Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle

Men's 50 metre freestyle at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	October 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
Competitors	34 from 22 nations
Medalists
Kim Min-suk    South Korea   Ravil Nachaev    Uzbekistan   Issei Nakanishi    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

The men's 50 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 5 October 2002	10:00	Heats
	19:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Aleksandr Popov (RUS)	21.64	Moscow, Russia	16 June 2000
Asian Record	Tomohiro Yamanoi (JPN)	22.18	Fukuoka, Japan	23 July 2001
Games Record	Jiang Chengji (CHN)	22.38	Bangkok, Thailand	11 December 1998

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	5	Kim Min-suk (KOR)	23.08
2	4	Ravil Nachaev (UZB)	23.10
3	4	Issei Nakanishi (JPN)	23.17
4	3	Naoki Nagura (JPN)	23.31
5	5	Lee Chung-hee (KOR)	23.37
6	5	Richard Sam Bera (INA)	23.49
7	4	Allen Ong (MAS)	23.62
8	3	Igor Sitnikov (KAZ)	23.68
9	5	Jin Hao (CHN)	23.73
9	1	Maksim Korshunov (TJK)	23.73
11	3	Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA)	23.75
12	5	Andrey Kvassov (KAZ)	23.81
13	3	Tang Wenjun (CHN)	23.84
13	4	Harbeth Fu (HKG)	23.84
15	4	Wang Shao-an (TPE)	23.91
16	5	Wu Nien-pin (TPE)	23.92
17	3	Mohammed Yamani (KSA)	24.15
18	4	Gary Tan (SIN)	24.16
19	5	Mark Chay (SIN)	24.28
20	5	Kenneth Doo (HKG)	24.56
21	4	Zaid Al-Marafi (JOR)	24.84
22	3	Lubrey Lim (MAS)	24.89
23	2	Tang Chon Kit (MAC)	25.13
24	4	Lou Keng Ip (MAC)	25.40
25	3	Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE)	25.95
26	2	Ganaagiin Galbadrakh (MGL)	26.73
27	2	Andryein Tamir (MGL)	26.99
28	2	Chitra Bahadur Gurung (NEP)	27.31
29	1	Hem Kiry (CAM)	27.71
30	1	Imran Abdul Rahman (MDV)	29.02
31	1	Alice Shrestha (NEP)	29.20
—	2	Abdulla Al-Mahmoud (QAT)	DNS
—	2	Abdulla Al-Ollan (QAT)	DNS
—	2	Omar Daaboul (LIB)	DNS

Finals

Final B

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA)	23.61
2	Tang Wenjun (CHN)	23.65
3	Harbeth Fu (HKG)	23.66
4	Jin Hao (CHN)	23.67
5	Wu Nien-pin (TPE)	23.75
6	Wang Shao-an (TPE)	23.82
7	Maksim Korshunov (TJK)	23.99
8	Andrey Kvassov (KAZ)	24.13

Final A

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Kim Min-suk (KOR)	22.86
	Ravil Nachaev (UZB)	22.86
	Issei Nakanishi (JPN)	23.14
4	Richard Sam Bera (INA)	23.49
5	Naoki Nagura (JPN)	23.31
6	Lee Chung-hee (KOR)	23.37
7	Allen Ong (MAS)	23.62
8	Igor Sitnikov (KAZ)	23.68

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Pages 174–175
• Results