Karate

Facts

Discipline of Karate
Participants 81
NOCs 36
Competitions held 8 (Venues)
Distinct events 14
IF World Karate Federation

Description

Karate is an Oriental martial art that developed primarily on the Japanese island of Okinawa, but quickly spread to China. There are multiple styles and schools of karate, but competitive karate is mostly held in the kata and kumite styles. Karate has been held at multiple regional Games and made its Olympic début on the program of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, with eight events – a kata event for both men and women, and three weight classes of kumite for each gender. Karate World Championships have been held since 1970. As a competitive sport, karate is governed by the World Karate Federation (WKF), which has 200 member nations as of 2022.

All-time medal table

Olympic Games

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 1 1 1 3
Spain ESP 1 1 0 2
Egypt EGY 1 0 1 2
Italy ITA 1 0 1 2
Bulgaria BUL 1 0 0 1
France FRA 1 0 0 1
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 0 0 1
Serbia SRB 1 0 0 1
Azerbaijan AZE 0 2 0 2
Türkiye TUR 0 1 3 4
People's Republic of China CHN 0 1 1 2
Ukraine UKR 0 1 1 2
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 2 2
Austria AUT 0 0 1 1
Chinese Taipei TPE 0 0 1 1
Hong Kong, China HKG 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Jordan JOR 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 1 3 0 4
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1 0 3 4
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Egypt EGY 1 0 0 1
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1 0 0 1
Norway NOR 1 0 0 1
Morocco MAR 0 2 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Ireland IRL 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
North Macedonia MKD 0 0 1 1
Serbia SRB 0 0 1 1
Türkiye TUR 0 0 1 1
Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 1 1

Most successful competitors

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ivet Goranova BUL 1 0 0 1
Feryal Ashraf EGY 1 0 0 1
Sandra Sánchez ESP 1 0 0 1
Steven Da Costa FRA 1 0 0 1
Sajad Ganjzadeh IRI 1 0 0 1
Luigi Busà ITA 1 0 0 1
Ryo Kiyuna JPN 1 0 0 1
Jovana Preković SRB 1 0 0 1
İrina Zaretska AZE 0 1 0 1
Rəfael Ağayev AZE 0 1 0 1
Yin Xiaoyan CHN 0 1 0 1
Damián Quintero ESP 0 1 0 1
Kiyou Shimizu JPN 0 1 0 1
Tareg Hamedi KSA 0 1 0 1
Eray Şamdan TUR 0 1 0 1
Anzhelika Terliuha UKR 0 1 0 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Quentin Mahauden BEL 1 0 0 1
Navid Mohammadi IRI 1 0 0 1
Mohammed Al-Assiri KSA 1 0 0 1
Yasmin Nasr El-Gewily EGY 1 0 0 1
Kokoro Sakaji JPN 1 0 0 1
Annika Sælid NOR 1 0 0 1
Masaki Yamaoka JPN 0 1 0 1
Nabil Ech-Chaabi MAR 0 1 0 1
Yassine Sekouri MAR 0 1 0 1
Sakura Sawashima JPN 0 1 0 1
Rinka Tahata JPN 0 1 0 1
Anna Chernyshova RUS 0 1 0 1

Event types

Name Gender Still contested? Times held?
Kata Men 1
Kumite, ≤67 kg Men 1
Kumite, ≤75 kg Men 1
Kumite, >75 kg Men 1
Kata Women 1
Kumite, ≤55 kg Women 1
Kumite, ≤61 kg Women 1
Kumite, >61 kg Women 1
Kumite, ≤61 kilograms Boys 1
Kumite, ≤68 kilograms Boys 1
Kumite, >68 kilograms Boys 1
Kumite, ≤53 kilograms Girls 1
Kumite, ≤59 kilograms Girls 1
Kumite, >59 kilograms Girls 1