| Men's kumite 75 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 6 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of karateka Qualification | ||
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| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| +75 kg | +61 kg | |
The men's kumite 75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan. [1]
The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of five athletes, with those positioned 1st and 4th seeded to Pool A, and those positioned 2nd and 3rd to Pool B. The athlete that finished first in Pool A will face the athlete that finished second in Pool B in the semifinals, and vice versa. There were no bronze medal matches in the kumite events. Losers of the semifinals each received a bronze medal. [2]
All times are in local time (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Friday, 6 August 2021 | 17:00 20:22 20:50 21:00 | Pool stage Semifinals Gold medal match Victory ceremony |
| Athlete | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | ||
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 Gábor Hárspataki (HUN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Semifinals | ||
 Stanislav Horuna (UKR) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
 Ken Nishimura (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Thomas Scott (USA) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Abdalla Abdelaziz (EGY) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Athlete | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | ||
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 Luigi Busà (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Semifinals | ||
 Rafael Aghayev (AZE) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
 Noah Bitsch (GER) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Nurkanat Azhikanov (KAZ) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Tsuneari Yahiro (AUS) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Semifinals | Gold medal | |||||
A1 Gábor Hárspataki (HUN) | 0 | |||||
B2 Rafael Aghayev (AZE) | 7 | |||||
B2 Rafael Aghayev (AZE) | 0 | |||||
B1 Luigi Busà (ITA) | 1 | |||||
B1 Luigi Busà (ITA) | 3 | |||||
A2 Stanislav Horuna (UKR) | 0 | |||||
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except 1932 and 1980, joining the United States-led boycott in the latter.
Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.
Kazakhstan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Venezuela competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's nineteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Saudi Arabia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The men's kumite 67 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The men's kumite +75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The women's kumite 55 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The women's kumite 61 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
The women's kumite +61 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
Claudymar Antonia Garcés Sequera is a Venezuelan karateka. She won the silver medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.
Elena Quirici is a Swiss karateka. She is a two-time medalist at the World Karate Championships and a seven-time medalist, including four golds, at the European Karate Championships.
Silvia Semeraro is an Italian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kumite 68 kg event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States. Semeraro also won the gold medal in the same event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She won the silver medal in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ken Nishimura is a Japanese karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite 75 kg event at the 2019 Asian Karate Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He represented Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in karate. He competed in the men's 75 kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals.
Brian Irr is an American karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kumite +84 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In the final, he defeated Daniel Gaysinsky of Canada.
Darkhan Assadilov is a Kazakhstani karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2010, he won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.
Thomas Scott is an American karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75 kg event at the 2021 World Karate Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is also a three-time gold medalist in the men's 75 kg event at the Pan American Games. He won the silver medal in this event at the 2011 Pan American Games.
Károly Gábor Hárspataki is a Hungarian karateka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 75 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's 75 kg event at the 2023 World Karate Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Kalvis Kalniņš is a karateka from Latvia. He is a five-time medalist at the European Karate Championships; he won one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals there. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60 kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia.
Noah Bitsch is a German karateka. He has won medals at both the World Karate Championships and European Karate Championships with his best individual result being bronze at the 2014 World Karate Championships and silver at the 2015 European Karate Championships. He has also won medals in the men's team kumite event at several editions of both competitions. In 2013, he also won the silver medal in his event at the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia.
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