HKSAR athletes achieved significant success in 2002, winning a total of 228 gold, 235 silver and 184 bronze medals at their respective National, Asian and International Championships.

    The Hong Kong team achieved unprecedented success in the 14th Asian Games held in Busan, Republic of Korea. The team brought back 21 medals — four gold, six silver and 11 bronze, a record number for Hong Kong in the Asian Games. The gold medals were won in snooker, squash, table tennis and windsurfing; the silver and bronze medals came in rowing, wushu, bodybuilding, karatedo, snooker, windsurfing, cycling, badminton, table tennis and fencing.

    Disabled athletes also had a good year. For example, they won 11 medals in the 2002 Wheelchair Fencing Championships held in Hungary — six gold, four silver and one bronze. The team competing in the 2002 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships held in France won five medals (two gold, two silver and one bronze), with the gold medallist setting new world records in the men's 100 and 200 metres events. In the 8th FESPIC Games held in Busan, athletes won a total of 41 gold, 25 silver and 26 bronze medals in the competitive and demonstration events; one winner broke the world record in the men's 100 metres. The medal tally ranked Hong Kong fifth among the 43 competing countries and territories.