# Bowling at the 2002 Asian Games

Bowling took place for the men's and women's individual, doubles, trios, and team events at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from October 3 to October 9. All events were held at the Homeplus Asiad Bowling Alley.

## Schedule

| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 9th Wed |
| Men's singles | ● | | | | | | | |
| Men's doubles | | ● | | | | | | |
| Men's trios | | | ● | ● | | | | |
| Men's team of 5 | | | ● | | ● | | | |
| Men's masters | | | | | | P | P | F |
| Women's singles | ● | | | | | | | |
| Women's doubles | | ● | | | | | | |
| Women's trios | | | ● | ● | | | | |
| Women's team of 5 | | | | ● | ● | | | |
| Women's masters | | | | | | P | P | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Singles details | Remy Ong Singapore | Yannaphon Larpapharat Thailand | Shared silver |
| Singles details | Remy Ong Singapore | Shaker Ali Al-Hassan United Arab Emirates | Shared silver |
| Doubles details | Philippines Paeng Nepomuceno R. J. Bautista | Japan Isao Yamamoto Seiji Watanabe | South Korea Kim Myung-jo Jo Nam-yi |
| Doubles details | Philippines Paeng Nepomuceno R. J. Bautista | Japan Isao Yamamoto Seiji Watanabe | Chinese Taipei Tsai Ting-yun Chen Chih-wen |
| Trios details | Singapore Sam Goh Lee Yu Wen Remy Ong | Philippines Christian Jan Suarez Chester King Leonardo Rey | Shared silver |
| Trios details | Singapore Sam Goh Lee Yu Wen Remy Ong | United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al-Qubaisi Shaker Ali Al-Hassan Hulaiman Al-Hameli | Shared silver |
| Team of 5 details | Japan Shigeo Saito Isao Yamamoto Seiji Watanabe Masahiro Hibi Hirofumi Morimoto Masaru Ito | South Korea Seo Kook Byun Ho-jin Kim Myung-jo Kim Jae-hoon Jo Nam-yi Kim Kyung-min | Chinese Taipei Kao Hai-yuan Tsai Chun-lin Tsai Ting-yun Hsieh Yu-ping Chen Chih-wen Tsai Te-ko |
| Team of 5 details | Japan Shigeo Saito Isao Yamamoto Seiji Watanabe Masahiro Hibi Hirofumi Morimoto Masaru Ito | South Korea Seo Kook Byun Ho-jin Kim Myung-jo Kim Jae-hoon Jo Nam-yi Kim Kyung-min | United Arab Emirates Nayef Eqab Mohammed Al-Qubaisi Sultan Al-Marzouqi Shaker Ali Al-Hassan Hulaiman Al-Hameli Sayed Ibrahim Al-Hashemi |
| Masters details | Remy Ong Singapore | Mubarak Al-Merikhi Qatar | Ahmed Shahin Al-Merikhi Qatar |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Singles details | Kim Soo-kyung South Korea | Miyuki Kubotani Japan | Liza Clutario Philippines |
| Doubles details | Malaysia Sarah Yap Wendy Chai | South Korea Cha Mi-jung Kim Soo-kyung | Chinese Taipei Wang Yi-fen Wang Yu-ling |
| Trios details | South Korea Cha Mi-jung Kim Soo-kyung Kim Yeau-jin | Chinese Taipei Huang Chung-yao Wang Yi-fen Wang Yu-ling | Malaysia Shalin Zulkifli Sarah Yap Wendy Chai |
| Team of 5 details | South Korea Kim Hee-soon Cha Mi-jung Kim Soo-kyung Kim Yeau-jin Kim Hyo-mi Nam Bo-ra | Philippines Liza del Rosario Irene Garcia Liza Clutario Josephine Canare Cecilia Yap Kathleen Ann Lopez | Chinese Taipei Chou Miao-lin Huang Chung-yao Wang Yi-fen Wang Yu-ling Huang Tsai-feng Chu Yu-chieh |
| Masters details | Shalin Zulkifli Malaysia | Lai Kin Ngoh Malaysia | Kim Hyo-mi South Korea |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Singapore (SIN) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 |

## Participating nations

A total of 149 athletes from 18 nations competed in bowling at the 2002 Asian Games:
* Bahrain (6)
* China (6)
* Chinese Taipei (12)
* Hong Kong (12)
* India (1)
* Japan (12)
* Kazakhstan (5)
* Kuwait (6)
* Macau (6)
* Malaysia (12)
* Mongolia (9)
* Philippines (12)
* Qatar (6)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* Singapore (12)
* South Korea (12)
* Thailand (8)
* United Arab Emirates (6)