| Karate at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games | |
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| Venue | Indoor Stadium Huamark |
| Dates | 6–8 August 2009 |
The Karate competition at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games took place from 6 August to 8 August 2009 at the Indoor Stadium Huamark. Kumite contested in six weight classes for men and four for women.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Macau (MAC) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Syria (SYR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
6 August
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Ruwan Niroshan (SRI) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Laxman Singh (IND) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Laxman Singh (IND) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hsieh Cheng-kang (TPE) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hsieh Cheng-kang (TPE) | 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Inthanousone Vilaysouk (LAO) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Hsieh Cheng-kang (TPE) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn (VIE) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
 Faruq Omar (BAN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
 Hj Eddie Jofriani Hj Johari (BRU) | 1 | Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn (VIE) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn (VIE) | 3 | Nguyễn Mạnh Tuấn (VIE) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Hirannithishatphol Saratham (THA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hirannithishatphol Saratham (THA) | 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Milan Nepali (NEP) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
6 August
| Preliminary 1/16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Ali Emam Gazi (BAN) | DQ | Lee Ji-hwan (KOR) |
| Ram Bahadur Limbu (NEP) | 1–5 | Donny Dharmawan (INA) |
 Saadi Abbas Jalbani (PAK) | 4–6 | Masahiko Ota (JPN) |
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Ali Fayadh (IRQ) | 0 | Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ) | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Cheung Kwan Lok (HKG) | 4 | Cheung Kwan Lok (HKG) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Baseer Ahmad Salehi (AFG) | 1 | Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Mohd Fida'iy Hj Sanif (BRU) | 2 | Lee Ji-hwan (KOR) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Lee Ji-hwan (KOR) | 9 | Lee Ji-hwan (KOR) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp (VIE) | 6 | Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp (VIE) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Yutthana Sripraphan (THA) | 3 | Lee Ji-hwan (KOR) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Mohammad Hashim (KUW) | 3 | Masahiko Ota (JPN) | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Irineo Toribio (PHI) | 1 | Mohammad Hashim (KUW) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Donny Dharmawan (INA) | 3 | Donny Dharmawan (INA) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Saidlaziz Burkhonov (UZB) | 1 | Mohammad Hashim (KUW) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Puvaneswaran Ramasamy (MAS) | 2 | Masahiko Ota (JPN) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Masahiko Ota (JPN) | 3 | Masahiko Ota (JPN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Ranuka Sanjeewa (SRI) | 1 | Xaysavath Xayakone (LAO) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Xaysavath Xayakone (LAO) | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage final | ||||||||
| Ali Emam Gazi (BAN) | Mohd Fida'iy Hj Sanif (BRU) | 4 | Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp (VIE) | 2 | ||||||
| Mohd Fida'iy Hj Sanif (BRU) | DQ | Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp (VIE) | 6 | Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ) | 4 | |||||
| Puvaneswaran Ramasamy (MAS) | 2 | Xaysavath Xayakone (LAO) | 3 | Mohammad Hashim (KUW) | 2 | |||||
| Saadi Abbas Jalbani (PAK) | 3 | Saadi Abbas Jalbani (PAK) | 1 | Xaysavath Xayakone (LAO) | 0 | |||||
7 August
| Preliminary 1/16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Mohd Fadillah Hj Sanif (BRU) | DQ | Choton Chakma (BAN) |
| Huang Hsiang-chen (TPE) | 5–6 | Pang Iat Long (MAC) |
| Woraphol Kueapol (THA) | 10–7 | Shaharudin Jamaludin (MAS) |
| Nguyễn Ngọc Thành (VIE) | 8–0 | Ismail Aswar (INA) |
| Mukundra Maharjan (NEP) | 0–6 | Sayed Mohammad Amiri (AFG) |
| Karem Othman (SYR) | 5–2 | Yuen Siu Lun (HKG) |
| Paritosh Sharma (IND) | 0–5 | Li Haojie (CHN) |
 Qassim Ghavidel (QAT) | 1–7 | Rinat Sagandykov (KAZ) |
