25. World Championships
18. - 21.04. 2002 Fâches-Thumesnil/France
played program: Group-system, then KO - Aramith balls

the hymn of Mexico
| name |
nation |
MP | SV | points solved | points played | % | |
| 1. | Roberto Rojas | MEX | 12 | 18:04 | 1154 | 1492 | 77,345 |
| 2. | Thomas Ahrens | D | 8 | 12:09 | 1011 | 1367 | 73,957 |
| 3. | Xavier Fonellosa | E | 8 | 13:09 | 1109 | 1539 | 72,059 |
| 4. | Jaime Norberto | E | 8 | 15:14 | 966 | 1428 | 67,647 |
| 5. | Madou Touré | F | 2 | 7:09 | 795 | 1036 | 76,737 |
| 6. | Kevin Tran | F | 10 | 16:07 | 735 | 1046 | 70,267 |
| 7. | Jean Reverchon | F | 6 | 11:06 | 760 | 1104 | 68,840 |
| 8. | Walter Bax | B | 4 | 6:07 | 580 | 857 | 67,677 |
| 9. | Tadashi Machida | J | 6 | 9:10 | 538 | 819 | 65,689 |
| 10. | Jan Osterloh | D | 8 | 11:08 | 498 | 762 | 65,354 |
| 11. | Jordi Oliver | E | 8 | 11:09 | 622 | 1009 | 61,645 |
| 12. | Manfred Hekerle | A | 8 | 11:08 | 394 | 698 | 56,446 |
| 13. | Jürgen Goris | B | 8 | 12:10 | 577 | 891 | 64,758 |
| 14. | Nobuyasu Sakai | J | 2 | 5:08 | 591 | 1001 | 59,040 |
| 15. | Akiira Hida | J | 4 | 7:12 | 405 | 741 | 54,655 |
| 16. | Kim Suk-Yoon | KOR | 0 | 1:09 | 286 | 630 | 45,396 |
| 17. | Frédéric André | F | 2 | 3:04 | 308 | 523 | 58,891 |
| 18. | Jean-Luc Miller | F | 2 | 4:04 | 304 | 543 | 55,985 |
| 19. | Alfons Verheyden | B | 2 | 3:05 | 248 | 546 | 45,421 |
| 20. | Laszlo Tóth | H | 2 | 2:04 | 165 | 426 | 38,732 |
| 21. | Franz Heigl | D | 0 | 3:06 | 265 | 581 | 45,611 |
| 22. | Victor Hugo Campos Mena | MEX | 0 | 0:06 | 179 | 393 | 45,547 |
| 23. | Maurice Coyret | F | 0 | 0:06 | 143 | 413 | 34,624 |
| 24. | Bernd Katschelhofer | A | 0 | 0:06 | 128 | 381 | 33,595 |