Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 61 kg

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Women's kumite 61 kg
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Nippon Budokan
Date6 August 2021
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jovana Preković Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Silver medal icon.svg Yin Xiaoyan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Giana Farouk Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg Merve Çoban Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey

The women's kumite 61 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan. [1]

Competition format

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 faced 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]

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC+9).

DateTimeRound
Friday, 6 August 202112:28
20:05
20:40
21:00
Pool stage
Semifinals
Gold medal match
Victory ceremony

Results

Pool stage

Pool A [3]
PosAthleteBWDLPtsScore Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Venezuela.svg Flag of Japan.svg Flag of France.svg
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yin Xiaoyan  (CHN)440089–42–22–04–21–0
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Merve Çoban  (TUR)42024 [a] 12–62–26–24–00–2
3Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Claudymar Garcés  (VEN)42024 [a] 18–130–22–68–58–0
4Flag of Japan.svg  Mayumi Someya  (JPN)41032 [b] 13–192–40–45–86–3
5Flag of France.svg  Leïla Heurtault  (FRA)41032 [b] 5–150–12–00–83–6
Source: Tokyo 2020
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Çoban (TUR) 6–2 Garcés (VEN)
  2. 1 2 Someya (JPN) 6–3 Heurtault (FRA)
Pool B
PosAthleteBWDLPtsScore Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of Egypt.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Peru.svg Flag of Morocco.svg
1Flag of Serbia.svg  Jovana Preković  (SRB)4400811–61–16–41–03–1
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Giana Farouk  (EGY)4301610–21–12–12–05–0
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Anita Serogina  (UKR)4112312–104–61–26–11–1
4Flag of Peru.svg  Alexandra Grande  (PER)410324–100–10–21–63–1
5Flag of Morocco.svg  Btissam Sadini  (MAR)401313–121–30–51–11–3
Source: Tokyo 2020

Finals

 
SemifinalsGold medal
 
      
 
 
 
 
A1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yin Xiaoyan  (CHN)
1
 
 
 
B2
Flag of Egypt.svg  Giana Farouk  (EGY)Bronze medal icon.svg
1
 
A1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yin Xiaoyan  (CHN)Silver medal icon.svg
0
 
 
 
B1
Flag of Serbia.svg  Jovana Preković  (SRB)
Gold medal icon.svg
0
 
B1
Flag of Serbia.svg  Jovana Preković  (SRB)
2
 
 
A2
Flag of Turkey.svg  Merve Çoban  (TUR)Bronze medal icon.svg
0
 

References

  1. "2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results". 2020 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. "FAQs" (PDF). World Karate Federation . Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. "Tokyo 2020 Standings–Female 61 kg". World Karate Federation . Retrieved 22 July 2021.