1996 World Karate Championships

1996 World Karate Championships

Host city	Sun City, South Africa
Dates	7–11 November
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The 1996 World Karate Championships are the 13th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sun City, South Africa from November 7 to November 11, 1996.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Michaël Milon  France	Japan	Italy
Team kata	Japan	France	Italy
Kumite −60 kg	David Luque  Spain	Turkey	Japan
			FR Yugoslavia
Kumite −65 kg	Iran	Mark Golding  Australia	France
			Turkey
Kumite −70 kg	Russia	Slovakia	Sweden
			Junior Lefevre  Belgium
Kumite −75 kg	Wayne Otto  Great Britain	Spain	Japan
			Italy
Kumite −80 kg	France	Japan	Austria
			Spain
Kumite +80 kg	Japan	Russia	FR Yugoslavia
			Ian Cole  Great Britain
Kumite open	Paul Alderson  Great Britain	Spain	John Fonseca  United States
			Japan
Team kumite	France	Great Britain	Yugoslavia
			Spain

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Japan	United States	Germany
Team kata	Japan	United States	France
Kumite −53 kg	Sweden	France	Slovakia
			Australia
Kumite −60 kg	Julliet Toney  Great Britain	Japan	Italy
			Turkey
Kumite +60 kg	Patricia Duggin  Great Britain	Greece	Spain
			Netherlands
Kumite open	Netherlands Antilles	Japan	Austria
			Italy
Team kumite	Great Britain	Italy	Spain
			Australia

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	5	1	1	7
2	Japan	4	4	3	11
3	France	3	2	2	7
4	Spain	1	2	4	7
5	Russia	1	1	0	2
6	Sweden	1	0	1	2
7	Iran	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles	1	0	0	1
9	United States	0	2	1	3
10	Italy	0	1	5	6
11	Australia	0	1	2	3
	Turkey	0	1	2	3
13	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
14	Greece	0	1	0	1
15	Yugoslavia	0	0	3	3
16	Austria	0	0	2	2
17	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		17	17	30	64

References[]

• Results
• Results

External links[]

• World Karate Federation