# 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.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 12th Tue | 12th Tue | 13th Wed | 13th Wed |
| Men's kata | P | F | | |
| Men's kumite 55 kg | P | F | | |
| Men's kumite 60 kg | P | F | | |
| Men's kumite 65 kg | | | P | F |
| Men's kumite 70 kg | | | P | F |
| Men's kumite 75 kg | | | P | F |
| Men's kumite 80 kg | | | P | F |
| Men's kumite +80 kg | | | P | F |
| Women's kata | P | F | | |
| Women's kumite 48 kg | P | F | | |
| Women's kumite 53 kg | P | F | | |
| Women's kumite 60 kg | | | P | F |
| Women's kumite +60 kg | | | P | F |

## Medalists
### Men

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

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata details | Nao Morooka Japan | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Cheung Pui Si Macau |
| Kata details | Nao Morooka Japan | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Lim Lee Lee Malaysia |
| Kumite −48 kg details | Vũ Thị Nguyệt Ánh Vietnam | Vasantha Marial Anthony Malaysia | Jittikan Tiemsurakan Thailand |
| Kumite −48 kg details | Vũ Thị Nguyệt Ánh Vietnam | Vasantha Marial Anthony Malaysia | Chen Yen-hui Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −53 kg details | Tomoko Araga Japan | Marna Pabillore Philippines | Venera Zhetibay Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −53 kg details | Tomoko Araga Japan | Marna Pabillore Philippines | Jenny Zeannet Indonesia |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Yuka Sato Japan | Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến Vietnam | Chan Ka Man Hong Kong |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Yuka Sato Japan | Nguyễn Thị Hải Yến Vietnam | Yamini Gopalasamy Malaysia |
| Kumite +60 kg details | Sofiya Kaspulatova Uzbekistan | Maitha Al-Maktoum United Arab Emirates | Mardiah Nasution Indonesia |
| Kumite +60 kg details | Sofiya Kaspulatova Uzbekistan | Maitha Al-Maktoum United Arab Emirates | Paula Carion Macau |

## 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 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Macau (MAC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 |

## Participating nations

A total of 196 athletes from 34 nations competed in karate at the 2006 Asian Games:
* 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)