Nepal participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Athletes from Nepal won overall three medals, all bronzes in the sport of taekwondo, and clinched 32nd spot in the medal table.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Deepak Bista Taekwondo Men's featherweight (-67 kg)Renuka Magar Women's bantamweight (-55 kg)Ritu Jimee Rai Women's lightweight (-63 kg)
Athletics
Nepal competed in athletics.
Key Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target qR = Qualified to the next round by referee judgement NR = National record N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRajendra Bahadur Bhandari5000 mrowspan=4 colspan=6 14:34.5011Madan Raj Giri3000 m steeplechase9:22.178Arjun Kumar BasnetMarathon2:28:237Yam Bahadur Pudasaini2:36:2112
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionSita Ram MahatoTriple jumpcolspan=2 14.599
Boxing
Nepal competed in boxing.
Men AthleteEventPreliminary 1Preliminary 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRamesh Das ShresthaLight flyweightL colspan=4 Ramesh ShresthaFlyweightL colspan=4 Tej Bahadur Thapa MagarBantamweightL 15-1colspan=3 Ram Chandra Thapa MagarFeatherweightL 4-17colspan=4 Dhan Bahadur HitangLightweightL colspan=4 Kumar AdhikariLight welterweightW 11-13rowspan=3 L colspan=2 Arjun Kumar TamangWelterweightL rowspan=2 colspan=3 Sudarna SapkotaLight middleweightL
Golf
Nepal participated in golf.
Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalParRankChuda Bahadur BhandariIndividual 79 84 83 84 330 +42 46Tashi Ghale 91 88 88 83 345 +57 53Raj Pradhan 88 88 93 83 352 +64 55Deep Bahadur Basnet 87 94 86 95 362 +74 59Deep Bahadur BasnetChuda Bahadur BhandariTashi GhaleRaj PradhanTeam 254 260 252 250 1016 +152 14
Judo
Nepal participated in judo.
Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3SemifinalRepechage Round 1Repechage Round 2Repechage Round 3Final/RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Narendra Kumar Dangol60 kgrowspan=3 L 0001-1110colspan=8 rowspan=3 Mohan Sunuwar66 kg L 0001-1000 Hari Kumar Lama73 kg L 0000-1000
Karate
Nepal participated in karate. Men's kumite AthleteEvent1st preliminary roundQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal/RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAmrit Adhikari55 kg L 3-12 W 2-9 L 0-35Deepak Shrestha60 kg L 1-10colspan=4 Sambar Bahadur Gole65 kg L 0-2colspan=5 Ravi Maharjan70 kg W 2-1 W 0-8 L 2-4 L 0-95Rajesh Shrestha75 kg W 3-4 L 1-0colspan=4
Shooting
Nepal participated in shooting. Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankJagat TamangIndividual 10 m air pistol 53447 colspan=2 rowspan=2 Tika ShresthaIndividual 10 m air rifle 57042
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMaya SunuwarIndividual 10 m air pistol 35030colspan=2 rowspan=2 Bivaswari RaiIndividual 10 m air rifle 37335
Soft Tennis
Nepal participated in soft tennis.
Men AthleteEventRound GroupQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal RankMatch 1Match 2Match 3OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultAbhishek Aman JhaSingles L 4-0 L 4-1rowspan=3 colspan=4 Nirmal Kaji Sthapit L 1-4 L 4-0 L 4-0Abhishek Aman JhaNirmal Kaji SthapitDoubles L 5-0 L 4-0
Taekwondo
Nepal participated in taekwondo.
Men AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKumar Manandhar-54 kg L 7-4colspan=5 Kumar Bahadur Karki-58 kg W 0-0 L 0-3colspan=4 Nirmal Shrestha-62 kgrowspan=2 W 8-3 L 2-5colspan=3 Deepak Bista-67 kg W 4-2 W 13-10 L 2-9Niranjan Shrestha-72 kg W 1-5 L 12-3colspan=4
Women AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRupa Kumari Shangdan-47 kg L 3-2rowspan=2 colspan=5 Sangina Baidya-51 kg L 3-0Renuka Magar-55 kg W 2-9 L 1-6Bandana Shrestha-59 kg L 3-3colspan=5 Ritu Jimee Rai-63 kg W 0-0colspan=2 L 7-0
Weightlifting
Nepal participated in weightlifting.
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRakesh Ranjeet-56 kg95.011120.010215.010Roshan Nakarmi-62 kg110.09137.58247.58
Wushu
Nepal participated in wushu.
Men Sanda AthleteEvent1st preliminary roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultBirendra B. K.-52 kg L 0-2rowspan=2 colspan=3 Narayan Shrestha-56 kg L 0-0Shyam Bista-65 kg L 2-0colspan=2
Taijiquan\Taijijian AthleteEventTaijiquanTaijijianTotalResultRankResultRankResultRankSuraj Kumar ShresthaTaijiquan8.78128.7813
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