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| Host city |  Hangzhou, China |
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| Dates | 20–22 September 2024 |
| Main venue | Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium |
The 2024 Asian Karate Championships were the 20th edition of the Senior Asian Karate Championship and were held in Hangzhou, China from 20 to 22 September 2024. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Kakeru Nishiyama Japan | Salman Al-Mosawi Kuwait | Jeremy Nopre Philippines |
Binar Mustafa Iraq | |||
| Team kata | Kuwait Saqr Al-Dbasi Mohammad Al-Mosawi Salman Al-Mosawi Mohammad Bader |  Vietnam Giang Việt Anh Lê Hồng Phúc Phạm Minh Đức Phạm Minh Quân |  Iran Milad Farazmehr Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Ali Zand |
 Hong Kong Chiu Chun Yin Kwok Ho Him Li Chi Kong Tang Yu Hin | |||
| Kumite −55 kg | Zholaman Bigabyl Kazakhstan | Omar Shaqrah Jordan | Salem Al-Ajmi Kuwait |
| Behnam Dehghanzadeh Iran | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Hiromu Hashimoto Japan | Siwakon Muekthong Thailand | Chu Văn Đức Vietnam |
| Abdullah Shaaban Kuwait | |||
| Kumite −67 kg | Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan | Yugo Kozaki Japan | Shih Cheng-chung Chinese Taipei |
Mohammed Al-Assiri Saudi Arabia | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan | Kuvonchbek Mukhammadiev Uzbekistan | Dawut Nazmyradow Turkmenistan |
| Bahman Askari Iran | |||
| Kumite −84 kg | Rikito Shimada Japan | Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran | Anas Al-Zahrani Saudi Arabia |
| Mohammad Al-Jafari Jordan | |||
| Kumite +84 kg | Saleh Abazari Iran | Kyo Hirata Japan | Hamzah Al-Bargawi Saudi Arabia |
| Teerawat Kangtong Thailand | |||
| Team kumite | Japan Yosuke Abe Kyo Hirata Yugo Kozaki Keisei Sakiyama Yusei Sakiyama Rikito Shimada Kentaro Yamauchi Fumiya Yoshimura | Kazakhstan Didar Amirali Dias Anarbekov Nurkanat Azhikanov Abilmansur Batyrgali Aidos Mukhat Nikita Tarnakin Dias Ulbek Daniyar Yuldashev | Jordan Zaki Abu Qaoud Mohammad Al-Jafari Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Saifaddeen Bani Fares Afeef Ghaith Abdallah Hammad Omar Shaqrah |
| Iran Saleh Abazari Bahman Askari Mehdi Ashouri Mehdi Ganjzadeh Alireza Heidari Mehdi Khodabakhshi Mahmoud Nemati Morteza Nemati |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Grace Lau Hong Kong | Maho Ono Japan | Sakura Alforte Philippines |
| Fatemeh Sadeghi Iran | |||
| Team kata | Japan Saori Ishibashi Chiho Mizukami Sae Taira | Vietnam Bùi Ngọc Nhi Lưu Thị Thu Uyên Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm Nguyễn Thị Phương | China Liao Yilin Tao Yiwei Xia Tingting Ye Zhenyu |
| Iran Sepideh Amini Melika Ezzati Zeinab Hosseini | |||
| Kumite −50 kg | Gulshan Alimardanova Uzbekistan | Hsiao Yun-chen Chinese Taipei | Shahmalarani Chandran Malaysia |
| Wang Junhui China | |||
| Kumite −55 kg | Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Vietnam | Wei Yuchun China | Taravat Khaksar Iran |
| Choi Wan Yu Hong Kong | |||
| Kumite −61 kg | Gong Li China | Assel Kanay Kazakhstan | Sarara Shimada Japan |
| Atousa Golshadnejad Iran | |||
| Kumite −68 kg | Wong Cheuk Lee Hong Kong | Fatma Khasaif United Arab Emirates | Mobina Heidari Iran |
| Joud Al-Drous Jordan | |||
| Kumite +68 kg | Nguyễn Thị Ngoan Vietnam | Arika Gurung  Nepal | Sumire Sugita Japan |
| Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan | |||
| Team kumite | Vietnam Đinh Thị Hương Hoàng Thị Mỹ Tâm Nguyễn Thị Diệu Ly Nguyễn Thị Ngoan | China Gong Li Li Qiaoqiao Wang Chenling Wei Yuchun | Japan Tsubasa Kama Kanna Nagai Yuzuki Sawae Sarara Shimada Sumire Sugita |
| Chinese Taipei Chen Tzu-yun Huang Yu-ru Ku Tsui-ping Pao Yu-hsun |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | China | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 7 | Jordan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Nepal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 | |
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