1998 World Karate Championships

The 1998 World Karate Championships are the 14th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from October 15 to October 18, 1998.

1998 World Karate Championships
Host cityBrazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates15–18 October
Main venueGinásio do Maracanãzinho

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Ryoki Abe
 Japan
Michaël Milon
 France
Javier Hernández
 Spain
Team kata  Japan  Italy  France
Yves Bardreau
Stéphane Mari
Laurent Riccio
Kumite −60 kg David Luque
 Spain
Joël Barst
 France
Hakan Yağlı
 Turkey
Francesco Ortu
 Italy
Kumite −65 kg Alexandre Biamonti
 France
Jean Carlos Peña
 Venezuela
Célio René Vieira
 Brazil
José Puertas
 Spain
Kumite −70 kg Haldun Alagaş
 Turkey
Samad Azadi
 Germany
Junior Lefevre
 Belgium
Shisua Shiina
 Japan
Kumite −75 kg David Félix
 France
Antônio Carlos Pinto
 Brazil
Allan Busk
 Denmark
Gennaro Talarico
 Italy
Kumite −80 kg Gilles Cherdieu
 France
Ali Shaterzadeh
 Iran
Zeynel Çelik
 Turkey
Wayne Otto
 England
Kumite +80 kg Marc Haubold
 Germany
Yasumasa Shimizu
 Japan
Óscar Olivares
 Spain
Davide Benetello
 Italy
Kumite open Konstantinos Papadopoulos
 Greece
Marcos Fernández
 Spain
Alireza Katiraei
 Iran
Leon Walters
 England
Team kumite  France  England  Spain
Marcos Fernández
Fernando García
Tomás Herrero
César Martínez
Jesús Montosa
Óscar Olivares
Óscar Vázquez
 Germany

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Atsuko Wakai
 Japan
Myriam Szkudlarek
 France
Roberta Sodero
 Italy
Team kata  Japan  United States  Spain
Susana Bueno
Miriam Cogolludo
Gema Méndez
Kumite −53 kg Hiromi Hasama
 Japan
Sari Laine
 Finland
Nicole Jacobs
 Germany
Nadia Mecheri
 France
Kumite −60 kg Julliet Toney
 England
Nathalie Leroy
 France
Alexandra Witteborn
 Germany
Marianne Tarva
 Finland
Kumite +60 kg Laurence Fischer
 France
Lourene Bevaart
 Australia
Izumi Nabeki
 Japan
Judith Nagel
 Germany
Kumite open Maria Cecília de Almeida
 Brazil
Petra Piskačová
 Czech Republic
Tania Weekes
 England
Yıldız Aras
 Turkey
Team kumite  Turkey
Yıldız Aras
Nurhan Fırat
Leyla Gedik
Meral Ölmez
 England  Croatia
 Spain
Gloria Casanova
Rosa Ortega
Beatriz Pérez

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France54211
2 Japan5128
3 Turkey2035
4 England1236
5 Spain1168
6 Germany1146
7 Brazil*1113
8 Greece1001
9 Italy0145
10 Finland0112
 Iran0112
12 Australia0101
 Czech Republic0101
 United States0101
 Venezuela0101
16 Belgium0011
 Croatia0011
 Denmark0011
Totals (18 entries)17173064

References

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