The 19th Asian Games took place in Hangzhou, China, from 23 September to 8 October 2023, after being postponed from 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The games featured athletes competing for a total of 483 gold medals across various sports over the span of 15 days. More than two weeks of competition saw the participation of 12,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions, culminating in a closing ceremony themed “Enduring Memories of Hangzhou” on 8 October 2023.
Karate competitions at the 2022 Asian Games were held at the Linping Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou from 5 to 8 October 2023. The medal tally for Karate was led by Kazakhstan, which secured 3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals, making a total of 8 medals. Japan and China followed with 4 and 3 total medals respectively. Here’s a breakdown of the medal table for Karate:
- Kazakhstan: 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze (Total: 8)
- Japan: 3 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze (Total: 4)
- China: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze (Total: 3)
- Malaysia: 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 0 Bronze (Total: 3)
- Kuwait: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze (Total: 4)
- Vietnam: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze (Total: 4)
The next edition of the Asian Games is scheduled to be held in 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, with Karate once again included in the sports programme of the event.
All results
Male kata GOLD Kazumasa Moto Japan
Male kata SILVER Kuok Kin Hang Macau
Male kata BRONZE Park Hee-jun South Korea
Male kata BRONZE Sayed Salman Al-Mosawi Kuwait
Male Team Kata GOLD Japan (Kazumasa Moto,Ryuji Moto,Koji Arimoto)
Male Team Kata SILVER Macau (Kuok Kin Hang,Cheang Pei Lok,Fong Man Hou)
Male Team Kata BRONZE Iraq (Binar Mustafa Hama Salih,Yusuf Salam Mustafa,Pazhar Mahdi Mahmood Hawramani)
Male Team Kata BRONZE Kuwait (Mohammad Husain,Sayed Salman Al Mosawi,Sayed Mohammed Al Mosawi)
Female Kata GOLD Kiyou Shimizu Japan
Female Kata SILVER Lovelly Anne Robberth Malaysia
Female Kata BRONZE Sakura Alforte Philippines
Female Kata BRONZE Grace Lau Hong Kong
Female Team Kata GOLD Vietnam (Nguyễn Thị Phương,Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm,Lưu Thị Thu Uyên)
Female Team Kata SILVER Malaysia (Naccy Nelly Evvaferra Rojin,Niathalia Sherawinnie Yampil,Robberth Lovelly Anne)
Female Team Kata BRONZE Brunei (Shamrin Farhah Syahirah Mohamad,Rodhyatul Adhwanna binti Bakar,Farhana Najeeha)
Female Team Kata BRONZE Cambodia (Sreynuch Puthea,Sreyda Oun,Chhenghorng That)
Male Kumite –60 kg GOLD Kaisar Alpysbay Kazakhstan
Male Kumite –60 kg SILVER Abdullah Shaaban Kuwait
Male Kumite –60 kg BRONZE Abdullah Hammad Jordan
Male Kumite –60 kg BRONZE Siwakon Muekthong Thailand
Male Kumite –67 kg GOLD Fahed Al-Ajmi Kuwait
Male Kumite –67 kg SILVER Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan
Male Kumite –67 kg BRONZE Bayry Bayryyev Turkmenistan
Male Kumite –67 kg BRONZE Didar Amirali Kazakhstan
Male Kumite –75 kg GOLD Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan
Male Kumite –75 kg SILVER Hasan Masarweh Jordan
Male Kumite –75 kg BRONZE Nazim Nurlanov Kyrgyzstan
Male Kumite –75 kg BRONZE Ignatius Joshua Kandou Indonesia
Male Kumite –84 kg GOLD Muhammad Arif Afifuddin Malaysia
Male Kumite –84 kg SILVER Daniyar Yuldashev Kazakhstan
Male Kumite –84 kg BRONZE Đỗ Thanh Nhân Vietnam
Male Kumite –84 kg BRONZE Mohammad Al-Jafari Jordan
Male Kumite +84 kg GOLD Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran
Male Kumite +84 kg SILVER Adilet Shadykanov Kyrgyzstan
Male Kumite +84 kg BRONZE Tareg Ali Hamedi Saudi Arabia
Male Kumite +84 kg BRONZE Teerawat Kangtong Thailand
Female Kumite –50 kg GOLD Gu Shiau-shuang Chinese Taipei
Female Kumite –50 kg SILVER Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan
Female Kumite –50 kg BRONZE Sara Bahmanyar Iran
Female Kumite –50 kg BRONZE Hawraa Alajmi United Arab Emirates
Female Kumite –55 kg GOLD Sevinch Rakhimova Uzbekistan
Female Kumite –55 kg SILVER Ku Tsui-ping Chinese Taipei
Female Kumite –55 kg BRONZE Fatemeh Saadati Iran
Female Kumite –55 kg BRONZE Ding Jiamei China
Female Kumite –61 kg GOLD Gong Li China
Female Kumite –61 kg SILVER Nguyễn Thị Ngoan Vietnam
Female Kumite –61 kg BRONZE Assel Kanay Kazakhstan
Female Kumite –61 kg BRONZE Kymbat Toitonova Kyrgyzstan
Female Kumite –68 kg GOLD Li Qiaoqiao China
Female Kumite –68 kg SILVER Laura Alikul Kazakhstan
Female Kumite –68 kg BRONZE Đinh Thị Hương Vietnam
Female Kumite –68 kg BRONZE Hala Alqadi Palestine
Female Kumite +68 kg GOLD Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan
Female Kumite +68 kg SILVER Arika Gurung Nepal
Female Kumite +68 kg BRONZE Joud Al-Drous Jordan
Female Kumite +68 kg BRONZE Yuzuki Sawae Japan