Nepal at the 2002 Asian Games
# Nepal at the 2002 Asian Games

Nepal participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea, from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Athletes from Nepal won overall three medals, all bronzes in the sport of taekwondo, and clinched 32nd spot in the medal table.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bronze | Deepak Bista | Taekwondo | Men's featherweight (-67 kg) |
| Bronze | Renuka Magar | Taekwondo | Women's bantamweight (-55 kg) |
| Bronze | Ritu Jimee Rai | Taekwondo | Women's lightweight (-63 kg) |

## Athletics

Nepal competed in athletics.

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* qR = Qualified to the next round by referee judgement
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rajendra Bahadur Bhandari | 5000 m | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 14:34.50 | 11 |
| Madan Raj Giri | 3000 m steeplechase | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 9:22.17 | 8 |
| Arjun Kumar Basnet | Marathon | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 2:28:23 | 7 |
| Yam Bahadur Pudasaini | Marathon | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 2:36:21 | 12 |

Field events Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Sita Ram Mahato | Triple jump | Bye | Bye | 14.59 | 9 |

## Boxing

Nepal competed in boxing.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary 1 | Preliminary 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ramesh Das Shrestha | Light flyweight | Bye | Kim Ki-suk (KOR) L RSCO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ramesh Shrestha | Flyweight | Anurudha Rathnayake (SRI) L RSCO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tej Bahadur Thapa Magar | Bantamweight | Bye | Chotipat Wongprates (THA) L 15-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ram Chandra Thapa Magar | Featherweight | Jahongir Abdullaev (KGZ) L 4-17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dhan Bahadur Hitang | Lightweight | Bye | Ruslan Mussinov (KAZ) L RSCO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kumar Adhikari | Light welterweight | Sayed Haroon Sadat (AFG) W 11-13 | — | Nurzhan Karimzhanov (KAZ) L WO | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arjun Kumar Tamang | Welterweight | Daiviin Otgonbayar (MGL) L RSCH | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sudarna Sapkota | Light middleweight | Sirojiddin Naimov (UZB) L WO | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Golf

Nepal participated in golf.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Par | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chuda Bahadur Bhandari | Individual | 79 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 330 | +42 | 46 |
| Tashi Ghale | Individual | 91 | 88 | 88 | 83 | 345 | +57 | 53 |
| Raj Pradhan | Individual | 88 | 88 | 93 | 83 | 352 | +64 | 55 |
| Deep Bahadur Basnet | Individual | 87 | 94 | 86 | 95 | 362 | +74 | 59 |
| Deep Bahadur Basnet Chuda Bahadur Bhandari Tashi Ghale Raj Pradhan | Team | 254 | 260 | 252 | 250 | 1016 | +152 | 14 |

## Judo

Nepal participated in judo.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Semifinal | Repechage Round 1 | Repechage Round 2 | Repechage Round 3 | Final/BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Narendra Kumar Dangol | 60 kg | Bye | Al-Dhafiri (KUW) L 0001-1110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mohan Sunuwar | 66 kg | Bye | Butt (PAK) L 0001-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hari Kumar Lama | 73 kg | Bye | Malekmohammadi (IRI) L 0000-1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Karate

Nepal participated in karate.

### Men's kumite

| Athlete | Event | 1st preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final/BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Amrit Adhikari | 55 kg | Bye | Kasimov (UZB) L 3-12 | — | Udawaththa (SRI) W 2-9 | Maulidin (INA) L 0-3 | 5 |
| Deepak Shrestha | 60 kg | Bye | Karimov (UZB) L 1-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sambar Bahadur Gole | 65 kg | Mastonzoda (TJK) L 0-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ravi Maharjan | 70 kg | Mariano (PHI) W 2-1 | Silva (SRI) W 0-8 | Katiraei (IRI) L 2-4 | — | Adwan (QAT) L 0-9 | 5 |
| Rajesh Shrestha | 75 kg | Srichan (THA) W $3^{DQ}-4$ | Rafati (QAT) L 1-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Nepal participated in shooting.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jagat Tamang | Individual 10 m air pistol | 534 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tika Shrestha | Individual 10 m air rifle | 570 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Maya Sunuwar | Individual 10 m air pistol | 350 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Bivaswari Rai | Individual 10 m air rifle | 373 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Soft Tennis

Nepal participated in soft tennis.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round Group | Round Group | Round Group | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abhishek Aman Jha | Singles | — | Kim (KOR) L 4-0 | Liu (TPE) L 4-1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nirmal Kaji Sthapit | Singles | Bayartsogt (MGL) L 1-4 | Liao (TPE) L 4-0 | Shuji (JPN) L 4-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abhishek Aman Jha Nirmal Kaji Sthapit | Doubles | — | Shigeo (JPN) Takagawa (JPN) L 5-0 | Huo (CHN) Zhao (CHN) L 4-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Nepal participated in taekwondo.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kumar Manandhar | -54 kg | Nguyễn (VIE) L 7-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kumar Bahadur Karki | -58 kg | Phongpachith (LAO) W $0^{DQ}-0$ | Bhandari (IND) L 0-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nirmal Shrestha | -62 kg | Bye | Ahmedov (UZB) W 8-3 | Al-Matrafi (KSA) L 2-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Deepak Bista | -67 kg | Bye | Chumodoev (KGZ) W 4-2 | Tashi (BHU) W 13-10 | Nam (KOR) L 2-9 | Did not advance | |
| Niranjan Shrestha | -72 kg | Stanekzai (AFG) W 1-5 | Briones (PHI) L 12-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rupa Kumari Shangdan | -47 kg | Al-Hashimi (BRN) L 3-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sangina Baidya | -51 kg | Lim (KOR) L 3-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Renuka Magar | -55 kg | Bye | Devi (IND) W 2-9 | — | Yun (KOR) L 1-6 | Did not advance | |
| Bandana Shrestha | -59 kg | Devi (IND) L 3-3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ritu Jimee Rai | -63 kg | Dawani (JOR) W $0-0^{DQ}$ | — | — | Liu (CHN) L 7-0 | Did not advance | |

## Weightlifting

Nepal participated in weightlifting.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Rakesh Ranjeet | -56 kg | 95.0 | 11 | 120.0 | 10 | 215.0 | 10 |
| Roshan Nakarmi | -62 kg | 110.0 | 9 | 137.5 | 8 | 247.5 | 8 |

## Wushu

Nepal participated in wushu.

### Men

Sanda

| Athlete | Event | 1st preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Birendra B. K. | -52 kg | Woo (KOR) L 0-2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Narayan Shrestha | -56 kg | Oudomphon (LAO) L $0-0^{RET}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Shyam Bista | -65 kg | Bye | Chomphuphuang (THA) L 2-0 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Taijiquan\Taijijian

| Athlete | Event | Taijiquan | Taijiquan | Taijijian | Taijijian | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Suraj Kumar Shrestha | Taijiquan | DNS | NM | 8.78 | 12 | 8.78 | 13 |
