| Event: | Women's 20 kilometres walk |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Women's 20 km walk event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, held on August 7, 2002. The women's 20 km walk event replaced the 10 km walk, which was run since the 1986 edition of the European Championships.
| Gold |  Olimpiada IvanovaRussia (RUS) | |
| Silver | Yelena Nikolayeva Russia (RUS) | |
| Bronze |  Erica AlfridiItaly (ITA) |
| DNS | did not start | |
| NM | no mark | |
| WR | world record | |
| WL | world leading | |
| AR | area record | |
| NR | national record | |
| PB | personal best | |
| SB | season best |
| Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:24.50 | March 4, 2001 | ||||
| New Event | |||||
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:26:42 | SB | |||
| 1:28:20 | ||||
| 1:28:33 | SB | |||
| 4 | 1:28:46 | SB | ||
| 5 | 1:29:57 | SB | ||
| 6 | 1:30:25 | SB | ||
| 7 | 1:30:44 | SB | ||
| 8 | 1:31:19 | |||
| 9 | 1:31:25 | SB | ||
| 10 | 1:31:38 | SB | ||
| 11 | 1:31:45 | SB | ||
| 12 | 1:32:38 | SB | ||
| 13 | 1:33:08 | |||
| 14 | 1:33:40 | |||
| 15 | 1:35:07 | SB | ||
| 16 | 1:35:28 | |||
| 17 | 1:37:19 | |||
| DID NOT FINISH (DNF) | ||||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| - | DNF | |||
| DISQUALIFIED (DQ) | ||||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||
| - | DQ | |||