# 1988 World Karate Championships

The 1988 World Karate Championships are the 9th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Cairo, Egypt in October 1988.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Tsuguo Sakamoto Japan | Tomoyuki Aihara Japan | Dario Marchini Italy |
| Team kata | Japan | Italy | France |
| Kumite −60 kg | Abdu Shaher Great Britain | Nicola Simmi Italy | Stein Rønning Norway |
| Kumite −60 kg | Abdu Shaher Great Britain | Nicola Simmi Italy | Hideto Nozaki Japan |
| Kumite −65 kg | Tim Stephens Great Britain | Reginaldo Doran Netherlands | Jesús Juan Rubio Spain |
| Kumite −65 kg | Tim Stephens Great Britain | Reginaldo Doran Netherlands | Francesco Muffato Italy |
| Kumite −70 kg | Thierry Masci France | Francisco Egea Spain | Yoshimiro Anzai Japan |
| Kumite −70 kg | Thierry Masci France | Francisco Egea Spain | Bruno Pellicier France |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ko Hayashi Japan | Thomas Hallman Sweden | Toni Dietl West Germany |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ko Hayashi Japan | Thomas Hallman Sweden | José Manuel Galan Spain |
| Kumite −80 kg | Dudley Josepa Netherlands | Mervyn Etienne Great Britain | José Manuel Egea Spain |
| Kumite −80 kg | Dudley Josepa Netherlands | Mervyn Etienne Great Britain | Waldemar Rauch West Germany |
| Kumite +80 kg | Emmanuel Pinda France | Vic Charles Great Britain | Jöran Thell Sweden |
| Kumite +80 kg | Emmanuel Pinda France | Vic Charles Great Britain | Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy |
| Kumite open ippon | José Manuel Egea Spain | Mike Sailsman Great Britain | Ryosuke Shimizu Japan |
| Kumite open ippon | José Manuel Egea Spain | Mike Sailsman Great Britain | Emmanuel Pinda France |
| Kumite open sanbon | Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy | Vic Charles Great Britain | Ko Hayashi Japan |
| Kumite open sanbon | Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy | Vic Charles Great Britain | Kemal Aktepe Netherlands |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Netherlands | Spain |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Netherlands | Italy |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Yuki Mimura Japan | Hisami Yokoyama Japan | Kathy Jones United States |
| Team kata | Japan | United States | Italy |
| Kumite −53 kg | Yuko Hasama Japan | Catherine Girardet France | Mari Capechi Venezuela |
| Kumite −53 kg | Yuko Hasama Japan | Catherine Girardet France | Shirley Graham Great Britain |
| Kumite −60 kg | Akemi Kimura Japan | Junko Kurata Japan | Gina Halteman United States |
| Kumite −60 kg | Akemi Kimura Japan | Junko Kurata Japan | Ruth Hahn West Germany |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | Ylva Wickberg Sweden | Marie-Ange Legros France |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | Ylva Wickberg Sweden | Marzia Sartirani Italy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 16 | 16 | 28 | 60 |