| Event: | Women's Optimist |
| Games: | 2002 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Busan Yachting Center |
| Date: | 3–9 October 2002 |
| Competitors: | 9 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Gold: | Xu Lijia |
| Goldnoc: | CHN |
| Silver: | Yoko Kiuchi |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Sarah Tan |
| Bronzenoc: | SIN |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
See main article: Sailing at the 2002 Asian Games.
The girls' Optimist competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held from 3 to 9 October 2002.
All times are Korea Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 3 October 2002 | 11:00 | Race 1 | |||
| 14:00 | Race 2 | ||||
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 11:00 | Race 3 | |||
| Saturday, 5 October 2002 | 10:00 | Race 4 | |||
| 11:00 | Race 5 | ||||
| 14:00 | Race 6 | ||||
| Monday, 7 October 2002 | 11:00 | Race 7 | |||
| 14:00 | Race 8 | ||||
| Tuesday, 8 October 2002 | 11:00 | Race 9 | |||
| Wednesday, 9 October 2002 | 10:00 | Race 10 | |||
| 11:00 | Race 11 |
| Rank | Athlete | Race | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=25 | 1 | width=25 | 2 | width=25 | 3 | width=25 | 4 | width=25 | 5 | width=25 | 6 | width=25 | 7 | width=25 | 8 | width=25 | 9 | width=25 | 10 | width=25 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 33 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 37 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 44 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 56 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 70 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | DNS | 8 | OCS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 DNC | 10 DNC | 81 | |||||||||