| Host city |  Genting Highlands, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–4 November 2001 |
The 2001 Asian Karate Championships are the fifth edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Genting Highlands, Malaysia from 2 to 4 November 2001.
| Host city | Genting Highlands, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–4 November 2001 |
The 2001 Asian Karate Championships are the fifth edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Genting Highlands, Malaysia from 2 to 4 November 2001.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Atsuko Wakai  Japan | Tsai Yi-ling  Chinese Taipei | Chan Ka Hing  Hong Kong |
| Lim Lee Lee Malaysia | |||
| Team kata | Japan Kasuga Wakabayashi Nao Morooka Mayumi Asano |  Indonesia Endah Jubaedah Iin Hasanah Yulianti Syafrudin |  Jordan Marina Harb Manar Shath Rada Jasser |
| Malaysia Lim Lee Lee Jaclyn Ch'ng Thoe Ai Poh | |||
| Kumite −48 kg | Sachiko Miyamoto Japan | Ng Chai Lin Malaysia | Jenny Zeannet Indonesia |
Hoàng Lê Thu Thuỷ  Vietnam | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Irina Tishina  Kazakhstan | Mayuko Okamoto Japan | Sandra Aryani Indonesia |
| Murugaiyan Srirajarajeswari Malaysia | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Kanako Iwakiri Japan | Gretchen Malalad  Philippines | Premila Supramaniam Malaysia |
| Sun Hsiao-yun Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Sofiya Kaspulatova  Uzbekistan | Agnes Tan Malaysia | Natalya Solodilova Kazakhstan |
| Buthaina Al-Mahsiri Jordan | |||
| Kumite open | Tomomi Shibuya Japan | Sofiya Kaspulatova Uzbekistan | Hà Thị Kiều Trang Vietnam |
| Natalya Solodilova Kazakhstan | |||
| Team kumite | Malaysia | Japan | Jordan |
| Kazakhstan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 |  Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Iran | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 9 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Brunei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 19 | 19 | 38 | 76 | |
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