Rugby union at the 2002 Asian Games

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Rugby union
at the 2002 Asian Games
Rugby union pictogram.svg
Venue Ulsan Public Stadium
Dates30 September – 13 October 2002
Competitors151 from 8 nations
  1998
2006  

Rugby (Sevens and Union) was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Ulsan, South Korea. All games played at the Ulsan Public Stadium. The competition included only men's events.

Contents

Schedule

RoundLast roundPPreliminary round½SemifinalsFFinals
Event↓/Date →30th
Mon
1st
Tue
2nd
Wed
3rd
Thu
4th
Fri
5th
Sat
6th
Sun
7th
Mon
8th
Tue
9th
Wed
10th
Thu
11th
Fri
12th
Sat
13th
Sun
Men's union
Men's sevens P½F

Medalists

Union

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Baek In-sung
Cho Chul-hyeong
Choi Chang-yeul
Choi Sung-hwan
Chun Jong-man
Han Young-hoon
Kim Dong-sun
Kim Hyung-ki
Kim Jae-sung
Kim Kwang-jae
Kim Kwang-mo
Kim Young-nam
Lee Jin-wook
Lee Kwan-hee
Lee Myung-geun
Park Chang-min
Park Jin-bae
Park Kwang-soo
Park No-young
Park Yong-don
Shin Woo-sik
Sung Hae-kyung
Um Soon-gil
Yong Hwan-myung
Yoo Min-suk
Yun Hi-su
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Yuichi Hisadomi
Takeomi Ito
Kensuke Iwabuchi
Dai Katsuno
Tsuyoshi Kinoshita
Yoshiyuki Koike
Koichi Kubo
Toru Kurihara
Ryohei Miki
Takuro Miuchi
Yukio Motoki
Keiya Nishimura
Daisuke Ohata
Hirotoki Onozawa
Yuya Saito
Takamasa Sawaguchi
Masahiro Shichinohe
Kenji Shomen
Hiroyuki Tanuma
Ken Tsukagoshi
Shinichi Tsukida
Tetsuya Watanabe
Eiji Yamamoto
Masahito Yamamoto
Hiroki Yamazaki
Takashi Yoshida
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chang Ching-fong
Chang Wei-cheng
Chen Chen-fu
Chen Chi-chung
Chen Wen-yen
Chen Yu-chen
Hsieh Cheng-chung
Hsieh Wen-kang
Huang Chen-hua
Huang Yu-ming
Hung Chi-hsiang
Lin Wen-cheng
Lin Yi-te
Ling Chang-heng
Pan Chih-ming
Pan Kuei-chih
Sun Cheng-yen
Tien Chung-i
Wang Kuo-feng
Wu Chih-hsien
Wu Chih-wei
Wu Shih-chieh
Yeh Teng-yuan
Yen Hsiang-hua
Yu Fuh-hsin
Yu Po-chin

Sevens

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
details
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Choi Chang-yeul
Chun Jong-man
Kim Hyung-ki
Kim Jae-sung
Lee Jin-wook
Lee Myung-geun
Park Chang-min
Park Jin-bae
Park No-young
Sung Hae-kyung
Yong Hwan-myung
Yoo Min-suk
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chang Ching-fong
Chen Chen-fu
Chen Chi-chung
Chen Wen-yen
Huang Chen-hua
Pan Chih-ming
Sun Cheng-yen
Tien Chung-i
Wang Kuo-feng
Wu Chih-hsien
Wu Chih-wei
Wu Shih-chieh
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Nattawut Aryuwan
Paisak Chueakomhod
Jintawat Jeepetch
Sayan Kaewmoolmuk
Tanyavit Kuasint
Santi Meethavorn
Nattawut Petcharawuthikri
Chatree Phaksoontorn
Sarayuth Thiengtrong
Kitti Wangkanai
Korapong Wongsalungkarn
Nantawat Wongwanichslip

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)2002
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0112
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0101
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Draw

The teams were drawn into two groups of four teams for sevens competition, rugby union competitions were played in round robin format.

Final standing

Union

RankTeamPldWDL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 3300
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 3201
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3102
4Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3003

Sevens

RankTeamPldWDL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 5500
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 5401
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5302
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5203
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4202
6Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4103
7Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3003
7Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3003

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