| Host city |  Maastricht, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–25 November |
The 1984 World Karate Championships are the 7th edition of the World Karate Championships. They were held in Maastricht, Netherlands [1] from November 21 to November 25, 1984. [2] [1]
| Host city | Maastricht, Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21–25 November |
The 1984 World Karate Championships are the 7th edition of the World Karate Championships. They were held in Maastricht, Netherlands [1] from November 21 to November 25, 1984. [2] [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Tsuguo Sakamoto  Japan | Masashi Koyama Japan | Efthimios Karamitsos  West Germany |
| Kumite −60 kg | Dirk Betzien West Germany | Nicola Simmi  Italy | Isno Alberto Netherlands |
| Shinichi Hasegawa Japan | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Ramon Malavé  Sweden | Ignacio Lugo  Mexico | Roel van Loon Netherlands |
Marc Van Reybrouck  Belgium | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Jim Collins  Great Britain | Gonzalo Rodríguez  Spain | Cecil Hackett Great Britain |
| Felipe Hita Spain | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Toon Stelling Netherlands | Javier Gomez  Switzerland | Yorihisa Uchida Japan |
Serge Serfati  France | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Pat McKay Great Britain | Otti Roethof Netherlands | Dudley Josepa Netherlands |
| Pino Sacchi Italy | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Jerome Atkinson Great Britain | Claudio Guazzaroni Italy | Marc Pyrée France |
| Massimo Di Luigi Italy | |||
| Kumite open | Emmanuel Pinda France | Patrice Ruggiero France | Vic Charles Great Britain |
Jyri Kauria  Finland | |||
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Sweden | France |
| Spain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Mie Nakayama Japan | Setsuko Takagi Japan | Chu Mei-yuen  Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −53 kg | Sophie Berger France | Anita Myhren  Norway | Kim Friedl  United States |
| Catherine Girardet France | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Tomoko Konishi Japan | Wang Kuei-yuan Chinese Taipei | Beverly Morris Great Britain |
| Sari Nybäck Finland | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | Yvette Bryan Great Britain | Kari Lunde Norway |
| Stine Nygård Norway |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | West Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 13 | 13 | 24 | 50 | |
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