| Karate at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium |
| Dates | 5–8 October 2023 |
| Competitors | 205 from 35 nations |
Karate at the 2022 Asian Games was held at Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, from 5 October to 8 October 2023. [1]
| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 5th Thu | 6th Fri | 7th Sat | 8th Sun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's kata | P | F | ||||||
| Men's team kata | 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 team 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 | ||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 |  Macau (MAC) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  Nepal (NEP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Brunei (BRU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
A total of 205 athletes from 35 nations competed in karate at the 2022 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (2)
Bangladesh (5)
Bhutan (2) Brunei (4) Cambodia (10) China (4) Chinese Taipei (8)
East Timor (3) Hong Kong (9) Indonesia (8) Iran (8) Iraq (3) Japan (10) Jordan (8) Kazakhstan (8) Kuwait (7) Kyrgyzstan (7)
Laos (2) Macau (10) Malaysia (10) Nepal (8)
North Korea (1)
Pakistan (4) Palestine (2) Philippines (7)
Qatar (3) Saudi Arabia (5) South Korea (7)
Sri Lanka (2)
Tajikistan (3) Thailand (8) Turkmenistan (4) United Arab Emirates (3) Uzbekistan (8) Vietnam (12)
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