Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 7–8 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.^[1]

Men's 100 metres at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	7–8 October
Competitors	20 from 11 nations
Medalists
Jamal Al-Saffar    Saudi Arabia   Nobuharu Asahara    Japan   Chen Haijian    China
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Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 7 October 2002	09:50	1st round
Tuesday, 8 October 2002	11:30	Semifinals
	16:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Tim Montgomery (USA)  Maurice Greene (USA)	9.78 9.79	Paris, France Athens, Greece	14 September 2002 16 June 1999
Asian Record	Koji Ito (JPN)	10.00	Bangkok, Thailand	13 December 1998
Games Record	Koji Ito (JPN)	10.00	Bangkok, Thailand	13 December 1998

• Tim Montgomery's world record was rescinded in 2005.

Results

1st round

• Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Heat 1

• Wind: −0.4 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.40	Q
2	Shen Yunbao (CHN)	10.54	Q
3	Salem Al-Yami (KSA)	10.61	Q
4	Saad Al-Shahwani (QAT)	10.69	Q
5	Reanchai Seeharwong (THA)	10.72	q
6	Liu Chih-hung (TPE)	10.93

Heat 2

• Wind: −1.1 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA)	10.44	Q
2	Tsai Meng-lin (TPE)	10.60	Q
3	Sittichai Suwonprateep (THA)	10.64	Q
4	William To (HKG)	10.78	Q
5	Kim Sang-do (KOR)	10.82	q
6	Ahmed Al-Moamari (OMA)	10.91
7	Nobuhiro Tajima (JPN)	10.97

Heat 3

• Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Chen Haijian (CHN)	10.33	Q
2	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.37	Q
3	Khalid Al-Obaidli (QAT)	10.44	Q
4	U. K. Shyam (SIN)	10.63	Q
5	Chiang Wai Hung (HKG)	10.64	q
6	Shin Jung-ki (KOR)	10.81	q
7	Juma Al-Jabri (OMA)	11.37

Semifinals

• Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

Heat 1

• Wind: −0.8 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.38	Q
2	Chen Haijian (CHN)	10.42	Q
3	Khalid Al-Obaidli (QAT)	10.63	Q
4	Tsai Meng-lin (TPE)	10.68	Q
5	Chiang Wai Hung (HKG)	10.76
6	U. K. Shyam (SIN)	10.79
7	Reanchai Seeharwong (THA)	10.81
8	Shin Jung-ki (KOR)	10.93

Heat 2

• Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA)	10.24	Q
2	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.36	Q
3	Shen Yunbao (CHN)	10.45	Q
4	Salem Al-Yami (KSA)	10.45	Q
5	Sittichai Suwonprateep (THA)	10.47
6	Saad Al-Shahwani (QAT)	10.56
7	William To (HKG)	10.66
8	Kim Sang-do (KOR)	10.67

Final

• Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Jamal Al-Saffar (KSA)	10.24
	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.29
	Chen Haijian (CHN)	10.34
4	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.35
5	Salem Al-Yami (KSA)	10.36
6	Shen Yunbao (CHN)	10.43
7	Khalid Al-Obaidli (QAT)	10.52
8	Tsai Meng-lin (TPE)	10.53