# Karate at the 2018 Asian Games

Karate at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Jakarta Convention Center Plenary Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 25 August to 27 August 2018.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 25th Sat | 25th Sat | 26th Sun | 26th Sun | 27th Mon | 27th Mon |
| Men's kata | P | F | | | | |
| Men's kumite 60 kg | | | P | F | | |
| Men's kumite 67 kg | | | P | F | | |
| Men's kumite 75 kg | | | | | P | F |
| Men's kumite 84 kg | | | | | P | F |
| Men's kumite +84 kg | P | F | | | | |
| Women's kata | P | F | | | | |
| Women's kumite 50 kg | | | | | P | F |
| Women's kumite 55 kg | | | P | F | | |
| Women's kumite 61 kg | | | P | F | | |
| Women's kumite 68 kg | | | | | P | F |
| Women's kumite +68 kg | P | F | | | | |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata details | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Wang Yi-ta Chinese Taipei | Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda Indonesia |
| Kata details | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Wang Yi-ta Chinese Taipei | Park Hee-jun South Korea |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Rifki Ardiansyah Arrosyiid Indonesia | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Prem Kumar Selvam Malaysia |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Rifki Ardiansyah Arrosyiid Indonesia | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Sadriddin Saymatov Uzbekistan |
| Kumite −67 kg details | Ali Al-Shatti Kuwait | Didar Amirali Kazakhstan | Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Jordan |
| Kumite −67 kg details | Ali Al-Shatti Kuwait | Didar Amirali Kazakhstan | Jintar Simanjuntak Indonesia |
| Kumite −75 kg details | Bahman Askari Iran | Raef Al-Turkistani Saudi Arabia | Hsu Wei-chun Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −75 kg details | Bahman Askari Iran | Raef Al-Turkistani Saudi Arabia | Bashar Al-Najjar Jordan |
| Kumite −84 kg details | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Ahmad Al-Mesfer Kuwait | Zabihollah Pourshab Iran |
| Kumite −84 kg details | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Ahmad Al-Mesfer Kuwait | Wu Chun-wei Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Nguyễn Minh Phụng Vietnam | Tareg Hamedi Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Nguyễn Minh Phụng Vietnam | Daniyar Yuldashev Kazakhstan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata details | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sou Soi Lam Macau | Monsicha Tararattanakul Thailand |
| Kata details | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sou Soi Lam Macau | Grace Lau Hong Kong |
| Kumite −50 kg details | Gu Shiau-shuang Chinese Taipei | Bakhriniso Babaeva Uzbekistan | Miho Miyahara Japan |
| Kumite −50 kg details | Gu Shiau-shuang Chinese Taipei | Bakhriniso Babaeva Uzbekistan | Junna Tsukii Philippines |
| Kumite −55 kg details | Wen Tzu-yun Chinese Taipei | Taravat Khaksar Iran | Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani Indonesia |
| Kumite −55 kg details | Wen Tzu-yun Chinese Taipei | Taravat Khaksar Iran | Wong Sok I Macau |
| Kumite −61 kg details | Yin Xiaoyan China | Rozita Alipour Iran | Choi Wan Yu Hong Kong |
| Kumite −61 kg details | Yin Xiaoyan China | Rozita Alipour Iran | Barno Mirzaeva Uzbekistan |
| Kumite −68 kg details | Guzaliya Gafurova Kazakhstan | Tang Lingling China | Pegah Zangeneh Iran |
| Kumite −68 kg details | Guzaliya Gafurova Kazakhstan | Tang Lingling China | Kayo Someya Japan |
| Kumite +68 kg details | Ayumi Uekusa Japan | Gao Mengmeng China | Hamideh Abbasali Iran |
| Kumite +68 kg details | Ayumi Uekusa Japan | Gao Mengmeng China | Nargis Hameedullah Pakistan |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kuwait (KUW) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Macau (MAC) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |

## Participating nations

A total of 186 athletes from 34 nations competed in karate at the 2018 Asian Games:
* Afghanistan (6)
* Brunei (1)
* Cambodia (2)
* China (8)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Hong Kong (7)
* India (2)
* Indonesia (8)
* Iran (8)
* Japan (8)
* Jordan (6)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kuwait (4)
* Kyrgyzstan (6)
* Laos (4)
* Macau (6)
* Malaysia (6)
* Mongolia (3)
* Nepal (8)
* North Korea (3)
* Pakistan (6)
* Palestine (4)
* Philippines (5)
* Qatar (3)
* Saudi Arabia (4)
* South Korea (8)
* Sri Lanka (6)
* Tajikistan (3)
* Thailand (8)
* Timor-Leste (5)
* United Arab Emirates (3)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Vietnam (8)
* Yemen (3)