06-2002	Luzern
73	Thiago Pereira	BRA	1.46.62	05-05-2002	Belém
74	Salem Al Badri	QAT	1.46.63	19-07-2002	Kingston
75	Panayotis Stroubakos	GRE	1.46.64	15-06-2002	Trikala
76	Simon Kimata	KEN	1.46.65	30-03-2002	Tempe
77	Matthew Shone	GBR	1.46.72	21-04-2002	Cape Town
78	Hudson de Souza	BRA	1.46.74	11-05-2002	Guatemala City
79	Jebreh Harris	USA	1.46.76	09-07-2002	Montreal
80	Roman Oravec	CZE	1.46.80	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
81	Ramil Aritkulov	RUS	1.46.82	12-07-2002	Cheboksary h7
82	Jimmy Lomba	FRA	1.46.83	26-07-2002	Namur
83	Abdou Adam	QAT	1.46.86	19-07-2002	Kingston
84	Khalid Tighazouine	MAR	1.46.86	16-06-2002	Villeneuve d'Ascq
85	Bernard Lagat	KEN	1.46.90	30-03-2002	Palo Alto
86	José Manuel Cortés	ESP	1.46.92	17-07-2002	Kingston s2
87	Neil Speaight	GBR	1.46.92	19-07-2002	Dublin
88	Khaled Azerkan	SWE	1.46.93	23-06-2002	Sevilla
89	Joel Marwa	KEN	1.46.95	18-05-2002	Nairobi
90	John Kemboi	KEN	1.46.97	04-05-2002	Arlington
91	Mike Stember	USA	1.46.97i	02-03-2002	New York
92	Miroslaw Formela	POL	1.46.99	16-06-2002	Warszawa
93	Moses Kibet	KEN	1.47.00	20-06-2002	Nairobi h5
94	Lee Jae-Hoon	KOR	1.47.06	26-05-2002	Manila
95	Ricky Etheridge	PUR	1.47.08	11-05-2002	Guatemala City
96	Sherridan Kirk	TRI	1.47.09	16-06-2002	Port of Spain
97	João Pires	POR	1.47.10	16-08-2002	Zürich B
98	Shaun Abrahams	RSA	1.47.11	21-04-2002	Cape Town
99	Sergio Gallardo	ESP	1.47.11	03-07-2002	Madrid A
100	Abdulrahman Sulaiman	QAT	1.47.11	28-08-2002	Rovereto
101	Christian Obrist	ITA	1.47.12	14-09-2002	Pescara
102	Floyd Thompson	USA	1.47.13	06-07-2002	Brunswick
103	Paskar Owor	UGA	1.47.14	28-07-2002	Manchester s1
104	Vanco Stoyanov	MKD	1.47.14	10-05-2002	Sofia
105	Rizak Dirshe	SWE	1.47.15	16-07-2002	Stockholm r2
106	Johan Cronje	RSA	1.47.16	14-07-2002	Lapinlahti
107	Reyes Estévez	ESP	1.47.17	14-09-2002	La Laguna
108	Ricky Soos	GBR	1.47.18	14-08-2002	Watford
109	Yeimer López	CUB	1.47.2m	20-06-2002	La Habana
110	Todd MacDonald	AUS	1.47.2m	23-03-2002	Melbourne
111	Zbigniew Graczyk	POL	1.47.21	16-06-2002	Warszawa
112	Manuel Olmedo	ESP	1.47.27i	09-02-2002	Sevilla
113	Rickard Pell	SWE	1.47.27	16-07-2002	Stockholm r3
114	Brian Berryhill	USA	1.47.28	06-07-2002	Cork
115	Toby Henkels	USA	1.47.29	06-07-2002	Brunswick
116	Pedro Esteso	ESP	1.47.30	01-06-2002	Madrid
117	Juan de Dios Jurado	ESP	1.47.35	06-09-2002	Andújar
118	Ramon Wächter	SUI	1.47.35	23-06-2002	Sevilla
119	Juan Carlos Higuero	ESP	1.47.37	03-07-2002	Madrid A
120	Jackson Langat	KEN	1.47.37	13-04-2002	San Angelo
121	Cosmas Rono	KEN	1.47.4m	17-06-2002	Nairobi
122	Mike Toroitich	KEN	1.47.4m	08-06-2002	Nairobi
