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

The men's 100 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 3 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Thursday, 3 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
| Thursday, 3 October 2002 | 19:00 | Finals |

## Records

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

| World Record | Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED) | 47.84 | Sydney, Australia | 19 September 2000 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Hiroaki Akebe (JPN) | 50.32 | Tokyo, Japan | 15 June 2002 |
| Games Record | Huang Shaohua (CHN) | 50.36 | Busan, South Korea | 2 October 2002 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 51.04 |
| 2 | 5 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR) | 51.63 |
| 3 | 5 | Allen Ong (MAS) | 51.74 |
| 4 | 4 | Chen Zuo (CHN) | 51.75 |
| 5 | 4 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 51.77 |
| 6 | 5 | Hiroaki Akebe (JPN) | 51.85 |
| 7 | 3 | Liu Yu (CHN) | 51.90 |
| 8 | 5 | Richard Sam Bera (INA) | 52.22 |
| 9 | 1 | Maksim Korshunov (TJK) | 52.26 |
| 10 | 3 | Wang Shao-an (TPE) | 52.27 |
| 11 | 5 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 52.33 |
| 12 | 4 | Igor Sitnikov (KAZ) | 52.59 |
| 13 | 4 | Kim Min-suk (KOR) | 52.60 |
| 14 | 4 | Mark Chay (SIN) | 52.64 |
| 15 | 3 | Andrey Kvassov (KAZ) | 52.93 |
| 16 | 4 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 53.34 |
| 17 | 3 | Harbeth Fu (HKG) | 53.44 |
| 18 | 5 | Kenneth Doo (HKG) | 53.52 |
| 19 | 5 | Aleksandr Agafonov (UZB) | 53.77 |
| 20 | 4 | Wong Tuck Kar (MAS) | 54.86 |
| 21 | 3 | Tang Chon Kit (MAC) | 55.23 |
| 22 | 5 | Zaid Al-Marafi (JOR) | 56.14 |
| 23 | 2 | Omar Daaboul (LIB) | 56.77 |
| 24 | 2 | Muhammad Khan (PAK) | 56.91 |
| 25 | 3 | Abdulla Al-Mahmoud (QAT) | 57.39 |
| 26 | 4 | Lou Keng Ip (MAC) | 57.41 |
| 27 | 2 | Andryein Tamir (MGL) | 58.43 |
| 28 | 2 | Ganboldyn Urnultsaikhan (MGL) | 59.89 |
| 29 | 2 | Hem Kiry (CAM) | 1:00.13 |
| 30 | 2 | Arwut Chinnapasaen (THA) | 1:00.38 |
| 31 | 2 | Chitra Bahadur Gurung (NEP) | 1:00.57 |
| 32 | 1 | Alice Shrestha (NEP) | 1:05.03 |
| 33 | 1 | Imran Abdul Rahman (MDV) | 1:05.34 |
| — | 3 | Ravil Nachaev (UZB) | DNS |
| — | 2 | Abdulla Al-Ollan (QAT) | DNS |

### Finals

**Final B**

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Gary Tan (SIN) | 52.21 |
| 2 | Andrey Kvassov (KAZ) | 52.27 |
| 3 | Igor Sitnikov (KAZ) | 52.42 |
| 4 | Wang Shao-an (TPE) | 52.53 |
| 5 | Mark Chay (SIN) | 52.64 |
| 6 | Maksim Korshunov (TJK) | 52.65 |
| 7 | Miguel Molina (PHI) | 53.55 |
| — | Kim Min-suk (KOR) | DNS |

**Final A**

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Chen Zuo (CHN) | 50.76 |
| | Liu Yu (CHN) | 50.83 |
| | Daisuke Hosokawa (JPN) | 51.22 |
| 4 | Koh Yun-ho (KOR) | 51.38 |
| 5 | Richard Sam Bera (INA) | 51.41 |
| 6 | Hiroaki Akebe (JPN) | 51.65 |
| 7 | Wu Nien-pin (TPE) | 51.70 |
| 8 | Allen Ong (MAS) | 52.27 |
