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

The men's 100 metre breaststroke swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 30 September at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Monday, 30 September 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
| Monday, 30 September 2002 | 19:00 | Finals |

## Records

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

| World Record | Roman Sludnov (RUS) | 59.94 | Fukuoka, Japan | 23 July 2001 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 1:00.34 | Yokohama, Japan | 24 August 2002 |
| Games Record | Akira Hayashi (JPN) | 1:02.04 | Hiroshima, Japan | 3 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DSQ — Disqualified

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 1:00.71 | GR |
| 2 | 2 | Yoshihisa Yamaguchi (JPN) | 1:03.84 | |
| 3 | 1 | Zeng Qiliang (CHN) | 1:03.87 | |
| 4 | 3 | Chen Cho-yi (TPE) | 1:04.08 | |
| 5 | 1 | Cheng Hao (CHN) | 1:04.20 | |
| 6 | 3 | Elvin Chia (MAS) | 1:04.51 | |
| 7 | 2 | Yang Shang-hsuan (TPE) | 1:04.90 | |
| 8 | 2 | Tam Chi Kin (HKG) | 1:05.04 | |
| 9 | 3 | Ahmed Al-Kudmani (KSA) | 1:05.11 | |
| 10 | 2 | Raphael Matthew Chua (PHI) | 1:05.25 | |
| 11 | 3 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 1:06.31 | |
| 11 | 1 | Son Sung-uk (KOR) | 1:06.31 | |
| 13 | 2 | Ryu Seung-hyun (KOR) | 1:06.44 | |
| 14 | 1 | Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE) | 1:08.05 | |
| 15 | 2 | Wael Ghassan (QAT) | 1:09.90 | |
| 16 | 1 | Ma Chan Wai (MAC) | 1:10.08 | |
| 17 | 3 | Niaz Ali (BAN) | 1:11.27 | |
| 18 | 1 | Omar Daaboul (LIB) | 1:14.48 | |
| 19 | 3 | Alice Shrestha (NEP) | 1:14.54 | |
| 20 | 1 | Alaa Feshtok (QAT) | 1:15.50 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ganboldyn Urnultsaikhan (MGL) | 1:16.14 | |
| 22 | 3 | Wasseim Surey (PLE) | 1:16.40 | |
| 23 | 2 | Khurleegiin Enkhmandakh (MGL) | 1:16.69 | |
| 24 | 1 | Imran Abdul Rahman (MDV) | 1:31.64 | |

### Final B

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Raphael Matthew Chua (PHI) | 1:06.11 |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Ryzhkov (KAZ) | 1:06.24 |
| 3 | Son Sung-uk (KOR) | 1:06.33 |
| 4 | Ahmed Al-Kudmani (KSA) | 1:06.41 |
| 5 | Ryu Seung-hyun (KOR) | 1:06.54 |
| 6 | Trần Xuân Hiền (VIE) | 1:07.16 |
| 7 | Ma Chan Wai (MAC) | 1:08.79 |
| 8 | Wael Ghassan (QAT) | 1:10.30 |

### Final A

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) | 1:00.45 | GR |
| | Zeng Qiliang (CHN) | 1:03.04 | |
| | Yoshihisa Yamaguchi (JPN) | 1:03.22 | |
| 4 | Yang Shang-hsuan (TPE) | 1:04.09 | |
| 5 | Elvin Chia (MAS) | 1:04.22 | |
| 6 | Cheng Hao (CHN) | 1:04.52 | |
| 7 | Tam Chi Kin (HKG) | 1:05.55 | |
| — | Chen Cho-yi (TPE) | DSQ | |
