# 2012 World Karate Championships

The 2012 World Karate Championships are the 21st edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Paris, France from November 21 to November 25, 2012.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Vu Duc Minh Dack France | Luca Valdesi Italy |
| Individual kata | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Vu Duc Minh Dack France | Ryo Kiyuna Japan |
| Team kata | Japan Koji Arimoto Takato Soma Takumi Sugino | Italy Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino | France Jonathan Plagnol Romain Lacoste Jonathan Maruani |
| Team kata | Japan Koji Arimoto Takato Soma Takumi Sugino | Italy Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino | Egypt Ibrahim Magdy Mustafa Ibrahim Ahmed Ashraf |
| Kumite −60 kg | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Douglas Brose Brazil | Mohamed Gamal Egypt |
| Kumite −60 kg | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Douglas Brose Brazil | Marko Antić Serbia |
| Kumite −67 kg | Magdy Mamdouh Egypt | Saeid Ahmadi Iran | Brian Ramrup United States |
| Kumite −67 kg | Magdy Mamdouh Egypt | Saeid Ahmadi Iran | William Rollé France |
| Kumite −75 kg | Luigi Busà Italy | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Oualid Bouabaoub Algeria |
| Kumite −75 kg | Luigi Busà Italy | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Ko Matsuhisa Japan |
| Kumite −84 kg | Kenji Grillon France | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Turkey |
| Kumite −84 kg | Kenji Grillon France | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Aykhan Mamayev Azerbaijan |
| Kumite +84 kg | Enes Erkan Turkey | Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan | Khalid Khalidov Kazakhstan |
| Kumite +84 kg | Enes Erkan Turkey | Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan | Stefano Maniscalco Italy |
| Team kumite | France Mathieu Cossou Nadir Benaissa Kenji Grillon Ibrahim Gary Azdin Rghioui Salim Bendiab Logan Da Costa | Turkey Enes Erkan Yücel Gündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin Gökhan Gündüz Mustafa Utku Şahin Aykut Usda | Iran Maziar Elhami Saeid Farrokhi Zabihollah Pourshab Ebrahim Hassanbeigi Saman Heidari Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh |
| Team kumite | France Mathieu Cossou Nadir Benaissa Kenji Grillon Ibrahim Gary Azdin Rghioui Salim Bendiab Logan Da Costa | Turkey Enes Erkan Yücel Gündoğdu Murat Salih Kurnaz Yaser Şahintekin Gökhan Gündüz Mustafa Utku Şahin Aykut Usda | Egypt Hany Shakr Ahmed Sayed Ossama Abdelaziz Sayed Salem Mohamed Gamal Magdy Mamdouh Omar Ahmed |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Rika Usami Japan | Sandy Scordo France | Sakura Kokumai United States |
| Individual kata | Rika Usami Japan | Sandy Scordo France | Yaiza Martín Spain |
| Team kata | Japan Yoko Kimura Suzuka Kashioka Miku Morioka | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti | Spain Yaiza Martín Margarita Morata Sonia García |
| Team kata | Japan Yoko Kimura Suzuka Kashioka Miku Morioka | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti | France Sonia Fiuza Clothilde Boulanger Jessica Hugues |
| Kumite −50 kg | Alexandra Recchia France | Li Hong China | Serap Özçelik Turkey |
| Kumite −50 kg | Alexandra Recchia France | Li Hong China | Ana Villanueva Dominican Republic |
| Kumite −55 kg | Lucie Ignace France | Jelena Kovačević Croatia | Yassmin Hamdy Egypt |
| Kumite −55 kg | Lucie Ignace France | Jelena Kovačević Croatia | Miki Kobayashi Japan |
| Kumite −61 kg | Lolita Dona France | Boutheina Hasnaoui Tunisia | Elena Quirici Switzerland |
| Kumite −61 kg | Lolita Dona France | Boutheina Hasnaoui Tunisia | Yu Miyamoto Japan |
| Kumite −68 kg | Kayo Someya Japan | Hafsa Şeyda Burucu Turkey | Heba Abdelrahman Egypt |
| Kumite −68 kg | Kayo Someya Japan | Hafsa Şeyda Burucu Turkey | Tiffany Fanjat France |
| Kumite +68 kg | Nadège Aït-Ibrahim France | Greta Vitelli Italy | Ayumi Uekusa Japan |
| Kumite +68 kg | Nadège Aït-Ibrahim France | Greta Vitelli Italy | Eleni Chatziliadou Greece |
| Team kumite | France Tiffany Fanjat Lolita Dona Alexandra Recchia Emily Thouy | Croatia Maša Martinović Azra Saleš Ana-Marija Čelan Ivona Tubić | Turkey Serap Özçelik Tuba Yenen Meltem Hocaoğlu Hafsa Şeyda Burucu |
| Team kumite | France Tiffany Fanjat Lolita Dona Alexandra Recchia Emily Thouy | Croatia Maša Martinović Azra Saleš Ana-Marija Čelan Ivona Tubić | Japan Miki Kobayashi Yu Miyamoto Kayo Someya Ayumi Uekusa |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Iran | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Croatia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

990 athletes from 116 nations competed.
* Afghanistan (1)
* Albania (4)
* Algeria (16)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (4)
* Armenia (5)
* Australia (8)
* Austria (11)
* Azerbaijan (9)
* Bangladesh (3)
* Belarus (11)
* Belgium (9)
* Belize (1)
* Benin (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
* Botswana (2)
* Brazil (12)
* Bulgaria (11)
* Cameroon (6)
* Canada (12)
* Chile (10)
* China (12)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Colombia (14)
* Congo (5)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Croatia (23)
* Cuba (2)
* Curaçao (1)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (12)
* Denmark (6)
* Dominican Republic (7)
* Ecuador (6)
* Egypt (19)
* England (19)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (8)
* France (24)
* Gabon (8)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (22)
* Greece (13)
* Guinea (1)
* Hong Kong (9)
* Hungary (13)
* Iceland (3)
* India (9)
* Indonesia (10)
* Iran (14)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (6)
* Italy (18)
* Japan (21)
* Kazakhstan (12)
* Kenya (13)
* Kuwait (8)
* Latvia (6)
* Lebanon (1)
* Libya (4)
* Luxembourg (5)
* Macau (6)
* Macedonia (12)
* Madagascar (8)
* Malaysia (13)
* Mali (2)
* Mexico (15)
* Moldova (3)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (17)
* Morocco (18)
* Mozambique (2)
* Nepal (3)
* Netherlands (11)
* New Zealand (10)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Norway (5)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Peru (11)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (7)
* Portugal (17)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Qatar (5)
* Romania (11)
* Russia (20)
* Rwanda (5)
* San Marino (1)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (9)
* Scotland (5)
* Senegal (9)
* Serbia (19)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (9)
* Slovenia (10)
* South Africa (10)
* South Korea (13)
* Spain (19)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (13)
* Syria (1)
* Tunisia (12)
* Turkey (21)
* Ukraine (15)
* United Arab Emirates (5)
* United States (14)
* Uzbekistan (11)
* Venezuela (18)
* Vietnam (10)
* Wales (2)
* Yemen (1)
* Zambia (5)
* Zimbabwe (3)