# Karate at the 2015 Pan American Games

Karate competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada were held from July 23 to 25 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in Mississauga. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. The competition was held under the kumite discipline, with men and women each competing in five events each. A total of 80 athletes from 14 nations took part.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the karate competitions:
| RR | Round robin | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Thu 23 | Thu 23 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Fri 24 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sat 25 | Sat 25 |
| Men's 60 kg | RR | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| Men's 67 kg | | | | RR | ½ | F | | | |
| Men's 75 kg | | | | RR | ½ | F | | | |
| Men's 84 kg | | | | | | | RR | ½ | F |
| Men's +84 kg | | | | | | | RR | ½ | F |
| Women's 50 kg | RR | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 55 kg | RR | ½ | F | | | | | | |
| Women's 61 kg | | | | RR | ½ | F | | | |
| Women's 68 kg | | | | | | | RR | ½ | F |
| Women's +68 kg | | | | | | | RR | ½ | F |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Peru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Venezuela | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Canada* | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | El Salvador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg details | Douglas Brose Brazil | Jovanni Martínez Venezuela | Andrés Rendón Colombia |
| 60 kg details | Douglas Brose Brazil | Jovanni Martínez Venezuela | Brandis Miyazaki United States |
| 67 kg details | Julián Pinzás Argentina | Deivis Ferreras Dominican Republic | Maikel Noriega Cuba |
| 67 kg details | Julián Pinzás Argentina | Deivis Ferreras Dominican Republic | Daniel Vargas Mexico |
| 75 kg details | Thomas Scott United States | Alexander Nicastro Venezuela | Patrice Boily-Martineau Canada |
| 75 kg details | Thomas Scott United States | Alexander Nicastro Venezuela | Franco Icasati Argentina |
| 84 kg details | Miguel Amargós Argentina | Jorge Merino El Salvador | Andres Loor Ecuador |
| 84 kg details | Miguel Amargós Argentina | Jorge Merino El Salvador | César Herrera Venezuela |
| +84 kg details | Franklin Mina Ecuador | Anel Castillo Dominican Republic | Jander Tiril Cuba |
| +84 kg details | Franklin Mina Ecuador | Anel Castillo Dominican Republic | Brian Irr United States |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg details | Ana Villanueva Dominican Republic | Gabriela Bruna Chile | Jusleen Virk Canada |
| 50 kg details | Ana Villanueva Dominican Republic | Gabriela Bruna Chile | Aline Souza Brazil |
| 55 kg details | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Kathryn Campbell Canada | Jessy Reyes Chile |
| 55 kg details | Valéria Kumizaki Brazil | Kathryn Campbell Canada | Alessandra Vindrola Peru |
| 61 kg details | Alexandra Grande Peru | Karina Díaz Dominican Republic | Daniela Lepín Chile |
| 61 kg details | Alexandra Grande Peru | Karina Díaz Dominican Republic | Merillela Arreola Mexico |
| 68 kg details | Natália Brozulatto Brazil | Xhunashi Caballero Mexico | Priscilla Lazo Nieto Ecuador |
| 68 kg details | Natália Brozulatto Brazil | Xhunashi Caballero Mexico | Omaira Molina Venezuela |
| +68 kg details | Valeria Echever Ecuador | Camélie Boisvenue Canada | Yeisy Piña Ordaz Venezuela |
| +68 kg details | Valeria Echever Ecuador | Camélie Boisvenue Canada | Isabela dos Santos Brazil |

## Participating nations

A total of 14 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Argentina (5)
* Brazil (7)
* Canada (10)
* Chile (8)
* Colombia (4)
* Cuba (3)
* Dominican Republic (9)
* Ecuador (6)
* El Salvador (1)
* Mexico (6)
* Peru (3)
* United States (7)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (10)

## Qualification

A total of 80 karatekas qualified to compete at the games (eight per weight category). There will be four qualification events for athletes to qualify, and the host nation, Canada, automatically qualified in each of the ten weight categories. A nation may enter a maximum of one athlete per weight category.