1986 World Karate Championships

The 1986 WUKO World Karate Championships are the 8th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sydney, Australia from November 21 to November 25, 1986.[1][2][3][4] [5]

1986 World Karate Championships

Host city	Sydney, Australia
Dates	21–25 November

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Tsuguo Sakamoto  Japan	Tomoyuki Aihara  Japan	Dario Marchini  Italy
Team kata	Japan	France	Yugoslavia
Kumite −60 kg	Hideto Nakano  Japan	Yoichi Uchi  Japan	Stewart MacKinnon  Great Britain
			Rudolphe Vallée  France
Kumite −65 kg	Eizu Kondo  Japan	Yuichi Suzuki  Japan	Erik Piispa  Finland
			Marc Van Reybrouck  Belgium
Kumite −70 kg	Thierry Masci  France	Ko Hayashi  Japan	Manuel Monzon  Canada
			Maurice Negro  Switzerland
Kumite −75 kg	Kenneth Leeuwin  Netherlands	José Carlos de Oliveira  Brazil	Tom Lilovac  Australia
			Ian Napier  Australia
Kumite −80 kg	Jacques Tapol  France	Pat McKay  Great Britain	José Manuel Egea  Spain
			Gianluca Guazzaroni  Italy
Kumite +80 kg	Vic Charles  Great Britain	Geoff Thompson  Great Britain	Waldemar Rauch  West Germany
			Frank Bura  Denmark
Kumite open	Karl Daggfeldt  Sweden	Claudio Guazzaroni  Italy	Dudley Josepa  Netherlands
			José Manuel Egea  Spain
Team kumite	Great Britain	France	Sweden
			Italy

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Mie Nakayama  Japan	Miki Hashimoto  Japan	Claire Curtis  Australia
Team kata	Chinese Taipei	Japan	United States
Kumite −53 kg	Sari Kauria  Finland	Yumi Yanagisawa  Japan	Yuko Hasama  Japan
			Sari Laine  Finland
Kumite −60 kg	Ritva Varelius  Finland	Molly Samuel  Great Britain	Solveig Hansen  Norway
			Christine Ferguson  Australia
Kumite +60 kg	Guusje van Mourik  Netherlands	Kari Lunde  Norway	Keiko Kawano  Japan
			Yvette Bryan  Great Britain

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	5	7	2	14
2	Great Britain	2	3	2	7
3	France	2	2	1	5
4	Finland	2	0	2	4
5	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
6	Sweden	1	0	1	2
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
8	Italy	0	1	3	4
9	Norway	0	1	1	2
10	Brazil	0	1	0	1
11	Australia	0	0	4	4
12	Spain	0	0	2	2
13	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		15	15	26	56

References

1. "Who is Sensei Frank Nowak?". Blitz. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
2. "Black Belt". February 1974. p. 16. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. 1986 World Karate Championships. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
3. "Australian Sport". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
4. "Karate Magazin" (PDF) (in German). Karate Magazin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
5. "Black Belt". February 1974. Retrieved 1 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. OLYMPIC Karate in 1996. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

External links

• World Karate Federation
• Results
• Report