| Beach volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Haeundae Beach |
| Dates | 29 September – 4 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 58 from 11 nations |
Beach volleyball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
| Beach volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Haeundae Beach |
| Dates | 29 September – 4 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 58 from 11 nations |
Beach volleyball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
| P | Preliminary round | R | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | P | P | P | R | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Women | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  Japan Katsuhiro Shiratori Satoshi Watanabe |  Indonesia Agus Salim Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro |  China Li Hua Zhao Chicheng |
| Women | China Tian Jia Wang Fei | China Wang Lu You Wenhui | Japan Ryoko Tokuno Chiaki Kusuhara |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
A total of 58 athletes from 11 nations competed in beach volleyball at the 2002 Asian Games:
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Katsuhiro Shiratori – Satoshi Watanabe (JPN) | 8 | 8 | 0 |
 | Agus Salim – Koko Prasetyo Darkuncoro (INA) | 8 | 7 | 1 |
 | Li Hua – Zhao Chicheng (CHN) | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Andy Ardiyansah – Supriadi (INA) | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Teng Maomin – Xu Qiang (CHN) | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Hayato Kirihara – Ko Ozaki (JPN) | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 |  Yevgeniy Mashebin – Sergey Sinkevich (KAZ) | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  Thawip Thongkamnerd – Sataporn Sawangreung (THA) | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 9 |  Osama Isa – Qader Abdulla (BRN) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Pavel Zabuslayev – Dmitriy Vorobyev (KAZ) | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 |  Choi Bu-sik – Park Sang-heun (KOR) | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Sim Yeon-sub – Lee Byoung-hee (KOR) | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Dawood Abdulqader – Adel Al-Muzail (KUW) | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 |  Ali Ishaq Bairami – Mohammed Salem Al-Kuwari (QAT) | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Mubarak Rasheed – Mohammed Anber (QAT) | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sonthi Bunrueang – Petch Patsorn (THA) | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Sadeq Ebrahim – Ali Abdulameer (BRN) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 |  Pradeep John – Mohan Poothathan (IND) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Krishna Reddy Patlilla – Jameeluddin Mohammed (IND) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Ahmad Sulaiman – Mohammad Sabah (KUW) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tian Jia – Wang Fei (CHN) | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Wang Lu – You Wenhui (CHN) | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Ryoko Tokuno – Chiaki Kusuhara (JPN) | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Kamoltip Kulna – Jarunee Sannok (THA) | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Timy Yudhani Rahayu – Siti Nurjanah (INA) | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Chang Yoon-hee – Kim Yeon (KOR) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Lee Mi-soon – Ji Kyung-hee (KOR) | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Manatsanan Pangka – Rattanaporn Arlaisuk (THA) | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Tang Ming Mei – Tong Lai Ming (HKG) | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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