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Kumite, ≤75 kg, Men

Date	6 August 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Participants	10 from 10 countries

Competitors were divided into two round-robin pools with the top two competitors advancing to semi-finals and final. Luigi Busa (ITA) was world ranked #1, although he was competing against 5 time World Champion Rafael Aghayev (AZE).

Pool A saw the top four competitors separated by just one point with the top two, Gábor Hárspataki (HUN) and Stanislav Horuna (UKR) being the two successful qualifiers. In pool B, Aghayev secured his qualification by winning his first three bouts. Needing a win to advance, Busa defeated Aghayev by 3-1 (a yuko and waza-ari against a yuko) in his last contest, securing his place in the semi-finals.

The first semi-final resulted in a comfortable win for Aghayev. With an early ippon, he further scored throughout the contest to win by 7-0 over Hárspataki. Busa was in control of his contest with Horuna, scoring yukos at regular intervals to win by 3-0. The final was a tense match, the only score being a yuko scored by Busa after 1:42, to win the gold medal by 1-0.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Luigi Busà	ITA	Gold
2	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE	Silver
=3	Stanislav Horuna	UKR	Bronze
=3	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN	Bronze
=5	Noah Bitsch	GER
=5	Ken Nishimura	JPN
=7	Nurkanat Azhikanov	KAZ
=7	Tom Scott	USA
=9	Tsuneari Yahiro	AUS
=9	Abdalla Mamduh	EGY

Round One

Date	6 August 2021 — 17:00
Format	Round-robin pools. Top two karateka advance to the semi-finals.

Pool A

Time	17:00

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Ties	Losses	Points	Points	Yuko	Waza-ari	Ippon
1	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN	2	1	1	5	8-11	5-5	0-0	1-2	Q
2	Stanislav Horuna	UKR	2	1	1	5	5-6	5-4	0-1	0-0	Q
3	Ken Nishimura	JPN	2	0	2	4	12-12	12-9	0-0	0-1
4	Tom Scott	USA	2	0	2	4	16-13	4-10	0-0	4-1
5	Abdalla Mamduh	EGY	1	0	3	2	19-18	14-12	1-0	1-2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	06 Aug 17:00	Ken Nishimura	JPN	Points	Tom Scott	USA
Bout #2	06 Aug 17:07	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN	Sudden death	Abdalla Mamduh	EGY
Bout #3	06 Aug 17:28	Stanislav Horuna	UKR	Points	Ken Nishimura	JPN
Bout #4	06 Aug 17:35	Tom Scott	USA	Points	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN
Bout #5	06 Aug 17:56	Ken Nishimura	JPN	Points	Abdalla Mamduh	EGY
Bout #6	06 Aug 18:03	Stanislav Horuna	UKR	Points	Tom Scott	USA
Bout #7	06 Aug 18:24	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN	Tie	Stanislav Horuna	UKR
Bout #8	06 Aug 18:31	Tom Scott	USA	Points	Abdalla Mamduh	EGY
Bout #9	06 Aug 18:52	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN	Points	Ken Nishimura	JPN
Bout #10	06 Aug 18:59	Abdalla Mamduh	EGY	Points	Stanislav Horuna	UKR

Pool B

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Points	Points	Yuko	Waza-ari	Ippon
1	Luigi Busà	ITA	3	1	6	10-5	6-5	2-0	0-0	Q
2	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE	3	1	6	11-6	9-4	1-1	0-0	Q
3	Noah Bitsch	GER	2	2	4	14-10	9-4	1-0	1-2
4	Nurkanat Azhikanov	KAZ	2	2	4	13-9	5-6	1-0	2-1
5	Tsuneari Yahiro	AUS	0	4	0	6-24	0-10	0-4	2-2

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	06 Aug 17:14	Nurkanat Azhikanov	KAZ	Points	Tsuneari Yahiro	AUS
Bout #2	06 Aug 17:21	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE	Points	Noah Bitsch	GER
Bout #3	06 Aug 17:42	Luigi Busà	ITA	Points	Tsuneari Yahiro	AUS
Bout #4	06 Aug 17:49	Noah Bitsch	GER	Sudden death	Nurkanat Azhikanov	KAZ
Bout #5	06 Aug 18:10	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE	Points	Tsuneari Yahiro	AUS
Bout #6	06 Aug 18:17	Nurkanat Azhikanov	KAZ	Points	Luigi Busà	ITA
Bout #7	06 Aug 18:38	Luigi Busà	ITA	Sudden death	Noah Bitsch	GER
Bout #8	06 Aug 18:45	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE	Points	Nurkanat Azhikanov	KAZ
Bout #9	06 Aug 19:06	Noah Bitsch	GER	Points	Tsuneari Yahiro	AUS
Bout #10	06 Aug 19:13	Luigi Busà	ITA	Points	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE

Semi-Finals

Date	6 August 2021 — 20:22

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	06 Aug 20:22	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE	Points	Gábor Hárspataki	HUN
Bout #2	06 Aug 20:30	Luigi Busà	ITA	Points	Stanislav Horuna	UKR

Final Round

Date	6 August 2021 — 20:50

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	06 Aug 20:50	Luigi Busà	ITA	Points	Rəfael Ağayev	AZE