| Karate at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Yangsan College Gymnasium |
| Dates | 11–12 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 117 from 30 nations |
Karate was competed by men and women at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Kata was contested along with Kumite. There were 11 gold medals contested for this sport. All competition took place at the Yangsan College Gymnasium on October 11 and 12. Each country was limited to having 5 athletes.
| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's kata | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite 55 kg | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite 60 kg | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite 65 kg | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite 70 kg | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite 75 kg | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite +75 kg | P | F | ||
| Women's kata | P | F | ||
| Women's kumite 53 kg | P | F | ||
| Women's kumite 60 kg | P | F | ||
| Women's kumite +60 kg | P | F | ||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Yukimitsu Hasegawa  Japan | Wong Pak Cheong  Macau | Rayappan Jebamalai Edward  Sri Lanka |
Ku Jin Keat  Malaysia | |||
| Kumite −55 kg | Puvaneswaran Ramasamy Malaysia | Otabek Kasimov  Uzbekistan | Bambang Maulidin  Indonesia |
Phạm Trần Nguyên  Vietnam | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Kenichi Imai Japan | Hossein Rouhani  Iran | Ilkhom Karimov Uzbekistan |
Hussain Al-Qattan  Kuwait | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Hasan Basri Indonesia | Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran | Shao Chih-kang  Chinese Taipei |
| Nayef Al-Matrouk Kuwait | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Alireza Katiraei Iran | Shattyk Kazhymukanov  Kazakhstan | Hsu Hsiang-ming Chinese Taipei |
Magid Adwan  Qatar | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Ahmad Muneer Kuwait | Jasem Vishkaei Iran | Tong Kit Siong  Brunei |
Kim Byung-chul  South Korea | |||
| Kumite +75 kg | Mehran Behnamfar Iran | Andrey Korolev Kazakhstan | Jaber Al-Hammad Kuwait |
Isroil Ismoilov  Tajikistan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Atsuko Wakai Japan | Lim Lee Lee Malaysia | Cheung Pui Si Macau |
Cherli Tugday  Philippines | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Vũ Kim Anh Vietnam | Eri Fujioka Japan | Murugaiyan Srirajarajeswari Malaysia |
| Hsieh Ai-chen Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Premila Supramaniam Malaysia | Chan Ka Man  Hong Kong | Kwan Man Fei Macau |
| Gretchen Malalad Philippines | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Nguyễn Trọng Bảo Ngọc Vietnam | Sofiya Kaspulatova Uzbekistan | Natalya Solodilova Kazakhstan |
| Emiko Honma Japan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Macau (MAC) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | |
A total of 117 athletes from 30 nations competed in karate at the 2002 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (1) Brunei (5) Chinese Taipei (5)
Timor-Leste (2) Hong Kong (4)
India (2) Indonesia (5) Iran (5) Japan (5)
Jordan (2) Kazakhstan (5) Kuwait (5)
Laos (1) Macau (5) Malaysia (5)
Nepal (5)
North Korea (5)
Pakistan (2)
Palestine (3) Philippines (5) Qatar (5) South Korea (5) Sri Lanka (4)
Syria (2) Tajikistan (5)
Thailand (2)
United Arab Emirates (5) Uzbekistan (5) Vietnam (5)
Yemen (2)
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