The karate competition at the World Games 2009 took place from July 25 to July 26, at the National Sun Yat-Sen University Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Men's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Luca Valdesi (ITA)
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 Vu Duc Minh Dack (FRA)
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 Antonio Díaz (VEN)
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| Kumite −60 kg |  Douglas Santos (BRA)
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 Hsia Wen-haung (TPE)
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 Danil Domdjoni (CRO)
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| Kumite −65 kg |  Ádám Kovács (HUN)
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William Rolle (FRA)
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 Ömer Kemaloğlu (TUR)
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| Kumite −70 kg | Jean Peсa (VEN)
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 Shinji Nagaki (JPN)
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 Tamer Morsy (EGY)
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| Kumite −75 kg |  Georgios Tzanos (GRE)
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 Diego Vandeschrick (BEL)
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Kou Matsuhisa (JPN)
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| Kumite −80 kg | Huang Hao-yun (TPE)
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 Islamutdin Eldaruchev (RUS)
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Konstantinos Papadopoulos (GRE)
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| Kumite +80 kg |  Jonathan Horne (GER)
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Spyridon Margaritopoulos (GRE)
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 Almir Cecunjanin (MNE)
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| Kumite open |  Khalid Khalidov (KAZ)
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Kestha Hany (EGY)
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Almir Cecunjanin (MNE)
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Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân (VIE)
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 María Dimitrova (DOM)
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Sara Battaglia (ITA)
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| Kumite −53 kg | Jelena Kovačević (CRO)
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Chen Yen-hui (TPE)
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Gülderen Çelik (TUR)
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| Kumite −60 kg | Maria Sobol (RUS)
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 Eva Tulejová-Medveďová (SVK)
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Chang Ting (TPE)
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| Kumite +60 kg |  Arnela Odžaković (BIH)
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Tiffany Fanjat (FRA)
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Silvia Sperner (GER)
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| Kumite open | Eva Medvedová-Tulejová (SVK)
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 Letitia Carr (NZL)
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Ema Aničić (CRO)
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