title: 2008 World Karate Championships
text: # 2008 World Karate Championships
  
  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.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual kata | Luca Valdesi Italy | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Vu Duc Minh Dack France |
  | Individual kata | Luca Valdesi Italy | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Mustafa Ibrahim Egypt |
  | Team kata | France Julien Dupont Ayoub Neghliz Jonathan Plagnol | Japan | Peru Jimmy Moreno Akio Tamashiro Hafid Zevallos |
  | Team kata | France Julien Dupont Ayoub Neghliz Jonathan Plagnol | Japan | Italy Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Danil Domdjoni Croatia | Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan | Hossein Rouhani Iran |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Danil Domdjoni Croatia | Darkhan Assadilov Kazakhstan | Douglas Brose Brazil |
  | Kumite −65 kg | George Kotaka United States | Ádám Kovács Hungary | William Rollé France |
  | Kumite −65 kg | George Kotaka United States | Ádám Kovács Hungary | Takuro Nihei Japan |
  | Kumite −70 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Tamer Abdelraouf Egypt | Saeed Baghbani Canada |
  | Kumite −70 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Tamer Abdelraouf Egypt | Shinji Nagaki Japan |
  | Kumite −75 kg | David Dubó Chile | Müslüm Baştürk Turkey | Mohamed Abdelrahman Egypt |
  | Kumite −75 kg | David Dubó Chile | Müslüm Baştürk Turkey | Ko Matsuhisa Japan |
  | Kumite −80 kg | Satoshi Ibuchi Japan | Islamutdin Eldaruchev Russia | Hany Shakr Egypt |
  | Kumite −80 kg | Satoshi Ibuchi Japan | Islamutdin Eldaruchev Russia | Alibek Prenov Kazakhstan |
  | Kumite +80 kg | Stefano Maniscalco Italy | Ibrahim Gary France | Calum Robb Scotland |
  | Kumite +80 kg | Stefano Maniscalco Italy | Ibrahim Gary France | Jonathan Horne Germany |
  | Kumite open | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Spyridon Margaritopoulos Greece | Stefano Maniscalco Italy |
  | Kumite open | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Spyridon Margaritopoulos Greece | Gogita Arkania Georgia |
  | Team kumite | Turkey Okay Arpa Yusuf Başer Müslüm Baştürk Zeki Demir Yücel Dündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin | Serbia Slobodan Bitević Stefan Ivanović Dimitrije Jerković Miloš Jovanović Vladan Rudić Vranić Dejan Umičević Miloš Živković | Egypt |
  | Team kumite | Turkey Okay Arpa Yusuf Başer Müslüm Baştürk Zeki Demir Yücel Dündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin | Serbia Slobodan Bitević Stefan Ivanović Dimitrije Jerković Miloš Jovanović Vladan Rudić Vranić Dejan Umičević Miloš Živković | Spain Iván Leal Adrián Martínez Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Cristian Rodríguez Antonio Sánchez Óscar Vázquez |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Individual kata | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Sara Battaglia Italy | Kasuga Wakabayashi Japan |
  | Individual kata | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Sara Battaglia Italy | Marija Madžarević Serbia |
  | Team kata | Japan | France Clotilde Boulanger Céline Chevalier Sonia Fiuza | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Samantha Piccolo |
  | Team kata | Japan | France Clotilde Boulanger Céline Chevalier Sonia Fiuza | Spain Fátima de Acuña Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz |
  | Kumite −53 kg | Natsuki Fujiwara Japan | Kora Knühmann Germany | Gülderen Çelik Turkey |
  | Kumite −53 kg | Natsuki Fujiwara Japan | Kora Knühmann Germany | Elena Ponomareva Russia |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Maria Sobol Russia | Nassim Varasteh Canada | Katarina Strika Serbia |
  | Kumite −60 kg | Maria Sobol Russia | Nassim Varasteh Canada | Vildan Doğan Turkey |
  | Kumite +60 kg | Tiffany Fanjat France | Elisa Au-Fonseca United States | Evgenia Podborodnikova Russia |
  | Kumite +60 kg | Tiffany Fanjat France | Elisa Au-Fonseca United States | Cristina Feo Spain |
  | Kumite open | Yuka Sato Japan | Gloria Casanova Spain | Ema Aničić Croatia |
  | Kumite open | Yuka Sato Japan | Gloria Casanova Spain | Eva Tulejová-Medveďová Slovakia |
  | Team kumite | Germany Yasmina Benadda Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Maria Weiß | Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Carmen Vicente | Italy Selene Guglielmi Roberta Minet Laura Pasqua Greta Vitelli |
  | Team kumite | Germany Yasmina Benadda Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Maria Weiß | Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Carmen Vicente | France Nadège Ait-Ibrahim Tiffany Fanjat Alexandra Recchia Ruth Soufflet |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  * Host nation (Japan)
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Japan* | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
  | 2 | France | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
  | 3 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
  | 4 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 5 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 7 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
  | 13 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
  | 14 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 15 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 15 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 17 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 17 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 17 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 20 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 20 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 20 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 20 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 20 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 20 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  888 athletes from 97 nations competed.
  
  * Afghanistan (4)
  * Algeria (7)
  * Argentina (5)
  * Armenia (4)
  * Australia (11)
  * Austria (10)
  * Azerbaijan (8)
  * Belarus (3)
  * Belgium (10)
  * Belize (2)
  * Benin (5)
  * Bosnia and Herzegovina (14)
  * Brazil (19)
  * Bulgaria (10)
  * Canada (16)
  * Chile (3)
  * China (13)
  * Chinese Taipei (11)
  * Colombia (11)
  * Congo (7)
  * Costa Rica (12)
  * Croatia (26)
  * Czech Republic (10)
  * Denmark (16)
  * Dominican Republic (4)
  * Ecuador (3)
  * Egypt (16)
  * El Salvador (3)
  * England (15)
  * Estonia (6)
  * Fiji (2)
  * Finland (5)
  * France (23)
  * Georgia (1)
  * Germany (22)
  * Greece (14)
  * Hong Kong (20)
  * Hungary (5)
  * Iceland (2)
  * India (8)
  * Indonesia (7)
  * Iran (16)
  * Ireland (2)
  * Israel (4)
  * Italy (16)
  * Japan (19)
  * Jordan (4)
  * Kazakhstan (14)
  * Kuwait (11)
  * Latvia (1)
  * Macau (13)
  * Macedonia (11)
  * Madagascar (1)
  * Malaysia (13)
  * Mauritius (5)
  * Mexico (15)
  * Moldova (2)
  * Montenegro (4)
  * Morocco (5)
  * Netherlands (8)
  * Netherlands Antilles (1)
  * New Zealand (9)
  * Nicaragua (1)
  * Nigeria (1)
  * Northern Ireland (1)
  * Norway (5)
  * Pakistan (4)
  * Peru (3)
  * Poland (10)
  * Portugal (8)
  * Qatar (6)
  * Romania (11)
  * Russia (21)
  * Saudi Arabia (9)
  * Scotland (8)
  * Senegal (11)
  * Serbia (18)
  * Singapore (3)
  * Slovakia (16)
  * Slovenia (9)
  * South Africa (18)
  * South Korea (15)
  * Spain (20)
  * Sweden (9)
  * Switzerland (10)
  * Syria (5)
  * Tajikistan (1)
  * Thailand (3)
  * Tunisia (10)
  * Turkey (24)
  * Ukraine (6)
  * United States (19)
  * Uruguay (1)
  * Uzbekistan (9)
  * Venezuela (13)
  * Vietnam (11)
  * Wales (2)
  