| Karate at the 2006 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Qatar SC Indoor Hall |
| Dates | 12–13 December 2006 |
| Competitors | 196 from 34 nations |
Karate competed by men and women at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Kata contested along with Kumite in seven weight classes for men and four for women. All competition took place at the Qatar Sports Club Indoor Hall on December 12 and 13. Each country was limited to having 5 male and 3 female athletes.
| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 80 kg | P | F | ||
| Men's kumite +80 kg | P | F | ||
| Women's kata | P | F | ||
| Women's kumite 48 kg | 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 | Tetsuya Furukawa  Japan | Ku Jin Keat  Malaysia | Noel Espinosa  Philippines |
Shen Chia-hao  Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite −55 kg | Hsieh Cheng-kang Chinese Taipei | Puvaneswaran Ramasamy Malaysia | Thamer Al-Malki  Saudi Arabia |
Phạm Trần Nguyên  Vietnam | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Hossein Rouhani  Iran | Kunasilan Lakanathan Malaysia | Huang Hsiang-chen Chinese Taipei |
Abdullah Dalloul  Qatar | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Hassan Rouhani Iran | Shion Kayahara Japan | Lim Yoke Wai Malaysia |
| Magid Adwan Qatar | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Abdullah Al-Otaibi  Kuwait | Naowras Al-Hamwi  Syria | Saeid Farrokhi Iran |
| Takuro Nihei Japan | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Jasem Vishkaei Iran | Ko Matsuhisa Japan | Shattyk Kazhymukanov  Kazakhstan |
Talat Khalil  Jordan | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Ahmad Muneer Kuwait | Ryosuke Shimizu Japan | Mutasembellah Khair Jordan |
| Esmaeil Torkzad Iran | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Khalid Khalidov Kazakhstan | Jaber Al-Hammad Kuwait | Amer Abu Afifeh Jordan |
Umar Syarief  Indonesia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Nao Morooka Japan | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Cheung Pui Si  Macau |
| Lim Lee Lee Malaysia | |||
| Kumite −48 kg | Vũ Thị Nguyệt Ánh Vietnam | Vasantha Marial Anthony Malaysia | Jittikan Tiemsurakan  Thailand |
| Chen Yen-hui Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Tomoko Araga Japan | Marna Pabillore Philippines | Venera Zhetibay Kazakhstan |
| Jenny Zeannet Indonesia | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Yuka Sato Japan | Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến Vietnam | Chan Ka Man  Hong Kong |
| Yamini Gopalasamy Malaysia | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Sofiya Kaspulatova  Uzbekistan | Maitha Al-Maktoum  United Arab Emirates | Mardiah Nasution Indonesia |
| Paula Carion Macau |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Macau (MAC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 | |
A total of 196 athletes from 34 nations competed in karate at the 2006 Asian Games: [1]
Afghanistan (6)
Bahrain (4)
Brunei (4) Chinese Taipei (8)
Timor-Leste (4) Hong Kong (3) Indonesia (8) Iran (5) Japan (8) Jordan (7) Kazakhstan (8) Kuwait (6)
Laos (1)
Lebanon (8) Macau (7) Malaysia (8)
Mongolia (6)
Nepal (8)
North Korea (5)
Pakistan (5)
Palestine (4) Philippines (8) Qatar (5) Saudi Arabia (4)
Singapore (1)
South Korea (7)
Sri Lanka (7) Syria (8)
Tajikistan (4) Thailand (3) United Arab Emirates (8) Uzbekistan (5) Vietnam (8)
Yemen (5)
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