| Sepak takraw at the 2010 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Haizhu Sports Center |
| Dates | 16–27 November 2010 |
| Competitors | 172 from 10 nations |
Sepak takraw was contested at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China by both men and women from November 16 to 27 2010. Team, Regu, and Doubles competitions were all involved in the Sepak takraw competition with all games taking place at Haizhu Sports Center. [1] Each country, except the host country, was limited to two entries per gender.
| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 16th Tue | 17th Wed | 18th Thu | 19th Fri | 20th Sat | 21st Sun | 22nd Mon | 23rd Tue | 24th Wed | 25th Thu | 26th Fri | 27th Sat | |
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| Men's doubles | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||||
| Men's regu | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Men's team regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women's doubles | P | P | ½ | F | |||||||||
| Women's regu | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Women's team regu | P | P | P | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Doubles |  Myanmar Si Thu Lin Zaw Latt Zaw Zaw Aung |  South Korea Jeong Won-deok Lee Gyu-nam Lee Jun-ho |  Japan Yuichi Matsuda Susumu Teramoto Takeshi Terashima |
 Indonesia Husni Uba Jusri Pakke Yudi Purnomo | |||
| Regu |  Thailand Anuwat Chaichana Kriangkrai Kaewmian Pornchai Kaokaew Wirawut Nanongkhai Pattarapong Yupadee |  Malaysia Futra Abd Ghani Noor Azman Abd Hamid Farhan Adam Normanizam Ahmad Nor Shahruddin Mad Ghani | Myanmar Aung Cho Myint Aung Myo Swe Si Thu Lin Zaw Latt Zaw Zaw Aung |
 China Ge Yusheng Xu Mingchi Yang Jiapeng Zhang Linye Zhou Haiyang | |||
| Team regu | Thailand Anuwat Chaichana Somporn Jaisinghol Kriangkrai Kaewmian Pornchai Kaokaew Supachai Maneenat Wirawut Nanongkhai Suriyan Peachan Suebsak Phunsueb Siriwat Sakha Singha Somsakul Kritsana Tanakorn Pattarapong Yupadee | Malaysia Futra Abd Ghani Noor Azman Abd Hamid Farhan Adam Normanizam Ahmad Syazwan Husin Mohd Helmi Ismail Nor Shahruddin Mad Ghani Mohd Hafizie Manap Zulkarnain Arif Ahmad Sufi Hashim Azman Nasruddin Ariff Ramli | Japan Masanori Hayashi Yoshitaka Iida Yuichi Matsuda Jun Motohashi Tomoyuki Nakatsuka Seiya Takano Susumu Teramoto Takeshi Terashima Masahiro Yamada |
| South Korea Go Jae-uk Im An-soo Jeong Won-deok Kim Young-man Kwon Hyuk-jin Lee Gyu-nam Lee Jun-ho Lee Myung-jung Park Hyeon-geun Sin Seung-tae Woo Gyeong-han Yoo Dong-young |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | Myanmar Kyu Kyu Thin May Zin Phyoe Phyu Phyu Than | China Cui Yonghui Sun Xiaodan Wang Xiaohua | South Korea Ahn Soon-ok Kim Mi-jin Park Keum-duk |
| Japan Sawa Aoki Yukie Sato Chiharu Yano | |||
| Regu | Thailand Tidawan Daosakul Sunthari Rupsung Phikun Seedam Nareerat Takan Daranee Wongcharern |  Vietnam Lại Thị Huyền Trang Lưu Thị Thanh Nguyễn Hải Thảo Nguyễn Thị Bích Thủy Nguyễn Thịnh Thu Ba | China Cui Yonghui Gu Xihui Song Cheng Wang Xiaohua Zhou Ronghong |
| Myanmar Ei Thin Zar Kay Zin Htut Kyu Kyu Thin May Zin Phyoe Naing Naing Win | |||
| Team regu | Thailand Tidawan Daosakul Masaya Duangsri Wanwisa Jankaen Nitinadda Kaewkamsai Kaewjai Pumsawangkaew Sunthari Rupsung Phikun Seedam Payom Srihongsa Nareerat Takan Rungtip Tanaking Nisa Thanaattawut Daranee Wongcharern | China Cui Yonghui Gu Xihui Lao Tianxue Liu Xiaofang Liu Yanhong Song Cheng Sun Xiaodan Wang Xiaohua Zhang Yanan Zhao Tengfei Zhou Ronghong | Indonesia Aliya Prihatini Asmira Dini Mita Sari Florensia Cristy Hasmawati Umar Jumasiah Lena Leni Mega Citra Kusuma Nur Qadriyanti Rike Media Sari |
| Vietnam Đinh Thị Thúy Hằng Lại Thị Huyền Trang Lê Thị Hạnh Lưu Thị Thanh Nguyễn Bạch Vân Nguyễn Hải Thảo Nguyễn Thị Bích Thủy Nguyễn Thị Dung Nguyễn Thị Hạnh Ngân Nguyễn Thị Thuý An Nguyễn Thịnh Thu Ba Trương Thị Vân |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thailand (THA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Myanmar (MYA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
A total of 172 athletes from 10 nations competed in sepak takraw at the 2010 Asian Games:
China (21)
India (24) Indonesia (23) Japan (18) Malaysia (12) Myanmar (11)
Philippines (3) South Korea (24) Thailand (24) Vietnam (12)
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