2002 Asian Games

XIV Asian Games
Host city	Busan, South Korea
Motto	New Vision, New Asia; (Korean: 새로운 비전, 새로운 아시아; RR: saeroun bijeon, saeroun asia);
Nations	44
Athletes	7,711
Events	419 in 38 sports
Opening	29 September 2002
Closing	14 October 2002
Opened by	Kim Dae-jung; President of South Korea
Closed by	Samih Moudallal; Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia
Athlete's Oath	Moon Dae-sung, Ryu Ji-hye
Torch lighter	Ha Hyung-joo, Kye Sun-hui
Main venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Website	busanasiangames.org
Summer
	← Bangkok 1998 Doha 2006 →
Winter
	← Gangwon 1999 Aomori 2003 →

The 2002 Asian Games (Korean: 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, romanized: Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games (Korean: 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 게임, romanized: Jesipsahoe Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Jesipsahoe Asian Geim) and also known as Busan 2002 (Korean: 부산2002, romanized: Busan Icheoni), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due schedule impediments the football tournament started two days before the opening ceremonies.

Busan is the second city in South Korea, after Seoul in 1986 to host the Games. This was the second time South Korea hosted the event. A total of 419 events in 38 sports were contested by 7,711 athletes from 44 countries.^[3]^[4] The Games were also co-hosted by its four neighbouring cities: Ulsan, Changwon, Masan and Yangsan.^[5] It was opened by President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung, at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by China, followed by host South Korea and Japan. China set a new record and became the first nation in the history of Asian Games to cross the 300 medal-mark in one edition. South Korea set a new record with 95 gold medals. 22 world records, 43 Asian records were broken during the Games.^[6]^[7]^[8] In addition, Japanese Swimming Kosuke Kitajima was announced as the most valuable player (MVP) of the Games.

^ "14th Asian Summer Games: Pusan 2002". Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
^ "Busan's hour of reckoning has arrived". The Hindu. 28 September 2002. Archived from the original on 22 November 2002.
^ "14th AG Busan 2002". OCA. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
^ "Asian Games open in South Korea". United Press International. 29 September 2002.
^ "Neighboring Host Cities". busanasiangames.org. Archived from the original on 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
^ "See you in Doha!". 15 October 2002. Archived from the original on 24 April 2003.
^ "World records toppled en masse at Asian games". 15 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 February 2003.
^ "New records". BAGOC. Archived from the original on 23 February 2003.

[1] "14th Asian Summer Games: Pusan 2002". Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2017-08-14.

[2] "Busan's hour of reckoning has arrived". The Hindu. 28 September 2002. Archived from the original on 22 November 2002.

[3] "14th AG Busan 2002". OCA. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

[4] "Asian Games open in South Korea". United Press International. 29 September 2002.

[5] "Neighboring Host Cities". busanasiangames.org. Archived from the original on 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

[6] "See you in Doha!". 15 October 2002. Archived from the original on 24 April 2003.

[7] "World records toppled en masse at Asian games". 15 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 February 2003.

[8] "New records". BAGOC. Archived from the original on 23 February 2003.

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