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

Women's 100 metre backstroke
at the 2002 Asian Games
Women's 100 metre backstroke ; at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	2 October 2002
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Medalists

The women's 100 metre backstroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 2 October 2002	10:00	Heats
Wednesday, 2 October 2002	19:00	Final

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	59.58	Fort Lauderdale, United States	13 August 2002
Asian Record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.16	Rome, Italy	10 September 1994
Games Record	He Cihong (CHN)	1:00.71	Hiroshima, Japan	5 October 1994

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time
1	1	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.01
2	2	Shim Min-ji (KOR)	1:03.00
3	2	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	1:03.05
3	2	Zhan Shu (CHN)	1:03.05
5	1	Chen Xiujun (CHN)	1:03.25
6	2	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:03.76
7	1	Bang Eun-ji (KOR)	1:04.69
8	1	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA)	1:05.42
9	2	Lizza Danila (PHI)	1:06.44
10	1	Lucia Dacanay (PHI)	1:08.47
11	1	Andrea Chum (MAC)	1:15.49
12	2	Kiran Khan (PAK)	1:18.70
13	1	Ayesha Tajwar (PAK)	1:30.03
—	2	Jacqueline Lim (SIN)	DNS

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Zhan Shu (CHN)	1:01.82
	Noriko Inada (JPN)	1:02.16
	Aya Terakawa (JPN)	1:02.35
4	Shim Min-ji (KOR)	1:02.83
5	Chen Xiujun (CHN)	1:02.90
6	Sherry Tsai (HKG)	1:03.96
7	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA)	1:04.74
8	Bang Eun-ji (KOR)	1:04.84