# 1986 World Karate Championships

The 1986 WUKO World Karate Championships are the 8th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sydney, Australia from October 3 to October 6, 1986.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Tsuguo Sakamoto Japan | Tomoyuki Aihara Japan | Dario Marchini Italy |
| Team kata | Japan | France | Yugoslavia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Hideto Nakano Japan | Yoichi Uchi Japan | Stewart MacKinnon Great Britain |
| Kumite −60 kg | Hideto Nakano Japan | Yoichi Uchi Japan | Rudolphe Vallée France |
| Kumite −65 kg | Eizu Kondo Japan | Yuichi Suzuki Japan | Erik Piispa Finland |
| Kumite −65 kg | Eizu Kondo Japan | Yuichi Suzuki Japan | Marc Van Reybrouck Belgium |
| Kumite −70 kg | Thierry Masci France | Ko Hayashi Japan | Manuel Monzon Canada |
| Kumite −70 kg | Thierry Masci France | Ko Hayashi Japan | Maurice Negro Switzerland |
| Kumite −75 kg | Kenneth Leeuwin Netherlands | José Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | Tom Lilovac Australia |
| Kumite −75 kg | Kenneth Leeuwin Netherlands | José Carlos de Oliveira Brazil | Ian Napier Australia |
| Kumite −80 kg | Jacques Tapol France | Pat McKay Great Britain | José Manuel Egea Spain |
| Kumite −80 kg | Jacques Tapol France | Pat McKay Great Britain | Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy |
| Kumite +80 kg | Vic Charles Great Britain | Geoff Thompson Great Britain | Waldemar Rauch West Germany |
| Kumite +80 kg | Vic Charles Great Britain | Geoff Thompson Great Britain | Frank Bura Denmark |
| Kumite open | Karl Daggfeldt Sweden | Claudio Guazzaroni Italy | Dudley Josepa Netherlands |
| Kumite open | Karl Daggfeldt Sweden | Claudio Guazzaroni Italy | José Manuel Egea Spain |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | France | Sweden |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | France | Italy |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Mie Nakayama Japan | Miki Hashimoto Japan | Claire Curtis Australia |
| Team kata | Chinese Taipei | Japan | United States |
| Kumite −53 kg | Sari Kauria Finland | Yumi Yanagisawa Japan | Yuko Hasama Japan |
| Kumite −53 kg | Sari Kauria Finland | Yumi Yanagisawa Japan | Sari Laine Finland |
| Kumite −60 kg | Ritva Varelius Finland | Molly Samuel Great Britain | Solveig Hansen Norway |
| Kumite −60 kg | Ritva Varelius Finland | Molly Samuel Great Britain | Christine Ferguson Australia |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | Kari Lunde Norway | Keiko Kawano Japan |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | Kari Lunde Norway | Yvette Bryan Great Britain |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 15 | 15 | 26 | 56 |