1998 World Karate Championships

1998 World Karate Championships
Host city Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates October 15–18
Main venue Ginásio do Maracanãzinho
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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 54211
2 Japan 5128
3 Turkey 2035
4 England 1236
5 Spain 1168
6 Germany 1146
7 Brazil 1113
8 Greece 1001
9 Italy 0145
10 Finland 0112
 Iran 0112
12 Australia 0101
 Czech Republic 0101
 United States 0101
 Venezuela 0101
16 Belgium 0011
 Croatia 0011
 Denmark 0011
Total 17 17 30 64

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