2002 World Karate Championships

2002 World Karate Championships

Host city	Madrid, Spain
Dates	21–24 November

The 2002 World Karate Championships are the 16th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 21 to November 24, 2002.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Takashi Katada Japan	Javier Hernández Spain	Antonio Díaz Venezuela
			Karim Sharif Egypt
Team kata	Japan	Spain Javier Hernández Víctor López Fernando San José	Croatia
			Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi
Kumite −60 kg	Damien Dovy Benin	Cécil Boulesnane France	Paul Newby England
			Hossein Rouhani Iran
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States	Lazar Boskovic Germany	Andrea Calzola Italy
			Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran
Kumite −70 kg	Giuseppe Di Domenico Italy	Junior Lefevre Croatia	Óscar Vázquez Spain
			Messaoud Hammou France
Kumite −75 kg	Iván Leal Spain	Jasem Vishkaei Iran	Köksal Çakır Germany
			İsmail Hakkı Şen Turkey
Kumite −80 kg	Yann Baillon France	Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands	Zeynel Çelik Turkey
			Miloš Živković Yugoslavia
Kumite +80 kg	Leon Walters England	Alexander Gerunov Russia	Jan Tuček Czech Republic
			Seydina Baldé France
Kumite open	Predrag Stojadinov Yugoslavia	Daniel Devigili Austria	Konstantinos Papadopoulos Greece
			Klaudio Farmadín Slovakia
Team kumite	Spain Tomás Herrero Iván Leal Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Ángel Ramiro David Santana Óscar Vázquez	England	France Yann Baillon Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry Rida Bel Lahsen Alexandre Biamonti David Félix Messaoud Hammou
			Iran Mehdi Amouzadeh Mehran Behnamfar Maziar Elhami Alireza Katiraei Nasser Khajeh-Hosseini Hassan Shaterzadeh Jasem Vishkaei

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai Japan	Myriam Szkudlarek France	Marcela Remiášová Slovakia
			Yohana Sánchez Venezuela
Team kata	France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Laëtitia Guesnel	Japan	Italy Luisa Arrabito Alessia Gasperini Annalisa Penolazzi
			Spain Miriam Cogolludo Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz
Kumite −53 kg	Kora Knühmann Germany	Michela Nanni Italy	Sandu Anghel Romania
			Nadia Mecheri France
Kumite −60 kg	Nathalie Leroy France	Ibtissem Hannachi Tunisia	Yoko Takahashi Japan
			Alexandra Witteborn Germany
Kumite +60 kg	Elisa Au United States	Zsuzsanna Klima Hungary	Lucélia Ribeiro Brazil
			Laurence Fischer France
Kumite open	Snežana Perić Yugoslavia	Tessy Scholtes Luxembourg	Roberta Minet Italy
			Premila Supramaniam Malaysia
Team kumite	Spain Gloria Casanova Cristina Feo Noelia Fernández Estefanía García	France Patricia Chéreau Laurence Fischer Nathalie Leroy Nadia Mecheri	Turkey Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik Meral Ölmez
			England

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	3	5	11
2	Spain	3	2	2	7
3	Japan	3	1	1	5
4	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	3
5	United States	2	0	0	2
6	Italy	1	1	4	6
7	England	1	1	2	4
	Germany	1	1	2	4
9	Benin	1	0	0	1
10	Iran	0	1	3	4
11	Croatia	0	1	1	2
12	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
18	Turkey	0	0	3	3
19	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
21	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		17	17	34	68

Participating nations

751 athletes from 84 nations competed.

• Albania (1)
• Algeria (16)
• Andorra (4)
• Argentina (7)
• Australia (20)
• Austria (15)
• Azerbaijan (7)
• Bangladesh (4)
• Belarus (9)
• Belgium (8)
• Benin (1)
• Bermuda (5)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (11)
• Brazil (15)
• Bulgaria (8)
• Cameroon (2)
• Canada (12)
• Chile (3)
• Chinese Taipei (10)
• Colombia (1)
• Congo (7)
• Costa Rica (1)
• Croatia (18)
• Cyprus (2)
• Czech Republic (12)
• Denmark (4)
• Egypt (15)
• England (19)
• Estonia (8)
• Finland (10)
• France (20)
• Gabon (9)
• Georgia (2)
• Germany (19)
• Greece (12)
• Hong Kong (5)
• Hungary (4)
• Iceland (3)
• India (6)
• Indonesia (6)
• Iran (12)
• Ireland (4)
• Italy (20)
• Ivory Coast (8)
• Japan (19)
• Jordan (8)
• Kazakhstan (7)
• Luxembourg (4)
• Macau (3)
• Macedonia (9)
• Malaysia (13)
• Malta (1)
• Mexico (10)
• Morocco (10)
• Netherlands (9)
• New Zealand (7)
• Norway (5)
• Peru (8)
• Poland (5)
• Portugal (11)
• Qatar (3)
• Romania (8)
• Russia (16)
• Rwanda (5)
• San Marino (2)
• Scotland (16)
• Senegal (15)
• Slovakia (12)
• Slovenia (4)
• South Africa (12)
• South Korea (6)
• Spain (19)
• Sweden (4)
• Switzerland (12)
• Tunisia (12)
• Turkey (19)
• Ukraine (18)
• United Arab Emirates (8)
• United States (12)
• Uzbekistan (7)
• Venezuela (2)
• Vietnam (4)
• Wales (3)
• Yugoslavia (18)

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Karate Records – World Championship 2002
• Day 1 results  Day 2 results  Day 3 results  Day 4 results