Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

The women's 100 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueSajik Swimming Pool
Date2 October 2002
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    Japan
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Schedule edit

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 2 October 2002 10:00 Heats
19:00 Final

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record   Natalie Coughlin (USA) 59.58 Fort Lauderdale, United States 13 August 2002
Asian Record   He Cihong (CHN) 1:00.16 Rome, Italy 10 September 1994
Games Record   He Cihong (CHN) 1:00.71 Hiroshima, Japan 5 October 1994

Results edit

Legend
  • DNS — Did not start

Heats edit

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1 1   Noriko Inada (JPN) 1:02.01
2 2   Shim Min-ji (KOR) 1:03.00
3 2   Aya Terakawa (JPN) 1:03.05
3 2   Zhan Shu (CHN) 1:03.05
5 1   Chen Xiujun (CHN) 1:03.25
6 2   Sherry Tsai (HKG) 1:03.76
7 1   Bang Eun-ji (KOR) 1:04.69
8 1   Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA) 1:05.42
9 2   Lizza Danila (PHI) 1:06.44
10 1   Lucia Dacanay (PHI) 1:08.47
11 1   Andrea Chum (MAC) 1:15.49
12 2   Kiran Khan (PAK) 1:18.70
13 1   Ayesha Tajwar (PAK) 1:30.03
2   Jacqueline Lim (SIN) DNS

Final edit

Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Zhan Shu (CHN) 1:01.82
    Noriko Inada (JPN) 1:02.16
    Aya Terakawa (JPN) 1:02.35
4   Shim Min-ji (KOR) 1:02.83
5   Chen Xiujun (CHN) 1:02.90
6   Sherry Tsai (HKG) 1:03.96
7   Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA) 1:04.74
8   Bang Eun-ji (KOR) 1:04.84

References edit