| 1994 European Karate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | National Indoor Arena |
| Location |  Birmingham, England |
| Dates | May 2–4, 1994. |
The 1994 European Karate Championships , the 29th edition, was held in the sports complex of the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England from May 2 to 4, 1994. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Michaël Milon |  Luis-María Sanz |  Pasquale Acri |
| Kumite -60 kg |  Hakan Yagli | David Luque Camacho | Damien Dovy  Patrik Eriksson |
| Kumite -65 kg | Michaël Braun |  Tim Stephens |  Scott Cunningham Daniele Simmi |
| Kumite -70 kg | Romain Anselmo | Aytekin Soykan |  Samad Azadi Alain Varo |
| Kumite -75 kg | Wayne Otto | Gennaro Talarico |  Daniel Devigli Massimiliano Oggianu |
| Kumite -80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu | Davide Benetello | Gabriel Berg Carlos Meana |
| Kumite +80 kg | Oscar Olivares |  Vladimir Jokovic | John Roddie [3] Luigi Salzillo |
| Kumite Open | Claudio Della Rocca |  Enver Idrizi | George Petermann  Ján Stupka |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | France | Italy | Spain |
| Kumite | Italy | France | England  Switzerland |
 | This section is missing information about medallists in the table below.(January 2015) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Cinzia Colajacomo | Nadia Dumont [4] | Schahrzad Mansouri |
| Kumite -53 kg |  Sari Laine | Maryse Mazurier | Elena Tuccitto Julliet Toney |
| Kumite -60 kg | Chiara Stella Bux | Tatjana Petrovic | Carmen García  Larissa Karatounova |
| Kumite +60 kg | Sophie Jean-Pierre | Rosa Ortega [5] | Kirsty Coulter [3] Karin Olsson |
| Kumite Open | Consuelo Hernández [6] | Nathalie Beniot | Patricia Duggin Sari Laine |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | Spain | France | Germany |
| Kumite | France | Sweden [7] | Italy Spain |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Scotland (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 | |
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