# 2010 World Karate Championships

The 2010 World Karate Championships are the 20th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Belgrade, Serbia from October 27 to October 31, 2010.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Luca Valdesi Italy | Itaru Oki Japan |
| Individual kata | Antonio Díaz Venezuela | Luca Valdesi Italy | Akio Tamashiro Peru |
| Team kata | Italy Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino | Japan Itaru Oki Takumi Hasegawa Masashi Ogihara | Peru Akio Tamashiro Jimmy Moreno Hafid Zevallos |
| Team kata | Italy Luca Valdesi Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino | Japan Itaru Oki Takumi Hasegawa Masashi Ogihara | Spain Fernando San José Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar |
| Kumite −60 kg | Douglas Brose Brazil | Michele Giuliani Italy | Matías Gómez Spain |
| Kumite −60 kg | Douglas Brose Brazil | Michele Giuliani Italy | Kalvis Kalniņš Latvia |
| Kumite −67 kg | Dimitrios Triantafyllis Greece | Hamed Ziksari Iran | Ádám Kovács Hungary |
| Kumite −67 kg | Dimitrios Triantafyllis Greece | Hamed Ziksari Iran | Shinji Nagaki Japan |
| Kumite −75 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Luigi Busà Italy | Nermin Potur Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite −75 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Luigi Busà Italy | Miloš Jovanović Serbia |
| Kumite −84 kg | Slobodan Bitević Serbia | Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Turkey | Ludovic Cacheux France |
| Kumite −84 kg | Slobodan Bitević Serbia | Yavuz Karamollaoğlu Turkey | Islamutdin Eldaruchev Russia |
| Kumite +84 kg | Dejan Umičević Serbia | Mohanad Magdy Egypt | Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan |
| Kumite +84 kg | Dejan Umičević Serbia | Mohanad Magdy Egypt | Žarko Arsovski Macedonia |
| Team kumite | Serbia Miloš Jovanović Miloš Živković Dejan Umičević Dimitrije Jerković Slobodan Bitević Miloš Vuković Nikola Jovanović | Azerbaijan Rashad Huseynov Rafael Aghayev Amal Atayev Shahin Atamov Israfil Shirinov Sanan Aliyev Niyazi Aliyev | Bosnia and Herzegovina Admir Zukan Tarik Lušija Oliver Mandarić Alem Kupusović Mate Odak Nermin Potur Adnan Adilović |
| Team kumite | Serbia Miloš Jovanović Miloš Živković Dejan Umičević Dimitrije Jerković Slobodan Bitević Miloš Vuković Nikola Jovanović | Azerbaijan Rashad Huseynov Rafael Aghayev Amal Atayev Shahin Atamov Israfil Shirinov Sanan Aliyev Niyazi Aliyev | Egypt Mohamed Abdelrahman Sayed Salem Mohanad Magdy Hany Shakr Ossama Abdelaziz Tamer Abdelraouf Mohamed Gamal |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Yohana Sánchez Venezuela | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Mirna Šenjug Croatia |
| Individual kata | Yohana Sánchez Venezuela | Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Vietnam | Rika Usami Japan |
| Team kata | Japan Kazuyo Inoue Yoko Kimura Fumi Sakai | Vietnam Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Nguyễn Thanh Hằng Đỗ Thị Thu Hà | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti |
| Team kata | Japan Kazuyo Inoue Yoko Kimura Fumi Sakai | Vietnam Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân Nguyễn Thanh Hằng Đỗ Thị Thu Hà | Spain Fátima de Acuña Ruth Jiménez Yaiza Martín |
| Kumite −50 kg | Li Hong China | Betty Aquilina France | Cheili González Guatemala |
| Kumite −50 kg | Li Hong China | Betty Aquilina France | Tyler Wolfe United States |
| Kumite −55 kg | Miki Kobayashi Japan | Sara Cardin Italy | Jelena Kovačević Croatia |
| Kumite −55 kg | Miki Kobayashi Japan | Sara Cardin Italy | Shannon Nishi United States |
| Kumite −61 kg | Kristina Mah Australia | Lolita Dona France | Natalie Williams England |
| Kumite −61 kg | Kristina Mah Australia | Lolita Dona France | Diana Schwab Switzerland |
| Kumite −68 kg | Yadira Lira Mexico | Asumi Ishizuka Japan | Irene Colomar Spain |
| Kumite −68 kg | Yadira Lira Mexico | Asumi Ishizuka Japan | Hafsa Şeyda Burucu Turkey |
| Kumite +68 kg | Greta Vitelli Italy | Nadège Aït-Ibrahim France | Merima Softić Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite +68 kg | Greta Vitelli Italy | Nadège Aït-Ibrahim France | Tang Lingling China |
| Team kumite | France Tiffany Fanjat Lolita Dona Alexandra Recchia Ruth Soufflet | Spain Cristina Feo Cristina Vizcaíno Irene Colomar Carmen Vicente | Croatia Maša Martinović Azra Saleš Ana-Marija Čelan Ivona Tubić |
| Team kumite | France Tiffany Fanjat Lolita Dona Alexandra Recchia Ruth Soufflet | Spain Cristina Feo Cristina Vizcaíno Irene Colomar Carmen Vicente | United States Elisa Au-Fonseca Shannon Nishi Ashley Hill Cheryl Murphy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | England | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | Totals (27 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

875 athletes from 88 nations competed.
* Albania (4)
* Algeria (17)
* Andorra (1)
* Argentina (10)
* Armenia (3)
* Australia (5)
* Austria (11)
* Azerbaijan (11)
* Belarus (12)
* Belgium (9)
* Benin (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (14)
* Botswana (6)
* Brazil (13)
* Bulgaria (14)
* Canada (12)
* Chile (10)
* China (12)
* Chinese Taipei (8)
* Colombia (4)
* Croatia (25)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Denmark (9)
* Ecuador (6)
* Egypt (20)
* England (10)
* Estonia (5)
* Finland (6)
* France (25)
* Georgia (2)
* Germany (19)
* Greece (12)
* Guatemala (2)
* Hong Kong (18)
* Hungary (10)
* India (17)
* Indonesia (13)
* Iran (16)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (19)
* Japan (20)
* Jordan (6)
* Kazakhstan (13)
* Kuwait (13)
* Latvia (3)
* Libya (5)
* Luxembourg (3)
* Macau (8)
* Macedonia (22)
* Malaysia (8)
* Mexico (13)
* Moldova (1)
* Montenegro (21)
* Morocco (11)
* Mozambique (2)
* Netherlands (13)
* Netherlands Antilles (2)
* New Zealand (5)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Peru (6)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (4)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Qatar (3)
* Romania (6)
* Russia (22)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Saudi Arabia (10)
* Scotland (9)
* Senegal (11)
* Serbia (23)
* Slovakia (14)
* Slovenia (13)
* South Africa (17)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (20)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (11)
* Syria (8)
* Tunisia (10)
* Turkey (20)
* Ukraine (5)
* United Arab Emirates (8)
* United States (14)
* Uzbekistan (8)
* Venezuela (12)
* Vietnam (4)
* Wales (6)