# Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games

Karate competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 9 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the gymnastics competitions.
14 medal events were contested. Ten of these events were in kumite (five per gender). A further four events (two per gender) in kata were contested, after the Panamsports added them to the sports program in March 2017. This marked the first time kata events were held at the Pan American Games since 2003 in Santo Domingo. A total of 132 athletes qualified to compete at the games.
The top three medallists (in order of gold, silver then bronze) not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics according to the Olympic Standings as of April 6, 2020, qualified for the said games.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Peru)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Peru* | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Chile | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 14 | 14 | 27 | 55 |

## Medallists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata details | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Ariel Torres Gutierrez United States | Mariano Wong Peru |
| Individual kata details | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Ariel Torres Gutierrez United States | Héctor Cención Panama |
| Team kata details | Peru John Trebejo Oliver del Castillo Carlos Lam | Mexico Waldo Ramírez Diego Rosales Jesús Leonardo Rodríguez | Brazil Guilherme Silva Lucas Santos Victor Mota |
| Team kata details | Peru John Trebejo Oliver del Castillo Carlos Lam | Mexico Waldo Ramírez Diego Rosales Jesús Leonardo Rodríguez | Argentina Martín Juiz Luca Impagnatiello Sebastián González |
| 60 kg details | Joaquín González Chile | Douglas Brose Brazil | Maximiliano Larrosa Uruguay |
| 60 kg details | Joaquín González Chile | Douglas Brose Brazil | Jovanni Martínez Venezuela |
| 67 kg details | Andrés Madera Venezuela | Camilo Velozo Chile | Deivis Ferreras Dominican Republic |
| 67 kg details | Andrés Madera Venezuela | Camilo Velozo Chile | Vinícius Figueira Brazil |
| 75 kg details | Thomas Scott United States | Hernani Veríssimo Brazil | Allan Maldonado Guatemala |
| 75 kg details | Thomas Scott United States | Hernani Veríssimo Brazil | Anderson Soriano Dominican Republic |
| 84 kg details | Kamran Madani United States | Alan Ever Cuevas Mexico | Freddy Valera Venezuela |
| +84 kg details | Brian Irr United States | Daniel Gaysinsky Canada | Rodrigo Rojas Chile |
| +84 kg details | Brian Irr United States | Daniel Gaysinsky Canada | Diego Lenis Colombia |
* $^{Men's84kg}$ Carlos Sinisterra of Colombia originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified for doping violations.

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata details | Sakura Kokumai United States | María Dimitrova Dominican Republic | Andrea Armada Venezuela |
| Individual kata details | Sakura Kokumai United States | María Dimitrova Dominican Republic | Ingrid Aranda Peru |
| Team kata details | Dominican Republic María Dimitrova Franchel Velázquez Sasha Rodríguez | Mexico Cinthia de la Rúe Pamela Contreras Victoria Cruz | Brazil Carolaini Pereira Sabrina Pereira Izabel Cardoso |
| Team kata details | Dominican Republic María Dimitrova Franchel Velázquez Sasha Rodríguez | Mexico Cinthia de la Rúe Pamela Contreras Victoria Cruz | Peru Saida Salcedo Sol Romani Rosa Almarza |
| 50 kg details | Shannon Nishi United States | Alicia Hernández Mexico | Cheili González Guatemala |
| 50 kg details | Shannon Nishi United States | Alicia Hernández Mexico | Jéssica de Paula Brazil |
| 55 kg details | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Kathryn Campbell Canada | Baurelys Torres Cuba |
| 55 kg details | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Kathryn Campbell Canada | Paula Flores Mexico |
| 61 kg details | Alexandra Grande Peru | Claudymar Garcés Venezuela | Karina Díaz Dominican Republic |
| 61 kg details | Alexandra Grande Peru | Claudymar Garcés Venezuela | Xhunashi Caballero Mexico |
| 68 kg details | Tanya Rodríguez Dominican Republic | Susana Li Chile | Wendy Mosquera Colombia |
| 68 kg details | Tanya Rodríguez Dominican Republic | Susana Li Chile | Marianth Cuervo Venezuela |
| +68 kg details | Pamela Rodríguez Dominican Republic | Omaira Molina Venezuela | Cirrus Lingl United States |
| +68 kg details | Pamela Rodríguez Dominican Republic | Omaira Molina Venezuela | Isabel Aco Peru |

## Qualification

A total of 132 karatekas qualified to compete. Each nation entered a maximum of 18 athletes (nine per gender). There were eight athletes qualified in each individual event, along with six teams in the kata team events. This consisted of a maximum of one athlete in the individual events (12), and one group of three in each kata team event (six). The host nation, Peru, automatically qualified the maximum number of athletes (18). The rest of the spots were awarded across four qualification tournaments.