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 23.12 m May 20, 1990 Los Angeles, United States
2002 World Year Ranking RankMarkAthleteVenueDateNote 1 22.51 m Portland, United States 2002-05-18 2 22.19 m Eugene, United States 2002-05-26 3 21.91 m Eugene, United States 2002-05-26 4 21.60 m Baton Rouge, United States 2002-06-01 5 21.57 m Baton Rouge, United States 2002-06-01 6 21.47 m Salamanca, Spain 2002-07-10 7 21.45 m Iowa City, United States 2002-05-04 8 21.37 m Munich, Germany 2002-08-06 9 21.11 m Lapinlahti, Finland 2002-07-14 10 21.09 m Kuortane, Finland 2002-07-28 11 21.00 m Palo Alto, United States 2002-06-22 12 20.91 m Manchester, Great Britain 2002-07-31 13 20.86 m Riese Pio, Italy 2002-09-22 14 20.85 m Gotha, Germany 2002-06-09 15 20.82 m Thum, Germany 2002-05-19 16 20.80 m Kuortane, Finland 2002-07-28 17 20.73 m Ludvika, Sweden 2002-06-27 18 20.72 m Lincoln, United States 2002-05-04 19 20.56 m Debrecen, Hungary 2002-07-26 20 20.51 m Palo Alto, United States 2002-06-22 21 20.50 m Espoo, Finland 2002-05-30 22 20.47 m Gotha, Germany 2002-06-09 Palo Alto, United States 2002-06-22 24 20.39 m Hengelo, Netherlands 2002-06-02 25 20.28 m Patras, Greece 2002-07-14
Women Records Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field World Record 22.63 m June 7, 1987 Moscow, Soviet Union
2002 World Year Ranking RankMarkAthleteVenueDateNote 1 20.64 m Munich, Germany 10/08/2002 2 20.53 m Tula, Russia 02/06/2002 3 20.07 m Dortmund, Germany 08/06/2002 4 19.86 m Neuwied-Engers, Germany 17/05/2002 5 19.40 m Milan, Italy 05/06/2002 6 19.39 m Salamanca, Spain 10/07/2002 7 19.24 m Neuwied-Engers, Germany 17/05/2002 8 19.20 m Tula, Russia 09/06/2002 Palo Alto, United States 21/06/2002 10 18.95 m Benxi, PR China 09/06/2002 11 18.92 m Moscow, Russia 28/06/2002 12 18.73 m Snagov, Romania 18/05/2002 Sopot, Poland 13/07/2002 14 18.67 m Singapore 17/03/2002 15 18.62 m Benxi, PR China 09/06/2002 16 18.51 m Palo Alto, United States 21/06/2002 17 18.50 m Busan, South Korea 09/10/2002 18 18.47 m Rome, Italy 12/07/2002 19 18.46 m São Caetano do Sul, Brazil 24/08/2002 20 18.40 m Madrid, Spain 21/09/2002 21 18.39 m Tiantai, PR China 27/10/2002 22 18.38 m Baoding, PR China 09/09/2002 23 18.37 m Shanghai, PR China 18/05/2002 24 18.34 m Lisboa, Portugal 03/07/2002 25 18.31 m Dortmund, Germany 08/06/2002
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