Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	October 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
Medalists
Lee Young-sun    South Korea   Liang Lili    China   Ha Xiaoyan    China

Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's javelin throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 7 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

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

Records

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

World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54	Rethymno, Greece	1 July 2007
Asian Record	Wei Jianhua (CHN)	63.92	Beijing, China	18 August 2000
Games Record	—	—	—	—

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Lee Young-sun (KOR)	58.87	55.78	55.94	54.68	X	56.59	58.87	GR
	Liang Lili (CHN)	58.30	57.20	58.77	56.21	55.64	57.71	58.77
	Ha Xiaoyan (CHN)	58.29	57.97	57.66	X	55.82	57.24	58.29
4	Gurmeet Kaur (IND)	51.91	54.78	50.66	X	53.73	50.21	54.78
5	Chang Jung-yeon (KOR)	49.04	52.34	49.24	54.08	54.66	53.45	54.66
6	Maheshi Silva (SRI)	53.33	51.42	54.56	48.18	45.10	48.06	54.56
7	Takako Miyake (JPN)	50.87	50.09	53.47	53.72	51.79	50.67	53.72

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 171
• Results