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| Host city |  Sun City, South Africa |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7–11 November |
The 1996 World Karate Championships are the 13th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sun City, South Africa from 7 to 11 November 1996.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Michaël Milon  France | Ryoki Abe  Japan | Lucio Maurino  Italy |
| Team kata | Japan | France | Italy |
| Kumite −60 kg | David Luque  Spain | Hakan Yağlı  Turkey | Shinichiro Yamamoto Japan |
Rifat Mujanović  FR Yugoslavia | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Mehdi Amouzadeh  Iran | Mark Golding  Australia | Alexandre Biamonti France |
| Bahattin Kandaz Turkey | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Aslan Gubashiev  Russia | Juraj Gažo  Slovakia | Reza Mohseni  Sweden |
Junior Lefevre  Belgium | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Wayne Otto  Great Britain | Tomás Herrero Spain | Kazuaki Matsumoto Japan |
| Gennaro Talarico Italy | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu France | Toshihito Kokubun Japan | Georg Petermann  Austria |
| Fernando García Spain | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Yasumasa Shimizu Japan | Andrey Anikin Russia | Teodor Rajić FR Yugoslavia |
| Ian Cole Great Britain | |||
| Kumite open | Paul Alderson Great Britain | Óscar Olivares Spain | John Fonseca  United States |
| Manabu Takenouchi Japan | |||
| Team kumite | France | Great Britain | Yugoslavia |
| Spain |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Yuki Mimura Japan | Melanie Genung United States | Shahrzad Mansouri  Germany |
| Team kata | Japan | United States | France |
| Kumite −53 kg | Theresia Larsson Sweden | Marise Mazurier France | Marianna Lauková Slovakia |
| Robyn Choi Australia | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Julliet Toney Great Britain | Mayumi Baba Japan | Chiara Stella Bux Italy |
| Leyla Gedik Turkey | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Patricia Duggin Great Britain | Theodora Dougeni  Greece | Rosa Ortega Spain |
Bregje Kaars-Sijpestein  Netherlands | |||
| Kumite open | Yvonne Senff  Netherlands Antilles | Izumi Nabeki Japan | Karina Gansch Austria |
| Roberta Minet Italy | |||
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Italy | Spain |
| Australia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 | |
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