2008 World Karate Championships Explained

2008 World Karate Championships
Size:	180
Host City:	Tokyo, Japan
Dates:	13–16 November
Stadium:	Nippon Budokan
Previous:	2006
Next:	2010

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]

Medalists

Men

Individual kata

Team kata			Jimmy Moreno Akio Tamashiro Hafid Zevallos
			Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi
Kumite −60 kg

Kumite −65 kg

Kumite −70 kg

Kumite −75 kg

Kumite −80 kg

Kumite +80 kg

Kumite open

Team kumite	Okay Arpa Yusuf Başer Müslüm Baştürk Zeki Demir Yücel Dündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin	Slobodan Bitević Stefan Ivanović Dimitrije Jerković Miloš Jovanović Vladan Rudić Vranić Dejan Umičević Miloš Živković
			Iván Leal Adrián Martínez Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Cristian Rodríguez Antonio Sánchez Óscar Vázquez

Women

Individual kata

Team kata		Clotilde Boulanger Céline Chevalier Sonia Fiuza	Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Samantha Piccolo
			Fátima de Acuña Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz
Kumite −53 kg

Kumite −60 kg

Kumite +60 kg

Kumite open

Team kumite	Yasmina Benadda Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Maria Weiß	Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Carmen Vicente	Selene Guglielmi Roberta Minet Laura Pasqua Greta Vitelli
			Nadège Ait-Ibrahim Tiffany Fanjat Alexandra Recchia Ruth Soufflet

Participating nations

888 athletes from 97 nations competed.

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External links

Notes and References

News: World Karate Championships returning to Japan. Japan Today. 2010-02-23.