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The 14th Asian Games were held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. A total number of 7,556 athletes competed, coming from 44 countries. There were 38 sporting events and 18,000 journalists, officials and athletes.

It was the first time in the history of the Asian Games that all 44 member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia participated. That included North Korea, which sent an unprecedented delegation to South Korea, and Afghanistan, which returned to the Asian Games for the first time since the Taliban had come to power. Body building made its debut as an event.

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Led by Park, Korea up against challenges in the pool - JoongAng Daily Tweet this news
JoongAng Daily--Kitajima set a world record by winning the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the the -2002 Asian Games- in Busan, where he also won the 100-meter, ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:11:33 GMT+00:00
16th Asian Games in China Lankan hopes high - Nation on Sunday Tweet this news
Nation on Sunday--The Sri Lankan contingent of 104 (82 male athletes and 22 female athletes) for the 16th -Asian Games- scheduled from November 12 to 27 ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:30:54 GMT+00:00
Nine Athletes To Represent Brunei At Asian Games - Bru Direct Tweet this news
Bru Direct--Brunei won one bronze medal through karatedo during the 14th edition of the -Games- in Busan, South Korea in -2002-. Their best showing was in 1994 when they ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 01:15:22 GMT+00:00
Asiad: Japan, China prepare for duel in the pool - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India--Kitajima set a world record in winning the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the -2002 Asian Games- in Busan, where he also won the 100m, before repeating his ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:31:48 GMT+00:00
Cojuangco-Jaworski is PHL flag bearer in Asian Games - GMANews.TV Tweet this news
GMANews.TV---...- son of basketball legend and former senator Robert Jaworski, gave the country its third and last gold in the -2002 Asian Games- in Busan, Korea when she ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:25:11 GMT+00:00
Japanese wrestling queen Yoshida has history in sight - AFP Tweet this news
AFP--At the -Asian Games- in Guangzhou, which get underway on Friday, Yoshida goes for a third straight title since -2002- when her sport was contested for the first ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 03:30:29 GMT+00:00
Thailand prepare for gold hunt at Asian Games in Guangzhou - Bangkok Post Tweet this news
Bangkok Post--Somjit was the only Thai boxer to win gold at the -2002 Asian Games- and Manus was the sole boxing champion from Thailand in Doha. ... - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 19:33:16 GMT+00:00
Arif poised to win PPFL leading scorer award - The Nation, Pakistan Tweet this news
The Nation, Pakistan--Making international debut during Test Series in Sri Lanka -2002-, he appeared in U-17 -Asian- Championship -2002-, U20 -Asian- Championship -2002-, 14th -Asian Games- ... - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:21:18 GMT+00:00
CWG gold winners Ravi Kumar, Renubala in 13-member Asiad squad - NDTV.com Tweet this news
NDTV.com--"It is a strong squad and we are expecting a good result from them in the -Asian Games-. We were happy that we got eight medals, including two gold, ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:55:37 GMT+00:00
Azlan hoping to nail elusive title in his third appearance - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--1 Mohd Azlan Iskandar (pic) has won the -Asian- squash titles twice but he has yet to win the -Asian Games- gold medal. And the 28-year-old Sarawak player hopes ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:44:01 GMT+00:00


1 People%27s Republic of China 150 84 74 308
2 South Korea 96 80 84 260
3 Japan Japan 44 74 72 190
4 Kazakhstan 20 26 30 76
5 Uzbekistan 15 12 24 51
6 Thailand 14 19 10 43
7 Taiwan 10 17 25 52
8 India 10 12 13 35
9 North Korea 9 11 13 33
10 Iran Iran 8 14 14 36
11 Saudi Arabia 7 1 1 9
12 Malaysia 6 8 16 30
13 Singapore 5 2 10 17
14 Indonesia 4 7 12 23
15 Vietnam 4 7 7 18
16   4 6 11 21
17 Qatar 4 5 8 17
18 Philippines 3 7 16 26
19 Bahrain 3 2 2 7
20 Kyrgyzstan 2 4 6 12
21 Kuwait 2 1 5 8
22 Sri Lanka 2 1 3 6
23 Pakistan 1 6 6 13
24 Myanmar 1 5 6 12
25 Turkmenistan 1 2 1 4
26 Mongolia 1 1 12 14
27 Lebanon 1 0 0 1
28 Tajikistan 0 2 4 6
29   0 2 2 4
30 United Arab Emirates 0 2 1 3
31 Bangladesh 0 1 0 1
32 Nepal 0 0 3 3
33 Syria 0 0 3 3
34 Laos 0 0 2 2
35 Jordan 0 0 2 2
36 Afghanistan 0 0 1 1
37 Brunei 0 0 1 1
38 Palestinian territories 0 0 1 1
39 Yemen 0 0 1 1
Total 427 421 502 1350


Nations at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea




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