Karate at the 2006 Asian Games

Karate competed by men and women at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Kata contested along with Kumite in seven weight classes for men and four for women. All competition took place at the Qatar Sports Club Indoor Hall on December 12 and 13. Each country was limited to having 5 male and 3 female athletes.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Tetsuya Furukawa Japan (JPN)	Ku Jin Keat Malaysia (MAS)	Noel Espinosa Philippines (PHI)
			Shen Chia-hao Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Kumite −55 kg	Hsieh Cheng-kang Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Puvaneswaran Ramasamy Malaysia (MAS)	Thamer Al-Malki Saudi Arabia (KSA)
			Phạm Trần Nguyên Vietnam (VIE)
Kumite −60 kg	Hossein Rouhani Iran (IRI)	Kunasilan Lakanathan Malaysia (MAS)	Huang Hsiang-chen Chinese Taipei (TPE)
			Abdullah Dalloul Qatar (QAT)
Kumite −65 kg	Hassan Rouhani Iran (IRI)	Shion Kayahara Japan (JPN)	Lim Yoke Wai Malaysia (MAS)
			Magid Adwan Qatar (QAT)
Kumite −70 kg	Abdullah Al-Otaibi Kuwait (KUW)	Naowras Al-Hamwi Syria (SYR)	Saeid Farrokhi Iran (IRI)
			Takuro Nihei Japan (JPN)
Kumite −75 kg	Jasem Vishgahi Iran (IRI)	Ko Matsuhisa Japan (JPN)	Shattyk Kazhymukanov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
			Talat Khalil Jordan (JOR)
Kumite −80 kg	Ahmad Munir Kuwait (KUW)	Ryosuke Shimizu Japan (JPN)	Mutasembellah Khair Jordan (JOR)
			Esmaeil Torkzad Iran (IRI)
Kumite +80 kg	Khalid Khalidov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Jaber Al-Hammad Kuwait (KUW)	Amer Abu-Afifeh Jordan (JOR)
			Umar Syarief Indonesia (INA)

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Nao Morooka Japan (JPN)	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam (VIE)	Cheung Pui Si Macau (MAC)
			Lim Lee Lee Malaysia (MAS)
Kumite −48 kg	Vũ Thị Nguyệt Ánh Vietnam (VIE)	Vasantha Marial Anthony Malaysia (MAS)	Jittikan Tiemsurakan Thailand (THA)
			Chen Yen-hui Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Kumite −53 kg	Tomoko Araga Japan (JPN)	Marna Pabillore Philippines (PHI)	Venera Zhetibay Kazakhstan (KAZ)
			Jenny Zeannet Indonesia (INA)
Kumite −60 kg	Yuka Sato Japan (JPN)	Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến Vietnam (VIE)	Chan Ka Man Hong Kong (HKG)
			Yamini Gopalasamy Malaysia (MAS)
Kumite +60 kg	Sofiya Kaspulatova Uzbekistan (UZB)	Maitha Al-Maktoum United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Mardiah Nasution Indonesia (INA)
			Paula Cristina Pereira Macau (MAC)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	4	3	1	8
2	Iran (IRI)	3	0	2	5
3	Kuwait (KUW)	2	1	0	3
4	Vietnam (VIE)	1	2	1	4
5	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	3	4
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	2	3
7	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	0	1
8	Malaysia (MAS)	0	4	3	7
9	Philippines (PHI)	0	1	1	2
10	Syria (SYR)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	1	0	1
12	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	3	3
	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	3	3
14	Macau (MAC)	0	0	2	2
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	2	2
16	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	26	52

Participating nations

A total of 196 athletes from 34 nations competed in karate at the 2006 Asian Games:^[1]

• Afghanistan (6)
• Bahrain (4)
• Brunei (4)
• Chinese Taipei (8)
• Hong Kong (3)
• Indonesia (8)
• Iran (5)
• Japan (8)
• Jordan (7)
• Kazakhstan (8)
• Kuwait (6)
• Laos (1)
• Lebanon (8)
• Macau (7)
• Malaysia (8)
• Mongolia (6)
• Nepal (8)
• North Korea (5)
• Pakistan (5)
• Palestine (4)
• Philippines (8)
• Qatar (5)
• Saudi Arabia (4)
• Singapore (1)
• South Korea (7)
• Sri Lanka (7)
• Syria (8)
• Tajikistan (4)
• Thailand (3)
• Timor-Leste (4)
• United Arab Emirates (8)
• Uzbekistan (5)
• Vietnam (8)
• Yemen (5)

References

1. "15th Asian Games – Athletes – Athletics". doha-2006.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

External links

• Official website