# Canoeing at the 2002 Asian Games

Canoeing and Kayaking were held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea from October 10 to October 12. Men's and women's competition were held in Kayak and men's competition in Canoe with all events having taken place at the Nakdong River Rowing and Canoeing Courses. The competition included only flatwater events.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | S | Semifinal | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 11th Fri | 12th Sat |
| Men's C-1 500 m | | | | F |
| Men's C-1 1000 m | F | | | |
| Men's C-2 500 m | | | | F |
| Men's C-2 1000 m | F | | | |
| Men's K-1 500 m | | | | F |
| Men's K-1 1000 m | F | | | |
| Men's K-2 500 m | | | | F |
| Men's K-2 1000 m | F | | | |
| Men's K-4 500 m | | | | F |
| Men's K-4 1000 m | F | | | |
| Women's K-1 500 m | | H | S | F |
| Women's K-2 500 m | | | | F |
| Women's K-4 500 m | | | | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| C-1 500 m details | Meng Guanliang China | Park Chang-kyu South Korea | Kaisar Nurmaganbetov Kazakhstan |
| C-1 1000 m details | Meng Guanliang China | Kaisar Nurmaganbetov Kazakhstan | Dmitriy Kovalenko Uzbekistan |
| C-2 500 m details | China Wang Bing Yang Wenjun | Kazakhstan Alexandr Buglakov Alexey Cherchenko | South Korea Jun Kwang-rak Park Chang-kyu |
| C-2 1000 m details | China Wang Bing Yang Wenjun | Japan Taito Ambo Masanobu Ozono | South Korea Lee Byung-tak Lee Seung-woo |
| K-1 500 m details | Anton Ryakhov Uzbekistan | Jung Kwang-soo South Korea | Qu Xianwu China |
| K-1 1000 m details | Liu Haitao China | Nam Sung-ho South Korea | Anton Ryakhov Uzbekistan |
| K-2 500 m details | Kazakhstan Dmitriy Kaltenberger Dmitriy Torlopov | South Korea Jung Kwang-soo Nam Sung-ho | Uzbekistan Aleksey Babadjanov Mikhail Tarasov |
| K-2 1000 m details | Kazakhstan Dmitriy Kaltenberger Dmitriy Torlopov | South Korea Jung Kwang-soo Nam Sung-ho | China Liu Mingguang Yin Yijun |
| K-4 500 m details | Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Alexeyev Nikolay Bogachkin Sergey Sergin Yevgeniy Yegorov | China Lin Yongjing Liu Haitao Qu Xianwu Song Zhongbo | Uzbekistan Sergey Borzov Anton Ryakhov Dmitry Strykov Danila Turchin |
| K-4 1000 m details | China Lin Yongjing Liu Haitao Song Zhongbo Wan Wenjie | Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Alexeyev Nikolay Bogachkin Sergey Sergin Yevgeniy Yegorov | Japan Masaru Dobashi Junji Matsuda Naoki Onoto Masashi Saiki |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| K-1 500 m details | Zhong Hongyan China | Yuliya Borzova Uzbekistan | Natalya Sergeyeva Kazakhstan |
| K-2 500 m details | China Xu Linbei Zhong Hongyan | Kazakhstan Natalya Sergeyeva Ellina Uzhakhova | Uzbekistan Antonina Moskaleva Nadejda Pishulina |
| K-4 500 m details | Uzbekistan Yuliya Borzova Tatiana Levina Antonina Moskaleva Nadejda Pishulina | China Fan Lina Gao Yi He Jing Zhong Hongyan | Japan Miho Adachi Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki Mikiko Takeya |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |

## Participating nations

A total of 107 athletes from 14 nations competed in canoeing at the 2002 Asian Games:
* China (15)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Hong Kong (5)
* Indonesia (8)
* Iran (6)
* Japan (12)
* Kazakhstan (14)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Mongolia (3)
* North Korea (6)
* Philippines (2)
* South Korea (16)
* Tajikistan (2)
* Uzbekistan (14)