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]

2008 World Karate Championships
Host cityJapan Tokyo, Japan
Dates13–16 November
Main venueNippon Budokan
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Medalists

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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

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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

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan*4149
2  France2237
3  Italy2147
4  Azerbaijan2002
5  Russia1124
  Turkey1124
7  Germany1113
8  United States1102
9  Croatia1012
10  Chile1001
  Vietnam1001
12  Spain0235
13  Egypt0145
14  Serbia0123
15  Canada0112
  Kazakhstan0112
17  Greece0101
  Hungary0101
  Venezuela0101
20  Brazil0011
  Georgia0011
  Iran0011
  Peru0011
  Scotland0011
  Slovakia0011
Totals (25 entries)17173468

Participating nations

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888 athletes from 97 nations competed.

References

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