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2002 Busan Asian Games
14th asiad
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City

Busan, South Korea

Team Gold Medalist

China

All-Around Gold Medalist

Zhang Nan (CHN)

Vault Gold Medalist

Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)

Uneven Bars Gold Medalist

Zhang Nan (CHN)
Han Jong-Ok (PRK)

Balance Beam Gold Medalist

Kang Xin (CHN)

Floor Exercise Gold Medalist

Zhang Nan (CHN)
Oksana Chusovitina (UZB)

Preceded by

1998 Bangkok Asian Games

Succeeded by

2006 Doha Asian Games

The 2002 Asian Games, also known as XIV Asiad is a multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Busan is the second city in South Korea, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries. The Games also co-hosted by its four neighbouring cities: Ulsan, Changwon, Masan and Yangsan.

Artistic gymnastics took place from October 1 to October 5. All Gymnastics events took place at Sajik Gymnasium.

Format of Competition[]

All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

  • The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of six gymnasts could only have five gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and the top four scores counted toward the team total.
  • The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
  • The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China China

Chen Miaojie
Huang Jing
Kang Xin
Liu Wei
Sun Xiaojiao
Zhang Nan

800px-Flag of North Korea North Korea

Han Jong-Ok
Hwang Kum-Hui
Kim Un-Jong
Kim Yong-Sil
Pyon Kwang-Sun
So Jong-Ok

800px-Flag of Japan Japan

Ishizaka Manami
Manabe Aya
Mizoguchi Erika
Oshima Kyoko
Sahara Ayaka
Uemura Miki

All-Around 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhang Nan
China (CHN)
500px-Flag of Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina
Uzbekistan (UZB)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Kang Xin
China (CHN)
Vault 500px-Flag of Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina
Uzbekistan (UZB)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Liu Wei
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Huang Jing
China (CHN)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhang Nan
China (CHN)

800px-Flag of North Korea Han Jong-Ok
North Korea (PRK)

N/A 800px-Flag of North Korea So Jong-Ok
North Korea (PRK)
Balance Beam 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Kang Xin
China (CHN)
500px-Flag of Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina
Uzbekistan (UZB)
800px-Flag of North Korea Pyon Kwang-Sun
North Korea (PRK)
Floor Exercise 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Zhang Nan
China (CHN)

500px-Flag of Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina
Uzbekistan (UZB)

N/A 800px-Flag of South Korea Kim Ji-Young
South Korea (KOR)

Medal Count[]

Rank Country Gold-medal Silver-medal Bronze-medal Total
1 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China China 5 1 2 8
2 500px-Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2 2 0 4
3 800px-Flag of North Korea North Korea 0 2 2 4
4 800px-Flag of Japan Japan 0 0 1 1
5 800px-Flag of South Korea South Korea 0 0 1 1

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