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Saythansavanh Inkhathed (LAO) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mohd Fadillah Hj Sanif (BRU) | 6 | Mohd Fadillah Hj Sanif (BRU) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Pang Iat Long (MAC) | 3 | Pang Iat Long (MAC) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Son Se-ho (KOR) | 0 | Pang Iat Long (MAC) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Rayappan Jebamalai Edward (SRI) | 0 | Nguyễn Ngọc Thành (VIE) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Woraphol Kueapol (THA) | 4 | Woraphol Kueapol (THA) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Nguyễn Ngọc Thành (VIE) | 1 | Nguyễn Ngọc Thành (VIE) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Muhammad Ramzan (PAK) | 0 | Nguyễn Ngọc Thành (VIE) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Yasir Issam (IRQ) | 0 | Shinji Nagaki (JPN) | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Sayed Mohammad Amiri (AFG) | 8 | Sayed Mohammad Amiri (AFG) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Karem Othman (SYR) | 0 | Shinji Nagaki (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Shinji Nagaki (JPN) | 1 | Shinji Nagaki (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Rolando Lagman (PHI) | 1 | Mohammad Hadid (JOR) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Li Haojie (CHN) | 9 | Li Haojie (CHN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Rinat Sagandykov (KAZ) | 1 | Mohammad Hadid (JOR) | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Mohammad Hadid (JOR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
7 August
| Preliminary 1/16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Xu Xiangwu (CHN) | 4–2 | Ashok Darda (IND) |
| Asem Abujamous (JOR) | 0–7 | Ahmad Al-Mesfer (KUW) |
| Soukphansa Inthavongsa (LAO) | 0–4 | Nguyễn Minh Phụng (VIE) |
 Bassam Eid (BRN) | 1–2 | Yen Tzu-yao (TPE) |
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Repael Meirizky (INA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yuttana Klamprabud (THA) | 1 | Yuttana Klamprabud (THA) | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Xu Xiangwu (CHN) | 1 | Kwon Dong-jik (KOR) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kwon Dong-jik (KOR) | 3 | Yuttana Klamprabud (THA) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sasanka Shrestha (NEP) | Ahmad Al-Mesfer (KUW) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Ahmad Al-Mesfer (KUW) | DQ | Ahmad Al-Mesfer (KUW) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Lee Ka Wai (HKG) | 8 | Lee Ka Wai (HKG) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Nagatheeban Govindasamy (MAS) | 0 | Ahmad Al-Mesfer (KUW) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Wong Wai Kam (MAC) | 1 | Naowras Al-Hamwi (SYR) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Murod Mustafaev (UZB) | 0 | Wong Wai Kam (MAC) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Nguyễn Minh Phụng (VIE) | 4 | Kenta Kai (JPN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Kenta Kai (JPN) | 9 | Kenta Kai (JPN) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Anura Tissa Kumara (SRI) | 0 | Naowras Al-Hamwi (SYR) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Yen Tzu-yao (TPE) | 8 | Yen Tzu-yao (TPE) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Naowras Al-Hamwi (SYR) | 4 | Naowras Al-Hamwi (SYR) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Shaukat Ali (PAK) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
8 August
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Hendro Salim (INA) | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Ahmad Al-Dousari (KUW) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hendro Salim (INA) | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Adil Jan (PAK) | 7 | Qu Gang (CHN) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Alibek Prenov (KAZ) | 2 | Adil Jan (PAK) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Qu Gang (CHN) | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Hendro Salim (INA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Ryosuke Shimizu (JPN) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jin Min-kyu (KOR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Ryosuke Shimizu (JPN) | 7 | Ryosuke Shimizu (JPN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Mohd Hatta Mahamut (MAS) | 4 | Ryosuke Shimizu (JPN) | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Ammar Al-Sabsabi (SYR) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ammar Al-Sabsabi (SYR) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Mohamed Al-Abed (BRN) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
8 August
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Khalid Khalidov (KAZ) | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rustam Ashurov (UZB) | 4 | Rustam Ashurov (UZB) | 1 | ||||||||
| Shadi Al-Ali (SYR) | 1 | Khalid Khalidov (KAZ) | 3 | ||||||||
| Ahmad Bilal (KUW) | 1 | Li Peng (CHN) | 1 | ||||||||
| Amer Abu Afifeh (JOR) | 9 | Amer Abu Afifeh (JOR) | 3 | ||||||||
| Vijay Karthik (IND) | 1 | Li Peng (CHN) | 4 | ||||||||
| Li Peng (CHN) | 5 | ||||||||||
6 August
