Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games
Soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Sajik Tennis Courts |
Dates | 1–7 October 2002 |
Competitors | 54 from 7 nations |
Soft tennis was a discipline of the tennis competitions at the 2002 Asian Games. Competition took place from October 1 to October 7. All events were held at Sajik Tennis Courts. The host nation South Korea dominated the competition by winning all seven gold medals.
Schedule
[edit]● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | G | Gold medal match |
Event↓/Date → | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | ||||||||||
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Men's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
Men's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
Men's team | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
Women's singles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
Women's doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G | ||||||||||||
Women's team | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | P | ¼ | ½ | B | G |
Medalists
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Kim Kyung-han South Korea | Kim Hee-soo South Korea | Liao Nan-kai Chinese Taipei |
Men's doubles | South Korea Lee Won-hak You Young-dong | South Korea Hwang Jeong-hwan Kim Hee-soo | Chinese Taipei Liao Nan-kai Tsai Ho-tsen |
Men's team | South Korea Hwang Jeong-hwan Kim Hee-soo Kim Kyung-han Lee Won-hak You Young-dong | Japan Shuji Komine Yasuhito Mitsuishi Shigeo Nakahori Tsuneo Takagawa Hikotsugu Watanabe | Chinese Taipei Fang Tung-hsien Kuo Hsu-tung Liao Nan-kai Liu Chia-lun Tsai Ho-tsen |
Women's singles | Park Young-hee South Korea | Kim Hyun-ju South Korea | Zhao Ying China |
Women's doubles | South Korea Kim Seo-woon Jang Mi-hwa | Japan Shino Mizukami Shiho Yatagai | South Korea Park Young-hee Kim Myung-hee |
Women's team | South Korea Jang Mi-hwa Kim Hyun-ju Kim Myung-hee Kim Seo-woon Park Young-hee | Japan Harumi Gyokusen Shino Mizukami Miwa Tsuji Ayumi Ueshima Shiho Yatagai | Chinese Taipei Chang Fang-tzu Chiang Wan-chi Chou Chiu-ping Lan Yi-yun Wang Shi-ting |
Mixed doubles | South Korea You Young-dong Kim Seo-woon | Chinese Taipei Fang Tung-hsien Chou Chiu-ping | South Korea Kim Hee-soo Park Young-hee |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 54 athletes from 7 nations competed in soft tennis at the 2002 Asian Games:
- China (8)
- Chinese Taipei (10)
- Japan (10)
- Mongolia (10)
- Nepal (2)
- Philippines (4)
- South Korea (10)