Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's hammer throw

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

Men's hammer throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	8 October
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Medalists
Koji Murofushi    Japan   Hiroaki Doi    Japan   Ye Kuigang    China
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Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 8 October 2002	09:30	Final

Records

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

World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74	Stuttgart, West Germany	30 August 1986
Asian Record	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	83.47	Toyota, Japan	14 July 2001
Games Record	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	78.57	Bangkok, Thailand	13 December 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	76.00	78.72	76.89	78.48	X	78.58	78.72	GR
	Hiroaki Doi (JPN)	X	63.59	66.76	69.01	69.57	68.02	69.57
	Ye Kuigang (CHN)	63.01	66.91	68.18	65.68	66.78	66.55	68.18
4	Viktor Ustinov (UZB)	X	65.73	63.58	65.08	X	X	65.73
5	Hou Chin-hsien (TPE)	63.46	63.85	64.08	64.95	64.14	61.51	64.95
6	Pramod Tiwari (IND)	62.14	61.77	X	X	64.54	X	64.54
7	Naser Al-Jarallah (KUW)	62.73	62.47	60.49	64.17	63.07	64.29	64.29
8	Lee Yun-chul (KOR)	62.57	61.77	61.87	X	X	X	62.57
9	Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)	X	X	58.39				58.39