Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was an event held in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It was the debut appearance of karate at the Summer Olympics. Karate was one of four new sports added to the Olympic program specifically for 2020, rather than as a permanent sport.
Karate at the Summer Olympics made its debut at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Japan.
The following medal table is a list of 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and one non-NOC team ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, from 23 July to 8 August 2021.
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.
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 6 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 Men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 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.
The women's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
Sandra Sánchez Jaime is a Spanish karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, she became world champion in the women's individual kata event at the 2018 World Championships in Madrid, Spain. She also won the gold medal in this event at the European Karate Championships in six consecutive competitions. She is also recognised by Guinness World Records for winning the most medals in the Karate1 Premier League; she won 35 consecutive medals between January 2014 and February 2020.
Steven Da Costa, sometimes written as Steven Dacosta is a French karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the men's 67 kg event at the 2018 World Karate Championships held in Madrid, Spain. He is also a two-time gold medalist in this event at the European Karate Championships.
Kiyou Shimizu is a Japanese karateka competing in the women's kata event. She won the silver medal in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a two-time gold medalist at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the Asian Games.
Viviana Bottaro is an Italian karateka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She has also won numerous medals in the women's individual kata and women's team kata events at the World Karate Championships and the European Karate Championships. She is a two-time bronze medalist in the women's individual kata event at the World Karate Championships. She is also the 2014 European champion in this event.
Ryo Kiyuna is a Japanese karateka. He won the gold medal in the men's kata event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He is also a three-time gold medalist in the men's kata event at the World Karate Championships and a two-time gold medalist in the men's team kata event, alongside Arata Kinjo and Takuya Uemura. He is also a four-time gold medalist in both the individual and team kata events at the Asian Karate Championships.
Tareg Ali Hamedi is a Saudi Arabian karateka. He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's +75 kg event after being disqualified for knocking out his opponent. He is also a five-time medalist, including two gold medals, at the Asian Karate Championships. He is also a bronze medalist at the Asian Games.
Ivet Goranova is a Bulgarian karateka. She won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She also won the gold medal in the women's kumite 55 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Feryal Ashraf Abdelaziz is an Egyptian karateka and the first female Egyptian to have won a gold medal at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal in the women's +61 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
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