# Karate at the 2017 World Games

The karate competition at the World Games 2017 took place from 25 to 26 July, in Wrocław in Poland, in the GEM Sports Complex. 96 sportsmen from 39 nations participated in the event.
It served as a qualifying event for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

## Schedule

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00).

### Tuesday, 25 July 2017

* 10:00–15:00 Men's Kata, Kumite 60 kg, Kumite 67 kg, Women's Kata, Kumite 50 kg, Kumite 55 kg preliminaries and semifinals
* 17:00–19:00 Men's Kata, Kumite 60 kg, Kumite 67 kg, Women's Kata, Kumite 50 kg, Kumite 55 kg medal competitions

### Wednesday, 26 July 2017

* 10:00–15:00 Men's Kumite 75 kg, Kumite 84 kg, Kumite +84 kg, Women's Kumite 61 kg, Kumite 68 kg, Kumite +68 kg preliminaries and semifinals
* 17:00–19:00 Men's Kumite 75 kg, Kumite 84 kg, Kumite +84 kg, Women's Kumite 61 kg, Kumite 68 kg, Kumite +68 kg medal competitions

## Participating nations

* Algeria (4)
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (4)
* Austria (2)
* Azerbaijan (2)
* Brazil (4)
* Chile (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Egypt (5)
* Fiji (1)
* France (10)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (2)
* Great Britain (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Iran (5)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (7)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Montenegro (1)
* Morocco (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (2)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (11)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Turkey (2)
* Ukraine (3)
* United States (3)
* Venezuela (2)

## Medalists
### Kata

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Damián Quintero Spain | Antonio Díaz Venezuela |
| Women details | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Sandy Scordo France |

### Men's kumite

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg details | Firdovsi Farzaliyev Azerbaijan | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Matías Gómez Spain |
| 67 kg details | Steven Da Costa France | Jordan Thomas Great Britain | Deivis Ferreras Dominican Republic |
| 75 kg details | Stanislav Horuna Ukraine | Ali Asghar Asiabari Iran | Hernâni Veríssimo Brazil |
| 84 kg details | Zabihollah Pourshab Iran | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Uğur Aktaş Turkey |
| +84 kg details | Hideyoshi Kagawa Japan | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Michał Bąbos Poland |

### Women's kumite

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg details | Alexandra Recchia France | Miho Miyahara Japan | Serap Özçelik Turkey |
| 55 kg details | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Wen Tzu-yun Chinese Taipei | Sara Cardin Italy |
| 61 kg details | Alexandra Grande Peru | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Ingrida Suchánková Slovakia |
| 68 kg details | Lamya Matoub Algeria | Alisa Buchinger Austria | Kayo Someya Japan |
| +68 kg details | Ayumi Uekusa Japan | Hamideh Abbasali Iran | Anne-Laure Florentin France |

## Medals table

* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Iran | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Poland* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |