| Host city |  Tallinn, Estonia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–4 May |
The 2002 European Karate Championships , the 37th edition, was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 2 to 4 May 2002. [1]
| Host city | Tallinn, Estonia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2–4 May |
The 2002 European Karate Championships , the 37th edition, was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 2 to 4 May 2002. [1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Luca Valdesi | Lucio Maurino |  Stéphane Marie  Manuel Rodríguez |
| Kumite –60 kg | Cécil Boulesnane | Francesco Ortu |  Borislav Ivanov David Luque |
| Kumite –65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti | Andrea Calzola |  Marco Caamano  Jason Ledgister |
| Kumite –70 kg |  Haldun Alagaş |  Anthony Boelbaai | Messaoud Hammou  Eki Luukka |
| Kumite –75 kg | Iván Leal | Salvatore Loria |  Anton Gavrilov  Konstantinos Papadopoulos |
| Kumite –80 kg |  Denis Muhović | Daniël Sabanovic |  Ewan Robb [2] Davin Pack |
| Kumite +80 kg | Seydina Baldé | Leon Walters | David Benetello Alexander Gerunov |
| Kumite Open | Serafin Blanco | Zeynel Çelik |  Predrag Stojadinov Alexander Gerunov |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata |  Petra Nová | Myriam Szkudlarek | Sabrina Buil Miriam Cogolludo |
| Kumite –53 kg | Nadia Mecheri | Estefania García |  Kora Knühmann Evdoxia Kosmidou |
| Kumite –60 kg | Noelia Fernández |  Milica Ilčíková | Nathalie Chereau Nathalie Leroy |
| Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer | Tania Weekes |  Tessy Scholtes Snežana Pantić |
| Kumite Open | Yıldız Aras | Roberta Mita | Nathalie Leroy Cristin Feo |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kata | France | Spain Miriam Cogolludo Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz |  Croatia Italy |
| Kumite | France | FR Yugoslavia | England Spain Gloria Casanova Cristina Feo Estefanía García Lucía Zamora |
| Nazione | O | A | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Spain | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scotland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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