| Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Dongju College Gymnasium |
| Dates | 1–8 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 132 from 21 nations |
The cue sports was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea between 1 and 8 October 2002. The competition took place at Dongju College Gymnasium. The competition included only men's events.
There were ten events at the competition, Carom billiards, English billiards, Pool and Snooker.
| P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | |||||||||||||
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| Three-cushion singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Straight rail singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| English billiards singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| English billiards doubles | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eight-ball singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Nine-ball singles | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Nine-ball doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Snooker singles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Snooker doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||||||||||||||||
| Snooker team | P | ¼ | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Thailand (THA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
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