title: 1998 European Karate Championships
text: # 1998 European Karate Championships
  
  The 1998 European Karate Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in Belgrade, Serbia from May 8 to 10, 1998.
  
  ## Competition
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | Javier Hernández | Lucio Maurino | Yves Bardreau |
  | Kumite -60 kg | Hakan Yagli | Damir Vrbanic | Jason Ledgister David Luque Camacho |
  | Kumite -65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti | Drasko Stojanovic | Bahattin Kandaz Soufiane Sankhon |
  | Kumite -70 kg | Junior Lefevre | Resa Mohseni | Haldun Alagas Aleksandar Sindelic |
  | Kumite -75 kg | Gennaro Talarico | Salvatore Loria | Michaël Braun Tomas Herrero Barcelo |
  | Kumite -80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu | Predrag Stojadinov | Yann Baillon Zeynel Celik |
  | Kumite + 80 kg | Teodor Rajić | Ian Cole | Okay Arpa Seydina Balde |
  | Open Kumite | Salvatore Loria | Zeynel Celik | Andreas Horn Seci Mecheri |
  
  ### Team
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | Spain | Italy | France |
  | Kumite | England | Italy | France Yugoslavia |
  
  ### Women's competition
  
  **Individual**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | Roberta Sodero | Myriam Szkudlarek | Gema Mendez |
  | Kumite -53 kg | Nadia Mecheri | Marianna Laukova | Michela Nanni Sari Laine |
  | Kumite -60 kg | Roksanda Lasarevic | Beatriz Perez | Chiara Stella Bux Jillian Toney |
  | Kumite +60 kg | Slađana Mitić | Patricia Duggin | Laurence Fischer Nurhan Firat |
  | Kumite Open kg | Roberta Minet | Sari Laine | Chiara Stella Bux Nurhan Firat |
  
  **Team**
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Kata | France | Spain | Italy |
  | Kumite | Spain | Italy | France Turkey |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
  | 2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
  | 3 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
  | 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
  | 5 | England (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
  | 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
  | 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 9 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 |
  