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]
Host city | Tokyo, Japan |
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Dates | 13–16 November |
Main venue | Nippon Budokan |
Medalists
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editMedal 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
edit888 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- ^ "World Karate Championships returning to Japan". Japan Today. Retrieved 2010-02-23.