2008 World Karate Championships
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]
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| Host city |  Tokyo, Japan |
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| Dates | 13–16 November |
| Main venue | Nippon Budokan |
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 |
 PeruJimmy 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 |
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| 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 |
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Egypt |
 SpainIván 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 nations) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 | |
Participating nations
888 athletes from 97 nations competed.
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References
- "World Karate Championships returning to Japan". Japan Today. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
External links
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