Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The men's 100 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Men's 100 metre backstroke at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	3 October 2002
Competitors	15 from 12 nations
Medalists
Atsushi Nishikori    Japan   Alex Lim    Malaysia   Tomomi Morita    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 3 October 2002	10:00	Heats
	19:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)	53.60	Sydney, Australia	24 August 1999
Asian Record	Daichi Suzuki (JPN)	55.05	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988
Games Record	Alex Lim (MAS)	55.53	Bangkok, Thailand	11 December 1998

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	Atsushi Nishikori (JPN)	55.06	GR
2	1	Tomomi Morita (JPN)	56.16
3	2	Alex Lim (MAS)	56.70
4	2	Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN)	56.84
5	1	Yu Rui (CHN)	57.96
6	2	Sung Min (KOR)	57.98
7	2	Gerald Koh (SIN)	59.30
8	2	Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA)	59.66
9	1	Alex Fong (HKG)	1:00.49
10	1	Dickson Fai (HKG)	1:00.57
11	2	Akbar Ali Mir (IND)	1:01.74
12	2	Albert Galyautdinov (UZB)	1:02.31
13	1	Rubel Rana (BAN)	1:03.14
14	2	Ganboldyn Urnultsaikhan (MGL)	1:09.03
15	1	Rashid Al-Mohannadi (QAT)	1:09.84

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Atsushi Nishikori (JPN)	55.17
	Alex Lim (MAS)	55.18
	Tomomi Morita (JPN)	55.32
4	Ouyang Kunpeng (CHN)	55.61
5	Sung Min (KOR)	56.23
6	Yu Rui (CHN)	56.29
7	Dulyarit Phuangthong (THA)	59.04
8	Gerald Koh (SIN)	59.41

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Page 184
• Results