India at the 2002 Asian Games explained

Noc:IND
Nocname:Indian Olympic Association
Year:2002
Games:Asian Games
Location:Busan
Flagbearer:Dhanraj Pillay 
Gold:11
Silver:12
Bronze:13
Rank:7
Appearances:auto

India competed at the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea. India was ranked 8th with 10 gold medals. Sunita Rani's gold and bronze medals, which she won in the women's 1,500 m and 5,000 m was reinstated after she appealed in the dope scam. India moved up to the seventh spot from the previous eighth spot in the medals table.[1] [2]

Medal table

width=140Sportbgcolor=gold width=70Goldbgcolor=silver width=70Silverbgcolor=#cc9966 width=70Bronze width=70Total
Athletics76417
Tennis1124
Cue Sports1113
Kabaddi1001
Golf1001
Shooting0202
Sailing0123
Hockey0101
Taekwondo0011
Equestrian0011
Rowing0011
Wrestling0011
Total11121336

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Saraswati SahaAthleticsWomen's 200 metres
K. M. BeenamolAthleticsWomen's 400 metres
Sunita RaniAthleticsWomen's 1500 metres
Neelam Jaswant SinghAthleticsWomen's Discus Throw
Anju Bobby GeorgeAthleticsWomen's Long Jump
Manjeet Kaur
Soma Biswas
K. M. Beenamol
Jincy Phillip
AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bahadur Singh SagooAthleticsMen's Shot Put
Men's TeamKabaddiMen
Shiv KapurGolfMen's Individual
Leander Paes
Mahesh Bhupathi
TennisMen's Double
Yasin Merchant
Rafat Habib
Cue sportsSnooker Doubles
K. M. BeenamolAthleticsWomen's 400 metres
Madhuri SinghAthleticsWomen's 800 metres
Bobby AloysiusAthleticsWomen's High Jump
Soma BiswasAthleticsWomen's Heptathlon
K. M. BinuAthleticsMen's 800 metres
Purakkotte Ramachandran
K. J. Manoj Lal
Satvir Singh
Bhupinder Singh
AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 metres relay
Geet Sethi
Alok Kumar
Cue sportsEnglish Billiards Doubles
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Mansher Singh
Anwer Sultan
ShootingMen's Trap Team
Anjali Bhagwat
Deepali Deshpande
Suma Shirur
ShootingWomen's 10 metre Air Rifle Team
Nitin MongiaSailingOK Dinghy
Men's TeamHockeyMen
Manisha Malhotra
Mahesh Bhupathi
TennisMixed Double
Sunita RaniAthleticsWomen's 5000 metres
J. J. ShobhaAthleticsWomen's Heptathlon
Shakti SinghAthleticsMen's Shot Put
Anil KumarAthleticsMen's Discus Throw
Vishal Uppal
Mustafa Ghouse
TennisMen's Double
Leander Paes
Sania Mirza
TennisMixed Double
Geet SethiCue sportsEnglish Billiards Singles
Palwinder Singh CheemaWrestlingMen's freestyle 120 kg
Jenil Krishnan
Inderpal Singh
Roshan Lal
Paulose Pandari Kunnel
RowingMen's Coxless Four
Indrajit Lamba
Bhagirath Singh
Rajesh Pattu
Deep Kumar Ahlawat
EquestrianTeam Eventing
Rajesh Choudhary SailingLaser Radial
Aashim Mongia
Mahesh Ramchandran
SailingEnterprise
Surendra Bhandari TaekwondoMen's 58 kg

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

AthletesEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Anand Menezes200 m21.535 Q21.778did not advance
Purukottam Ramachandranalign=left rowspan=2400 m46.792 Q47.424 Q46.155
Paramjit Singh47.584 Q47.505 did not advance
K.M. Binu800 m1:47.632 Q1:47.57
Kuldeep Kumar1500 m3:49.377
Gulab Chandalign=left 10000 mDNF
Anil Kumar Prakash
Clifford Joshua (H)
Piyush Kumar
Sanjay Ghosh
Anand Menezes
Men's 4 × 100 metres relay39.713 Q39.36 4
Bhupinder Singh
Purukottam Ramachandran
Paramjit Singh (H)
Jata Shankar (H)
Manoj Lal
Satvir Singh
Men's 4 × 400 metres relay3:06.142 Q3:04.22

Field events

AthletesEventFinal
ResultRank
Anil KumarDiscus Throw59.81
align=left rowspan=2Shot Put18.27
19.03
Javelin Throw75.936
Hammer Throw64.546

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Abhinn Shyam Guptaalign=left rowspan=2Men's Singles
L 0-2(5-15,5-15)
did not advance
Pullela Gopichand
W 2-0(15-0,15-0)

W 2-0(17-15,15-6)

L 0-2(9-15,11-15)
did not advance

Field hockey

Men

Team

Preliminary

Group A

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3210192+177Semifinals
321092+77Semifinals
3102410−63
3003523−180

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Knockout round

Final

Women

Team

Preliminary round

Fixtures

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Final round

Bronze-medal match

Football

Men

TeamCoach: Stephen Constantine

Preliminary round

Group C

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Kabaddi

All times are Korea Standard Time

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Final standing

width=40Rankwidth=180Teamwidth=30width=30width=30width=30
5500
5302
5302

Volleyball

Men

Team

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Rank round

Semifinals

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5th–6th place

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 75 years of independence, 75 iconic moments from Indian sports: No 21 - Shiv Kapur's golf gold at 2002 Asian Games. 8 April 2023.
  2. Web site: ASIAN GAMES BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA:India: Ranked 7. 8 April 2023.