Events at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's discus throw event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 12 August.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari	Qatar	64.43	NR
	Abbas Samimi	Iran	60.49	SB
	Tulake Nuermaimaiti	China	60.39	SB
4	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi	Qatar	57.74
5	Hridayanand Singh	India	55.34
6	Chang Ming-Huang	Chinese Taipei	52.94
7	Talavou Alaileema	Sri Lanka	51.61	SB
8	Jun Fujiwara	Japan	50.74
9	Choi Jong-Bum	South Korea	50.38
10	Gayan Upendra Jayawardana	Sri Lanka	48.21	SB
11	A.H.M. Jayakody	Sri Lanka	43.65	PB