1986 World Karate Championships

1986 World Karate Championships

Host city	Sydney, Australia
Dates	03-06 October
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The 1986 WUKO World Karate Championships are the 8th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sydney, Australia from October 3 to October 6, 1986. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Tsuguo Sakamoto   Japan	Tomoyuki Aihara   Japan	Dario Marchini   Italy
Team kata	Japan	France	Yugoslavia
Kumite −60 kg	Hideto Nakano   Japan	Yoichi Uchi   Japan	Stewart MacKinnon   Great Britain
			Rudolphe Vallée   France
Kumite −65 kg	Eizu Kondo   Japan	Yuichi Suzuki   Japan	Erik Piispa   Finland
			Marc Van Reybrouck   Belgium
Kumite −70 kg	Thierry Masci   France	Ko Hayashi   Japan	Manuel Monzon   Canada
			Maurice Negro   Switzerland
Kumite −75 kg	Kenneth Leeuwin   Netherlands	José Carlos de Oliveira   Brazil	Tom Lilovac   Australia
			Ian Napier   Australia
Kumite −80 kg	Jacques Tapol   France	Pat McKay   Great Britain	José Manuel Egea   Spain
			Gianluca Guazzaroni   Italy
Kumite +80 kg	Vic Charles   Great Britain	Geoff Thompson   Great Britain	Waldemar Rauch   West Germany
			Frank Bura   Denmark
Kumite open	Karl Daggfeldt   Sweden	Claudio Guazzaroni   Italy	Dudley Josepa   Netherlands
			José Manuel Egea   Spain
Team kumite	Great Britain	France	Sweden
			Italy

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Mie Nakayama   Japan	Miki Hashimoto   Japan	Claire Curtis   Australia
Team kata	Chinese Taipei	Japan	United States
Kumite −53 kg	Sari Kauria   Finland	Yumi Yanagisawa   Japan	Yuko Hasama   Japan
			Sari Laine   Finland
Kumite −60 kg	Ritva Varelius   Finland	Molly Samuel   Great Britain	Solveig Hansen   Norway
			Christine Ferguson   Australia
Kumite +60 kg	Guusje van Mourik   Netherlands	Kari Lunde   Norway	Keiko Kawano   Japan
			Yvette Bryan   Great Britain

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	5	7	2	14
2	Great Britain	2	3	2	7
3	France	2	2	1	5
4	Finland	2	0	2	4
5	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
6	Sweden	1	0	1	2
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
8	Italy	0	1	3	4
9	Norway	0	1	1	2
10	Brazil	0	1	0	1
11	Australia	0	0	4	4
12	Spain	0	0	2	2
13	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		15	15	26	56

References

1. "Who is Sensei Frank Nowak?". Blitz . Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
2. "Black Belt". Active Interest Media. February 1974. p.  16 . Retrieved 1 November 2014– via Internet Archive. 1986 World Karate Championships.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
3. Toohey, Kristine; Taylor, Tracy (18 October 2013). Australian Sport. Routledge. ISBN   9781317969143 . Retrieved 1 November 2014.
4. "Karate Magazin" (PDF) (in German). Karate Magazin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
5. "Black Belt". Active Interest Media. February 1974. Retrieved 1 November 2014– via Internet Archive. OLYMPIC Karate in 1996.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Results
• Report