Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Women's 100 metre backstroke at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	October 2, 2002 (2002-10-02)
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Medalists
Zhan Shu    China   Noriko Inada    Japan   Aya Terakawa    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

The women's 100 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 2 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	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	59.58	Fort Lauderdale, United States	13 August 2002
Asian Record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.16	Rome, Italy	10 September 1994
Games Record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.71	Hiroshima, Japan	5 October 1994

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.01
2	2	Shim Min-ji (KOR)	1:03.00
3	2	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	1:03.05
3	2	Zhan Shu (CHN)	1:03.05
5	1	Chen Xiujun (CHN)	1:03.25
6	2	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:03.76
7	1	Bang Eun-ji (KOR)	1:04.69
8	1	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA)	1:05.42
9	2	Lizza Danila (PHI)	1:06.44
10	1	Lucia Dacanay (PHI)	1:08.47
11	1	Andrea Chum (MAC)	1:15.49
12	2	Kiran Khan (PAK)	1:18.70
13	1	Ayesha Tajwar (PAK)	1:30.03
—	2	Jacqueline Lim (SIN)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Zhan Shu (CHN)	1:01.82
	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.16
	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	1:02.35
4	Shim Min-ji (KOR)	1:02.83
5	Chen Xiujun (CHN)	1:02.90
6	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:03.96
7	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA)	1:04.74
8	Bang Eun-ji (KOR)	1:04.84

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 216
• Results