| Karate at the 2010 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Guangdong Gymnasium |
| Dates | 24–26 November |
| Competitors | 183 from 34 nations |
Karate at the 2010 Asian Games was held in Guangzhou, China between 24 and 26 November 2010. All competition took place at the Guangdong Gymnasium. [1]
| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | |||
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| Men's kata | P | F | ||||
| Men's kumite 55 kg | P | F | ||||
| Men's kumite 60 kg | P | F | ||||
| Men's kumite 67 kg | P | F | ||||
| Men's kumite 75 kg | P | F | ||||
| Men's kumite 84 kg | P | F | ||||
| Men's kumite +84 kg | P | F | ||||
| Women's kata | P | F | ||||
| Women's kumite 50 kg | P | F | ||||
| Women's kumite 55 kg | P | F | ||||
| Women's kumite 61 kg | P | F | ||||
| Women's kumite 68 kg | P | F | ||||
| Women's kumite +68 kg | P | F | ||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Rika Usami  Japan | Huang Yu-chi  Chinese Taipei | Cheung Pui Si  Macau |
Lim Lee Lee  Malaysia | |||
| Kumite −50 kg | Li Hong  China | Vũ Thị Nguyệt Ánh  Vietnam | Chen Yen-hui Chinese Taipei |
Yanisa Torrattanawathana  Thailand | |||
| Kumite −55 kg | Lê Bích Phương Vietnam | Miki Kobayashi Japan | Fatemeh Chalaki  Iran |
Ahn Tae-eun  South Korea | |||
| Kumite −61 kg | Yu Miyamoto Japan | Yamini Gopalasamy Malaysia | Chan Ka Man  Hong Kong |
Barno Mirzaeva  Uzbekistan | |||
| Kumite −68 kg | Feng Lanlan China | Emiko Honma Japan | Samira Malekipour Iran |
| Liu Ya-li Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite +68 kg | Manar Shath  Jordan | Jamaliah Jamaludin Malaysia | Paula Carion Macau |
| Tang Lingling China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Iran (IRI) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Athletes from Kuwait (IOC) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Macau (MAC) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 nations) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 | |
A total of 183 athletes from 34 nations competed in karate at the 2010 Asian Games:
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