1998 World Karate Championship
The fourteenth karate world championship took place in 1998 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
Medals
Men
| discipline | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata men |
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Michaël Milon 
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Javier Hernández 
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| Kata team |
Japan
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 Italy
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France
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| Kumite up to 60 kg |
David Luque
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Joël Barst
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Hakan Yağlı 
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Francesco Ortu
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| Kumite up to 65 kg |
Alexandre Biamonti
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Celio René Vieira 
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José Puertas
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| Kumite up to 70 kg |
Haldun Alagaş
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Samad Azadi 
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Junior Lefervre 
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Shisua Shiina
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| Kumite up to 75 kg |
David Félix
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Antonio Carlos Pinto
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Allan Busk 
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Gennaro Talarico
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| Kumite up to 80 kg |
Gilles Cherdieu
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Ali Shaterzadeh 
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Zeynel Çelik
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Wayne Otto 
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| Kumite over 80 kg |
Marc Haubold
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Yasumasa Shimizu
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Óscar Olivares
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Davide Benetello
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| Kumite openly ippon |
Konstantinos Papadopoulos 
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Marcos Fernández
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Alireta Katiraei
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Leon Walters
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| team |
France
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England
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Germany
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Spain
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Ladies
| Event | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata ladies |
Atsuko Wakai
|
Myriam Szkudlarek
|
Roberta Sodero
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| Kata team |
Japan
|
 United States
|
Spain
|
| Kumite up to 53 kg |
Hiromi Hasama
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Sari Laine 
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Nicole Jacobs
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Nadia Mecheri
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| Kumite up to 60 kg |
Julliet Toney
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Nathalie Leroy
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Alexandra Witteborn
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Marianne Tarva
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| Kumite over 60 kg |
Laurence Fischer
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Lourene Bevaart 
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Izumi Nabeki
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Judith Nagel
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| Kumite openly ippon |
Maria Cecília de Almeida
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Petra Piskačová 
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Tania Weekers
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Yıldız macaws
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| team |
Turkey
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England
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 Croatia
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Spain
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Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
France
|
5 | 4th | 2 | 11 |
| 2 |
Japan
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 8th |
| 3 |
Turkey
|
2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4th |
England
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 6th |
| 5 |
Spain
|
1 | 1 | 6th | 8th |
| 6th |
Germany
|
1 | 1 | 4th | 6th |
| 7th |
Brazil
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8th |
Greece
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |
Italy
|
0 | 1 | 4th | 5 |
| 10 |
Finland
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |
Iran
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |
Australia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |
Czech Republic
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |
United States
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |
Venezuela
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |
Belgium
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 |
Croatia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 |
Denmark
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 17th | 17th | 30th | 64 | |