# 1996 World Karate Championships

The 1996 World Karate Championships are the 13th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sun City, South Africa from 7 to 11 November 1996.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Michaël Milon France | Ryoki Abe Japan | Lucio Maurino Italy |
| Team kata | Japan | France | Italy |
| Kumite −60 kg | David Luque Spain | Hakan Yağlı Turkey | Shinichiro Yamamoto Japan |
| Kumite −60 kg | David Luque Spain | Hakan Yağlı Turkey | Rifat Mujanović Yugoslavia |
| Kumite −65 kg | Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran | Mark Golding Australia | Alexandre Biamonti France |
| Kumite −65 kg | Mehdi Amouzadeh Iran | Mark Golding Australia | Bahattin Kandaz Turkey |
| Kumite −70 kg | Aslan Gubashiev Russia | Juraj Gažo Slovakia | Reza Mohseni Sweden |
| Kumite −70 kg | Aslan Gubashiev Russia | Juraj Gažo Slovakia | Junior Lefevre Belgium |
| Kumite −75 kg | Wayne Otto Great Britain | Tomás Herrero Spain | Kazuaki Matsumoto Japan |
| Kumite −75 kg | Wayne Otto Great Britain | Tomás Herrero Spain | Gennaro Talarico Italy |
| Kumite −80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu France | Toshihito Kokubun Japan | Georg Petermann Austria |
| Kumite −80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu France | Toshihito Kokubun Japan | Fernando García Spain |
| Kumite +80 kg | Yasumasa Shimizu Japan | Andrey Anikin Russia | Teodor Rajić Yugoslavia |
| Kumite +80 kg | Yasumasa Shimizu Japan | Andrey Anikin Russia | Ian Cole Great Britain |
| Kumite open | Paul Alderson Great Britain | Óscar Olivares Spain | John Fonseca United States |
| Kumite open | Paul Alderson Great Britain | Óscar Olivares Spain | Manabu Takenouchi Japan |
| Team kumite | France | Great Britain | Yugoslavia |
| Team kumite | France | Great Britain | Spain |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Yuki Mimura Japan | Melanie Genung United States | Shahrzad Mansouri Germany |
| Team kata | Japan | United States | France |
| Kumite −53 kg | Theresia Larsson Sweden | Marise Mazurier France | Marianna Lauková Slovakia |
| Kumite −53 kg | Theresia Larsson Sweden | Marise Mazurier France | Robyn Choi Australia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Julliet Toney Great Britain | Mayumi Baba Japan | Chiara Stella Bux Italy |
| Kumite −60 kg | Julliet Toney Great Britain | Mayumi Baba Japan | Leyla Gedik Turkey |
| Kumite +60 kg | Patricia Duggin Great Britain | Theodora Dougeni Greece | Rosa Ortega Spain |
| Kumite +60 kg | Patricia Duggin Great Britain | Theodora Dougeni Greece | Bregje Kaars-Sijpestein Netherlands |
| Kumite open | Yvonne Senff Netherlands Antilles | Izumi Nabeki Japan | Karina Gansch Austria |
| Kumite open | Yvonne Senff Netherlands Antilles | Izumi Nabeki Japan | Roberta Minet Italy |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Italy | Spain |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Italy | Australia |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | United States | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 |