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

External links

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