| Host city |  Taoyuan, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–8 February 2004 |
| Main venue | Ching Yun University Gymnasium |
The 2004 Asian Karate Championships are the 6th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Taoyuan, Taiwan from 6 to 8 February 2004.
| Host city | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6–8 February 2004 |
| Main venue | Ching Yun University Gymnasium |
The 2004 Asian Karate Championships are the 6th edition of the Asian Karate Championships, and were held in Taoyuan, Taiwan from 6 to 8 February 2004.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Atsuko Wakai  Japan | Lim Lee Lee  Malaysia | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân  Vietnam |
Cheung Pui Si  Macau | |||
| Team kata | Japan | Macau |  Chinese Taipei |
| Vietnam | |||
| Kumite −48 kg | Telly Melinda  Indonesia | Hsieh Ai-chen Chinese Taipei | Nazym Askarova  Kazakhstan |
She Lai Man  Hong Kong | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Jenny Zeannet Indonesia | Yanisa Torrattanawathana  Thailand | Sachiko Yamauchi Japan |
Ha Ryon-bok  North Korea | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Yuko Takahashi Japan | Premila Supramaniam Malaysia | Lin Kuan-chun Chinese Taipei |
| Mai Thị Phương Liên Vietnam | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Sofiya Kaspulatova  Uzbekistan | Đình Thị Thu Thuỷ Vietnam | Natalya Solodilova Kazakhstan |
| Yuko Okuda Japan | |||
| Kumite open | Sofiya Kaspulatova Uzbekistan | Natalya Solodilova Kazakhstan | Maki Ogasawara Japan |
| Mai Thị Phương Liên Vietnam | |||
| Team kumite | Japan | Indonesia | Chinese Taipei |
| Malaysia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 |  Iran | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 |  Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Macau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Myanmar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 19 | 19 | 38 | 76 | |
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