| Host city |  Taipei, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–25 November |
The 1982 World Karate Championships are the 6th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Taipei, Taiwan from November 21 to 25 November 1982. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Host city | Taipei, Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–25 November |
The 1982 World Karate Championships are the 6th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Taipei, Taiwan from November 21 to 25 November 1982. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Masashi Koyama  Japan | Domingo Llanos  United States | Maurizio Marangoni  Italy |
| Tetsuo Tabata Japan | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Jukka-Pekka Väyrynen  Finland | Rudolphe Vallée  France | Ramón Castillo  Venezuela |
Stewart MacKinnon  Great Britain | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Yuichi Suzuki Japan | Giorgio Carcangiu Italy | Toshiaki Maeda Japan |
Roberto Sanz  Spain | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Seiji Nishimura Japan | Mika Manninen Finland | Raffaele Bernardi Italy |
| Thierry Masci France | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Javier Gomez  Switzerland | Alfie Borg Great Britain | Lin Chi-min  Chinese Taipei |
Fred Royers  Netherlands | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Pat McKay Great Britain | Tapio Pirttioja Finland | Jan Holm  Denmark |
| Jacques Tapol France | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Geoff Thompson Great Britain | Patrice Ruggiero France | Mario Garofoli  Luxembourg |
| John Reeberg Netherlands | |||
| Kumite open | Hisao Murase Japan | Antonio Martínez Spain | Jerome Atkinson Great Britain |
| Pierre Pinard France | |||
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Italy | Spain |
| Japan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Mie Nakayama Japan | Chu Mei-yuen Chinese Taipei | Minako Tabata Japan |
Alexandra Starling  Australia | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Sophie Berger France | Yao Li Chinese Taipei | Francine Fillios France |
| Chiang S. Chinese Taipei | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Yukari Yamakawa Japan | Tomoko Konishi Japan | Chang W. Chinese Taipei |
| Beverly Morris Great Britain | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | T. Yamafuku Japan | Janice Argyle Great Britain |
| Nadia Ferluga Italy |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Italy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 | |
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WUKO 1982 karate world championships.
1982 Karate World Championships.