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| Host city |  Granada, Spain |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19–22 November |
| Main venue | Palacio Municipal de Deportes |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Luis María Sanz Spain | Ryoki Abe  Japan | Laurent Riccio  France |
| Team kata | Japan | Spain | France |
| Kumite −60 kg | Veysel Buğur  Turkey | David Luque Spain | Norimassa Fujita Japan |
| Damien Dovy France | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Jesús Juan Rubio Spain | Bahattin Kandaz Turkey | Janne Timonen  Finland |
Murat Uysal  Germany | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | William Thomas  Great Britain | Junichi Watanabe Japan | Ronny Rivano  Netherlands |
Massimiliano Oggianu  Italy | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Wayne Otto Great Britain | Jørn-Ove Hansen  Norway | Berthold Bürkle Germany |
| Tomás Herrero Spain | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | José Manuel Egea Spain | Miroslav Gachulinec  Czechoslovakia | Dudley Josepa  Curaçao |
| Christophe Pinna France | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Brian Peakall  Australia | Serge Tomao France | Juan Hernández Spain |
| Hans Roovers Netherlands | |||
| Kumite open ippon | Akira Hayashi Japan | None awarded | Toni Dietl Germany |
| None awarded | |||
| Team kumite | Spain |  Sweden | Japan |
| France |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Yuki Mimura Japan | Melanie Genung  United States | Maite San Narciso Spain |
| Team kata | Japan | United States | Spain |
| Kumite −53 kg | Charlene Machin Australia | Jillian Toney Great Britain | Özgür Yaman Turkey |
| Marise Mazurier France | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Molly Samuel Great Britain | Chiara Stella Bux Italy | Tanja Petrović  FR Yugoslavia |
| Carmen García Spain | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Catherine Belrhiti France | Nurhan Fırat Turkey | Silvia Wiegärtner Germany |
| Yukiko Yoneda Japan | |||
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Netherlands | France |
| Italy |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | France | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 7 | United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Curaçao | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 16 | 15 | 27 | 58 | |
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