| Karate at the 1998 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Thammasat Gymnasium 7 |
| Dates | 15–17 December 1998 |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Ryoki Abe  Japan | Alaeddin Nekoufar  Iran | Abdullah Kadir  Indonesia |
| Kumite −55 kg | Muralitharan Chandra  Malaysia | Bader Al-Otaibi  Kuwait | Isfan Tanjung Indonesia |
Lê Tùng Dương  Vietnam | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Arief Taufan Syamsuddin Indonesia | None awarded | Sambar Bahadur Gole  Nepal |
Adnan Laoundi  Syria | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Norihide Narazaki Japan | Chen Teng-tien  Chinese Taipei | Đỗ Tuấn Cương Vietnam |
Eakarach Loongban  Thailand | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Muniandy Rajoo Malaysia | Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran | Raafat Al-Karad Syria |
| Shizuo Shiina Japan | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Alireza Katiraei Iran | Takahiro Niki Japan | Arivalagan Ponniah Malaysia |
| Ahmad Al-Khaledi Kuwait | |||
| Kumite +75 kg | Jaber Al-Hammad Kuwait | Ali Shaterzadeh Iran | Suresh Rao Subramaniam Malaysia |
| Chu Tien-lai Chinese Taipei |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Atsuko Wakai Japan | Omita Olga Ompi Indonesia | Lim Lee Lee Malaysia |
| Kumite −53 kg | Eri Fujioka Japan | Sandra Aryani Indonesia | Chang Chin-chih Chinese Taipei |
| Phạm Hồng Hà Vietnam | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Li Wan-yu Chinese Taipei | Phạm Hồng Thắm Vietnam | Nilawati Daud Indonesia |
| Phetlada Ausabay Thailand | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Izumi Nabeki Japan | Panadda Tamchuchaichana Thailand | Premila Supramaniam Malaysia |
| Hà Thị Kiều Trang Vietnam |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 10 | 20 | 41 | |
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