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

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

Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m		women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women

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.

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

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

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

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

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Page 184
• Results