At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the City of Manchester Stadium on 26–30 July 2002. The route for the marathon event crossed Manchester city centre and finished in the stadium. The race walk events began alongside the Lowry Centre at Salford Quays.Road Athletics. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2009. There were twenty-five men's events and 23 women's events; the schedules were identical except that there were men's 3000 metres steeplechase and 50 kilometres walk events. Pole vaulter Dominic Johnson won a bronze medal, Saint Lucia's only medal of the Games.
Sixteen Games records were bettered over the course of the competition, and two further records were set in the disability events.
Medal summary Men 100 metres 9.98 10.11 10.12200 metres 20.06 20.19 20.21400 metres 45.07 45.09 45.12800 metres1:46.321:46.571:46.791500 metres 3:37.35 3:37.70 3:37.775000 metres 13:13.51 13:13.57 13:18.0210,000 metres 27:45.39 GR 27:45.46 27:45.78110 metres hurdles 13.35 13.39 13.62400 metres hurdles 49.14 49.28 49.693000 metres steeplechase 8:19.418:19.78 8:19.854 × 100 metres relayJason Gardener,Marlon Devonish,Allyn Condon,Darren Campbell38.62Michael Frater,Dwight Thomas,Christopher Williams,Asafa Powell38.62Tim Williams,Paul Di Bella,David Baxter,Patrick Johnson38.874 × 400 metres relayJared Deacon,Sean Baldock,Chris Rawlinson,Daniel Caines3:00.40Timothy Benjamin,Iwan Thomas,Jamie Baulch,Matt Elias3:00.41Chris Brown,Troy McIntosh,Dominic Demeritte,Tim Munnings3:01.35Marathon 2:11.58 2:12.44 2:13.2320 kilometres walk 1:25.35 GR 1:26.03 1:28.2050 kilometres walk 3:52.40 GR 3:56.42 4:04.25High jump2.28 m2.25 m2.25 mPole vault5.75 m5.70 m5.60 mLong jump8.02 m7.91 m7.89 mTriple jump17.86 m GR17.68 m17.26 mShot put20.91 m GR19.97 m19.91 mDiscus throw66.39 m GR62.61 m59.24 mHammer throw72.55 m69.48 m68.60 mJavelin throw86.81 m78.98 m78.63 mDecathlon7830 points7685 points7630 points
Women Track and road events 100 m 10.91 GR 11.00 11.07200 m 22.20 GR 22.54 22.69400 m 51.63 51.68 51.79800 m 1:57.35 GR 1:58.82 1:59.15(NR)1500 m 4:05.99 4:07.52 4:07.625000 m 14.31.42 GR 14:53.76 15:06.0610,000 m 31:27.83 GR 31:32.0431:32.20Marathon 2:30.05 GR2:34.52 2:36.37100 m hurdles 12.77 12.83 12.98400 m hurdles 54.40 55.2456.1320 km walk 1:36.34 GR 1:36.45 1:40.004 × 100 m relayTamicka ClarkeSavatheda FynesChandra SturrupDebbie Ferguson42.44 GRElva GoulbourneJuliet CampbellAstia WalkerVeronica Campbell42.73Joice MaduakaShani AndersonVernicha JamesAbiodun Oyepitan42.844 × 400 m relayLauren HewittCathy FreemanTamsyn LewisJana Pittman3:25.63 GRHelen FrostHelen KaragounisMelanie PurkissLisa MillerJenny Meadows*3:26.73Olabisi AfolabiKudirat AkhigbeHajarat YusufDoris Jacob3:29.16 * Athletes who ran in heats and received medals. Field and combined events High jump1.96 m GR1.90 m1.87 mPole vault4.35 m4.15 m4.10 mLong jump6.70 m6.58 m6.49 mTriple jump14.86 m GR14.82 m14.32 mShot put17.53 m17.45 m16.77 mDiscus throw60.82 m58.49 m58.13 mHammer throw66.83 m65.24 m63.40 mJavelin throw58.46 m57.42 m57.09 mHeptathlon6059 points5962 points5906 points
Disability events Men's 100 m EAD 10.76 WR 11.53 11.96Women's 800 m wheelchair 1:52.93 1:53.30 1:54.20
Medal table Retrieved from 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Official Website.Medals awarded for Athletics. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
Participating nations
References
External links 2002 Athletics results from official website Results from BBC