2002 World Karate Championships

2002 World Karate Championships

Host city	Madrid, Spain
Dates	21–24 November
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The 2002 World Karate Championships are the 16th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 21 to November 24, 2002.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Japan	Spain	Antonio Díaz  Venezuela
			Egypt
Team kata	Japan	Spain	Croatia
			Italy Luca Valdesi
Kumite −60 kg	Damien Dovy  Benin	France	Paul Newby  England
			Hossein Rouhani  Iran
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka  United States	Germany	Italy
			Iran
Kumite −70 kg	Italy	Junior Lefevre  Croatia	Spain
			France
Kumite −75 kg	Spain	Jasem Vishkaei  Iran	Germany
			Turkey
Kumite −80 kg	France	Netherlands	Turkey
			FR Yugoslavia
Kumite +80 kg	Leon Walters  England	Alexander Gerunov  Russia	Czech Republic
			Seydina Baldé  France
Kumite open	FR Yugoslavia	Austria	Greece
			Slovakia
Team kumite	Spain	England	France Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry David Félix
			Iran

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	France	Slovakia
			Venezuela
Team kata	France	Japan	Italy
			Spain
Kumite −53 kg	Germany	Italy	Romania
			France
Kumite −60 kg	France	Tunisia	Japan
			Germany
Kumite +60 kg	Elisa Au  United States	Hungary	Brazil
			Laurence Fischer  France
Kumite open	Snežana Perić  FR Yugoslavia	Tessy Scholtes  Luxembourg	Italy
			Malaysia
Team kumite	Spain	France Laurence Fischer	Turkey Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik
			England

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	3	5	11
2	Spain	3	2	2	7
3	Japan	3	1	1	5
4	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	3
5	United States	2	0	0	2
6	Italy	1	1	4	6
7	England	1	1	2	4
	Germany	1	1	2	4
9	Benin	1	0	0	1
10	Iran	0	1	3	4
11	Croatia	0	1	1	2
12	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
18	Turkey	0	0	3	3
19	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
21	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 nations)		17	17	34	68

Participating nations[]

751 athletes from 84 nations competed.

References[]

External links[]

• World Karate Federation
• Karate Records – World Championship 2002
• Day 1 results  Day 2 results  Day 3 results  Day 4 results