title: Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle
  
  The women's 100 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 2 October 2002 at the Sajik Swimming Pool.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wednesday, 2 October 2002 | 10:00 | Heats |
  | Wednesday, 2 October 2002 | 19:00 | Finals |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
  
  | World Record | Inge de Bruijn (NED) | 53.77 | Sydney, Australia | 20 September 2000 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Asian Record | Le Jingyi (CHN) | 54.01 | Rome, Italy | 5 September 1994 |
  | Games Record | Shan Ying (CHN) | 54.40 | Hiroshima, Japan | 3 October 1994 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 55.71 |
  | 2 | 1 | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 55.99 |
  | 3 | 2 | Yang Yu (CHN) | 56.29 |
  | 4 | 1 | Sun So-eun (KOR) | 56.52 |
  | 5 | 2 | Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR) | 56.62 |
  | 6 | 3 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 56.93 |
  | 7 | 2 | Moe Thu Aung (MYA) | 57.63 |
  | 8 | 3 | Shikha Tandon (IND) | 59.19 |
  | 9 | 2 | Jennifer Ng (HKG) | 59.67 |
  | 10 | 1 | Piyaporn Tantiniti (THA) | 59.75 |
  | 11 | 1 | Heidi Ong (PHI) | 1:00.01 |
  | 12 | 3 | Pang Shuk Mui (HKG) | 1:00.19 |
  | 13 | 3 | Lam Wai Man (MAC) | 1:00.82 |
  | 14 | 1 | Jacqueline Lim (SIN) | 1:01.35 |
  | 15 | 2 | Myagmarsürengiin Delgermaa (MGL) | 1:08.47 |
  | 16 | 1 | Kiran Khan (PAK) | 1:09.24 |
  | 17 | 3 | Sana Abdul Wahid (PAK) | 1:09.78 |
  | 18 | 2 | Aishath Azhoora Ahmed (MDV) | 1:14.40 |
  | 19 | 1 | Nayana Shakya (NEP) | 1:14.65 |
  | — | 3 | Joscelin Yeo (SIN) | DNS |
  | — | 2 | Reshma Millet (IND) | DNS |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Piyaporn Tantiniti (THA) | 59.70 |
  | 2 | Pang Shuk Mui (HKG) | 1:00.05 |
  | 3 | Jennifer Ng (HKG) | 1:00.13 |
  | 4 | Heidi Ong (PHI) | 1:00.25 |
  | 5 | Lam Wai Man (MAC) | 1:00.52 |
  | 6 | Kiran Khan (PAK) | 1:09.76 |
  | — | Jacqueline Lim (SIN) | DNS |
  | — | Myagmarsürengiin Delgermaa (MGL) | DNS |
  
  **Final A**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Xu Yanwei (CHN) | 54.92 |
  | | Tomoko Nagai (JPN) | 55.51 |
  | | Yang Yu (CHN) | 55.51 |
  | 4 | Sun So-eun (KOR) | 56.21 |
  | 5 | Ryu Yoon-ji (KOR) | 56.30 |
  | 6 | Norie Urabe (JPN) | 57.00 |
  | 7 | Moe Thu Aung (MYA) | 58.01 |
  | 8 | Shikha Tandon (IND) | 58.49 |
  