| Sepak takraw at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Minseok Sports Center |
| Dates | 30 September – 9 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 153 from 10 nations |
Sepak takraw was contested at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea by both men and women, with all games taking place at Dongseo University Minseok Sports Center.
| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | ||||
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| Men's circle | P | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Men's regu | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Men's team regu | P | P | P | ½ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women's circle | P | ½ | F | |||||||||||
| Women's regu | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||||
| Women's team regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Circle |  South Korea Lee Jun-pyo Yoo Dong-young Kim Jong-hun Lee Myung-chul Gwak Young-duk Yoon Ju-hyung |  Thailand Yothin Jorsao Sawat Sangpakdee Ekachai Masuk Saharat Uonumpai Surasak Jitchuen Thanakorn Ritsaranchai |  Myanmar Thein Zaw Min Than Zaw Oo Kyaw Zay Ya Kyaw Min Soe Aung Myo San Myint Myint Swe |
 Japan Yoshitaka Iida Kenji Tajiri Susumu Teramoto Fumio Arashi Junya Yano | |||
| Regu | Thailand Suebsak Phunsueb Sarawut Inlek Pornchai Kaokaew Worapot Thongsai Poonsak Permsap | Myanmar Kyaw Min Soe Than Zaw Oo Aung Myo San Myint Aung Hein Maung Maung |  Singapore Nur Hisham Adam Shamsaimon Sabtu Sharil Abdul Shukor Eddie Abdul Kadir Mohd Fami Mohamed |
 Malaysia Fauzi Ghadzali Suhaimi Mat Salim Noor Ariffin Pawanteh Azman Nasruddin Zulkarnain Arif | |||
| Team regu | Thailand Sarawut Inlek Pornchai Kaokaew Nattawut Panomai Rawat Parbchompoo Suriyan Peachan Poonsak Permsap Suebsak Phunsueb Prasert Pongpung Prawet Saejung Chart Singrang Kamphol Thassit Worapot Thongsai | Malaysia Fauzi Ghadzali Suhaimi Mat Salim Ahmad Ezzat Zaki Zulkarnain Arif Rukman Mustapha Azman Nasruddin Noor Ariffin Pawanteh Zabidi Shariff Suhaimi Yusof | South Korea Gwak Young-duk Jeong Sung-hwa Jung Yeon-hong Kim Dae-hee Kim Hyung-il Kim Jae-min Kim Jong-hun Kim Mu-jin Lee Jun-pyo Lee Myung-chul Yoo Dong-young Yoon Ju-hyung |
| Myanmar Aung Hein Aung Myo San Myint Kyaw Min Soe Kyaw Zay Ya Maung Maung Myint Swe Than Zaw Oo Thaung Nyunt Thein Zaw Min |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circle | Thailand Lampieng Poompin Buaphan Sawatdipon Wanwipa Seelahoi Kobkul Chinchaiyaphum Buarian Faisong Warn Sochaiyan | Myanmar Naing Naing Win San San Htay Mar Mar Win San San Htay Nu Nu Yin Moe Moe Lwin | South Korea Lee Myung-eun Kim Mi-hyeon Kim Mi-jin Na Yu-mi Kim Sin-jung Park Jeong-hyeon |
 Vietnam Nguyễn Đức Thu Hiền Lưu Thị Thanh Vũ Hải Anh Trần Nguyễn Anh Phương Lê Thị Hồng Thơm Mai Tuyết Hoa | |||
| Regu | Thailand Nitinadda Kaewkamsai Kanjana Yanyajan Tidawan Daosakul Pinporn Klongbungkar Sahattiya Faksra |  China Zhou Ronghong Sun Xiaodan Bai Jie Wang Xiaohua Hu Zhengyi | Japan Keiko Ishikawa Sawa Aoki Chiharu Oku Masumi Aikawa Mari Nakagawa |
| Vietnam Lưu Thị Thanh Hoàng Thị Thái Xuân Trần Thị Vui Lê Thị Hồng Thơm Lương Thị Việt Anh | |||
| Team regu | Thailand Tidawan Daosakul Sahattiya Faksra Nitinadda Kaewkamsai Pinporn Klongbungkar Yupayong Namboonla Varee Nantasing Viparat Ruangrat Payom Srihongsa Pudsadee Sunajarun Anchalee Suvanmajo Areerat Takan Kanjana Yanyajan | Vietnam Đậu Bảo Hiền Hoàng Thị Thái Xuân Lê Thị Hồng Thơm Lương Thị Việt Anh Lưu Thị Thanh Mai Tuyết Hoa Nguyễn Đức Thu Hiền Nguyễn Hải Thảo Nguyễn Thị Bích Thủy Nguyễn Thịnh Thu Ba Trần Nguyễn Anh Phương Trần Thị Vui | China Bai Jie Chen Yutong Guo Dan Hu Zhengyi Jin Yuzhu Liu Lei Sun Xiaodan Wang Xiaohua Yu Ying Zhou Ronghong |
| South Korea Ahn Soon-ok Jung Ji-yung Kim Gun-sun Kim Mi-hyeon Kim Mi-jin Kim Sin-jung Lee Myung-eun Na Yu-mi Park Ah-ram Park Jeong-hyeon Park Keum-duk Park Mi-ri |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Myanmar (MYA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
A total of 153 athletes from 10 nations competed in sepak takraw at the 2002 Asian Games:
Brunei (12) China (10) Japan (11) Malaysia (11) Myanmar (18)
Philippines (6) Singapore (12) South Korea (24) Thailand (36) Vietnam (13)
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