| Event: | Men's 50 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Men's 50 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 8, 2002. Poland's Robert Korzeniowski set a new world record, clocking a total time of 3:36:39, defeating Valeriy Spitsyn's 3:37:26 from May 21, 2000 set in Moscow, Russia.
| Gold |  Robert KorzeniowskiPoland (POL) | |
| Silver |  Aleksey VoyevodinRussia (RUS) | |
| Bronze |  Jesús Ángel GarcíaSpain (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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:37:26 | May 21, 2000 | Moscow, Russia | ||
| 3:40:55 | August 31, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany | ||
| Standing records after the 2002 European Athletics Championships | ||||
| 3:36:39 | August 8, 2002 | Munich, Germany | ||
| Event Record | ||||
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:36:39 | WR | |||
| 3:40:16 | SB | |||
| 3:44:33 | SB | |||
| 4 | 3:48:58 | |||
| 5 | 3:50:16 | |||
| 6 | 3:50:47 | SB | ||
| 7 | 3:51:47 | SB | ||
| 8 | 3:52:17 | |||
| 9 | 3:52:36 | SB | ||
| 10 | 3:54:35 | |||
| 11 | 3:55:34 | |||
| 12 | 3:55:50 | |||
| 13 | 3:56:32 | SB | ||
| 14 | 4:00:31 | SB | ||
| 15 | 4:03:20 | SB | ||
| 16 | 4:03:39 | |||
| 17 | 4:07:03 | |||
| 18 | 4:07:20 | SB | ||
| 19 | 4:14:39 | |||
| 20 | 4:19:08 | |||
| DISQUALIFIED (DQ) | ||||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | ||||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| DID NOT START (DNS) | ||||
| - | DNS | |||