Men's English billiards singles at the 2002 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Dongju College Gymnasium | |||||||||
Dates | 7–8 October 2002 | |||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 8 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Cue sports at the 2002 Asian Games | |||
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Three-cushion | singles | ||
Partie libre | singles | ||
English billiards | singles | doubles | |
Eight-ball | singles | ||
Nine-ball | singles | doubles | |
Snooker | singles | doubles | team |
The men's English billiards singles tournament at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan took place from 7 October to 8 October at Dongju College Gymnasium.
The players were seeded based on their final ranking at the same event at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. Praprut Chaithanasakun of Thailand won the gold after beating Kyaw Oo of Myanmar in the final.
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
Date | Time | Event |
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Monday, 7 October 2002 | 13:00 | Pre-quarterfinals |
16:00 | Quarterfinals | |
19:00 | Semifinals | |
Tuesday, 8 October 2002 | 10:00 | Finals |
Pre-quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Geet Sethi (IND) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Hussain Khalil (PAK) | 0 | 1 | Geet Sethi (IND) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Udon Khaimuk (THA) | 2 | Udon Khaimuk (THA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Nguyễn Thanh Long (VIE) | 1 | 1 | Geet Sethi (IND) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Henry Boteju (SRI) | 0 | Kyaw Oo (MYA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Kyaw Oo (MYA) | 2 | Kyaw Oo (MYA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Park Seung-chil (KOR) | 0 | Moh Loon Hong (MAS) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Moh Loon Hong (MAS) | 2 | Kyaw Oo (MYA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Praprut Chaithanasakun (THA) | 2 | 3 | Praprut Chaithanasakun (THA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Lee Wan-soo (KOR) | 0 | 3 | Praprut Chaithanasakun (THA) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Nguyễn Trung Kiên (VIE) | 1 | Simon Sim (MAS) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Simon Sim (MAS) | 2 | 3 | Praprut Chaithanasakun (THA) | 2 | 3rd/4th place | ||||||||||||||
Muhammad Yousaf (PAK) | 0 | Aung San Oo (MYA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Aung San Oo (MYA) | 2 | Aung San Oo (MYA) | 2 | 1 | Geet Sethi (IND) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Khobala Sirisoma (SRI) | 1 | 2 | Devendra Joshi (IND) | 0 | Aung San Oo (MYA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
2 | Devendra Joshi (IND) | 2 |
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