Japan at the 2002 Asian Games

Japan at the 2002 Asian Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Busan
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 44 74 72 190
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Japan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea from September 29, 2002 to October 14, 2002. This country was ranked 3rd with 44 gold medals, 74 silver medals and 72 bronze medals with a total of 190 medals to secure its third spot in the medal tally.^[1]

Participation details

Gold medalists

• Athletics Men's 200m: Shingo Suetsugu
• Softball -  Japan (JPN) *Naomi Arai *Masumi Mishina *Emi Naito *Misako Ando *Yumi Iwabuchi *Sachiko Ito *Yuka Suzuki *Mikiko Tanaka *Yukiko Ueno *Juri Takayama *Kazue Ito *Hiroko Sakai *Noriko Yamaji *Haruka Saito *Reika Utsugi

Silver medalists

• Football -  Japan (JPN) *Yosuke Fujigaya *Teruyuki Moniwa *Shohei Ikeda *Daisuke Nasu *Yuichi Komano *Yuki Abe *Yoshito Okubo *Kazuyuki Morisaki *Daisuke Matsui *Ryoichi Maeda *Tatsuya Tanaka *Yuichi Nemoto *Keita Suzuki *Naohiro Ishikawa *Hikaru Mita *Takuya Nozawa *Hayuma Tanaka *Takaya Kurokawa *Satoshi Nakayama *Takeshi Aoki

Bronze medalists

• Baseball -  Japan (JPN) *Nozomi Yamago *Yuka Miyazaki *Yoshie Kasajima *Yasuyo Yamagishi *Tomoe Sakai *Yumi Obe *Yayoi Kobayashi *Mai Nakachi *Tomomi Miyamoto *Homare Sawa *Mio Otani *Mai Aizawa *Kanako Ito *Mito Isaka *Naoko Kawakami *Miyuki Yanagita *Karina Maruyama *Miho Fukumoto
• Football -  Japan (JPN) *Go Kida *Yohsuke Shinomiya *Kenta Kurihara *Kazunari Tsuruoka *Satoshi Kubota *Keiichi Hirano *Takeshi Koyama *Takayuki Gotoh *Hiroya Tani *Kazuhiro Semba *Koji Onuma *Koji Yamamoto *Kanehisa Arime *Masanori Yasuda *Toshiyuki Kitagawa *Shingo Maeda *Takashi Yoshiura *Kazuhiro Hatakeyama *Hisao Arakane *Shiro Teramoto *Katsuhiro Nishiura *Daisuke Mori

Football

Men's Tournament

Grouplay

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
Bahrain	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Palestine	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Palestine  v  Japan

28 September 16:33

Palestine	0–2	Japan
		T. Tanaka  67' Nemoto  80'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

Japan  v  Bahrain

1 October 19:03

Japan	5–2	Bahrain
Okubo  16', 40' Nakayama  19' Matsui  26' T. Tanaka  89'		R. Al-Dosari  50' Isa  53'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Japan  v  Uzbekistan

5 October 19:03

Japan	1–0	Uzbekistan
Nakayama  39' (pen.)

Masan Stadium, Changwon

Quarterfinals

China  v  Japan

8 October 19:03

China	0–1	Japan
		Nakayama  60'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

Semifinals

Japan  v  Thailand

10 October 18:33

Japan	3–0	Thailand
Ikeda  23' Suzuki  47' Nakayama  84'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Gold medal match

Japan  v  Iran

13 October 19:03

Japan	1–2	Iran
Nakayama  88'		Kazemian  47' Bayatinia  87'

Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

Field Hockey

Men's Tournament

Grouplay

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	1	0	19	2	+17	7
India	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
Japan	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	5	23	−18	0

30 September 12:30 Japan  0–4  South Korea Gangseo Hockey Stadium, Busan

2 October 12:30 India  3–0  Japan Gangseo Hockey Stadium, Busan

Women's Tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
China	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Japan	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
India	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kayo Kitada	Women's −48 kg	Bye	Bye	Bye	Zinura Djuraeva
Yuki Yokosawa	Women's –52 kg	Bye	Bye	Aye Aye Thin	Hansakda Khouanpasa	Lee Eun-hee	Bye
Kie Kusakabe	Women's –57 kg	Bye	Bye	Bye	Aiman Kaliyeva	Yang Hsien-tzu	Bye	Hong Ok-song

References

1. 2002 Asian Games medal tally