Sailing at the 2002 Asian Games explained

Event:	Sailing
Games:	2002 Asian Games
Venue:	Busan Yachting Center
Dates:	3–9 October 2002
Competitors:	128
Nations:	16
Prev:	1998
Next:	2006

Sailing was contested at the 2002 Asian Games from October 3 to October 9. Competition took place in various sailing disciplines at the Busan Yachting Center. 15 Gold medals were awarded in the various classes competing, from the Olympic 470 and Mistral to the Junior Optimist, in a regatta that saw very few of the eleven scheduled races not completed for all classes.^[1]

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Medalists

Men

Mistral light
Mistral heavy
Raceboard light
Raceboard heavy
Optimist
Laser
420	Lee Dong-woo Park Jong-woo	Damrongsak Vongtim Sittisak Musikul	Tang Mingfeng Ma Zhicheng
470	Jung Sung-ahn Kim Dae-young	Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki	Tan Wearn Haw Chung Pei Ming

Women

Mistral
Optimist
Europe
420	Wang Yan Song Xiaqun	Kim Suk-kyong Her Jung-eun	Toh Liying Joan Huang

Open

Laser Radial
OK
Enterprise	Jun Joo-hyun Jung Kwon	Shehryar Arshad Muhammad Riaz	Aashim Mongia Mahesh Ramchandran

Participating nations

A total of 128 athletes from 16 nations competed in sailing at the 2002 Asian Games:

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 572–586

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: XIV Asian Games – Sailing – Final Report. Asian Yachting. 2 June 2014.