Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's shot put

Women's shot put at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	October 9, 2002 (2002-10-09)
Competitors	8 from 5 nations
Medalists
Li Meiju    China   Lee Myung-sun    South Korea   Juttaporn Krasaeyan    Thailand

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 shot put competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 9 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	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Asian Record	Li Meisu (CHN)	21.76	Shijiazhuang, China	23 April 1988
Games Record	Sui Xinmei (CHN)	20.55	Beijing, China	1 October 1990

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Li Meiju (CHN)	18.27	18.62	18.47	18.26	18.50	18.40	18.62
	Lee Myung-sun (KOR)	16.85	18.15	X	18.15	18.50	X	18.50
	Juttaporn Krasaeyan (THA)	16.95	17.16	17.36	X	17.53	17.12	17.53
4	Song Feina (CHN)	16.16	16.23	16.84	17.01	17.07	X	17.07
5	Chinatsu Mori (JPN)	16.01	16.39	X	16.11	16.26	16.93	16.93
6	Yoko Toyonaga (JPN)	16.77	16.24	16.79	16.90	16.75	16.90	16.90
7	Lee Mi-young (KOR)	X	15.73	X	15.29	X	15.80	15.80
8	Parisa Behzadi (IRI)	11.34	12.47	12.62	12.25	12.96	12.76	12.96

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 168
• Results