| Men's sanda 56 kg at the 2010 Asian Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nansha Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13–17 November | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Taolu | ||
| Changquan | men | women |
| Nanquan | men | women |
| Taijiquan | men | women |
| Daoshu / Gunshu | men | |
| Jianshu / Qiangshu | women | |
| Sanda | ||
| 52 kg | women | |
| 56 kg | men | |
| 60 kg | men | women |
| 65 kg | men | |
| 70 kg | men | |
| 75 kg | men | |
The men's sanda (as Sanshou) 56 kg competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China was held from 13 November to 17 November at the Nansha Gymnasium.
The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 12 to 27 November 2010, although several events had commenced from 7 November 2010. This was the second time China host the games, in which Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990. A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events from 42 sports and disciplines, making it the largest event in the history of the Games. Due to reductions in the number of sports to be contested for the 2014 Asian Games, these Games marked the final time that six non-Olympic events would be held during the Asian Games.
Guangzhou, also known as Canton and formerly romanized as Kwangchow or Kwong Chow, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.
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A total of fourteen competitors from fourteen different countries competed in this event, limited to fighters whose body weight was less than 56 kilograms.
Li Xinjie from China won the gold medal after beating Phan Văn Hậu of Vietnam in gold medal bout 2–0, Li won both periods by the same score of 5–0. The bronze medal was shared by Khwanyuen Chanthra from Thailand and Phoxay Aphailath of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Athletes from Afghanistan (Khalid Hotak), South Korea (Lim Seung-chang), Macau (Wong Man Kuan) and Kyrgyzstan (Mirbek Suiumbaev) shared the fifth place. Athletes from Nepal, India, Hong Kong, Philippines, Uzbekistan and Yemen lost in the first round and didn't advance to the next round. [1]
