Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's hammer throw

Women's hammer throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	October 12, 2002
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gu Yuan   China   Liu Yinghui   China   Masumi Aya   Japan

Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m s'chase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's hammer throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 12 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 12 October 2002	14:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Asian records were as follows.

World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROU)	76.07	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	29 August 1999
Asian Record	Gu Yuan (CHN)	71.10	Colombo, Sri Lanka	9 August 2002
Games Record	—	—	—	—

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Gu Yuan (CHN)	65.81	64.25	67.13	70.49	69.38	64.24	70.49	GR
	Liu Yinghui (CHN)	63.00	65.02	X	66.73	62.16	X	66.73
	Masumi Aya (JPN)	X	61.30	X	55.48	62.18	60.16	62.18
4	Hardeep Kaur (IND)	54.52	X	X	52.10	59.36	X	59.36
5	Huang Chih-feng (TPE)	55.60	X	53.46	58.64	X	56.54	58.64
6	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	57.23	X	X	X	X	57.15	57.23
7	Chang Bok-shim (KOR)	53.25	53.92	54.62	56.80	X	53.99	56.80
8	Yurita Arianny Arsyad (INA)	50.43	X	49.57	47.60	X	49.95	50.43
9	Kim Seung-yeon (KOR)	49.16	49.51	X				49.51

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 170
• Results