Modern pentathlon at the 2002 Asian Games
# Modern pentathlon at the 2002 Asian Games

Modern pentathlon was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Changwon International Shooting Range, Changwon Evergreen Hall, Changwon Swimming Pool, Busan Equestrian Grounds and Samnak Riverside Athletic Park in Changwon and Busan, South Korea between 10 and 13 October 2002.

The host nation South Korea finished first in medal table with four gold medals.

## Schedule

| F | Final |
| - | - |
| Event↓/Date → | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun |
| Men's individual | | F | | |
| Men's team | | F | | |
| Men's relay | | | | F |
| Women's individual | F | | | |
| Women's team | F | | | |
| Women's relay | | | F | |

## Medalists

### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual details | Kim Mi-sub South Korea | Yang Jun-ho South Korea | Qian Zhenhua China |
| Team details | South Korea Han Do-ryung Kim Deok-bong Kim Mi-sub Yang Jun-ho | China Cao Zhongrong Liu Yanli Qian Zhenhua Teng Zhigang | Japan Shoji Kurousu Yoshinori Mizouchi Yoshihiro Murakami Hideyuki Saito |
| Relay details | South Korea Han Do-ryung Jeong Tae-nam Kim Mi-sub | Kyrgyzstan Andrey Hanadeyev Mirsait Mirdjaliev Pavel Uvarov | Kazakhstan Nurzhan Kusmoldanov Andrey Skylar Denis Starodubtsev |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Individual details | Lada Jiyenbalanova Kazakhstan | Dong Lean China | Chen Junmei China |
| Team details | Kazakhstan Galina Dolgushina Lada Jiyenbalanova Lyudmila Shumilova Natalya Uvarova | China Chen Junmei Dong Lean Liang Caixia Yu Yajuan | South Korea Goh Ae-ri Jeong Chang-soon Park Jung-bin Shin Eun-mi |
| Relay details | South Korea Jeong Chang-soon Park Jung-bin Shin Eun-mi | China Chen Junmei Dong Lean Wang Yan | Kazakhstan Lada Jiyenbalanova Lyudmila Shumilova Natalya Uvarova |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Participating nations

A total of 48 athletes from 8 nations competed in modern pentathlon at the 2002 Asian Games:

* Bahrain (4)
* China (11)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
* Japan (4)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (5)
* South Korea (9)
* Uzbekistan (4)
