Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 4 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
| Friday, 4 October 2002 | 19:00 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 24.13 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Le Jingyi (CHN) | 24.51 | Rome, Italy | 11 September 1994 |
| Games Record | Le Jingyi (CHN) | 25.26 | Hiroshima, Japan | 8 October 1994 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 25.46 |
| 2 | 2 | Sun So-eun (KOR) | 25.78 |
| 3 | 2 | Zhou Xiaowei (CHN) | 25.81 |
| 4 | 1 | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 26.06 |
| 5 | 3 | Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR) | 26.32 |
| 6 | 3 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 26.50 |
| 7 | 1 | Moe Thu Aung (MYA) | 27.01 |
| 8 | 1 | Tang Hing Ting (HKG) | 27.12 |
| 9 | 1 | Shikha Tandon (IND) | 27.23 |
| 10 | 3 | Pang Shuk Mui (HKG) | 27.25 |
| 11 | 2 | Jacqueline Lim (SIN) | 27.31 |
| 12 | 2 | Piyaporn Tantiniti (THA) | 27.35 |
| 13 | 2 | Heidi Ong (PHI) | 27.78 |
| 14 | 3 | Lam Wai Man (MAC) | 27.84 |
| 15 | 3 | Sana Abdul Wahid (PAK) | 30.92 |
| 16 | 1 | Myagmarsürengiin Delgermaa (MGL) | 31.17 |
| 17 | 1 | Kiran Khan (PAK) | 31.19 |
| 18 | 2 | Aishath Azhoora Ahmed (MDV) | 31.89 |
| 19 | 3 | Nayana Shakya (NEP) | 33.19 |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 25.42 |
| | Sun So-eun (KOR) | 25.63 |
| | Zhou Xiaowei (CHN) | 25.76 |
| 4 | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 25.91 |
| 5 | Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR) | 26.21 |
| 6 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 26.60 |
| 7 | Moe Thu Aung (MYA) | 26.72 |
| 8 | Tang Hing Ting (HKG) | 27.06 |
