Shooting at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions team

The men's 50 metre rifle three positions team competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 7 October at the Changwon International Shooting Range.

Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions team at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Changwon International Shooting Range
Dates	7 October
Competitors	33 from 11 nations
Medalists
China Cai Yalin, Qiu Jian, Yao Ye    South Korea Cha Young-chul, Nam Hyung-jin, Park Bong-duk    Kazakhstan Sergey Belyayev, Vitaliy Dovgun, Yuriy Melsitov

Shooting at the 2002 Asian Games
Pistol
10 m air pistol	men (T)	women (T)
25 m center fire pistol	men (T)
25 m rapid fire pistol	men (T)
25 m standard pistol	men (T)
25 m / 50 m pistol	men (T)	women (T)
Rifle
10 m air rifle	men (T)	women (T)
50 m rifle prone	men (T)	women (T)
50 m rifle 3 positions	men (T)	women (T)
Running target
10 m running target	men (T)	women (T)
Shotgun
Trap	men (T)	women (T)
Double trap	men (T)	women (T)
Skeet	men (T)	women (T)

The rifle 3 positions consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing positions, fired in that order, with 3×40 shots. The caliber was .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm).

Chinese team with Cai Yalin, Qiu Jian and Yao Ye won the gold medal after setting a new Asian record with 3472 points. The previous record was 3461 set seven years ago in Jakarta.

The host team South Korea (Cha Young-chul, Nam Hyung-jin and Park Bong-duk) finished second only two points behind China and won the silver medal.

Kazakhstan team (Sergey Belyayev, Vitaliy Dovgun and Yuriy Melsitov) won the bronze medal with the score of 3452, twelve points more than fourth placed team Kyrgyzstan. there were eleven teams in the competition with Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Thailand, Mongolia, India and Oman finished fifth to eleventh in that order.