| Event: | Men's 20 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the men's 20 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 6, 2002. Spain's Paquillo Fernández set a new championships record, clocking a total time of 1:18:37, eight seconds faster than the winning time set by Russia's Mikhail Shchennikov in 1994.
| Gold |  Paquillo FernándezSpain (ESP) | |
| Silver |  Vladimir AndreyevRussia (RUS) | |
| Bronze | Juan Manuel Molina Spain (ESP) |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| WL | world leading | |
| AR | area record | |
| CR | event record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:17:22 | April 28, 2002 | ||||
| 1:18:45 | April 8, 1994 | ||||
| Standing records after the 2002 European Athletics Championships | |||||
| 1:18:37 | August 6, 2002 | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:18:37 | CR | |||
| 1:19:56 | ||||
| 1:20:36 | ||||
| 4 | 1:20:36 | SB | ||
| 5 | 1:20:52 | SB | ||
| 6 | 1:20:56 | SB | ||
| 7 | 1:21:03 | SB | ||
| 8 | 1:21:10 | |||
| 9 | 1:21:21 | SB | ||
| 10 | 1:21:29 | |||
| 11 | 1:21:38 | SB | ||
| 12 | 1:21:55 | |||
| 13 | 1:22:12 | SB | ||
| 14 | 1:22:57 | |||
| 15 | 1:24:38 | |||
| 16 | 1:24:59 | |||
| 16 | 1:25:06 | |||
| 17 | 1:25:36 | SB | ||
| 18 | 1:25:58 | |||
| 19 | 1:26:03 | |||
| 20 | 1:25:53 | |||
| 21 | 1:27:47 | |||
| 22 | 1:28:54 | |||
| DISQUALIFIED (DQ) | ||||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||