2004 World Karate Championships

Karate competition

2004 World Karate ChampionshipsHost city|  Monterrey, Mexico

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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

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual kata  | Luca Valdesi
Italy | Akio Tamashiro
Peru | Antonio Díaz
Venezuela
Toshihide Uchiage
Canada
Team kata  |  Italy
Vincenzo Figuccio
Lucio Maurino
Luca Valdesi |  Japan |  France
Julien Dupont
Ayoub Neghliz
Jonathan Plagnol
Mexico
Kumite −60 kg  | Paul Newby
England | Hossein Rouhani
Iran | David Luque
Spain
Yury Kalashnikov
Russia
Kumite −65 kg  | Luis Plumacher
Venezuela | Ádám Kovács
Hungary | Lucio Martínez
Argentina
Alexandre Biamonti
France
Kumite −70 kg  | Shinji Nagaki
Japan | Mensur Cakić
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sayguidmagomed Shakhrudinov
Russia
Óscar Vázquez
Spain
Kumite −75 kg  | David Santana
Spain | Konstantinos Papadopoulos
Greece | Klaudio Farmadín
Slovakia
Yavuz Karamollaoğlu
Turkey
Kumite −80 kg  | Zeynel Çelik
Turkey | Daniël Sabanovic
Netherlands | Yann Baillon
France
John Fonseca
United States
Kumite +80 kg  | Alexander Gerunov
Russia | Leon Walters
England | Alen Zamlić
Croatia
Thomas Bjuring
Denmark
Kumite open  | Rory Daniels
England | Seydina Baldé
France | Stefano Maniscalco
Italy
Mehran Behnamfar
Iran
Team kumite  |  France
Yann Baillon
Seydina Baldé
Olivier Beaudry
Ludovic Cacheux
Franck Chantalou
Guillaume Cossou
Florian Malguy |  Spain
Santiago Bayo
Sergio Cubero
Iván Leal
Francisco Martínez
Óscar Martínez
David Santana
Óscar Vázquez |  Italy
Davide Benetello
Giuseppe Di Domenico
Vincenzo Iarnone
Biagio Laforgia
Salvatore Loria
Stefano Maniscalco
Ciro Massa
Russia

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual kata  | Atsuko Wakai
Japan | Myriam Szkudlarek
France | Alessandra Caribé
Brazil
Yohana Sánchez
Venezuela
Team kata  |  Japan |  France
Jessica Buil
Sabrina Buil
Laëtitia Guesnel |  Brazil
Spain
Miriam Cogolludo
Ruth Jiménez
Almudena Muñoz
Kumite −53 kg  | Tomoko Araga
Japan | Cheili González
Guatemala | Shannon Nishi
United States
Kora Knühmann
Germany
Kumite −60 kg  | Yadira Lira
Mexico | Nathalie Leroy
France | Noelia Fernández
Spain
Alexandra Kurtz
Germany
Kumite +60 kg  | Elisa Au
United States | Vanesca Nortan
Netherlands | Zsuzsanna Klima
Hungary
Laurence Fischer
France
Kumite open  | Elisa Au
United States | Nadine Ziemer
Germany | Zsuzsanna Klima
Hungary
Vanesca Nortan
Netherlands
Team kumite  |  Turkey
Yıldız Aras
Gülderen Çelik
Vildan Doğan
Meral Ölmez |  Spain
Gloria Casanova
Cristina Feo
Noelia Fernández
Estefanía García |  France
Patricia Chéreau
Laurence Fischer
Nathalie Leroy
Nadia Mécheri
Germany
Yasmina Benadda
Kora Knühmann
Alexandra Kurtz
Nadine Ziemer

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Mexico)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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 entries)| 17| 17| 34| 68

## Participating nations

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582 athletes from 79 nations competed.[1]

* Algeria (1)
* Argentina (7)
* Australia (13)
* Austria (19)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Belgium (6)
* Bermuda (8)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (15)
* Botswana (8)
* Brazil (13)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (6)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Colombia (5)
* Congo (8)
* Costa Rica (3)
* Croatia (17)
* Cuba (2)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Denmark (4)
* Dominican Republic (4)
* Ecuador (7)
* Egypt (9)
* El Salvador (9)
* England (13)
* Estonia (3)
* Fiji (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (22)
* Germany (15)
* Greece (7)
* Guatemala (7)
* Hong Kong (8)
* Hungary (3)
* Iceland (2)
* Indonesia (6)
* Iran (12)
* Ireland (4)
* Italy (15)
* Japan (20)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Latvia (2)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Macau (4)
* Macedonia (5)
* Malaysia (7)
* Mexico (21)
* Morocco (1)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (10)
* Netherlands Antilles (2)
* New Zealand (2)
* Norway (8)
* Panama (5)
* Peru (5)
* Philippines (8)
* Portugal (3)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Qatar (3)
* Russia (12)
* San Marino (1)
* Scotland (8)
* Senegal (14)
* Serbia and Montenegro (14)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (15)
* South Korea (18)
* Spain (21)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (6)
* Tunisia (8)
* Turkey (15)
* United States (11)
* Uzbekistan (3)
* Venezuela (11)
* Vietnam (5)
* Wales (2)

## References

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1. ^ "17th World Karate Seniors Championships" (PDF). WKF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

## External links

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

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