Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's discus throw

Women's discus throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	10 October
Competitors	6 from 4 nations
Medalists
Neelam Jaswant Singh    India   Song Aimin    China   Ma Shuli    China

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games

The women's discus throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 10 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 10 October 2002	13:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Gabriele Reinsch (GDR)	76.80	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	9 July 1988
Asian Record	Xiao Yanling (CHN)	71.68	Beijing, China	14 March 1992
Games Record	Hou Xuemei (CHN)	63.56	Beijing, China	3 October 1990

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Neelam Jaswant Singh (IND)	59.18	64.55	X	58.15	59.23	57.47	64.55	GR
	Song Aimin (CHN)	58.03	61.38	58.68	60.20	X	61.80	61.80
	Ma Shuli (CHN)	57.40	59.02	59.89	56.16	54.98	55.02	59.89
4	Harwant Kaur (IND)	57.13	X	56.76	55.48	56.90	58.31	58.31
5	Yuka Murofushi (JPN)	45.30	47.10	X	49.67	51.68	49.02	51.68
6	Won Soon-mi (KOR)	42.34	45.01	X	46.62	48.58	48.84	48.84

External links

• Results