2004 World Karate Championships

2004 World Karate Championships

Host city	Monterrey, Mexico
Dates	18–21 November
Main venue	Monterrey Arena
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The 2004 World Karate Championships are the 17th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Monterrey, Mexico from November 18 to November 21, 2004.

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Luca Valdesi  Italy	Akio Tamashiro  Peru	Antonio Díaz  Venezuela
			Canada
Team kata	Italy Luca Valdesi	Japan	France
			Mexico
Kumite −60 kg	Paul Newby  England	Hossein Rouhani  Iran	David Luque  Spain
			Russia
Kumite −65 kg	Luis Plumacher  Venezuela	Ádám Kovács  Hungary	Argentina
			France
Kumite −70 kg	Japan	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Russia
			Spain
Kumite −75 kg	Spain	Greece	Slovakia
			Yavuz Karamollaoğlu  Turkey
Kumite −80 kg	Turkey	Netherlands	France
			John Fonseca  United States
Kumite +80 kg	Alexander Gerunov  Russia	Leon Walters  England	Croatia
			Denmark
Kumite open	England	Seydina Baldé  France	Italy
			Iran
Team kumite	France Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry Franck Chantalou Guillaume Cossou	Spain Sergio Cubero	Italy
			Russia

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	France	Brazil
			Venezuela
Team kata	Japan	France	Brazil
			Spain
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	Guatemala	Shannon Nishi  United States
			Germany
Kumite −60 kg	Yadira Lira  Mexico	France	Spain
			Germany
Kumite +60 kg	Elisa Au  United States	Vanesca Nortan  Netherlands	Hungary
			Laurence Fischer  France
Kumite open	Elisa Au  United States	Nadine Ziemer  Germany	Hungary
			Vanesca Nortan  Netherlands
Team kumite	Turkey Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik Vildan Doğan	Spain	France Laurence Fischer
			Germany Nadine Ziemer

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	1	0	5
2	England	2	1	0	3
3	Italy	2	0	2	4
	United States	2	0	2	4
5	Turkey	2	0	1	3
6	France	1	4	5	10
7	Spain	1	2	4	7
8	Russia	1	0	3	4
9	Venezuela	1	0	2	3
10	Mexico*	1	0	1	2
11	Netherlands	0	2	1	3
12	Germany	0	1	3	4
13	Hungary	0	1	2	3
14	Iran	0	1	1	2
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Guatemala	0	1	0	1
	Peru	0	1	0	1
19	Brazil	0	0	2	2
20	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		17	17	34	68

Participating nations[]

582 athletes from 79 nations competed.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• World Karate Federation
• Karate Records – World Championship 2004
• Men's results  Women's results
• Official website