2002 Asian Games

XIV Asian Games
Logo of the 2002 Asian Games
Host city	Busan, South Korea
Teams participating	44
Athletes participating	7,711
Events	419 in 38 sports
Opening ceremony	September 29
Closing ceremony	October 14
Officially opened by	Kim Dae-jung
Athlete's Oath	Moon Dae-Sung
Torch Lighter	Ha Hyoung-Zoo, Kye Sun-Hui
Main venue	Busan Asiad Stadium

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, 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.^[1] The Games also co-hosted by its four neighbouring cities: Ulsan, Changwon, Masan and Yangsan.^[2]

Organisation

Marketing

The emblem of the Games featured the blue waves of the Sea of Japan, symbolising Busan and Korea. It expresses the image of development and unity of the Asian people; two dynamic powers are closely intertwined, while the wave's shape indicates the character B, the first character of Busan.^[3]

Sea gull, the city bird of Busan. It is name "Duria", a construct of 'Durative' and 'Asia', which means "You and Me Together" in the Korean language, and expresses the ideal of the Games: To promote unity and partnership among Asian countries.^[4]

In conjunction with the Games, eight songs were released as official music of the Games:^[5]

• "The Dream of Asia" – Lee Moon-se
• "Frontier!-Voices from the East" – Yang Bang-ean & Furee
• "We are..." – Baby box
• "Theme from Duria" – Hong Jong-myung, Shin Hyo-bum
• "The Fanfare" – Busan city Orchestra
• "Welcome to Busan Korea" – Kim Hyo-soo
• "Let`s Go!!" – Gang Hyun-soo
• "Love to All of Us" – CAN

Venues

Official mascot

44 venues were used in the Games with twelve of them are newly built.^[6] Below is the list of competition venues in the Games.

New

Existing

Participating nations

All 44 members of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) with 7,711 athletes are took part in the Games. Timor-Leste participate for the time since its independence and Afghanistan returned to the action since Taliban had come to power.^[7] Below is a list of all the participating NOCs; the number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.^[8]

Sports

A total of 419 events in 38 sports was contested in the Games for 16 days of competition. Football and basketball was kickoff two and one day respectively prior to the opening ceremony.^[9] Bodybuilding was the debutant sport in Games.^[10]

Calendar

September / October 2002	27th Fri	28th Sat	29th Sun	30th Mon	1st Tue	2nd Wed	3rd Thu	4th Fri	5th Sat	6th Sun	7th Mon	8th Tue	9th Wed	10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	Gold medals
Archery												1	1	2					4
Athletics											5	10	7	9		5	8	1	45
Badminton												1	1				2	3	7
Baseball													1						1
Basketball																		2	2
Bodybuilding									4	4									8
Bowling							2	2		2	2		2						10
Boxing																	12		12
Canoeing														5		8			13
Cue sports					1		2	1	2	1	2	1							10
Cycling – Mountain bike														2		1	1		4
Cycling – Road				2		1	1												4
Cycling – Track								2	3		3	4							12
Diving												2	2	1	1	1	1		8
Equestrian								2				1		1		1		1	6
Fencing			2	2	2	2	2	2											12
Field hockey															1	1			2
Football															1		1		2
Golf										4									4
Gymnastics – Artistic					1	1	2	5	5										14
Gymnastics – Rhythmic												1	1						2
Handball																1	1		2
Judo				4	4	4	4												16
Kabaddi											1								1
Karate															7	4			11
Modern pentathlon														2	2	1	1		6
Rowing						6	7												13
Rugby union					1												1		2
Sailing													15						15
Sepaktakraw					2					2			2						6
Shooting						8	6	6	6	6	6	4							42
Soft tennis							2				5								7
Softball										1									1
Squash								2											2
Swimming				5	5	6	6	5	5										32
Synchronized swimming					1	1													2
Table tennis								1	1	1		2	2						7
Taekwondo														4	4	4	4		16
Tennis									1		1				3	2			7
Volleyball – Beach								2											2
Volleyball – Indoor																1	1		2
Water polo										1									1
Weightlifting				1	2	2	2	1		1	2	2	1	1					15
Wrestling							5	4			5	4							18
Wushu																2	9		11
Total gold medals			2	14	19	31	41	35	27	23	32	33	35	27	19	32	42	7	419
Ceremonies			●															●
September / October 2002	27th Fri	28th Sat	29th Sun	30th Mon	1st Tue	2nd Wed	3rd Thu	4th Fri	5th Sat	6th Sun	7th Mon	8th Tue	9th Wed	10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	Gold medals

Medal table

The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, South Korea, is highlighted.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	150	84	74	308
2	South Korea (KOR)*	96	80	84	260
3	Japan (JPN)	44	73	72	189
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	20	26	30	76
5	Uzbekistan (UZB)	15	12	24	51
6	Thailand (THA)	14	19	10	43
7	India (IND)	11	12	13	36
8	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	10	17	25	52
9	North Korea (PRK)	9	11	13	33
10	Iran (IRI)	8	14	14	36
Total		427	421	502	1350

See also

Asian Games portal

• List of IOC country codes

References