| Event: | Karate |
| Games: | 2010 South American Games |
| Dates: | March 26–28 |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2014 |
There were 18 karate events at the 2010 South American Games: 9 men's events and 9 women's events. The events were held over March 26–28.
| Men's events | |||
| Men's individual kata | Antonio Díaz | Marco Sá | Martin Juiz [1] |
| Alfredo Moreno [2] | |||
| Men's team kata | Raul Ceballos Jimmy Moreno Alfredo Tamashiro [3] | Alexandre Cavalcante Klemerson Chagas Marco Sá | Jamir Avila Daniel Guerrero William Rodríguez |
| Luis Contreras Luis dos Santos Jean Vásquez | |||
| Men's 60kg | Andrés Rendón | Miguel Oviedo | Francisco Javier Vega |
| Robin Blanco | |||
| Men's 67kg | Jean Carlos Peña | Daniel Viveros | Guillermo Ramírez |
| Jesús Paucarcaja | |||
| Men's 75kg | David Dubó [4] | Esteban Espinoza | Franco Icasati |
| Willians Quirino | |||
| Men's 84kg | Caio Duprat | Cesar Herrera | Edwin Assereto [5] |
| Andres Loor | |||
| Men's +84kg | Ángel Aponte | Franco Recouso | Franklin Guerrón |
| Luis Alvarado | |||
| Men's open | Guillermo Ramírez | Franco Icasati | Caio Duprat |
| Franklin Mina | |||
| Men's team kumite | Wellington Barbosa Douglas Brose Rafael Martins Willians Quirino Luiz Santana Junior Thiago Silva | Camilo Cárdenas Francisco Cifuentes Leonardo Felizzola Yilber Oroco Guillermo Ramírez Andrés Rendón | Diego Bórquez David Dubó Cristian Figueredo Nicolás Moscoso Roberto Salgado Miguel Soffia [6] |
| Ángel Aponte Robin Blanco César Herrera Jean Carlos Peña Andrés Pirela Yeremi Rodriguez | |||
| Women's events | |||
| Women's individual kata | Sandra Salazar | Yohana Sánchez | Yessenia Reyes |
| Patricia Chiron | |||
| Women's team kata | Wendy Chac Saida Salcedo Akemi Takase | Elaine Martínez Yenire Rivero Yohana Sánchez | Marta Castaño Edith Quintero Diana Ríos |
| Priscila Cáceres Suanny Guadalupe Yessenia Reyes | |||
| Women's 50kg | Gabriela Bruna | Jessica Cândido | Merly Huamaní |
| Dougmay Camacaro | |||
| Women's 55kg | Jessy Reyes | Valéria Kumizaki | Stella Urango |
| Jacqueline Factos | |||
| Women's 61kg | Alexandra Grande | Virginia Acevedo | Lina Gómez |
| Daniela Suárez | |||
| Women's 68kg | Yoly Guillén | Lucélia Ribeiro | Verónica Lugo |
| Ana Escandón | |||
| Women's +68kg | Yeisy Piña | Perla Salazar | no medal awarded |
| Women's open | Stella Urango | Carmen Arias | Alexandra Grande |
| Natalia Brozulatto | |||
| Women's team kumite | Yoly Guillén Thays Moncada Yeisy Piña Daniela Suárez | Carmen Arias Priscila Cáceres Jacqueline Factos María Reyes | Natália Brozulatto Lucélia de Carvalho Jeanis Colzani Beatriz Janini Valéria Kumizaki Lucélia Ribeiro |
| Gabriela Bruna Elizabeth Retamal Jessy Reyes Lorena Salamanca | |||