# 2016 World Karate Championships

The 2016 World Karate Championships were the 23rd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Linz, Austria from October 25 to October 30, 2016.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Damián Quintero Spain | Ilja Smorguner Germany |
| Individual kata | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Damián Quintero Spain | Antonio Díaz Venezuela |
| Team kata | Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura | France Lucas Jeannot Enzo Montarello Ahmed Zemouri | Italy Mattia Busato Alessandro Iodice Alfredo Tocco |
| Team kata | Japan Arata Kinjo Ryo Kiyuna Takuya Uemura | France Lucas Jeannot Enzo Montarello Ahmed Zemouri | Spain José Carbonell Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar |
| Kumite −60 kg | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Geoffrey Berens Netherlands | Firdovsi Farzaliyev Azerbaijan |
| Kumite −60 kg | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran | Geoffrey Berens Netherlands | Sofiane Agoudjil France |
| Kumite −67 kg | Jordan Thomas England | Yves Martial Tadissi Hungary | Steven Da Costa France |
| Kumite −67 kg | Jordan Thomas England | Yves Martial Tadissi Hungary | Andrés Madera Venezuela |
| Kumite −75 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Omar Abdelrahman Egypt | Ali Asghar Asiabari Iran |
| Kumite −75 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Omar Abdelrahman Egypt | Luigi Busà Italy |
| Kumite −84 kg | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Aykhan Mamayev Azerbaijan | Zabihollah Pourshab Iran |
| Kumite −84 kg | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Aykhan Mamayev Azerbaijan | Kenji Grillon France |
| Kumite +84 kg | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Achraf Ouchen Morocco | Anđelo Kvesić Croatia |
| Kumite +84 kg | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Achraf Ouchen Morocco | Herolind Nishevci Kosovo |
| Team kumite | Iran Saeid Ahmadi Bahman Askari Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh Mehdi Khodabakhshi Zabihollah Pourshab Iman Sanchouli | Japan Ryutaro Araga Rikiya Iimura Masaya Ishizuka Hideyoshi Kagawa Ken Nishimura Hiroto Shinohara Daisuke Watanabe | Germany Noah Bitsch Mehmet Bolat Nico Drexel Ricardo Giegler Jonathan Horne Heinrich Leistenschneider Robin Winters |
| Team kumite | Iran Saeid Ahmadi Bahman Askari Ali Fadakar Sajjad Ganjzadeh Mehdi Khodabakhshi Zabihollah Pourshab Iman Sanchouli | Japan Ryutaro Araga Rikiya Iimura Masaya Ishizuka Hideyoshi Kagawa Ken Nishimura Hiroto Shinohara Daisuke Watanabe | France Amin Bouazza Jessie Da Costa Logan Da Costa Steven Da Costa Marvin Garin Kenji Grillon Corentin Seguy |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sarah Sayed Egypt | Viviana Bottaro Italy |
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sarah Sayed Egypt | Sandra Sánchez Spain |
| Team kata | Japan Miku Morioka Hikaru Ono Kyosuke Yamashita | Spain Gema Morales Margarita Morata Paula Rodríguez | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti |
| Team kata | Japan Miku Morioka Hikaru Ono Kyosuke Yamashita | Spain Gema Morales Margarita Morata Paula Rodríguez | Turkey Dilara Bozan Rabia Küsmüş Gizem Şahin |
| Kumite −50 kg | Alexandra Recchia France | Miho Miyahara Japan | Radwa Sayed Egypt |
| Kumite −50 kg | Alexandra Recchia France | Miho Miyahara Japan | Bettina Plank Austria |
| Kumite −55 kg | Emily Thouy France | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Wen Tzu-yun Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −55 kg | Emily Thouy France | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Sara Yamada Japan |
| Kumite −61 kg | Giana Farouk Egypt | Lucie Ignace France | Anita Serogina Ukraine |
| Kumite −61 kg | Giana Farouk Egypt | Lucie Ignace France | Ingrida Suchánková Slovakia |
| Kumite −68 kg | Alisa Buchinger Austria | Katrine Pedersen Denmark | Ivona Ćavar Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite −68 kg | Alisa Buchinger Austria | Katrine Pedersen Denmark | Marina Raković Montenegro |
| Kumite +68 kg | Ayumi Uekusa Japan | Eleni Chatziliadou Greece | Dominika Tatárová Slovakia |
| Kumite +68 kg | Ayumi Uekusa Japan | Eleni Chatziliadou Greece | Hamideh Abbasali Iran |
| Team kumite | France Alizée Agier Leïla Heurtault Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia | Spain Cristina Ferrer Laura Palacio Rocío Sánchez Cristina Vizcaíno | United States Ashley Davis Cheryl Murphy Brandi Robinson Maya Wasowicz |
| Team kumite | France Alizée Agier Leïla Heurtault Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia | Spain Cristina Ferrer Laura Palacio Rocío Sánchez Cristina Vizcaíno | Egypt Giana Farouk Yassmin Hamdy Randa Rousfelt Nada Sayed |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Egypt | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

1024 athletes from 118 nations competed.
* Afghanistan (2)
* Albania (3)
* Algeria (14)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (5)
* Armenia (6)
* Australia (11)
* Austria (15)
* Azerbaijan (14)
* Bangladesh (7)
* Belarus (7)
* Belgium (9)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (14)
* Botswana (4)
* Brazil (16)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Cameroon (10)
* Canada (15)
* Chad (12)
* Chile (13)
* China (13)
* Chinese Taipei (11)
* Colombia (6)
* Congo (6)
* Costa Rica (3)
* Croatia (16)
* Curaçao (2)
* Cyprus (3)
* Czech Republic (7)
* Denmark (14)
* Dominican Republic (14)
* Ecuador (10)
* Egypt (16)
* England (13)
* Estonia (4)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (8)
* France (16)
* Georgia (7)
* Germany (14)
* Ghana (11)
* Greece (11)
* Guatemala (7)
* Hong Kong (14)
* Hungary (12)
* Iceland (5)
* India (16)
* Indonesia (13)
* Iran (16)
* Iraq (8)
* Ireland (12)
* Israel (9)
* Italy (16)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Japan (16)
* Jordan (4)
* Kazakhstan (13)
* Kenya (15)
* Kosovo (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (7)
* Latvia (3)
* Lebanon (2)
* Libya (4)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Macau (9)
* Macedonia (12)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malaysia (7)
* Mali (3)
* Malta (1)
* Mexico (14)
* Moldova (2)
* Montenegro (12)
* Morocco (10)
* Mozambique (8)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (10)
* New Zealand (9)
* Nicaragua (4)
* Norway (4)
* Oman (2)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palestine (2)
* Papua New Guinea (4)
* Paraguay (3)
* Peru (13)
* Poland (15)
* Portugal (15)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (4)
* Romania (15)
* Russia (16)
* Rwanda (2)
* San Marino (1)
* Saudi Arabia (8)
* Scotland (1)
* Senegal (9)
* Serbia (16)
* Slovakia (15)
* Slovenia (13)
* South Africa (13)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (16)
* Sri Lanka (5)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (11)
* Thailand (3)
* Tunisia (13)
* Turkey (16)
* Ukraine (15)
* United Arab Emirates (6)
* United States (16)
* Uruguay (2)
* Uzbekistan (10)
* Venezuela (12)
* Vietnam (7)
* Wales (6)
* Yemen (1)