1988 World Karate Championships

1988 World Karate Championships

Host city	Cairo, Egypt
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The 1988 World Karate Championships are the 9th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Cairo, Egypt in October 1988.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Japan	Japan	Italy
Team kata	Japan	Italy	France
Kumite −60 kg	Abdu Shaher  Great Britain	Italy	Stein Rønning  Norway
			Japan
Kumite −65 kg	Tim Stephens  Great Britain	Netherlands	Spain
			Italy
Kumite −70 kg	France	Spain	Japan
			France
Kumite −75 kg	Japan	Sweden	Toni Dietl  West Germany
			Spain
Kumite −80 kg	Netherlands	Mervyn Etienne  Great Britain	José Manuel Egea  Spain
			West Germany
Kumite +80 kg	Emmanuel Pinda  France	Vic Charles  Great Britain	Sweden
			Italy
Kumite open ippon	José Manuel Egea  Spain	Great Britain	Ryosuke Shimizu  Japan
			Emmanuel Pinda  France
Kumite open sanbon	Italy	Vic Charles  Great Britain	Japan
			Netherlands
Team kumite	Great Britain	Netherlands	Spain
			Italy

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Japan	Japan	United States
Team kata	Japan	United States	Italy
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	France	Venezuela
			Great Britain
Kumite −60 kg	Japan	Japan	United States
			West Germany
Kumite +60 kg	Guusje van Mourik  Netherlands	Sweden	France
			Italy

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	7	3	4	14
2	Great Britain	3	4	1	8
3	Netherlands	2	2	1	5
4	France	2	1	4	7
5	Italy	1	2	6	9
6	Spain	1	1	4	6
7	Sweden	0	2	1	3
8	United States	0	1	2	3
9	West Germany	0	0	3	3
10	Norway	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		16	16	28	60

References[]

• Results
• Results

External links[]

• Karateka magazine report
• World Karate Federation