| Women's kumite 68 kg at the 2023 World Karate Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena | ||||||||||||
| Location | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 24, 28 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 54 from 54 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 World Karate Championships | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| Kata | Kata | |
| 60 kg | 50 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| 84 kg | 68 kg | |
| +84 kg | +68 kg | |
| Team kata | Team kata | |
| Team kumite | Team kumite | |
The women's kumite 68 kg competition at the 2023 World Karate Championships was held on 24 and 28 October 2023. [1] [2]
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
 Alizée Agier | 0 | |||||
 Elena Quirici | 1 | |||||
| Elena Quirici | 4 | |||||
 Irina Zaretska | 5 | |||||
 Ceyco Georgia Zefanya | 5 | |||||
| Irina Zaretska | 5 | |||||
| Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
 Elizabeta Molnar | 1 | |||||||||
 Marianth Cuervo | 6 | |||||||||
| Marianth Cuervo | 0 | |||||||||
 María Nieto | 1 | |||||||||
| María Nieto | 0 | |||||||||
| Alizée Agier | 5 | |||||||||
| Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
 Madeleine Schröter | 5 | |||||||||
 Marina Vukovic | 3 | |||||||||
| Madeleine Schröter | 3 | |||||||||
 Skylar Lingl | 2 | |||||||||
| Madeleine Schröter | 0 | |||||||||
| Ceyco Georgia Zefanya | 4 | |||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
 Nissrine Brouk | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Annika Sælid | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Nissrine Brouk | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Line Zacho Knudsen | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Line Zacho Knudsen | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Juliet McLachlan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Nissrine Brouk | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Sadea Bećirović | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Lauren Salisbury | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Sadea Bećirović | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Sadea Bećirović | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Tsubasa Kama | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Nissrine Brouk | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Alizée Agier | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Konstantina Peppa | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alizée Agier | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alizée Agier | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Sudenur Aksoy | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Bárbara Rodrigues | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Sudenur Aksoy | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Alizée Agier | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Silvia Semeraro | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Wiktoria Grejner | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Vlera Qerimi | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Wiktoria Grejner | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Silvia Semeraro | 0 | |||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
| María Nieto | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Yap Pui Mun | 0 | |||||||||||||
| María Nieto | 6 | |||||||||||||
 Mobina Heydari | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Tamara Živković | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mobina Heydari | 6 | |||||||||||||
| María Nieto | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Halyna Melnyk | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Wong Cheuk Lee | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Catlin Kelly | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wong Cheuk Lee | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Halyna Melnyk | 3 | |||||||||||||
| María Nieto | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Elena Quirici | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Bonu Egamberdieva | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Marianth Cuervo | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Marianth Cuervo | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Anna Kudriavtseva | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Marianth Cuervo | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Elena Quirici | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Karima Mekkaoui | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeta Molnar | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeta Molnar | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Elena Quirici | 1 | |||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
 Ola El-Medany | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Sára Krivdová | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Sára Krivdová | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Ignacia Morales | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ignacia Morales | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Paria Eizadyari | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Sára Krivdová | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ceyco Georgia Zefanya | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Dana Teodorescu | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Ivona Ćavar | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ivona Ćavar | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Ceyco Georgia Zefanya | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Ceyco Georgia Zefanya | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Laura Alikul | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Vasilisa Bujić | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Robin van Wezel | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Robin van Wezel | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Magatte Seck | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Magatte Seck | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Hilary Pond | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robin van Wezel | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Laura Alikul | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Fatma Khasaif | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Niharika Kaurav | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Fatma Khasaif | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Laura Alikul | 1 | |||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
 Angela Mojsovska | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Dorottya Pap | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Angela Mojsovska | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Li Qiaoqiao | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Nesrine Bougrine | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Li Qiaoqiao | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Li Qiaoqiao | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Skylar Lingl | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Anita Makyan | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Paola Rubio | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Anita Makyan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Skylar Lingl | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Skylar Lingl | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Irina Zaretska | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Lina Puche | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Marina Vukovic | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Marina Vukovic | 2 | |||||||||||||
 Joyce Akinyi | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Marina Vukovic | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Irina Zaretska | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Madeleine Schröter | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Wissal Ezzar | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Madeleine Schröter | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Irina Zaretska | 6 | |||||||||||||
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