| Sport climbing at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre |
| Dates | 3–7 October 2023 |
| Competitors | 108 from 16 nations |
Sport climbing at the 2022 Asian Games was held at Keqiao Yangshan Sport Climbing Centre, Shaoxing, China, from 3 to 7 October 2023. [1]
| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 3rd Tue | 4th Wed | 5th Thu | 6th Fri | 7th Sat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's speed | Q | F | |||||||
| Men's speed relay | Q | F | |||||||
| Men's combined | Q | Q | F | ||||||
| Women's speed | Q | F | |||||||
| Women's speed relay | Q | F | |||||||
| Women's combined | Q | Q | F | ||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | Reza Alipour  Iran | Long Jinbao  China | Veddriq Leonardo  Indonesia |
| Speed relay |  China Long Jinbao Wang Xinshang Wu Peng Zhang Liang |  Indonesia Aspar Jaelolo Kiromal Katibin Veddriq Leonardo Rahmad Adi Mulyono |  South Korea Jung Yong-jun Lee Seung-beom Lee Yong-su |
| Combined | Sorato Anraku  Japan | Lee Do-hyun  South Korea | Pan Yufei China |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
A total of 108 athletes from 16 nations competed in sport climbing at the 2022 Asian Games:
China (12)
Chinese Taipei (2)
Hong Kong (6)
India (7) Indonesia (12) Iran (5) Japan (6)
Kazakhstan (12)
Kuwait (1)
Mongolia (5)
Pakistan (5)
Philippines (4)
Singapore (5) South Korea (10)
Thailand (12)
Uzbekistan (4)
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