Nepal at the 2002 Asian Games

Nepal at the
2002 Asian Games
Nepal at the; 2002 Asian Games
IOC code	NEP
NOC	Nepal Olympic Committee
in Busan
Competitors	50 in 10 sports
Medals; Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 3
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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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,^[1] and clinched 32nd spot in the medal table.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	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.^[3]

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari	5000 m	Bye						14:34.50	11
Madan Raj Giri	3000 m steeplechase							9:22.17	8
Arjun Kumar Basnet	Marathon							2:28:23	7
Yam Bahadur Pudasaini	Marathon							2:36:21	12

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sita Ram Mahato	Triple jump	Bye		14.59	9

Boxing

Nepal competed in boxing.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary 1	Preliminary 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramesh Das Shrestha	Light flyweight	Bye	Kim Ki-suk (KOR) L RSCO	Did not advance
Ramesh Shrestha	Flyweight	Anurudha Rathnayake (SRI) L RSCO	Did not advance
Tej Bahadur Thapa Magar	Bantamweight	Bye	Chotipat Wongprates (THA) L 15-1	Did not advance
Ram Chandra Thapa Magar	Featherweight	Jahongir Abdullaev (KGZ) L 4-17	Did not advance
Dhan Bahadur Hitang	Lightweight	Bye	Ruslan Mussinov (KAZ) L RSCO	Did not advance
Kumar Adhikari	Light welterweight	Sayed Haroon Sadat (AFG) W 11-13	—	Nurzhan Karimzhanov (KAZ) L WO	Did not advance
Arjun Kumar Tamang	Welterweight	Daiviin Otgonbayar (MGL) L RSCH		Did not advance
Sudarna Sapkota	Light middleweight	Sirojiddin Naimov (UZB) L WO		Did not advance

Golf

Nepal participated in golf.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Par	Rank
Chuda Bahadur Bhandari	Individual	79	84	83	84	330	+42	46
Tashi Ghale		91	88	88	83	345	+57	53
Raj Pradhan		88	88	93	83	352	+64	55
Deep Bahadur Basnet		87	94	86	95	362	+74	59
Deep Bahadur Basnet Chuda Bahadur Bhandari Tashi Ghale Raj Pradhan	Team	254	260	252	250	1016	+152	14

Judo

Nepal participated in judo.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Semifinal	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Repechage Round 3	Final/BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Narendra Kumar Dangol	60 kg	Bye	Al-Dhafiri (KUW) L 0001-1110	Did not advance
Mohan Sunuwar	66 kg		Butt (PAK) L 0001-1000
Hari Kumar Lama	73 kg		Malekmohammadi (IRI) L 0000-1000

Karate

Nepal participated in karate.^[3]

Men's kumite

Athlete	Event	1st preliminary round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amrit Adhikari	55 kg	Bye	Kasimov (UZB) L 3-12	—	Udawaththa (SRI) W 2-9	Maulidin (INA) L 0-3	5
Deepak Shrestha	60 kg	Bye	Karimov (UZB) L 1-10	Did not advance
Sambar Bahadur Gole	65 kg	Mastonzoda (TJK) L 0-2	Did not advance
Ravi Maharjan	70 kg	Mariano (PHI) W 2-1	Silva (SRI) W 0-8	Katiraei (IRI) L 2-4	—	Adwan (QAT) L 0-9	5
Rajesh Shrestha	75 kg	Srichan (THA) W 3^DQ-4	Rafati (QAT) L 1-0	Did not advance

Shooting

Nepal participated in shooting.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jagat Tamang	Individual 10 m air pistol	534	47	Did not advance
Tika Shrestha	Individual 10 m air rifle	570	42	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maya Sunuwar	Individual 10 m air pistol	350	30	Did not advance
Bivaswari Rai	Individual 10 m air rifle	373	35	Did not advance

Soft Tennis

Nepal participated in soft tennis.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Group			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Abhishek Aman Jha	Singles	—	Kim (KOR) L 4-0	Liu (TPE) L 4-1	Did not advance
Nirmal Kaji Sthapit	Singles	Bayartsogt (MGL) L 1-4	Liao (TPE) L 4-0	Shuji (JPN) L 4-0
Abhishek Aman Jha Nirmal Kaji Sthapit	Doubles	—	Shigeo (JPN) Takagawa (JPN) L 5-0	Huo (CHN) Zhao (CHN) L 4-0

Taekwondo

Nepal participated in taekwondo.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kumar Manandhar	-54 kg	Nguyễn (VIE) L 7-4	Did not advance
Kumar Bahadur Karki	-58 kg	Phongpachith (LAO) W 0^DQ-0	Bhandari (IND) L 0-3	Did not advance
Nirmal Shrestha	-62 kg	Bye	Ahmedov (UZB) W 8-3	Al-Matrafi (KSA) L 2-5	Did not advance
Deepak Bista	-67 kg	Bye	Chumodoev (KGZ) W 4-2	Tashi (BHU) W 13-10	Nam (KOR) L 2-9	Did not advance
Niranjan Shrestha	-72 kg	Stanekzai (AFG) W 1-5	Briones (PHI) L 12-3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rupa Kumari Shangdan	-47 kg	Al-Hashimi (BRN) L 3-2	Did not advance
Sangina Baidya	-51 kg	Lim (KOR) L 3-0	Did not advance
Renuka Magar	-55 kg	Bye	Devi (IND) W 2-9	—	Yun (KOR) L 1-6	Did not advance
Bandana Shrestha	-59 kg	Devi (IND) L 3-3	Did not advance
Ritu Jimee Rai	-63 kg	Dawani (JOR) W 0-0^DQ	—		Liu (CHN) L 7-0	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Nepal participated in weightlifting.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rakesh Ranjeet	-56 kg	95.0	11	120.0	10	215.0	10
Roshan Nakarmi	-62 kg	110.0	9	137.5	8	247.5	8

Wushu

Nepal participated in wushu.^[3]

Men

Sanda

Athlete	Event	1st preliminary round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Birendra B. K.	-52 kg	Woo (KOR) L 0-2	Did not advance
Narayan Shrestha	-56 kg	Oudomphon (LAO) L 0-0^RET	Did not advance
Shyam Bista	-65 kg	Bye	Chomphuphuang (THA) L 2-0	Did not advance

Taijiquan\Taijijian

Athlete	Event	Taijiquan		Taijijian		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Suraj Kumar Shrestha	Taijiquan	DNS	NM	8.78	12	8.78	13

References

^ "Game Results". Dynamic Korea. Archived from the original on 10 January 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "Overall medal standings – Busan 2002". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Results Book" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[Game_Results-1] "Game Results". Dynamic Korea. Archived from the original on 10 January 2003. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[ocasia-2] "Overall medal standings – Busan 2002". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

[Start_List_and_Results_of_2002_Asian_Games-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Results Book" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

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