Karate at the 2001 World Games
Tenno Town Gymnasium
Venue	Tenno Town Gymnasium
Dates	18–19 August 2001
Competitors	85 from 29 nations
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The karate events at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played between 18 and 19 August.^[1] 85 athletes, from 29 nations, participated in the tournament. The karate competition took place at Tenno Town Gymnasium.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	6	3	2	11
2	Italy	2	3	0	5
3	France	2	0	0	2
4	Great Britain	1	0	4	5
5	South Africa	1	0	0	1
6	Venezuela	0	2	1	3
7	United States	0	1	1	2
8	Australia	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	FR Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		12	12	12	36

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata details	Ryoki Abe  Japan	Luca Valdesi  Italy	Antonio Díaz  Venezuela
Kumite 60 kg details	Kenichi Imai  Japan	Francesco Ortu  Italy	Milo Hodge  Great Britain
Kumite 65 kg details	Jason Ledgister  Great Britain	Jean Carlos Peña  Venezuela	Yusuke Inokoshi  Japan
Kumite 70 kg details	Yasuhisa Inada  Japan	Yoshinori Matsumoto  Japan	Hussein El-Desouky  Egypt
Kumite 75 kg details	Gennaro Talarico  Italy	Takahiro Niki  Japan	Adnan Hadžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kumite 80 kg details	Salvatore Loria  Italy	Billy Finegan  United States	Ryosuke Shimizu  Japan
Kumite +80 kg details	Seydina Baldé  France	Stefano Maniscalco  Italy	Leon Walters  Great Britain
Kumite open details	David Félix  France	Konstantinos Papadopoulos  Greece	Craig Burke  Great Britain

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata details	Atsuko Wakai  Japan	Yohana Sánchez  Venezuela	Junko Arai  United States
Kumite 53 kg details	Sachiko Miyamoto  Japan	Eri Fujioka  Japan	Sari Laine  Finland
Kumite 60 kg details	Karin Prinsloo  South Africa	Kellie Shimmings  Australia	Roksanda Lazarević  FR Yugoslavia
Kumite +60 kg details	Emiko Honma  Japan	Tessy Scholtes  Luxembourg	Tania Weekes  Great Britain

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