| Competition: | 1988 European Karate Championships |
| Dates: | May 11 to 13 |
| Location: |  Genoa, Italy |
| Prev: | 1987 |
| Next: | 1989 |
The 1988 European Karate Championships, the 23rd edition, was held in Genoa, Italy from May 3 to 5, 1988.[1]
| Kata | Dario Marchini |  Luis-María Sanz | Steve Morris[2] | |
| Kumite -60 kg |  Stein Rønning |  Leslie Fairclough | Evaristo Criado  Damien Dovy | |
| Kumite -65 kg | Francesco Muffato | Reginaldo Doran Jesús Juan Rubio | ||
| Kumite -70 kg | Wayne Otto | Ali Aktepe | Achille Degli Abbati Thierry Masci | |
| Kumite -75 kg | Kenneth Leeuwin | Paul Giacinti  Pavlo Protopapa | ||
| Kumite -80 kg | José Manuel Egea | Dudley Josepa | Gianluca Guazzaroni Claude Pettinella | |
| Kumite +80 kg | Marc Pyrée | Emmanuel Pinda | ||
| Kumite Sanbon |  Karl Daggfeldt | José Manuel Egea | ||
| Kumite Ippon | Jörg Reuß | Giovanni Tramontini | Andrea Lentini  Veysel Bugur |
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| Kata | Cristina Restelli | Lena Svensson | ||
| Kumite -53 kg | Catherine Girardet | Anna Di Cesare |  Sari Laine Visitacion Garces | |
| Kumite -60 kg | Yolanda Dutrey | Loredana Montacchiesi | Annette Bailey Molly Samuels | |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guus van Mourik | Diane Reilly | Manuela Garcia Karin Sökare |
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