2008 World Karate Championships

2008 World Karate Championships
Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	13–16 November
Main venue	Nippon Budokan
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The 2008 World Karate Championships are the 19th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 16, 2008.^[1]

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Luca Valdesi Italy	Antonio Díaz Venezuela	Vu Duc Minh Dack France
Individual kata	Luca Valdesi Italy	Antonio Díaz Venezuela	Egypt
Team kata	France	Japan	Peru Akio Tamashiro
Team kata	France	Japan	Italy Luca Valdesi
Kumite −60 kg	Danil Domdjoni Croatia	Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan	Hossein Rouhani Iran
Kumite −60 kg	Danil Domdjoni Croatia	Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan	Douglas Brose Brazil
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States	Ádám Kovács Hungary	France
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States	Ádám Kovács Hungary	Japan
Kumite −70 kg	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Egypt	Canada
Kumite −70 kg	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Egypt	Japan
Kumite −75 kg	Chile	Turkey	Egypt
Kumite −75 kg	Chile	Turkey	Japan
Kumite −80 kg	Japan	Russia	Egypt
Kumite −80 kg	Japan	Russia	Kazakhstan
Kumite +80 kg	Italy	Ibrahim Gary France	Scotland
Kumite +80 kg	Italy	Ibrahim Gary France	Jonathan Horne Germany
Kumite open	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Greece	Italy
Kumite open	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Greece	Gogita Arkania Georgia
Team kumite	Turkey Okay Arpa Yusuf Başer Zeki Demir	Serbia Slobodan Bitević	Egypt
Team kumite	Turkey Okay Arpa Yusuf Başer Zeki Demir	Serbia Slobodan Bitević	Spain

Women[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam	Sara Battaglia Italy	Japan
Individual kata	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam	Sara Battaglia Italy	Serbia
Team kata	Japan	France	Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro
Team kata	Japan	France	Spain
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	Germany	Gülderen Çelik Turkey
Kumite −53 kg	Japan	Germany	Russia
Kumite −60 kg	Russia	Canada	Serbia
Kumite −60 kg	Russia	Canada	Vildan Doğan Turkey
Kumite +60 kg	France	Elisa Au-Fonseca United States	Russia
Kumite +60 kg	France	Elisa Au-Fonseca United States	Spain
Kumite open	Japan	Spain	Croatia
Kumite open	Japan	Spain	Slovakia
Team kumite	Germany	Spain	Italy
Team kumite	Germany	Spain	France Alexandra Recchia

Medal table[]

* Host nation (Japan)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan*	4	1	4	9
2	France	2	2	3	7
3	Italy	2	1	4	7
4	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2
5	Russia	1	1	2	4
5	Turkey	1	1	2	4
7	Germany	1	1	1	3
8	United States	1	1	0	2
9	Croatia	1	0	1	2
10	Chile	1	0	0	1
10	Vietnam	1	0	0	1
12	Spain	0	2	3	5
13	Egypt	0	1	4	5
14	Serbia	0	1	2	3
15	Canada	0	1	1	2
15	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
17	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
20	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Peru	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 nations)		17	17	34	68