2008 World Karate Championships

2008 World Karate Championships

Host city	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	13–16 November
Main venue	Nippon Budokan

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.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Luca Valdesi Italy	Antonio Díaz Venezuela	Vu Duc Minh Dack France
			Mustafa Ibrahim Egypt
Team kata	France Julien Dupont Ayoub Neghliz Jonathan Plagnol	Japan	Peru Jimmy Moreno Akio Tamashiro Hafid Zevallos
			Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi
Kumite −60 kg	Danil Domdjoni Croatia	Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan	Hossein Rouhani Iran
			Douglas Brose Brazil
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States	Ádám Kovács Hungary	William Rollé France
			Takuro Nihei Japan
Kumite −70 kg	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Tamer Abdelraouf Egypt	Saeed Baghbani Canada
			Shinji Nagaki Japan
Kumite −75 kg	David Dubó Chile	Müslüm Baştürk Turkey	Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt
			Ko Matsuhisa Japan
Kumite −80 kg	Satoshi Ibuchi Japan	Islamutdin Eldaruchev Russia	Hany Shakr Egypt
			Alibek Prenov Kazakhstan
Kumite +80 kg	Stefano Maniscalco Italy	Ibrahim Gary France	Calum Robb Scotland
			Jonathan Horne Germany
Kumite open	Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan	Spyridon Margaritopoulos Greece	Stefano Maniscalco Italy
			Gogita Arkania Georgia
Team kumite	Turkey Okay Arpa Yusuf Başer Müslüm Baştürk Zeki Demir Yücel Dündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin	Serbia Slobodan Bitević Stefan Ivanović Dimitrije Jerković Miloš Jovanović Vladan Rudić Vranić Dejan Umičević Miloš Živković	Egypt
			Spain Iván Leal Adrián Martínez Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Cristian Rodríguez Antonio Sánchez Óscar Vázquez

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam	Sara Battaglia Italy	Kasuga Wakabayashi Japan
			Marija Madžarević Serbia
Team kata	Japan	France Clotilde Boulanger Céline Chevalier Sonia Fiuza	Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Samantha Piccolo
			Spain Fátima de Acuña Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz
Kumite −53 kg	Natsuki Fujiwara Japan	Kora Knühmann Germany	Gülderen Çelik Turkey
			Elena Ponomareva Russia
Kumite −60 kg	Maria Sobol Russia	Nassim Varasteh Canada	Katarina Strika Serbia
			Vildan Doğan Turkey
Kumite +60 kg	Tiffany Fanjat France	Elisa Au-Fonseca United States	Evgenia Podborodnikova Russia
			Cristina Feo Spain
Kumite open	Yuka Sato Japan	Gloria Casanova Spain	Ema Aničić Croatia
			Eva Tulejová-Medveďová Slovakia
Team kumite	Germany Yasmina Benadda Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Maria Weiß	Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Carmen Vicente	Italy Selene Guglielmi Roberta Minet Laura Pasqua Greta Vitelli
			France Nadège Ait-Ibrahim Tiffany Fanjat Alexandra Recchia Ruth Soufflet

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
	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
	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
	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 entries)		17	17	34	68

Participating nations

888 athletes from 97 nations competed.

• Afghanistan (4)
• Algeria (7)
• Argentina (5)
• Armenia (4)
• Australia (11)
• Austria (10)
• Azerbaijan (8)
• Belarus (3)
• Belgium (10)
• Belize (2)
• Benin (5)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (14)
• Brazil (19)
• Bulgaria (10)
• Canada (16)
• Chile (3)
• China (13)
• Chinese Taipei (11)
• Colombia (11)
• Congo (7)
• Costa Rica (12)
• Croatia (26)
• Czech Republic (10)
• Denmark (16)
• Dominican Republic (4)
• Ecuador (3)
• Egypt (16)
• El Salvador (3)
• England (15)
• Estonia (6)
• Fiji (2)
• Finland (5)
• France (23)
• Georgia (1)
• Germany (22)
• Greece (14)
• Hong Kong (20)
• Hungary (5)
• Iceland (2)
• India (8)
• Indonesia (7)
• Iran (16)
• Ireland (2)
• Israel (4)
• Italy (16)
• Japan (19)
• Jordan (4)
• Kazakhstan (14)
• Kuwait (11)
• Latvia (1)
• Macau (13)
• Macedonia (11)
• Madagascar (1)
• Malaysia (13)
• Mauritius (5)
• Mexico (15)
• Moldova (2)
• Montenegro (4)
• Morocco (5)
• Netherlands (8)
• Netherlands Antilles (1)
• New Zealand (9)
• Nicaragua (1)
• Nigeria (1)
• Northern Ireland (1)
• Norway (5)
• Pakistan (4)
• Peru (3)
• Poland (10)
• Portugal (8)
• Qatar (6)
• Romania (11)
• Russia (21)
• Saudi Arabia (9)
• Scotland (8)
• Senegal (11)
• Serbia (18)
• Singapore (3)
• Slovakia (16)
• Slovenia (9)
• South Africa (18)
• South Korea (15)
• Spain (20)
• Sweden (9)
• Switzerland (10)
• Syria (5)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Thailand (3)
• Tunisia (10)
• Turkey (24)
• Ukraine (6)
• United States (19)
• Uruguay (1)
• Uzbekistan (9)
• Venezuela (13)
• Vietnam (11)
• Wales (2)

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Official Website
• Karate Records – World Championship 2008
• Day 1–2 results  Day 3 results  Day 4 results