Karate at the World Games

Karate was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara, California. Karate has been a World Games sport in every edition of The World Games. There have been kata and kumite events at every edition of the games.

Medalists

Men

Kata 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −60 kg 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −65 kg 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite −67 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −70 kg 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite −75 kg 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −80 kg 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite −84 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite +80 kg 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite +84 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite open 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Women

Kata 1981 Santa Clara 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −50 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −53 kg 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite −55 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −60 kg 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite −61 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite −68 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite +60 kg 1985 London 1989 Karlsruhe 1993 The Hague 1997 Lahti 2001 Akita 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

Kumite +68 kg 2013 Cali 2017 Wrocław 2022 Birmingham 2025 Chengdu

Kumite open 2005 Duisburg 2009 Kaohsiung

See also Karate at the Summer Olympics

References

External links World Games at Sports123 by Internet Archive 2005 World Games info system Karate Records - World Games