2002 Asian Games

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.

Emblem

The Great Absolute symbolizes Korea while the blue sea stands for Busan. The emblem expresses the image of development and unity of the Asian people; two dynamic power are closely intertwined, while the wave's shape indicates the character B, the first character of Busan.

Mascot

The official Mascot of the 14th Asian Games is a sea gull, the city bird of Busan. The mascot's name is "Duria", which means "you and me together" in the Korean language, and expresses the ideal of the Games: To promote unity and partnership among Asian countries.

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

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	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	Palestine	0	0	1	1
39	Yemen	0	0	1	1
Total		427	421	502	1350