| Host city |  Sydney, Australia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 03-06 October |
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]
| Host city | Sydney, Australia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 03-06 October |
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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
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