| Fencing at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Gangseo Gymnasium |
| Dates | 29 September – 4 October |
| Competitors | 154 from 17 nations |
Fencing at the 2002 Asian Games was held in Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 4, 2002.
| Fencing at the 2002 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Gangseo Gymnasium |
| Dates | 29 September – 4 October |
| Competitors | 154 from 17 nations |
Fencing at the 2002 Asian Games was held in Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 4, 2002.
| P | Pools | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual épée | P | F | |||||||
| Men's team épée | F | ||||||||
| Men's individual foil | P | F | |||||||
| Men's team foil | F | ||||||||
| Men's individual sabre | P | F | |||||||
| Men's team sabre | F | ||||||||
| Women's individual épée | P | F | |||||||
| Women's team épée | F | ||||||||
| Women's individual foil | P | F | |||||||
| Women's team foil | F | ||||||||
| Women's individual sabre | P | F | |||||||
| Women's team sabre | F | ||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Kim Hee-jeong  South Korea | Hyun Hee South Korea | Shen Weiwei  China |
| Team épée |  South Korea Hyun Hee Kim Hee-jeong Kim Mi-jung Lee Keum-nam |  China Li Na Shen Weiwei Zhang Li Zhong Weiping |  Hong Kong Bjork Cheng Cheung Yi Nei Ho Ka Lai Yeung Chui Ling |
| Individual foil | Zhang Lei China | Lim Mi-kyung South Korea | Seo Mi-jung South Korea |
| Team foil | South Korea Lim Mi-kyung Nam Hyun-hee Oh Tae-young Seo Mi-jung | China Liu Yuan Ma Na Meng Jie Zhang Lei |  Japan Yuko Arai Madoka Hisagae Chieko Sugawara Mika Uchiyama |
| Individual sabre | Lee Shin-mi South Korea | Lee Gyu-young South Korea | Tan Xue China |
| Team sabre | China Bao Yingying Huang Haiyang Tan Xue Zhang Ying | South Korea Cho Kyung-mi Kim Hee-yeon Lee Gyu-young Lee Shin-mi | Japan Madoka Hisagae Miyuki Kano Chiyo Ogawa Chieko Sugawara |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
A total of 154 athletes from 17 nations competed in fencing at the 2002 Asian Games:
China (23) Hong Kong (13) Japan (15)
Jordan (3) Kazakhstan (12)
Kuwait (10)
Kyrgyzstan (8)
Lebanon (3)
Macau (4)
Palestine (3)
Philippines (12)
Qatar (5)
Saudi Arabia (8) South Korea (24)
Thailand (5)
Turkmenistan (3)
Uzbekistan (3)
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