Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's individual kata explained

Event:	Men's individual kata
Games:	2023
Venue:	Contact Sports Center
Dates:	November 3
Competitors:	8
Nations:	8
Gold:	Ariel Torres
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Cleiver Leocadio
Silvernoc:	VEN
Bronze:	Luca Impagnatiello
Bronzenoc:	ARG
Bronze2:	Larry Aracena
Bronzenoc2:	DOM
Prev:	2019

The men's individual kata competition of the karate events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 3 at the Contact Sports Center (Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto) in Santiago, Chile.^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 3, 2023	11:00	Pool matches
November 3, 2023	16:24	Final

Results

The athletes with the two best scores of each pool advance to the semifinals.^[3]

Pool A

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1		3	3	0	9
2		3	2	1	6
3		3	1	2	3
4		3	0	3	0

	Score
	37.70–40.20
	38.60–39.80
	36.90–39.50
	39.00–40.50
	39.70–38.30
	37.90–40.10

Pool B

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1		3	3	0	9
2		3	2	1	6
3		3	1	2	3
4		3	0	3	0

	Score
	38.50–40.10
	39.50–41.60
	37.90–38.40
	39.20–41.50
	40.30–40.10
	38.00–41.80

Finals

The results were as follows:^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venues. www.santiago2023.org. Santiago Organizing Committee for the 2023 Pan and Parapan American Games. 21 October 2023.
2. Web site: Sport Calendar Pan American Games. 21 July 2022. www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 16 October 2023.
3. Web site: Karate Men's individual kata pool results. November 30, 2023.
4. Web site: Karate Men's individual kata final results. November 30, 2023.