Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's kata

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

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.

Schedule All times are in local time (UTC+9). Date Time RoundThursday, 5 August 2021 10:0011:2519:3019:5020:00 Elimination roundRanking roundBronze medal boutsGold medal boutVictory ceremony

Results Elimination and ranking rounds Pool A Athlete1st kata2nd kataRank3rd kataRankQualification 27.26 27.60 27.43 1 Q 27.86 1 Q Gold medal bout 25.68 26.62 26.15 2 Q 26.40 2 q Bronze medal bout 25.42 26.08 25.75 3 Q 25.54 3 q Bronze medal bout 24.42 24.16 24.29 4 Did not advance 23.80 24.00 23.90 5

Pool B Athlete1st kata2nd kataRank3rd kataRankQualification 27.40 28.00 27.70 1 Q 27.86 1 Q Gold medal bout 25.54 25.60 25.57 2 Q 26.46 2 q Bronze medal bout 24.46 25.06 24.76 3 Q 25.78 3 q Bronze medal bout 24.32 24.48 24.40 4 Did not advance 23.46 23.78 23.62 5

Bronze medal bouts

Gold medal bout

References

External links Seeding and competition format Event Reports (Event Summary) Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games