2002 World Karate Championships

2002 World Karate Championships
Host city	Madrid, Spain
Dates	November 21–24

The 2002 World Karate Championships are the 16th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 21 to November 24, 2002.

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Takashi Katada Japan (JPN)	Javier Hernández Spain (ESP)	Antonio Díaz Venezuela (VEN)
Individual kata	Takashi Katada Japan (JPN)	Javier Hernández Spain (ESP)	Karim Sharif Egypt (EGY)
Team kata	Japan	Spain	Croatia
Team kata	Japan	Spain	Italy
Kumite −60 kg	Damien Dovy Benin (BEN)	Cécil Boulesnane France (FRA)	Paul Newby England (ENG)
Kumite −60 kg	Damien Dovy Benin (BEN)	Cécil Boulesnane France (FRA)	Hossein Rouhani Iran (IRI)
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States (USA)	Lazar Boskovic Germany (GER)	Andrea Calzola Italy (ITA)
Kumite −65 kg	George Kotaka United States (USA)	Lazar Boskovic Germany (GER)	Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran (IRI)
Kumite −70 kg	Giuseppe di Domenico Italy (ITA)	Junior Lefevre Croatia (CRO)	Óscar Vázquez Spain (ESP)
Kumite −70 kg	Giuseppe di Domenico Italy (ITA)	Junior Lefevre Croatia (CRO)	Messaoud Hammou France (FRA)
Kumite −75 kg	Iván Leal Spain (ESP)	Jasem Vishgahi Iran (IRI)	Köksal Çakır Germany (GER)
Kumite −75 kg	Iván Leal Spain (ESP)	Jasem Vishgahi Iran (IRI)	İsmail Hakkı Şen Turkey (TUR)
Kumite −80 kg	Yann Baillon France (FRA)	Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands (NED)	Zeynel Çelik Turkey (TUR)
Kumite −80 kg	Yann Baillon France (FRA)	Daniël Sabanovic Netherlands (NED)	Miloš Živković Yugoslavia (YUG)
Kumite +80 kg	Leon Walters England (ENG)	Aleksandr Guerunov Russia (RUS)	Jan Tuček Czech Republic (CZE)
Kumite +80 kg	Leon Walters England (ENG)	Aleksandr Guerunov Russia (RUS)	Seydina Baldé France (FRA)
Kumite open	Predrag Stojadinov Yugoslavia (YUG)	Daniel Devigili Austria (AUT)	Konstantinos Papadopoulos Greece (GRE)
Kumite open	Predrag Stojadinov Yugoslavia (YUG)	Daniel Devigili Austria (AUT)	Klaudio Farmadín Slovakia (SVK)
Team kumite	Spain	England	France
Team kumite	Spain	England	Iran

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai Japan (JPN)	Myriam Szkudlarek France (FRA)	Marcela Remiášová Slovakia (SVK)
Individual kata	Atsuko Wakai Japan (JPN)	Myriam Szkudlarek France (FRA)	Yohana Sánchez Venezuela (VEN)
Team kata	France	Japan	Italy
Team kata	France	Japan	Spain
Kumite −53 kg	Kora Knühmann Germany (GER)	Michela Nanni Italy (ITA)	Sandu Anghel Romania (ROU)
Kumite −53 kg	Kora Knühmann Germany (GER)	Michela Nanni Italy (ITA)	Nadia Mecheri France (FRA)
Kumite −60 kg	Nathalie Leroy France (FRA)	Ibtissem Hannachi Tunisia (TUN)	Yoko Takahashi Japan (JPN)
Kumite −60 kg	Nathalie Leroy France (FRA)	Ibtissem Hannachi Tunisia (TUN)	Alexandra Witteborn Germany (GER)
Kumite +60 kg	Elisa Au United States (USA)	Zsuzsanna Klima Hungary (HUN)	Lucélia Ribeiro Brazil (BRA)
Kumite +60 kg	Elisa Au United States (USA)	Zsuzsanna Klima Hungary (HUN)	Laurence Fischer France (FRA)
Kumite open	Snežana Perić Yugoslavia (YUG)	Tessy Scholtes Luxembourg (LUX)	Roberta Minet Italy (ITA)
Kumite open	Snežana Perić Yugoslavia (YUG)	Tessy Scholtes Luxembourg (LUX)	Premila Supramaniam Malaysia (MAS)
Team kumite	Spain	France	Turkey
Team kumite	Spain	France	England

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	3	5	11
2	Spain	3	2	2	7
3	Japan	3	1	1	5
4	Yugoslavia	2	0	1	3
5	United States	2	0	0	2
6	Italy	1	1	4	6
7	England	1	1	2	4
7	Germany	1	1	2	4
9	Benin	1	0	0	1
10	Iran	0	1	3	4
11	Croatia	0	1	1	2
12	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
18	Turkey	0	0	3	3
19	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
19	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
21	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
Total		17	17	34	68