# Karate at the 2022 World Games

The karate competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, at the Birmingham Southern College. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for 8 and 9 July 2022 as a result of the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Participating nations

* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (3)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (3)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Chile (2)
* Croatia (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Egypt (7)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (3)
* Greece (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Italy (5)
* Japan (4)
* Kazakhstan (3)
* Kuwait (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Panama (1)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (5)
* Sweden (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* Tunisia (1)
* Ukraine (6)
* United States (12)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Venezuela (2)

## Medal table

* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Egypt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | United States* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata details | Kazumasa Moto Japan | Damián Quintero Spain | Gakuji Tozaki United States |
| Kumite 60 kg details | Ayoub Anis Helassa Algeria | Douglas Brose Brazil | Angelo Crescenzo Italy |
| Kumite 67 kg details | Vinícius Figueira Brazil | Yves Martial Tadissi Hungary | Dionysios Xenos Greece |
| Kumite 75 kg details | Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt | Stanislav Horuna Ukraine | Dastonbek Otabolaev Uzbekistan |
| Kumite 84 kg details | Youssef Badawy Egypt | Nabil Ech-chaabi Morocco | Kamran Madani United States |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Babacar Seck Spain | Anđelo Kvesić Croatia | Taha Tarek Egypt |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata details | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Hikaru Ono Japan | Grace Lau Hong Kong |
| Kumite 50 kg details | Junna Tsukii Philippines | Yorgelis Salazar Venezuela | Miho Miyahara Japan |
| Kumite 55 kg details | Anzhelika Terliuga Ukraine | Ahlam Youssef Egypt | Trinity Allen United States |
| Kumite 61 kg details | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Alexandra Grande Peru | Ingrida Suchánková Slovakia |
| Kumite 68 kg details | Silvia Semeraro Italy | Alisa Buchinger Austria | Alizée Agier France |
| Kumite +68 kg details | Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan | María Torres Spain | Chehinez Jemi Tunisia |