1998 World Karate Championships

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1998 World Karate Championships
Host city Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates October 15–18
Main venue Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
1996 2000  >

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.

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Ryoki Abe
 Japan (JPN)
Michaël Milon
 France (FRA)
Javier Hernández
 Spain (ESP)
Team kata  Japan  Italy  France
Kumite −60 kg David Luque
 Spain (ESP)
Joël Barst
 France (FRA)
Hakan Yağlı
 Turkey (TUR)
Francesco Ortu
 Italy (ITA)
Kumite −65 kg Alexandre Biamonti
 France (FRA)
Jean Carlos Peña
 Venezuela (VEN)
Célio René Vieira
 Brazil (BRA)
José Puertas
 Spain (ESP)
Kumite −70 kg Haldun Alagaş
 Turkey (TUR)
Samad Azadi
 Germany (GER)
Junior Lefevre
 Belgium (BEL)
Shisua Shiina
 Japan (JPN)
Kumite −75 kg David Félix
 France (FRA)
Antônio Carlos Pinto
 Brazil (BRA)
Allan Busk
 Denmark (DEN)
Gennaro Talarico
 Italy (ITA)
Kumite −80 kg Gilles Cherdieu
 France (FRA)
Ali Shaterzadeh
 Iran (IRI)
Zeynel Çelik
 Turkey (TUR)
Wayne Otto
 England (ENG)
Kumite +80 kg Marc Haubold
 Germany (GER)
Yasumasa Shimizu
 Japan (JPN)
Óscar Olivares
 Spain (ESP)
Davide Benetello
 Italy (ITA)
Kumite open Konstantinos Papadopoulos
 Greece (GRE)
Marcos Fernández
 Spain (ESP)
Alireza Katiraei
 Iran (IRI)
Leon Walters
 England (ENG)
Team kumite  France  England  Spain
 Germany

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata Atsuko Wakai
 Japan (JPN)
Myriam Szkudlarek
 France (FRA)
Roberta Sodero
 Italy (ITA)
Team kata  Japan  United States  Spain
Kumite −53 kg Hiromi Hasama
 Japan (JPN)
Sari Laine
 Finland (FIN)
Nicole Jacobs
 Germany (GER)
Nadia Mecheri
 France (FRA)
Kumite −60 kg Julliet Toney
 England (ENG)
Nathalie Leroy
 France (FRA)
Alexandra Witteborn
 Germany (GER)
Marianne Tarva
 Finland (FIN)
Kumite +60 kg Laurence Fischer
 France (FRA)
Lourene Bevaart
 Australia (AUS)
Izumi Nabeki
 Japan (JPN)
Judith Nagel
 Germany (GER)
Kumite open Maria Cecília de Almeida
 Brazil (BRA)
Petra Piskačová
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Tania Weekes
 England (ENG)
Yıldız Aras
 Turkey (TUR)
Team kumite  Turkey  England  Croatia
 Spain

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France 5 4 2 11
2  Japan 5 1 2 8
3  Turkey 2 0 3 5
4  England 1 2 3 6
5  Spain 1 1 6 8
6  Germany 1 1 4 6
7  Brazil 1 1 1 3
8  Greece 1 0 0 1
9  Italy 0 1 4 5
10  Finland 0 1 1 2
 Iran 0 1 1 2
12  Australia 0 1 0 1
 Czech Republic 0 1 0 1
 United States 0 1 0 1
 Venezuela 0 1 0 1
16  Belgium 0 0 1 1
 Croatia 0 0 1 1
 Denmark 0 0 1 1
Total 17 17 30 64

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