1998 World Karate Championships

1998 World Karate Championships

Host city	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates	15–18 October
Main venue	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
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The 1998 World Karate Championships are the 14th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 15 to October 18, 1998.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Japan	Michaël Milon  France	Spain
Team kata	Japan	Italy	France
Kumite −60 kg	David Luque  Spain	France	Turkey
			Italy
Kumite −65 kg	France	Venezuela	Brazil
			Spain
Kumite −70 kg	Haldun Alagaş  Turkey	Germany	Junior Lefevre  Belgium
			Japan
Kumite −75 kg	David Félix  France	Brazil	Denmark
			Italy
Kumite −80 kg	France	Iran	Turkey
			Wayne Otto  England
Kumite +80 kg	Germany	Japan	Spain
			Italy
Kumite open	Greece	Spain	Alireza Katiraei  Iran
			Leon Walters  England
Team kumite	France	England	Spain
			Germany

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	France	Italy
Team kata	Japan	United States	Spain
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	Sari Laine  Finland	Germany
			France
Kumite −60 kg	Julliet Toney  England	France	Germany
			Finland
Kumite +60 kg	Laurence Fischer  France	Australia	Japan
			Germany
Kumite open	Brazil	Czech Republic	Tania Weekes  England
			Yıldız Aras  Turkey
Team kumite	Turkey Yıldız Aras Nurhan Fırat	England	Croatia
			Spain Beatriz Pérez

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	5	4	2	11
2	Japan	5	1	2	8
3	Turkey	2	0	3	5
4	England	1	2	3	6
5	Spain	1	1	6	8
6	Germany	1	1	4	6
7	Brazil*	1	1	1	3
8	Greece	1	0	0	1
9	Italy	0	1	4	5
10	Finland	0	1	1	2
	Iran	0	1	1	2
12	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
16	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		17	17	30	64

References[]

External links[]

• World Karate Federation
• Karate Records – World Championship 1998
• Results