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| Host city |  Tampere, Finland |
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| Dates | 12–15 October |
| Main venue | Tampereen jäähalli |
The 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.
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| Host city | Tampere, Finland |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12–15 October |
| Main venue | Tampereen jäähalli |
The 2006 World Karate Championships are the 18th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tampere, Finland from October 12 to October 15, 2006.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Sara Battaglia  Italy | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân  Vietnam | Myriam Szkudlarek  France |
Eimi Kurita  United States | |||
| Team kata | France Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Laëtitia Guesnel |  Japan |  Spain Miriam Cogolludo Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz |
 Peru | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | Tomoko Araga Japan | Selene Guglielmi Italy | Heba El-Sayed  Egypt |
Kora Knühmann  Germany | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Eva Medveďová  Slovakia | Nassim Varasteh  Canada | Diana Schwab  Switzerland |
| Yuka Sato Japan | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Laurence Fischer France | Ayaka Arai Japan | Jessica Bratich  Australia |
Tamara Filipović  Serbia | |||
| Kumite open | Yıldız Aras  Turkey | Yadira Lira  Mexico | Claudia Niţu  Romania |
| Snežana Perić Serbia | |||
| Team kumite | Japan | Spain Gloria Casanova Irene Colomar Cristina Feo Lucía Zamora | Germany Jeannine Herrgesell Kora Knühmann Silvia Sperner Nadine Ziemer |
 Switzerland Fanny Clavien Reta Duverney Marilena Rubini Diana Schwab |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Egypt | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 17 | 17 | 34 | 68 | |
766 athletes from 81 nations competed. [1]
Andorra (2) Australia (11)
Austria (11) Azerbaijan (9)
Bangladesh (4)
Belarus (13) Belgium (5) Bosnia and Herzegovina (16)
Botswana (9)
Brazil (24)
Bulgaria (7) Canada (13)
Chile (1)
Chinese Taipei (6)
Colombia (4)
Congo (7) Croatia (24)
Cyprus (3)
Czech Republic (14)
Denmark (5) Egypt (16) England (12) Estonia (11) Finland (11) France (24) Germany (19)
Greece (12)
Guatemala (7)
Hong Kong (13)
Hungary (3)
Iceland (2)
India (3) Indonesia (19) Iran (16)
Ireland (3)
Israel (2) Italy (16)
Ivory Coast (8) Japan (19) Kazakhstan (10)
Kuwait (12)
Latvia (9)
Libya (2)
Luxembourg (1)
Macau (11)
Macedonia (8)
Malaysia (14) Mexico (8)
Montenegro (15)
Morocco (1) Netherlands (11)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
New Zealand (4)
Nicaragua (1)
Norway (6)
Pakistan (4) Peru (7)
Philippines (6)
Poland (9)
Portugal (2)
Qatar (7) Romania (3)
Russia (22)
Scotland (10)
Senegal (13) Serbia (19)
Seychelles (1) Slovakia (10)
Slovenia (5)
South Africa (16)
South Korea (6) Spain (21)
Sweden (16) Switzerland (13) Tunisia (8) Turkey (17)
Ukraine (3) United States (16) Venezuela (11) Vietnam (1)
Wales (2)
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