Nepal at the 2002 Asian Games explained

Noc:	NEP
Nocname:	Nepal Olympic Committee
Year:	2002
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Busan
Competitors:	50
Sports:	10
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	3
Rank:	32
Appearances:	auto

Nepal participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Athletes from Nepal won overall three medals, all bronzes in the sport of taekwondo,^[1] and clinched 32nd spot in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's featherweight (-67 kg)
			Women's bantamweight (-55 kg)
			Women's lightweight (-63 kg)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal competed in athletics.^[3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• qR = Qualified to the next round by referee judgement
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	5000 m	14:34.50	11
Madan Raj Giri	3000 m steeplechase	9:22.17	8
Arjun Kumar Basnet	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:28:23	7
Yam Bahadur Pudasaini	2:36:21	12

Field events
Men

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal competed in boxing.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary 1	Preliminary 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramesh Das Shrestha	Light flyweight		L	colspan=4
Ramesh Shrestha	Flyweight	L	colspan=4
Tej Bahadur Thapa Magar	Bantamweight		L 15-1	colspan=3
Ram Chandra Thapa Magar	Featherweight	L 4-17	colspan=4
Dhan Bahadur Hitang	Lightweight		L	colspan=4
Kumar Adhikari	Light welterweight	W 11-13	L	colspan=2
Arjun Kumar Tamang	Welterweight	L	rowspan=2 colspan=3
Sudarna Sapkota	Light middleweight	L

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in golf.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Par	Rank
Chuda Bahadur Bhandari	Individual	79	84	83	84	330	+42	46
Tashi Ghale		91	88	88	83	345	+57	53
Raj Pradhan		88	88	93	83	352	+64	55
Deep Bahadur Basnet		87	94	86	95	362	+74	59
Deep Bahadur Basnet Chuda Bahadur Bhandari Tashi Ghale Raj Pradhan	Team	254	260	252	250	1016	+152	14

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in judo.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semifinal	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Repechage Round 3	Final/	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
align=left	Narendra Kumar Dangol	60 kg	L 0001-1110	colspan=8 rowspan=3
align=left	Mohan Sunuwar	66 kg	L 0001-1000
align=left	Hari Kumar Lama	73 kg	L 0000-1000

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in karate.

Men's kumite

Athlete	Event	1st preliminary round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final/	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
align=left	Amrit Adhikari	55 kg		L 3-12		W 2-9	L 0-3	5
align=left	Deepak Shrestha	60 kg		L 1-10	colspan=4
align=left	Sambar Bahadur Gole	65 kg	L 0-2	colspan=5
align=left	Ravi Maharjan	70 kg	W 2-1	W 0-8	L 2-4		L 0-9	5
align=left	Rajesh Shrestha	75 kg	W 3-4	L 1-0	colspan=4

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in shooting.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jagat Tamang	Individual 10 m air pistol	534	47	colspan=2 rowspan=2
Tika Shrestha	Individual 10 m air rifle	570	42

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maya Sunuwar	Individual 10 m air pistol	350	30	colspan=2 rowspan=2
Bivaswari Rai	Individual 10 m air rifle	373	35

Soft Tennis

See main article: Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in soft tennis.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Group			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abhishek Aman Jha	Singles		L 4-0	L 4-1	rowspan=3 colspan=4
Nirmal Kaji Sthapit		L 1-4	L 4-0	L 4-0
Abhishek Aman Jha Nirmal Kaji Sthapit	Doubles		L 5-0	L 4-0

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in taekwondo.

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kumar Manandhar	-54 kg	L 7-4	colspan=5
Kumar Bahadur Karki	-58 kg	W 0-0	L 0-3	colspan=4
Nirmal Shrestha	-62 kg	W 8-3	L 2-5	colspan=3
Deepak Bista	-67 kg	W 4-2	W 13-10	L 2-9
Niranjan Shrestha	-72 kg	W 1-5	L 12-3	colspan=4

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rupa Kumari Shangdan	-47 kg	L 3-2	rowspan=2 colspan=5
Sangina Baidya	-51 kg	L 3-0
Renuka Magar	-55 kg		W 2-9		L 1-6
Bandana Shrestha	-59 kg	L 3-3	colspan=5
Ritu Jimee Rai	-63 kg	W 0-0	L 7-0

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in weightlifting.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rakesh Ranjeet	-56 kg	95.0	11	120.0	10	215.0	10
Roshan Nakarmi	-62 kg	110.0	9	137.5	8	247.5	8

Wushu

See main article: Wushu at the 2002 Asian Games. Nepal participated in wushu.

Men

Sanda

Athlete	Event	1st preliminary round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Birendra B. K.	-52 kg	L 0-2	rowspan=2 colspan=3
Narayan Shrestha	-56 kg	L 0-0
Shyam Bista	-65 kg		L 2-0	colspan=2

Taijiquan\Taijijian

Notes and References

1. Web site: Game Results . Dynamic Korea . 21 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030110050207/http://busanasiangames.org/eng/ag/ba_scd_by_game.asp?M_Game_CD=TA . 10 January 2003 . dead.
2. Web site: Overall medal standings  - Busan 2002 . . ocasia.org . 13 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142630/http://www.ocasia.org/Game/MWinner.aspx?AMWCode=18&GCode=1 . 8 March 2012 . dead .
3. Web site: Results Book . . 21 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131005003505/http://www.busan.go.kr/data/01_cityhall/05/result.pdf . 5 October 2013 . dead.