Karate at the 2002 Asian Games

Karate at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Yangsan College Gymnasium
Dates	11–12 October
Competitors	117 from 30 nations
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Karate was competed by men and women at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea. Kata was contested along with Kumite. There were 11 gold medals contested for this sport. All competition took place at the Yangsan College Gymnasium on October 11 and 12. Each country was limited to having 5 athletes.

Schedule[]

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata details	Japan	Macau	Sri Lanka
			Malaysia
Kumite −55 kg details	Puvaneswaran Ramasamy  Malaysia	Uzbekistan	Indonesia
			Vietnam
Kumite −60 kg details	Japan	Hossein Rouhani  Iran	Uzbekistan
			Kuwait
Kumite −65 kg details	Indonesia	Iran	Chinese Taipei
			Kuwait
Kumite −70 kg details	Alireza Katiraei  Iran	Kazakhstan	Chinese Taipei
			Qatar
Kumite −75 kg details	Kuwait	Jasem Vishkaei  Iran	Tong Kit Siong  Brunei
			South Korea
Kumite +75 kg details	Iran	Kazakhstan	Kuwait
			Tajikistan

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata details	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	Malaysia	Macau
			Philippines
Kumite −53 kg details	Vietnam	Japan	Malaysia
			Chinese Taipei
Kumite −60 kg details	Malaysia	Chan Ka Man  Hong Kong	Macau
			Gretchen Malalad  Philippines
Kumite +60 kg details	Vietnam	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan
			Japan

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	3	1	1	5
2	Iran (IRI)	2	3	0	5
3	Malaysia (MAS)	2	1	2	5
4	Vietnam (VIE)	2	0	1	3
5	Kuwait (KUW)	1	0	3	4
6	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	1	2
7	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	1	3
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	1	3
9	Macau (MAC)	0	1	2	3
10	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	1	0	1
11	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	3	3
12	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	2	2
13	Brunei (BRU)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		11	11	22	44

Participating nations[]

A total of 117 athletes from 30 nations competed in karate at the 2002 Asian Games:

References[]

• 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 476–486

External links[]

• Official website