# Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

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

## Schedule

| H | Heats | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Mon | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 5th Sat |
| Men's 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Men's 100 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 200 m freestyle | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 400 m freestyle | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 1500 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | F | F | | |
| Men's 100 m backstroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Men's 100 m breaststroke | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 100 m butterfly | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Men's 200 m butterfly | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 200 m individual medley | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | F | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women's 50 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women's 100 m freestyle | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m freestyle | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 400 m freestyle | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 800 m freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | F | F |
| Women's 100 m backstroke | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m backstroke | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | | | | | | | H | F | | | | |
| Women's 100 m butterfly | | | | | H | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m butterfly | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 200 m individual medley | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 400 m individual medley | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | | | | | | | F | F | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | | | F | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | | | | | | | | | | | F | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Kim Min-suk South Korea | 22.86 | Shared gold | | Issei Nakanishi Japan | 23.14 |
| 50 m freestyle details | Ravil Nachaev Uzbekistan | 22.86 | Shared gold | | Issei Nakanishi Japan | 23.14 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Chen Zuo China | 50.76 | Liu Yu China | 50.83 | Daisuke Hosokawa Japan | 51.22 |
| 200 m freestyle details | Liu Yu China | 1:49.29 GR | Yoshihiro Okumura Japan | 1:49.36 | Yosuke Ichikawa Japan | 1:50.66 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Shunichi Fujita Japan | 3:50.41 GR | Yu Cheng China | 3:54.57 | Han Kyu-chul South Korea | 3:56.10 |
| 1500 m freestyle details | 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 details | Atsushi Nishikori Japan | 55.17 | Alex Lim Malaysia | 55.18 | Tomomi Morita Japan | 55.32 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Wu Peng China | 2:00.40 | Takashi Nakano Japan | 2:00.76 | Naoya Sonoda Japan | 2:01.22 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | 1:00.45 GR | Zeng Qiliang China | 1:03.04 | Yoshihisa Yamaguchi Japan | 1:03.22 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Kosuke Kitajima Japan | 2:09.97 WR | Daisuke Kimura Japan | 2:13.60 | Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand | 2:15.81 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Takashi Yamamoto Japan | 52.59 GR | Kohei Kawamoto Japan | 53.22 | Jin Hao China | 53.56 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Wu Peng China | 1:56.63 GR | Takashi Yamamoto Japan | 1:57.18 | Takeshi Matsuda Japan | 1:57.26 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Takahiro Mori Japan | 2:00.53 AR | Jiro Miki Japan | 2:02.07 | Ouyang Kunpeng China | 2:03.34 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Wu Peng China | 4:15.38 AR | Takahiro Mori Japan | 4:16.63 | Shinya Taniguchi Japan | 4:17.03 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50 m freestyle details | Xu Yanwei China | 25.42 | Sun So-eun South Korea | 25.63 | Zhou Xiaowei China | 25.76 |
| 100 m freestyle details | Xu Yanwei China | 54.92 | Tomoko Nagai Japan | 55.51 | Shared silver | |
| 100 m freestyle details | Xu Yanwei China | 54.92 | Yang Yu China | 55.51 | Shared silver | |
| 200 m freestyle details | Yang Yu China | 1:58.43 GR | Xu Yanwei China | 1:59.42 | Tomoko Nagai Japan | 2:00.52 |
| 400 m freestyle details | Sachiko Yamada Japan | 4:07.23 GR | Chen Hua China | 4:12.24 | Tang Jingzhi China | 4:15.82 |
| 800 m freestyle details | Chen Hua China | 8:25.36 AR | Sachiko Yamada Japan | 8:28.77 | Zhang Yan China | 8:44.80 |
| 100 m backstroke details | Zhan Shu China | 1:01.82 | Noriko Inada Japan | 1:02.16 | Aya Terakawa Japan | 1:02.35 |
| 200 m backstroke details | Reiko Nakamura Japan | 2:11.44 | Aya Terakawa Japan | 2:12.38 | Zhan Shu China | 2:13.25 |
| 100 m breaststroke details | Luo Xuejuan China | 1:06.84 AR | Qi Hui China | 1:08.35 | Fumiko Kawanabe Japan | 1:10.11 |
| 200 m breaststroke details | Qi Hui China | 2:24.01 GR | Luo Xuejuan China | 2:24.67 | Fumiko Kawanabe Japan | 2:29.82 |
| 100 m butterfly details | Zhou Yafei China | 58.88 | Yuko Nakanishi Japan | 1:00.18 | Joscelin Yeo Singapore | 1:01.06 |
| 200 m butterfly details | Yuko Nakanishi Japan | 2:08.99 | Maki Mita Japan | 2:11.57 | Liu Yin China | 2:12.07 |
| 200 m individual medley details | Qi Hui China | 2:13.94 | Zhou Yafei China | 2:14.67 | Maiko Fujino Japan | 2:16.37 |
| 400 m individual medley details | Qi Hui China | 4:40.37 | Maiko Fujino Japan | 4:43.49 | Zhou Yafei China | 4:47.09 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 details | 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 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 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:
* 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)