# Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's heptathlon

The Women's heptathlon competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 7–8 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Monday, 7 October 2002 | 09:30 | 100 metres hurdles |
| Monday, 7 October 2002 | 10:30 | High jump |
| Monday, 7 October 2002 | 15:00 | Shot put |
| Monday, 7 October 2002 | 16:30 | 200 metres |
| Tuesday, 8 October 2002 | 09:30 | Long jump |
| Tuesday, 8 October 2002 | 14:00 | Javelin throw |
| Tuesday, 8 October 2002 | 15:40 | 800 metres |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7291 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
| Asian Record | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6942 | Götzis, Austria | 26 May 1996 |
| Games Record | Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6360 | Hiroshima, Japan | 11 October 1994 |

## Results
### 100 metres hurdles

* Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Points |
| 1 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 13.92 | 990 |
| 2 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 14.01 | 977 |
| 3 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 14.20 | 950 |
| 4 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 14.24 | 945 |
| 5 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 14.31 | 935 |
| 6 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 14.75 | 875 |
| 7 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 14.87 | 859 |

### High jump

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Points |
| 1 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 1.77 | 941 |
| 2 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 1.71 | 867 |
| 3 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 1.68 | 830 |
| 4 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 1.65 | 795 |
| 5 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 1.65 | 795 |
| 6 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 1.65 | 795 |
| 7 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 1.62 | 759 |

### Shot put

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Points |
| 1 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 13.80 | 781 |
| 2 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 12.93 | 723 |
| 3 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 12.85 | 717 |
| 4 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 12.18 | 673 |
| 5 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 12.02 | 662 |
| 6 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 11.48 | 627 |
| 7 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 10.99 | 594 |

### 200 metres

* Wind: −0.5 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Time | Points |
| 1 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 24.03 | 978 |
| 2 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 24.43 | 940 |
| 3 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 25.47 | 844 |
| 4 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 25.60 | 833 |
| 5 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 25.61 | 832 |
| 6 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 25.66 | 827 |
| 7 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 25.74 | 734 |

### Long jump

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Points |
| 1 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 6.20 −0.1 | 912 |
| 2 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 5.99 +0.4 | 846 |
| 3 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 5.97 0.0 | 840 |
| 4 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 5.94 −0.7 | 831 |
| 5 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 5.83 −0.4 | 798 |
| 6 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 5.73 −0.8 | 768 |
| 7 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 5.47 +0.2 | 691 |

### Javelin throw

| Rank | Athlete | Result | Points |
| 1 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 46.96 | 801 |
| 2 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 46.66 | 796 |
| 3 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 45.74 | 778 |
| 4 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 43.68 | 738 |
| 5 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 43.32 | 731 |
| 6 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 37.13 | 612 |
| 7 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 34.62 | 564 |

### 800 metres

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Points |
| 1 | Soma Biswas (IND) | 2:11.02 | 950 |
| 2 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 2:16.84 | 867 |
| 3 | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 2:19.29 | 833 |
| 4 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 2:20.11 | 822 |
| 5 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 2:20.89 | 811 |
| 6 | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 2:21.05 | 809 |
| 7 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 2:21.71 | 800 |

### Summary

| Rank | Athlete | 100mH | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Total |
| | Shen Shengfei (CHN) | 935 | 941 | 781 | 827 | 840 | 778 | 809 | 5911 |
| | Soma Biswas (IND) | 990 | 795 | 662 | 940 | 831 | 731 | 950 | 5899 |
| | J. J. Shobha (IND) | 977 | 759 | 673 | 978 | 912 | 738 | 833 | 5870 |
| 4 | Svetlana Kazanina (KAZ) | 875 | 867 | 717 | 832 | 798 | 801 | 867 | 5757 |
| 5 | Yuki Nakata (JPN) | 950 | 830 | 627 | 833 | 691 | 796 | 822 | 5549 |
| 6 | Wang Hailan (CHN) | 945 | 795 | 723 | 844 | 846 | 564 | 811 | 5528 |
| 7 | Han Sang-won (KOR) | 859 | 795 | 594 | 734 | 768 | 612 | 800 | 5162 |