Karate at the 2001 World Games – Men's kumite open

Karate men's kumite open at the 2001 World Games
Venue	Tenno Town Gymnasium, Tenno, Akita, Japan
Dates	19 August 2001
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
David Félix   Konstantinos Papadopoulos   Craig Burke
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The men's kumite open competition in karate at the 2001 World Games took place on 19 August 2001 at the Tenno Town Gymnasium in Tenno, Akita, Japan. ^[1]

Competition format

A total of 8 athletes entered the competition. In preliminary round they fought in two groups. Winners of this groups advanced to gold medal match. Second place athletes advanced to bronze medal match.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	SP	GRE	GBR	JPN	VEN
1	Konstantinos Papadopoulos  (GRE)	3	3	0	0	6	18		W	W	W
2	Craig Burke  (GBR)	3	2	0	1	4	12	L		W	W
3	Kiyohiko Tosa  (JPN)	3	0	1	2	1	14	L	L		D
4	Oswaldo Lopez  (VEN)	3	0	1	2	1	7	L	L	D

Group B

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	SP	FRA	IRI	ITA	USA
1	David Félix  (FRA)	3	2	1	0	5	11		D	W	W
2	Ali Shaterzadeh  (IRI)	3	2	1	0	5	6	D		W	W
3	Davide Benetello  (ITA)	3	1	0	2	2	3	L	L		W
	Alireza Anissipour  (USA)	3	0	0	3	0	0	L	L	L

Finals

	Score
Gold medal match
Konstantinos Papadopoulos  (GRE)	1−6	David Félix  (FRA)
Bronze medal match
Craig Burke  (GBR)	4−1	Ali Shaterzadeh  (IRI)

References

1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2020-06-25.

External links

• Results on IWGA website