The women's bantamweight (−55 kilograms) event at the 2002 Asian Games took place on Saturday 12 October 2002 at Gudeok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea.
| Women's 55 kg at the 2002 Asian Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Gudeok Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 October 2002 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Like all Asian Games taekwondo events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament.
A total of ten competitors from ten different countries (NOCs) competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 55 kilograms.
Yun Kyung-rim of South Korea won the gold medal after beating Chonnapas Premwaew of Thailand in gold medal match 2–0.
Schedule edit
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
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| Saturday, 12 October 2002 | 14:00 | Round 1 |
| Round 2 | ||
| Semifinals | ||
| 19:00 | Final |
Results edit
- Legend
- R — Won by referee stop contest
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Tenzin Norden (BHU)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Phạm Thị Phương Quyên (VIE)
| 1 |  Parvaneh Tehrani (IRI)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Parvaneh Tehrani (IRI)
| 1 | Parvaneh Tehrani (IRI)
| 2 | ||||||||||||
 Chonnapas Premwaew (THA)
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
 Cosette Basbous (LIB)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chonnapas Premwaew (THA)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chonnapas Premwaew (THA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Yun Kyung-rim (KOR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Sagolsem Nanao Devi (IND)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Renuka Magar (NEP)
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Renuka Magar (NEP)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Elaine Teo (MAS)
| 14R | Yun Kyung-rim (KOR)
| 6 | ||||||||||||
 Hakima Khashai (AFG)
| 0 | Elaine Teo (MAS)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
| Yun Kyung-rim (KOR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||