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 women's 10,000 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10 August.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ham Bong-Sil	North Korea	34:44.92	SB
	Jo Bun-Hui	North Korea	35:00.63	SB
	Aruna Devi Waishram	India	35:38.70
4	M.A. Chandrawathe	Sri Lanka	35:53.75	PB
5	Dalugoda Inoka	Sri Lanka	36:09.54	SB
6	Sujeewa Nilmini Jayasena	Sri Lanka	36:14.28	SB
7	Beant Kaur	India	36:43.76
	Gulsara Dadabayeva	Tajikistan	DNF