Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's marathon

Women's marathon at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	October 13, 2002 (2002-10-13)
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Ham Bong-sil   North Korea   Harumi Hiroyama   Japan   Hiromi Ominami   Japan

Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m s'chase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's marathon competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 13 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

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

Records

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

World Record	Catherine Ndereba (KEN)	2:18:47	Chicago, United States	7 October 2001
Asian Record	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:19:46	Berlin, Germany	30 September 2001
Games Record	Naoko Takahashi (JPN)	2:21:47	Bangkok, Thailand	6 December 1998

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
01 !	Ham Bong-sil (PRK)	2:33:35
02 !	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)	2:34:44
03 !	Hiromi Ominami (JPN)	2:37:48
4	Oh Mi-ja (KOR)	2:42:38
5	Kim Chang-ok (PRK)	2:43:17
6	Pa Pa (MYA)	2:52:05
7	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	2:58:15
8	Christabel Martes (PHI)	3:09:48
9	Mariana Dias Ximenes (TLS)	3:22:03
—	Liu Min (CHN)	DNF
—	Kwon Eun-ju (KOR)	DNF

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 157
• Results