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

Women's javelin throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	October 7, 2002
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
Medalists
Lee Young-sun   South Korea   Liang Lili   China   Ha Xiaoyan   China

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 javelin throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 7 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 7 October 2002	15:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54	Rethymno, Greece	1 July 2007
Asian Record	Wei Jianhua (CHN)	63.92	Beijing, China	18 August 2000
Games Record	—	—	—	—

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Lee Young-sun (KOR)	58.87	55.78	55.94	54.68	X	56.59	58.87	GR
	Liang Lili (CHN)	58.30	57.20	58.77	56.21	55.64	57.71	58.77
	Ha Xiaoyan (CHN)	58.29	57.97	57.66	X	55.82	57.24	58.29
4	Gurmeet Kaur (IND)	51.91	54.78	50.66	X	53.73	50.21	54.78
5	Chang Jung-yeon (KOR)	49.04	52.34	49.24	54.08	54.66	53.45	54.66
6	Maheshi Silva (SRI)	53.33	51.42	54.56	48.18	45.10	48.06	54.56
7	Takako Miyake (JPN)	50.87	50.09	53.47	53.72	51.79	50.67	53.72

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 171
• Results