| 2010 Asian Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Daulet Sport Complex |
| Location |  Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Dates | 21–23 May 2010 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  Iran |
| Women |  South Korea |
The 2010 Asian Taekwondo Championships were the 19th edition of the Asian Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Astana, Kazakhstan from May 21 to May 23, 2010.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −54 kg | Chutchawal Khawlaor  Thailand | Japoy Lizardo  Philippines | Nariman Shakirov Kazakhstan |
Sobir Nazaraliev  Uzbekistan | |||
| Flyweight −58 kg | Pen-ek Karaket Thailand | Wei Chen-yang  Chinese Taipei | Xu Yongzeng  China |
| Pheruz Sattarov Uzbekistan | |||
| Bantamweight −63 kg | Ham Kyu-hwan South Korea | Chu Yuan-chih Chinese Taipei | Reza Naderian Iran |
| Zainobiddin Nazaraliev Uzbekistan | |||
| Featherweight −68 kg | Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Iran | Jang Se-wook South Korea | Mohammad Abulibdeh  Jordan |
Lê Huỳnh Châu  Vietnam | |||
| Lightweight −74 kg | Farzad Abdollahi Iran | Kim Bae-hoon South Korea | Dmitriy Kim Uzbekistan |
| Li Lai China | |||
| Welterweight −80 kg | Masoud Hajji-Zavareh Iran | Alisher Gulov  Tajikistan | Sultan Kassymov Kazakhstan |
| Marlon Avenido Philippines | |||
| Middleweight −87 kg | Jung Young-han South Korea | Yousef Karami Iran | Yazan Al-Sadeq Jordan |
| Yin Zhimeng China | |||
| Heavyweight +87 kg | Hossein Tajik Iran | Arman Chilmanov Kazakhstan | Abdulqader Al-Adhami  Qatar |
| Kim Jung-soo South Korea |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight −46 kg | Jeon Seo-yeon South Korea | Yu Hu-chia Chinese Taipei | Dana Haidar Jordan |
| Aizhan Alizhanova Kazakhstan | |||
| Flyweight −49 kg | Wu Jingyu China | Erika Kasahara  Japan | Chanatip Sonkham Thailand |
| Yang Shu-chun Chinese Taipei | |||
| Bantamweight −53 kg | Lei Jie China | Samaneh Sheshpari Iran | Lee Su-ji South Korea |
| Shahd Al-Tarman Jordan | |||
| Featherweight −57 kg | Tseng Pei-hua Chinese Taipei | Hou Yuzhuo China | Sousan Hajipour Iran |
| Jung Jin-hee South Korea | |||
| Lightweight −62 kg | Kim Mi-kyung South Korea | Chonnapas Premwaew Thailand | Nghiêm Thị Huyền Vietnam |
Lia Karina Mansur  Indonesia | |||
| Welterweight −67 kg | Woo Seu-mi South Korea | Dilobar Saydullaeva Uzbekistan | Parisa Farshidi Iran |
| Chuang Chia-chia Chinese Taipei | |||
| Middleweight −73 kg | Feruza Yergeshova Kazakhstan | Han Yingying China | Rapatkorn Prasopsuk Thailand |
| Sun Ai-chi Chinese Taipei | |||
| Heavyweight +73 kg | Oh Hye-ri South Korea | Evgeniya Karimova Uzbekistan | Wang Junnan  Macau |
| Eka Sahara Indonesia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Thailand | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Macau | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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