Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 7–9 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.[1]

Men's 400 metres
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueBusan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates7–9 October
Competitors21 from 13 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Kuwait
silver medal    Saudi Arabia
bronze medal    Sri Lanka
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Schedule

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

Date Time Event
Monday, 7 October 2002 11:20 1st round
Tuesday, 8 October 2002 11:00 Semifinals
Wednesday, 9 October 2002 14:30 Final

Records

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

World Record   Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
Asian Record   Mohammed Al-Malki (OMA) 44.56 Budapest, Hungary 12 August 1988
Games Record   Ibrahim Ismail Muftah (QAT) 44.93 Hiroshima, Japan 11 October 1994

Results

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Legend
  • DNF — Did not finish

1st round

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  • Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) 45.26 Q
2   Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) 46.17 Q
3   Masayuki Okusako (JPN) 47.12 Q
4   Salaheddine Al-Safi (QAT) 47.77 Q
5   Hwang Il-sok (PRK) 48.50 q
6   Weera Kongsri (THA) 49.75
  Kim Do-sun (KOR) DNF

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) 46.50 Q
2   Purukottam Ramachandran (IND) 46.79 Q
3   Kenji Tabata (JPN) 46.82 Q
4   Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) 47.04 Q
5   Ni Zhenjie (CHN) 47.38 q
6   Khaled Al-Johar (KUW) 47.77 q
7   Pich Kong (CAM) 52.78

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI) 46.73 Q
2   Liang Chao (CHN) 46.74 Q
3   Ernie Candelario (PHI) 46.96 Q
4   Paramjit Singh (IND) 47.58 Q
5   Senee Kongtong (THA) 48.74 q
6   Lee Sang-bong (KOR) 49.35
7   Chao Un Kei (MAC) 50.50

Semifinals

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  • Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) 45.56 Q
2   Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) 46.45 Q
3   Masayuki Okusako (JPN) 46.81 Q
4   Ernie Candelario (PHI) 46.84 Q
5   Sugath Thilakaratne (SRI) 47.28
6   Salaheddine Al-Safi (QAT) 47.88
7   Ni Zhenjie (CHN) 48.24
8   Senee Kongtong (THA) 49.85

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) 46.60 Q
2   Liang Chao (CHN) 46.67 Q
3   Kenji Tabata (JPN) 47.19 Q
4   Purukottam Ramachandran (IND) 47.42 Q
5   Paramjit Singh (IND) 47.50
6   Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) 47.60
7   Khaled Al-Johar (KUW) 47.90
8   Hwang Il-sok (PRK) 49.06

Final

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Fawzi Al-Shammari (KUW) 44.93 =GR
    Hamdan Al-Bishi (KSA) 44.95
    Rohan Pradeep Kumara (SRI) 45.67
4   Masayuki Okusako (JPN) 46.11
5   Purukottam Ramachandran (IND) 46.15
6   Liang Chao (CHN) 46.25
7   Kenji Tabata (JPN) 46.61
8   Ernie Candelario (PHI) 46.95

References

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  1. ^ "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
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