Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's kata

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Women's kata
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue Nippon Budokan
Date5 August 2021
Competitors10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sandra Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Kiyou Shimizu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Grace Lau Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Bronze medal icon.svg Viviana Bottaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

The women's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan. [1]

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Competition format

Competitors were divided into two pools of 5 or 6, and each took turns to perform two sets of kata in the elimination round. The top-three competitors by average score in each pool advanced to the ranking round, where they performed a third set of kata. The winner of pool A faced the winner of pool B in the gold medal bout. Two bronze medals were awarded in kata events. The runner-up of pool A faced the third-place finisher of pool B in a bronze medal bout, while the runner-up of pool B faced the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout. [2]

Schedule

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

DateTimeRound
Thursday, 5 August 202110:00
11:25
19:30
19:50
20:00
Elimination round
Ranking round
Bronze medal bouts
Gold medal bout
Victory ceremony

Results

Elimination and ranking rounds

Pool A [3]
Athlete1st kata2nd kataAvg.Rank3rd kataRankQualification
Flag of Spain.svg  Sandra Sánchez  (ESP)27.2627.6027.431 Q27.861 QGold medal bout
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Grace Lau  (HKG)25.6826.6226.152 Q26.402 qBronze medal bout
Flag of the United States.svg  Sakura Kokumai  (USA)25.4226.0825.753 Q25.543 qBronze medal bout
Flag of Germany.svg  Jasmin Jüttner  (GER)24.4224.1624.294Did not advance
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Puleksenija Jovanoska  (MKD)23.8024.0023.905
Pool B
Athlete1st kata2nd kataAvg.Rank3rd kataRankQualification
Flag of Japan.svg  Kiyou Shimizu  (JPN)27.4028.0027.701 Q27.861 QGold medal bout
Flag of Italy.svg  Viviana Bottaro  (ITA)25.5425.6025.572 Q26.462 q Bronze medal bout
Flag of Turkey.svg  Dilara Bozan  (TUR)24.4625.0624.763 Q25.783 q Bronze medal bout
Flag of France.svg  Alexandra Feracci  (FRA)24.3224.4824.404Did not advance
Flag of New Zealand.svg  Andrea Anacan  (NZL)23.4623.7823.625

Bronze medal bouts

5 August
19:30
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Grace Lau  (HKG)26.94–26.52Flag of Turkey.svg  Dilara Bozan  (TUR)

5 August
19:40
Flag of the United States.svg  Sakura Kokumai  (USA)25.40–26.48Flag of Italy.svg  Viviana Bottaro  (ITA)

Gold medal bout

5 August
19:50
Flag of Spain.svg  Sandra Sánchez  (ESP)28.06–27.88Flag of Japan.svg  Kiyou Shimizu  (JPN)

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