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Li Hong (CHN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chen Yen-hui (TPE) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chen Yen-hui (TPE) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Yanisa Torrattanawathana (THA) | 8 | Yanisa Torrattanawathana (THA) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Diah Puspitasari (INA) | 1 | Yanisa Torrattanawathana (THA) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Maalani Chandran (MAS) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chen Yen-hui (TPE) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kou Man I (MAC) | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Kou Man I (MAC) | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Đào Thị Thoan (VIE) | 3 | Đào Thị Thoan (VIE) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Valena Valentina (IND) | 0 | Kou Man I (MAC) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dinusha Kumari (SRI) | 0 | Aisha Sabitova (KAZ) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Chansouda Phetsiriseng (LAO) | 1 | Chansouda Phetsiriseng (LAO) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Aisha Sabitova (KAZ) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
7 August
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Lưu Thị Thúy Hoa (VIE) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lin Wan-ching (TPE) | 0 | Lưu Thị Thúy Hoa (VIE) | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Tantri Widyasari (INA) | 1 | Marna Pabillore (PHI) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Marna Pabillore (PHI) | 5 | Lưu Thị Thúy Hoa (VIE) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chandrika Seneviratne (SRI) | 0 | Miki Kobayashi (JPN) | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Roji Nagarkoti (NEP) | 2 | Roji Nagarkoti (NEP) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Jang So-young (KOR) | 3 | Miki Kobayashi (JPN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Miki Kobayashi (JPN) | 7 | Miki Kobayashi (JPN) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Manovanh Keomany (LAO) | 0 | Chen Dan (CHN) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Syiem Linza Fenny (IND) | 2 | Syiem Linza Fenny (IND) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Chen Dan (CHN) | DQ | Chen Dan (CHN) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Sharmin Sultana (BAN) | Chen Dan (CHN) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Venera Zhetibay (KAZ) | 1 | Venera Zhetibay (KAZ) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Ma Man Sum (HKG) | 0 | Venera Zhetibay (KAZ) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kanokwan Norasetkul (THA) | 3 | Vathana Gopalasamy (MAS) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Vathana Gopalasamy (MAS) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
8 August
| Preliminary 1/8 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Tara Gurung (NEP) | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Manar Shath (JOR) | 3 | Manar Shath (JOR) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Piyanan Ratbandit (THA) | 2 | Manar Shath (JOR) | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Choi Cho-rong (KOR) | 5 | Chan Ka Man (HKG) | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Chang Ting (TPE) | 3 | Choi Cho-rong (KOR) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Chan Ka Man (HKG) | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Chan Ka Man (HKG) | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Sayuri Maejima (JPN) | 5 | Sayuri Maejima (JPN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Mae Soriano (PHI) | 0 | Sayuri Maejima (JPN) | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Mahesha Dulangani de Soyza (SRI) | 0 | Paihpha Phommachan (LAO) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Paihpha Phommachan (LAO) | 2 | Sayuri Maejima (JPN) | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Lyutsiya Baybulatova (UZB) | Bùi Thị Triều (VIE) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Feng Lanlan (CHN) | DQ | Feng Lanlan (CHN) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Bùi Thị Triều (VIE) | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Repechage 1 | Repechage final | |||||
| Choi Cho-rong (KOR) | 2 | |||||
| Manar Shath (JOR) | 3 | |||||
| Paihpha Phommachan (LAO) | 0 | Bùi Thị Triều (VIE) | 4 | |||
| Mae Soriano (PHI) | 4 | Mae Soriano (PHI) | 2 | |||
7 August
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||
| Paula Carion (MAC) | 1 | ||||||||||
| Simmi Batta (IND) | 0 | Paula Carion (MAC) | 1 | ||||||||
| Park Jin-hwa (KOR) | 0 | Buthaina Al-Mahsiri (JOR) | 0 | ||||||||
| Buthaina Al-Mahsiri (JOR) | 2 | Paula Carion (MAC) | 0 | ||||||||
| Jamaliah Jamaludin (MAS) | 2 | Jamaliah Jamaludin (MAS) | 8 | ||||||||
| Wiwi Pertiwi (INA) | 1 | Jamaliah Jamaludin (MAS) | 2 | ||||||||
| Gaukhar Chaikuzova (KAZ) | 1 | Sofiya Kaspulatova (UZB) | 0 | ||||||||
| Sofiya Kaspulatova (UZB) | 9 | ||||||||||
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