Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 400 metre individual medley

The women's 400 metre individual medley swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool.

Women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	5 October
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Qi Hui    China   Maiko Fujino    Japan   Zhou Yafei    China

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 5 October 2002	10:00	Heats
	19:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	4:33.59	Sydney, Australia	16 September 2000
Asian Record	Chen Yan (CHN)	4:34.79	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
Games Record	Lin Li (CHN)	4:39.88	Beijing, China	23 September 1990

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	1	Maiko Fujino (JPN)	4:48.03
2	1	Lee Sun-a (KOR)	4:54.13
3	2	Nam Yoo-sun (KOR)	4:56.19
4	2	Qi Hui (CHN)	4:58.55
5	2	Ayane Sato (JPN)	4:59.04
6	1	Zhou Yafei (CHN)	5:01.42
7	2	Sia Wai Yen (MAS)	5:02.92
8	1	Chan Wing Suet (HKG)	5:04.57
9	1	Chorkaew Choompol (THA)	5:04.95
10	2	Jenny Guerrero (PHI)	5:12.82
—	2	Võ Thị Thanh Vy (VIE)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Qi Hui (CHN)	4:40.37
	Maiko Fujino (JPN)	4:43.49
	Zhou Yafei (CHN)	4:47.09
4	Nam Yoo-sun (KOR)	4:50.03
5	Ayane Sato (JPN)	4:50.88
6	Lee Sun-a (KOR)	4:55.96
7	Sia Wai Yen (MAS)	5:06.20
8	Chan Wing Suet (HKG)	5:06.24

References

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 225–226
• Results