Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

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Women's 400 metre individual medley
at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue Sajik Swimming Pool
Date5 October 2002 (2002-10-05)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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The women's 400 metre individual medley swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Swimming (sport) water-based sport

Swimming is an individual or team sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water. Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke. The order for a medley relay is: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.

2002 Asian Games 14th edition of the Asian Games

The 2002 Asian Games, also known as the XIV Asiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002 with the football event commenced 2 days before the opening ceremony.

Busan Metropolitan City in Yeongnam, South Korea

Busan, formerly known as Pusan and now officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most-populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.5 million inhabitants. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern Korea, with its port—Korea's busiest and the 9th-busiest in the world—only about 120 miles (190 km) from the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. The surrounding "Southeast Economic Zone" is now South Korea's largest industrial area.

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Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

DateTimeEvent
Saturday, 5 October 200210:00Heats
19:00Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World record Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yana Klochkova  (UKR)4:33.59 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Yan  (CHN)4:34.79 Shanghai, China 18 October 1997
Games record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lin Li  (CHN)4:39.88 Beijing, China 23 September 1990

Results

Legend

Heats

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
11Flag of Japan.svg  Maiko Fujino  (JPN)4:48.03
21Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee Sun-a  (KOR)4:54.13
32Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Nam Yoo-sun  (KOR)4:56.19
42Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qi Hui  (CHN)4:58.55
52Flag of Japan.svg  Ayane Sato  (JPN)4:59.04
61Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Yafei  (CHN)5:01.42
72Flag of Malaysia.svg  Sia Wai Yen  (MAS)5:02.92
81Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chan Wing Suet  (HKG)5:04.57
91Flag of Thailand.svg  Chorkaew Choompol  (THA)5:04.95
102Flag of the Philippines.svg  Jenny Guerrero  (PHI)5:12.82
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Võ Thị Thanh Vy  (VIE)DNS

Final

RankAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qi Hui  (CHN)4:40.37
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Maiko Fujino  (JPN)4:43.49
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Yafei  (CHN)4:47.09
4Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Nam Yoo-sun  (KOR)4:50.03
5Flag of Japan.svg  Ayane Sato  (JPN)4:50.88
6Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee Sun-a  (KOR)4:55.96
7Flag of Malaysia.svg  Sia Wai Yen  (MAS)5:06.20
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Chan Wing Suet  (HKG)5:06.24

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The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 50 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

The women's 100 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October 2002 at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 400 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 1 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 200 metre butterfly swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

The women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

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