# Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games

The cue sports was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea between 1 and 8 October 2002. The competition took place at Dongju College Gymnasium. The competition included only men's events.
There were ten events at the competition, Carom billiards, English billiards, Pool and Snooker.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 1st Tue | 1st Tue | 1st Tue | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 3rd Thu | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 5th Sat | 5th Sat | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 6th Sun | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 7th Mon | 7th Mon | 8th Tue |
| Three-cushion singles | | | | | | | | | | | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | F | F | |
| Straight rail singles | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | |
| English billiards singles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
| English billiards doubles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | |
| Eight-ball singles | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nine-ball singles | | | | | | | | | | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | |
| Nine-ball doubles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P | ¼ | ½ | F | F | F | |
| Snooker singles | | | | | | | | | | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | |
| Snooker doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Snooker team | | | | | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Three-cushion singles details | Hwang Deuk-hee South Korea | Lee Sang-chun South Korea | Akio Shimada Japan |
| Straight rail singles details | Trần Đình Hòa Vietnam | Dương Hoàng Anh Vietnam | Nobuaki Kobayashi Japan |
| English billiards singles details | Praprut Chaithanasakun Thailand | Kyaw Oo Myanmar | Geet Sethi India |
| English billiards doubles details | Thailand Praprut Chaithanasakun Mongkhon Kanfaklang | India Geet Sethi Alok Kumar | Myanmar Kyaw Oo Aung San Oo |
| Eight-ball singles details | Hsia Hui-kai Chinese Taipei | Huang Kun-chang Chinese Taipei | Efren Reyes Philippines |
| Nine-ball singles details | Yang Ching-shun Chinese Taipei | Warren Kiamco Philippines | Jeong Young-hwa South Korea |
| Nine-ball doubles details | Philippines Francisco Bustamante Antonio Lining | South Korea Jeong Young-hwa Kim Won-suk | Kuwait Khaled Al-Mutairi Aref Al-Awadhi |
| Snooker singles details | Ding Junhui China | Supoj Saenla Thailand | Chan Kwok Ming Hong Kong |
| Snooker doubles details | India Yasin Merchant Rafat Habib | Hong Kong Marco Fu Au Chi Wai | Pakistan Saleh Mohammad Naveen Perwani |
| Snooker team details | Hong Kong Chan Kwok Ming Marco Fu Fung Kwok Wai | China Ding Junhui Jin Long Pang Weiguo | Pakistan Saleh Mohammad Naveen Perwani Muhammad Yousaf |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Participating nations

A total of 132 athletes from 21 nations competed in cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games:
* Brunei (6)
* Cambodia (2)
* China (5)
* Chinese Taipei (10)
* Hong Kong (4)
* India (12)
* Indonesia (3)
* Japan (9)
* Kuwait (4)
* Macau (5)
* Malaysia (7)
* Myanmar (2)
* Pakistan (7)
* Philippines (9)
* Qatar (8)
* Singapore (5)
* South Korea (12)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Thailand (11)
* United Arab Emirates (3)
* Vietnam (6)