# 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 9–10 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jamal Al-Saffar Saudi Arabia | Gennadiy Chernovol Kazakhstan | Salem Al-Yami Saudi Arabia |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 10.55 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | Japan | 10.64 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Khaled Yousef Al-Obaidli | Qatar | 10.68 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Chintake De Zoysa | Sri Lanka | 10.78 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Suminda Mendis | Sri Lanka | 10.82 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Vissanu Sophanich | Thailand | 10.87 | |
| 7 | 1 | Zakaria Messaiké | Lebanon | 11.06 | |
| | 1 | Khalil Al-Hanahneh | Jordan | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 10.59 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Yuta Kanno | Japan | 10.64 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Shen Yunbao | China | 10.72 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Tsai Meng-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 10.74 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Lim Tan Kok | Malaysia | 10.83 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Ahmad Hudeib Al-Mamari | Oman | 10.97 | |
| 7 | 2 | Tang Yui Han | Singapore | 11.61 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | Chaleunsouk Oudomphanh | Laos | 11.76 | SB |
| 1 | 3 | Jamal Al-Saffar | Saudi Arabia | 10.57 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Reanchai Srihawong | Thailand | 10.72 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Shin Jung-Ki | South Korea | 10.79 | |
| 4 | 3 | Chen Tien-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 10.74 | q |
| 5 | 3 | To Wai Lok | Hong Kong | 10.92 | |
| 6 | 3 | Poh Seng Song | Singapore | 11.10 | SB |
| 7 | 3 | Abdullah Ibrahim | Maldives | 12.04 | PB |
| | 3 | Sudath Ravindra Kumara | Sri Lanka | DQ | |
| 1 | 4 | Chen Haijian | China | 10.65 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Saad Faraj Al-Shahwani | Qatar | 10.67 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 10.78 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Chiang Wai Hung | Malaysia | 10.89 | |
| 5 | 4 | Nguyen Thanh Hai | Vietnam | 11.16 | PB |
| 6 | 4 | Piphop Rasme Prum Keo | Cambodia | 11.70 | PB |
| 7 | 4 | Bona Kong | Cambodia | 11.75 | PB |
| | 4 | Hamood Al-Dalhami | Oman | DQ | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 10.55 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Jamal Al-Saffar | Saudi Arabia | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 10.67 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Shen Yunbao | China | 10.67 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yuta Kanno | Japan | 10.76 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | Japan | 10.77 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Chen Haijian | China | 10.78 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Khaled Yousef Al-Obaidli | Qatar | 10.79 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Chintake De Zoysa | Sri Lanka | 10.82 | |
| 10 | 2 | Saad Faraj Al-Shahwani | Qatar | 10.86 | |
| 11 | 2 | Tsai Meng-Lin | Chinese Taipei | 10.87 | |
| 12 | 1 | Reanchai Srihawong | Thailand | 10.90 | |
| 13 | 2 | Lim Tan Kok | Malaysia | 11.04 | |
| 14 | 1 | Suminda Mendis | Sri Lanka | 11.06 | |
| 15 | 1 | Azmi Ibrahim | Malaysia | 11.18 | |
| 16 | 1 | Chen Tien-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 11.75 | |

### Final

Wind: +3.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jamal Al-Saffar | Saudi Arabia | 10.43 |
| | Gennadiy Chernovol | Kazakhstan | 10.50 |
| | Salem Al-Yami | Saudi Arabia | 10.52 |
| 4 | Hiroyasu Tsuchie | Japan | 10.62 |
| 5 | Shen Yunbao | China | 10.70 |
| 6 | Yuta Kanno | Japan | 10.75 |
| 7 | Chen Haijian | China | 10.81 |
| | Khaled Yousef Al-Obaidli | Qatar | DNF |