2008 World Karate Championships

Karate competition

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[edit]

### Men[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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[edit]

* Host nation (Japan)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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[edit]

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)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "World Karate Championships returning to Japan". Japan Today. Retrieved 2010-02-23.

## External links[edit]

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

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