Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Dates	30 September – 5 October 2002
Competitors	220 from 28 nations

Swimming was contested from September 30 to October 5 at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

Schedule

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Kim Min-suk  South Korea	22.86	Shared gold		Issei Nakanishi  Japan	23.14
	Ravil Nachaev  Uzbekistan
100 m freestyle	Chen Zuo  China	50.76	Liu Yu  China	50.83	Daisuke Hosokawa  Japan	51.22
200 m freestyle	Liu Yu  China	1:49.29 GR	Yoshihiro Okumura  Japan	1:49.36	Yosuke Ichikawa  Japan	1:50.66
400 m freestyle	Shunichi Fujita  Japan	3:50.41 GR	Yu Cheng  China	3:54.57	Han Kyu-chul  South Korea	3:56.10
1500 m freestyle	Yu Cheng  China	15:10.99 AR	Cho Sung-mo  South Korea	15:12.32	Han Kyu-chul  South Korea	15:22.38
100 m backstroke	Atsushi Nishikori  Japan	55.17	Alex Lim  Malaysia	55.18	Tomomi Morita  Japan	55.32
200 m backstroke	Wu Peng  China	2:00.40	Takashi Nakano  Japan	2:00.76	Naoya Sonoda  Japan	2:01.22
100 m breaststroke	Kosuke Kitajima  Japan	1:00.45 GR	Zeng Qiliang  China	1:03.04	Yoshihisa Yamaguchi  Japan	1:03.22
200 m breaststroke	Kosuke Kitajima  Japan	2:09.97 WR	Daisuke Kimura  Japan	2:13.60	Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand	2:15.81
100 m butterfly	Takashi Yamamoto  Japan	52.59 GR	Kohei Kawamoto  Japan	53.22	Jin Hao  China	53.56
200 m butterfly	Wu Peng  China	1:56.63 GR	Takashi Yamamoto  Japan	1:57.18	Takeshi Matsuda  Japan	1:57.26
200 m individual medley	Takahiro Mori  Japan	2:00.53 AR	Jiro Miki  Japan	2:02.07	Ouyang Kunpeng  China	2:03.34
400 m individual medley	Wu Peng  China	4:15.38 AR	Takahiro Mori  Japan	4:16.63	Shinya Taniguchi  Japan	4:17.03
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	China Huang Shaohua Jin Hao Chen Zuo Liu Yu	3:21.07 AR	Japan Naoki Nagura Yoshihiro Okumura Daisuke Hosokawa Hiroaki Akebe	3:23.43	South Korea Sung Min Koh Yun-ho Kim Min-suk Han Kyu-chul	3:23.58
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Japan Shunichi Fujita Yoshihiro Okumura Daisuke Hosokawa Yosuke Ichikawa	7:20.59 AR	China Wu Peng Chen Zuo Yu Cheng Liu Yu	7:25.36	South Korea Choi Won-il Koh Yun-ho Kim Bang-hyun Han Kyu-chul	7:29.36
4 × 100 m medley relay	Japan Atsushi Nishikori Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Yoshihiro Okumura	3:37.45 AR	China Ouyang Kunpeng Zeng Qiliang Jin Hao Chen Zuo	3:42.07	South Korea Sung Min Son Sung-uk Yoo Jung-nam Koh Yun-ho	3:46.44

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Xu Yanwei  China	25.42	Sun So-eun  South Korea	25.63	Zhou Xiaowei  China	25.76
100 m freestyle	Xu Yanwei  China	54.92	Tomoko Nagai  Japan	55.51	Shared silver
			Yang Yu  China
200 m freestyle	Yang Yu  China	1:58.43 GR	Xu Yanwei  China	1:59.42	Tomoko Nagai  Japan	2:00.52
400 m freestyle	Sachiko Yamada  Japan	4:07.23 GR	Chen Hua  China	4:12.24	Tang Jingzhi  China	4:15.82
800 m freestyle	Chen Hua  China	8:25.36 AR	Sachiko Yamada  Japan	8:28.77	Zhang Yan  China	8:44.80
100 m backstroke	Zhan Shu  China	1:01.82	Noriko Inada  Japan	1:02.16	Aya Terakawa  Japan	1:02.35
200 m backstroke	Reiko Nakamura  Japan	2:11.44	Aya Terakawa  Japan	2:12.38	Zhan Shu  China	2:13.25
100 m breaststroke	Luo Xuejuan  China	1:06.84 AR	Qi Hui  China	1:08.35	Fumiko Kawanabe  Japan	1:10.11
200 m breaststroke	Qi Hui  China	2:24.01 GR	Luo Xuejuan  China	2:24.67	Fumiko Kawanabe  Japan	2:29.82
100 m butterfly	Zhou Yafei  China	58.88	Yuko Nakanishi  Japan	1:00.18	Joscelin Yeo  Singapore	1:01.06
200 m butterfly	Yuko Nakanishi  Japan	2:08.99	Maki Mita  Japan	2:11.57	Liu Yin  China	2:12.07
200 m individual medley	Qi Hui  China	2:13.94	Zhou Yafei  China	2:14.67	Maiko Fujino  Japan	2:16.37
400 m individual medley	Qi Hui  China	4:40.37	Maiko Fujino  Japan	4:43.49	Zhou Yafei  China	4:47.09
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	China Yang Yu Zhu Yingwen Ju Jielei Xu Yanwei	3:40.95 GR	Japan Maki Mita Tomoko Nagai Norie Urabe Sachiko Yamada	3:44.59	South Korea Ryu Yoon-ji Kim Hyun-joo Shim Min-ji Sun So-eun	3:44.81
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	China Zhu Yingwen Tang Jingzhi Xu Yanwei Yang Yu	7:58.46 GR	Japan Maki Mita Tomoko Nagai Sachiko Yamada Norie Urabe	8:02.76	South Korea Ha Eun-ju Kim Ye-sul Kim Hyun-joo Shim Min-ji	8:19.62
4 × 100 m medley relay	China Zhan Shu Luo Xuejuan Zhou Yafei Xu Yanwei	4:00.21 AR	Japan Noriko Inada Fumiko Kawanabe Yuko Nakanishi Tomoko Nagai	4:05.75	South Korea Shim Min-ji Ku Hyo-jin Park Kyung-hwa Sun So-eun	4:13.41

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	20	11	8	39
2	Japan (JPN)	11	18	13	42
3	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	8	11
4	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	0	1
5	Malaysia (MAS)	0	1	0	1
6	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		33	32	31	96

Participating nations

A total of 220 athletes from 28 nations competed in swimming at the 2002 Asian Games:

References

• Channelnewsasia.com: Asian Games
• Japan's Kitajima Breaks Barrowman's 200m Breaststroke World Record; Cracks 2:10 Barrier

External links

• 14th Asian Games Busan 2002