2002 Busan Asian Games

2002 Busan Asian Games
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City	Busan, South Korea
Team Gold Medalist	China Chen Miaojie Huang Jing Kang Xin Liu Wei Sun Xiaojiao Zhang Nan
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	China Chen Miaojie Huang Jing Kang Xin Liu Wei Sun Xiaojiao Zhang Nan	North Korea Han Jong-Ok Hwang Kum-Hui Kim Un-Jong Kim Yong-Sil Pyon Kwang-Sun So Jong-Ok	Japan Ishizaka Manami Manabe Aya Mizoguchi Erika Oshima Kyoko Sahara Ayaka Uemura Miki
All-Around	Zhang Nan China (CHN)	Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan (UZB)	Kang Xin China (CHN)
Vault	Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan (UZB)	Liu Wei China (CHN)	Huang Jing China (CHN)
Uneven Bars	Zhang Nan China (CHN) Han Jong-Ok North Korea (PRK)	N/A	So Jong-Ok North Korea (PRK)
Balance Beam	Kang Xin China (CHN)	Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan (UZB)	Pyon Kwang-Sun North Korea (PRK)
Floor Exercise	Zhang Nan China (CHN) Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan (UZB)	N/A	Kim Ji-Young South Korea (KOR)

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	China	5	1	2	8
2	Uzbekistan	2	2	0	4
3	North Korea	0	2	2	4
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
5	South Korea	0	0	1	1

External Links

• Official Results