| Host city |  Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8–11 December |
The 1994 World Karate Championships are the 12th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from December 8 to December 11, 1994.
| Host city | Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8–11 December |
The 1994 World Karate Championships are the 12th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from December 8 to December 11, 1994.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Michaël Milon  France | Ryoki Abe  Japan | Luis María Sanz  Spain |
| Team kata | Japan | France |  Peru |
| Kumite −60 kg | Damien Dovy France | Hakan Yağlı  Turkey | Mehdi Amouzadeh  Iran |
Enrique Azarcon  Philippines | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | Teruchika Ito Japan | Daniele Simmi  Italy | Mark Golding  Australia |
| Michaël Braun France | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | Shizuo Shiina Japan | Romain Anselmo France | Samad Azadi  Germany |
Klemen Stanovnik  Slovenia | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | Daniel Devigili  Austria | Kosta Sariyannis Germany | Junichi Watanabe Japan |
Mikko Ruotsalainen  Finland | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | Davide Benetello Italy | Dudley Josepa  Netherlands Antilles | Gabriel Berg  Sweden |
| Gilles Cherdieu France | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | Alain Le Hétet France | Yasumasa Shimizu Japan | Sedat Cengiz Turkey |
| Fernando García Spain | |||
| Kumite open | Manabu Takenouchi Japan | Enver Idrizi  Croatia | Christophe Pinna France |
| Óscar Olivares Spain | |||
| Team kumite | France |  Great Britain | Finland |
| Netherlands Antilles |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata | Hisami Yokoyama Japan | Cinzia Colaiacomo Italy | Danielle Lamond Australia |
| Team kata | Japan | Italy | Spain |
| Kumite −53 kg | Sari Laine Finland | Jillian Toney Great Britain | Hiromi Hasama Japan |
| Robyn Choi Australia | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | Mayumi Baba Japan | Monique Amghar France | Carmen García Spain |
| Leyla Gedik Turkey | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | Sandra Louw  South Africa | Lourene Bevaart Australia | Nurhan Fırat Turkey |
| Rosa Ortega Spain | |||
| Team kumite | Spain | Great Britain | France |
 Brazil |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 5 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 28 | 60 | |
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