2008 World Karate Championships

2008 World Karate Championships
Host city Japan 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 4149
2 France 2237
3 Italy 2147
4 Azerbaijan 2002
5 Russia 1124
 Turkey 1124
7 Germany 1113
8 United States 1102
9 Croatia 1012
10 Chile 1001
 Vietnam 1001
12 Spain 0235
13 Egypt 0145
14 Serbia 0123
15 Canada 0112
 Kazakhstan 0112
17 Greece 0101
 Hungary 0101
 Venezuela 0101
20 Brazil 0011
 Georgia 0011
 Iran 0011
 Peru 0011
 Scotland 0011
 Slovakia 0011
Total 17 17 34 68

Participating nations

888 athletes from 97 nations competed.

References

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