Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

Swimming was contested from September 30 to October 13 at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.

Medalists

Men

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

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle	Xu Yanwei China (CHN)	25.42	Sun So-eun South Korea (KOR)	25.63	Zhou Xiaowei China (CHN)	25.76
100 m freestyle	Xu Yanwei China (CHN)	54.92	Tomoko Nagai Japan (JPN)	55.51	Shared silver
			Yang Yu China (CHN)
200 m freestyle	Yang Yu China (CHN)	1:58.43 GR	Xu Yanwei China (CHN)	1:59.42	Tomoko Nagai Japan (JPN)	2:00.52
400 m freestyle	Sachiko Yamada Japan (JPN)	4:07.23 GR	Chen Hua China (CHN)	4:12.24	Tang Jingzhi China (CHN)	4:15.82
800 m freestyle	Chen Hua China (CHN)	8:25.36 AR	Sachiko Yamada Japan (JPN)	8:28.77	Zhang Yan China (CHN)	8:44.80
100 m backstroke	Zhan Shu China (CHN)	1:01.82	Noriko Inada Japan (JPN)	1:02.16	Aya Terakawa Japan (JPN)	1:02.35
200 m backstroke	Reiko Nakamura Japan (JPN)	2:11.44	Aya Terakawa Japan (JPN)	2:12.38	Zhan Shu China (CHN)	2:13.25
100 m breaststroke	Luo Xuejuan China (CHN)	1:06.84 AR	Qi Hui China (CHN)	1:08.35	Fumiko Kawanabe Japan (JPN)	1:10.11
200 m breaststroke	Qi Hui China (CHN)	2:24.01 GR	Luo Xuejuan China (CHN)	2:24.67	Fumiko Kawanabe Japan (JPN)	2:29.82
100 m butterfly	Zhou Yafei China (CHN)	58.88	Yuko Nakanishi Japan (JPN)	1:00.18	Joscelin Yeo Singapore (SIN)	1:01.06
200 m butterfly	Yuko Nakanishi Japan (JPN)	2:08.99	Maki Mita Japan (JPN)	2:11.57	Liu Yin China (CHN)	2:12.07
200 m individual medley	Qi Hui China (CHN)	2:13.94	Zhou Yafei China (CHN)	2:14.67	Maiko Fujino Japan (JPN)	2:16.37
400 m individual medley	Qi Hui China (CHN)	4:40.37	Maiko Fujino Japan (JPN)	4:43.49	Zhou Yafei China (CHN)	4:47.09
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	China (CHN) Yang Yu Zhu Yingwen Ju Jielei Xu Yanwei	3:40.95 GR	Japan (JPN) Maki Mita Tomoko Nagai Norie Urabe Sachiko Yamada	3:44.59	South Korea (KOR) Ryu Yoon-ji Kim Hyun-joo Shim Min-ji Sun So-eun	3:44.81
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	China (CHN) Zhu Yingwen Tang Jingzhi Xu Yanwei Yang Yu	7:58.46 GR	Japan (JPN) Maki Mita Tomoko Nagai Sachiko Yamada Norie Urabe	8:02.76	South Korea (KOR) Ha Eun-ju Kim Ye-sul Kim Hyun-joo Shim Min-ji	8:19.62
4 × 100 m medley relay	China (CHN) Zhan Shu Luo Xuejuan Zhou Yafei Xu Yanwei	4:00.21 AR	Japan (JPN) Noriko Inada Fumiko Kawanabe Yuko Nakanishi Tomoko Nagai	4:05.75	South Korea (KOR) 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
Total		33	32	31	96

Participating nations

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

• Bangladesh (2)
• Cambodia (2)
• China (31)
• Chinese Taipei (5)
• Hong Kong (18)
• India (5)
• Indonesia (1)
• Japan (33)
• Jordan (1)
• Kazakhstan (5)
• Lebanon (2)
• Macau (6)
• Malaysia (7)
• Maldives (2)
• Mongolia (7)
• Nepal (3)
• Pakistan (7)
• Palestine (2)
• Philippines (8)
• Qatar (10)
• Saudi Arabia (4)
• Singapore (10)
• South Korea (32)
• Syria (1)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Thailand (8)
• Uzbekistan (5)
• Vietnam (2)

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