2002 Asian Games
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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.
Participating NOCs
National Olympic Committees are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 2002.
Sports
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Medals tally
1 | ![]() |
150 | 84 | 74 | 308 |
2 | ![]() |
96 | 80 | 84 | 260 |
3 | ![]() |
44 | 74 | 72 | 190 |
4 | ![]() |
20 | 26 | 30 | 76 |
5 | ![]() |
15 | 12 | 24 | 51 |
6 | ![]() |
14 | 19 | 10 | 43 |
7 | ![]() |
10 | 17 | 25 | 52 |
8 | ![]() |
10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
9 | ![]() |
9 | 11 | 13 | 33 |
10 | ![]() |
8 | 14 | 14 | 36 |
11 | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
12 | ![]() |
6 | 8 | 16 | 30 |
13 | ![]() |
5 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
14 | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 12 | 23 |
15 | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
16 | ![]() |
4 | 6 | 11 | 21 |
17 | ![]() |
4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
18 | ![]() |
3 | 7 | 16 | 26 |
19 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
20 | ![]() |
2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
21 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
22 | ![]() |
2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
23 | ![]() |
1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
24 | ![]() |
1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
25 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
26 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
27 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
28 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
29 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
30 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
31 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
33 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
34 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
35 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
36 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
37 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
38 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
39 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 427 | 421 | 502 | 1350 |
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