123	Eugenio Barrios	ESP	1.47.44	03-07-2002	Madrid A
124	Emmanuel Kemboi	KEN	1.47.45	20-05-2002	Rehlingen
125	Mikhail Kolganov	KAZ	1.47.45	21-09-2002	Madrid
126	Lukás Vydra	CZE	1.47.47	26-08-2002	Dudelange
127	Alexis Abraham	FRA	1.47.49	16-06-2002	Villeneuve d'Ascq
128	Nabil Madi	ALG	1.47.5m	20-06-2002	Blida
129	Jesse O'Connell	USA	1.47.50	12-04-2002	Knoxville
130	K Mathew Binu	IND	1.47.52	18-05-2002	Hyderabad
131	Kader Chékhémani	FRA	1.47.54	24-07-2002	Castres
132	Michal Sneberger	CZE	1.47.56	10-06-2002	Ostrava
133	Isaac Sang	KEN	1.47.58	30-07-2002	Kristiinankaupunki
134	Massimo de Meo	ITA	1.47.59	29-06-2002	Funchal
135	Juha Kukkamo	FIN	1.47.59	30-07-2002	Kristiinankaupunki
136	Simon Lees	GBR	1.47.60	18-05-2002	Loughborough
137	Li Huiquan	CHN	1.47.61	08-10-2002	Busan h1
138	Livio Sciandra	ITA	1.47.61i	17-02-2002	Genova
139	Pavlos Farrouggias	GRE	1.47.63	07-07-2002	Rethymno
140	Mouhcine Chehibi	MAR	1.47.64	10-07-2002	Salamanca
141	Jeff Kuzma	USA	1.47.64	02-06-2002	Burnaby
142	David Freeman	PUR	1.47.66	12-05-2002	Starkville
143	Sadjad Moradi	IRI	1.47.67	12-07-2002	Budapest
144	Isaiah Nkuna	RSA	1.47.67	01-02-2002	Bloemfontein
145	Erkinjon Isakov	UZB	1.47.69	08-10-2002	Busan h1
146	Nico Motchebon	GER	1.47.71	08-06-2002	Dortmund
147	Dan Murray	USA	1.47.72	31-05-2002	Baton Rouge
148	Robert Rono	KEN	1.47.72	06-09-2002	Tivoli
149	Jesse Strutzel	USA	1.47.75i	02-03-2002	New York
150	Davide Roncalli	ITA	1.47.76	15-06-2002	Milano
151	Robbie Stevens	RSA	1.47.76	12-05-2002	Starkville
152	Ivan Heshko	UKR	1.47.77	16-05-2002	Bila Tserkva
153	John Lozada	PHI	1.47.77	26-05-2002	Manila
154	Michael Too	KEN	1.47.77	25-05-2002	Nijmegen
155	Matthieu Vandiest	BEL	1.47.78	27-08-2002	Liège
156	Zach Whitmarsh	CAN	1.47.79	08-06-2002	Palo Alto
157	Hamza Abdenouz	ALG	1.47.8m	20-06-2002	Blida
158	Saïd Ahmed	MOR	1.47.80i	09-03-2002	Fayetteville
159	Jason Stewart	NZL	1.47.81	08-06-2002	Dortmund
160	Joel Kidger	GBR	1.47.82	14-08-2002	Watford
161	Mindaugas Norbutas	LTU	1.47.82	02-06-2002	Tartu
162	Kim Soon-Hyung	KOR	1.47.82	12-06-2002	Uijeongbu
163	Cornelius Chirchir	KEN	1.47.83	01-06-2002	Kalamata
164	Phil Malakwen	KEN	1.47.85	05-05-2002	Belém
165	Ryan Smith	USA	1.47.9m	04-05-2002	Princeton
166	Marko Koers	NED	1.47.91	25-05-2002	Nijmegen
167	Joseph Lee	USA	1.47.92	29-05-2002	Baton Rouge h1
168	Tobias Dertmann	GER	1.47.93	08-06-2002	Dortmund
169	José Manuel Cerezo	ESP	1.47.96	14-09-2002	La Laguna
170	Fabio Lettieri	ITA	1.47.96	14-09-2002	Pescara
171	Gareth Turnbull	IRL	1.47.96	06-05-2002	Bath
172	Alberto Bispo	POR	1.47.98	18-05-2002	Lisboa

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