# 1982 World Karate Championships

The 1982 World Karate Championships are the 6th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Taipei, Taiwan from November 21 to 25 November 1982.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Masashi Koyama Japan | Domingo Llanos United States | Maurizio Marangoni Italy |
| Individual kata | Masashi Koyama Japan | Domingo Llanos United States | Tetsuo Tabata Japan |
| Kumite −60 kg | Jukka-Pekka Väyrynen Finland | Rudolphe Vallée France | Ramón Castillo Venezuela |
| Kumite −60 kg | Jukka-Pekka Väyrynen Finland | Rudolphe Vallée France | Stewart MacKinnon Great Britain |
| Kumite −65 kg | Yuichi Suzuki Japan | Giorgio Carcangiu Italy | Toshiaki Maeda Japan |
| Kumite −65 kg | Yuichi Suzuki Japan | Giorgio Carcangiu Italy | Roberto Sanz Spain |
| Kumite −70 kg | Seiji Nishimura Japan | Mika Manninen Finland | Raffaele Bernardi Italy |
| Kumite −70 kg | Seiji Nishimura Japan | Mika Manninen Finland | Thierry Masci France |
| Kumite −75 kg | Javier Gomez Switzerland | Alfie Borg Great Britain | Lin Chi-min Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −75 kg | Javier Gomez Switzerland | Alfie Borg Great Britain | Fred Royers Netherlands |
| Kumite −80 kg | Pat McKay Great Britain | Tapio Pirttioja Finland | Jan Holm Denmark |
| Kumite −80 kg | Pat McKay Great Britain | Tapio Pirttioja Finland | Jacques Tapol France |
| Kumite +80 kg | Geoff Thompson Great Britain | Patrice Ruggiero France | Mario Garofoli Luxembourg |
| Kumite +80 kg | Geoff Thompson Great Britain | Patrice Ruggiero France | John Reeberg Netherlands |
| Kumite open | Hisao Murase Japan | Antonio Martínez Spain | Jerome Atkinson Great Britain |
| Kumite open | Hisao Murase Japan | Antonio Martínez Spain | Pierre Pinard France |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Italy | Spain |
| Team kumite | Great Britain | Italy | Japan |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Mie Nakayama Japan | Chu Mei-yuen Chinese Taipei | Minako Tabata Japan |
| Individual kata | Mie Nakayama Japan | Chu Mei-yuen Chinese Taipei | Alexandra Starling Australia |
| Kumite −53 kg | Sophie Berger France | Yao Li Chinese Taipei | Francine Fillios France |
| Kumite −53 kg | Sophie Berger France | Yao Li Chinese Taipei | Chiang S. Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −60 kg | Yukari Yamakawa Japan | Tomoko Konishi Japan | Chang W. Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −60 kg | Yukari Yamakawa Japan | Tomoko Konishi Japan | Beverly Morris Great Britain |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | T. Yamafuku Japan | Janice Argyle Great Britain |
| Kumite +60 kg | Guusje van Mourik Netherlands | T. Yamafuku Japan | Nadia Ferluga Italy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 |