| Rowing at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Nakdong River |
| Dates | 30 September – 3 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 196 from 17 nations |
For the Rowing competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, men's and women's singles, doubles, and fours competed at the Nakdong River Rowing and Canoeing Courses from September 30 to October 3.
| H | Heats | R | Repechages | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's single sculls | H | R | F | |
| Men's double sculls | H | R | F | |
| Men's coxless four | F | |||
| Men's eight | H | R | F | |
| Men's lightweight single sculls | H | R | F | |
| Men's lightweight double sculls | H | R | F | |
| Men's lightweight coxless four | H | R | F | |
| Women's single sculls | H | R | F | |
| Women's double sculls | H | R | F | |
| Women's coxless pair | F | |||
| Women's coxless four | F | |||
| Women's lightweight single sculls | H | R | F | |
| Women's lightweight double sculls | H | R | F |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Zhang Xiuyun  China | Naoe Harada  Japan | Lee Eun-hwa  South Korea |
| Double sculls | China Dang Junling Li Qin | Japan Akiko Iwamoto Atsuko Yamauchi |  North Korea Ri Ryon-hwa Kim Mi-sun |
| Coxless pair | China Zhang Xiuyun Yang Cuiping |  Uzbekistan Sevara Ganieva Anna Kuznetsova | South Korea Beak Sun-mi Kim Kyoung-mi |
| Coxless four | China Cong Huanling Yu Jing Han Jing Yan Na |  Chinese Taipei Chiang Chien-ju Chi Yao-hsuan Yu Chen-chun Su Hui-ching | Uzbekistan Sevara Ganieva Albina Ahmerova Zarrina Ganieva Anna Kuznetsova |
| Lightweight single sculls | Fu Fengjun China | Phuttharaksa Neegree  Thailand | Yung Ka Yan  Hong Kong |
| Lightweight double sculls | China Xu Dongxiang Wang Yanni | Thailand Phuttharaksa Neegree Bussayamas Phaengkathok | Japan Kahori Uchiyama Yumi Uoshita |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 12 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
A total of 196 athletes from 17 nations competed in rowing at the 2002 Asian Games:
China (33) Chinese Taipei (15) Hong Kong (6) India (19) Indonesia (9) Japan (17) Kazakhstan (6)
Kuwait (4)
Myanmar (4) North Korea (9) Pakistan (10) Philippines (4)
Singapore (2) South Korea (35)
Sri Lanka (8) Thailand (2) Uzbekistan (13)