2002 Asian Games

XIV Asian Games
Slogan: "Asia is One"
Host city	Busan, South Korea
Nations participating	44
Athletes participating	7,556
Events	38 sports
Opening ceremony	September 29, 2002
Closing ceremony	October 14, 2002
Officially opened by	President Kim Dae-jung
Athlete's Oath	Moon Dae-Sung
Judge's Oath	-
Torch Lighter	Ha Hyoung-Zoo, Kye Sun Hui
Stadium	Busan Asiad Stadium

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.

Participating NOCs

National Olympic Committees are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 2002.

Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Bhutan  Bahrain  Brunei  Cambodia  China  North Korea  Hong Kong  Indonesia  India  Iran  Jordan  Japan  Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan  South Korea  Kuwait  Laos  Lebanon  Macau  Malaysia  Maldives  Mongolia  Myanmar  Nepal  Oman  Pakistan  Philippines  Palestine

Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  Sri Lanka  Syria  Thailand  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Timor-Leste  Chinese Taipei  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam  Yemen

Sports

Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Billiard & Snooker Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing

Football (soccer) Golf Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Kabaddi Karatedo Modern Pentathlon Rowing Rugby Sailing

Sepaktakraw Shooting Softball Soft Tennis Squash Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu

Medals tally

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	150	84	74	308
2	South Korea (host)	96	80	84	260
3	Japan	44	74	72	190
4	Kazakhstan	20	26	30	76
5	Uzbekistan	15	12	24	51
6	Thailand	14	19	10	43
7	Chinese Taipei	10	17	25	52
8	India	10	12	13	35
9	North Korea	9	11	13	33
10	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	Hong Kong	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	Macau	0	2	2	4
30	United Arab Emirates	0	2	1	3
31	Bangladesh	0	1	0	1
32	Syria	0	0	3	3
33	Nepal	0	0	3	3
34	Laos	0	0	2	2
35	Jordan	0	0	2	2
36	Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
37	Yemen	0	0	1	1
38	Brunei	0	0	1	1
39	Palestine	0	0	1	1
Total		427	421	502	1350

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