2008 World Karate Championships

2008 World Karate Championships
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	November 13–16
Main venue	Nippon Budokan
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The 2008 World Karate Championships are the 19th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 16, 2008.^[1]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Luca Valdesi Italy (ITA)	Antonio Díaz Venezuela (VEN)	Vu Duc Minh Dack France (FRA)
			Mustafa Ibrahim Egypt (EGY)
Team kata	France	Japan	Peru
			Italy
Kumite −60 kg	Danil Domdjoni Croatia (CRO)	Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Hossein Rouhani Iran (IRI)
			Douglas Brose Brazil (BRA)
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States (USA)	Ádám Kovács Hungary (HUN)	William Rolle France (FRA)
			Takuro Nihei Japan (JPN)
Kumite −70 kg	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan (AZE)	Tamer Abdelraouf Egypt (EGY)	Saeed Baghbani Canada (CAN)
			Shinji Nagaki Japan (JPN)
Kumite −75 kg	David Dubó Chile (CHI)	Müslüm Baştürk Turkey (TUR)	Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt (EGY)
			Ko Matsuhisa Japan (JPN)
Kumite −80 kg	Satoshi Ibuchi Japan (JPN)	Islamutdin Eldarushev Russia (RUS)	Hany Shakr Egypt (EGY)
			Alibek Prenov Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Kumite +80 kg	Stefano Maniscalco Italy (ITA)	Ibrahim Gary France (FRA)	Calum Robb Scotland (SCO)
			Jonathan Horne Germany (GER)
Kumite open	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan (AZE)	Spyridon Margaritopoulos Greece (GRE)	Stefano Maniscalco Italy (ITA)
			Gogita Arkania Georgia (GEO)
Team kumite	Turkey	Serbia	Egypt
			Spain

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam (VIE)	Sara Battaglia Italy (ITA)	Kasuga Wakabayashi Japan (JPN)
			Marija Madžarević Serbia (SRB)
Team kata	Japan	France	Italy
			Spain
Kumite −53 kg	Natsuki Fujiwara Japan (JPN)	Kora Knühmann Germany (GER)	Gülderen Çelik Turkey (TUR)
			Elena Ponomareva Russia (RUS)
Kumite −60 kg	Maria Sobol Russia (RUS)	Nassim Varasteh Canada (CAN)	Katarina Strika Serbia (SRB)
			Vildan Doğan Turkey (TUR)
Kumite +60 kg	Tiffany Fanjat France (FRA)	Elisa Au-Fonseca United States (USA)	Evgenia Podborodnikova Russia (RUS)
			Cristina Feo Spain (ESP)
Kumite open	Yuka Sato Japan (JPN)	Gloria Casanova Spain (ESP)	Ema Aničić Croatia (CRO)
			Eva Tulejová-Medveďová Slovakia (SVK)
Team kumite	Germany	Spain	Italy
			France

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	1	4	9
2	France	2	2	3	7
3	Italy	2	1	4	7
4	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2
5	Russia	1	1	2	4
	Turkey	1	1	2	4
7	Germany	1	1	1	3
8	United States	1	1	0	2
9	Croatia	1	0	1	2
10	Chile	1	0	0	1
	Vietnam	1	0	0	1
12	Spain	0	2	3	5
13	Egypt	0	1	4	5
14	Serbia	0	1	2	3
15	Canada	0	1	1	2
	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
17	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
20	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Total		17	17	34	68

Participating nations

888 athletes from 97 nations competed.

References

• Results
• Results

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Official Website