{{short description|Karate competition}} {{Infobox games | name = 2008 World Karate Championships | logo = 2008 World Karate Championships logo.png | size = 180 | host_city = {{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan | dates = 13–16 November | stadium = Nippon Budokan | previous = 2006 | next = 2010 }}
The '''2008 World Karate Championships''' are the 19th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Tokyo, Japan from November 13 to November 16, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title= World Karate Championships returning to Japan|work= Japan Today|url= http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/world-karate-championships-returning-to-japan |accessdate=2010-02-23}}</ref>
==Medalists== ===Men=== {|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- |rowspan=2|Individual kata |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Luca Valdesi|ITA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Antonio Díaz|VEN}} |{{flagmedalist|Vu Duc Minh Dack|FRA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Mustafa Ibrahim|EGY}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kata |rowspan=2|{{FRA}}<br/>Julien Dupont<br/>Ayoub Neghliz<br/>Jonathan Plagnol |rowspan=2|{{JPN}} |{{PER}}<br/>Jimmy Moreno<br/>Akio Tamashiro<br/>Hafid Zevallos |- |{{ITA}}<br/>Vincenzo Figuccio<br/>Lucio Maurino<br/>Luca Valdesi |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −60 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Danil Domdjoni|CRO}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Darkhan Assadilov|KAZ}} |{{flagmedalist|Hossein Rouhani|IRI}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Douglas Brose|BRA}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −65 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|George Kotaka|USA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Ádám Kovács|HUN}} |{{flagmedalist|William Rollé|FRA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Takuro Nihei|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −70 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Rafael Aghayev|AZE}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Tamer Abdelraouf|EGY}} |{{flagmedalist|Saeed Baghbani|CAN}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Shinji Nagaki|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −75 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|David Dubó|CHI}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Müslüm Baştürk|TUR}} |{{flagmedalist|Mohamed Abdelrahman|EGY}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Ko Matsuhisa|JPN}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −80 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Satoshi Ibuchi|JPN}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Islamutdin Eldaruchev|RUS}} |{{flagmedalist|Hany Shakr|EGY}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Alibek Prenov|KAZ}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite +80 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Stefano Maniscalco|ITA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Ibrahim Gary|FRA}} |{{flagmedalist|Calum Robb|SCO}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Jonathan Horne|GER}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite open |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Rafael Aghayev|AZE}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Spyridon Margaritopoulos|GRE}} |{{flagmedalist|Stefano Maniscalco|ITA}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Gogita Arkania|GEO}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kumite |rowspan=2|{{TUR}}<br/>Okay Arpa<br/>Yusuf Başer<br/>Müslüm Baştürk<br/>Zeki Demir<br/>Yücel Dündoğdu<br/>Murat Salih Kurnaz<br/>Yaser Şahintekin |rowspan=2|{{flagcountry|SRB|2004}}<br/>Slobodan Bitević<br/>Stefan Ivanović<br/>Dimitrije Jerković<br/>Miloš Jovanović<br/>Vladan Rudić Vranić<br/>Dejan Umičević<br/>Miloš Živković |{{EGY}} |- |{{ESP}}<br/>Iván Leal<br/>Adrián Martínez<br/>Francisco Martínez<br/>Óscar Martínez<br>Cristian Rodríguez<br/>Antonio Sánchez<br/>Óscar Vázquez |}
===Women=== {|{{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- |rowspan=2|Individual kata |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Nguyễn Hoàng Ngân|VIE}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Sara Battaglia|ITA}} |{{flagmedalist|Kasuga Wakabayashi|JPN}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Marija Madžarević|SRB|2004}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kata |rowspan=2|{{JPN}} |rowspan=2|{{FRA}}<br/>Clotilde Boulanger<br/>Céline Chevalier<br/>Sonia Fiuza |{{ITA}}<br/>Sara Battaglia<br/>Viviana Bottaro<br/>Samantha Piccolo |- |{{ESP}}<br/>Fátima de Acuña<br/>Ruth Jiménez<br/>Almudena Muñoz |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −53 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Natsuki Fujiwara|JPN}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Kora Knühmann|GER}} |{{flagmedalist|Gülderen Çelik|TUR}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Elena Ponomareva|RUS}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite −60 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Maria Sobol|RUS}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Nassim Varasteh|CAN}} |{{flagmedalist|Katarina Strika|SRB|2004}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Vildan Doğan|TUR}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite +60 kg |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Tiffany Fanjat|FRA}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Elisa Au-Fonseca|USA}} |{{flagmedalist|Evgenia Podborodnikova|RUS}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Cristina Feo|ESP}} |- |rowspan=2|Kumite open |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Yuka Sato|JPN}} |rowspan=2|{{flagmedalist|Gloria Casanova|ESP}} |{{flagmedalist|Ema Aničić|CRO}} |- |{{flagmedalist|Eva Tulejová-Medveďová|SVK}} |- |rowspan=2|Team kumite |rowspan=2|{{GER}}<br/>Yasmina Benadda<br/>Kora Knühmann<br/>Silvia Sperner<br/>Maria Weiß |rowspan=2|{{ESP}}<br/>Gloria Casanova<br/>Irene Colomar<br/>Cristina Feo<br/>Carmen Vicente |{{ITA}}<br/>Selene Guglielmi<br/>Roberta Minet<br/>Laura Pasqua<br/>Greta Vitelli |- |{{FRA}}<br/>Nadège Ait-Ibrahim<br/>Tiffany Fanjat<br/>Alexandra Recchia<br/>Ruth Soufflet |}
==Medal table==
{{Medals table | caption = | host = JPN | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 4 | host_JPN = yes | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 3 | gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 4 | gold_AZE = 2 | silver_AZE = 0 | bronze_AZE = 0 | gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 1 | bronze_RUS = 2 | gold_TUR = 1 | silver_TUR = 1 | bronze_TUR = 2 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 1 | bronze_USA = 0 | gold_CRO = 1 | silver_CRO = 0 | bronze_CRO = 1 | gold_CHI = 1 | silver_CHI = 0 | bronze_CHI = 0 | gold_VIE = 1 | silver_VIE = 0 | bronze_VIE = 0 | gold_ESP = 0 | silver_ESP = 2 | bronze_ESP = 3 | gold_EGY = 0 | silver_EGY = 1 | bronze_EGY = 4 | gold_SRB = 0 | silver_SRB = 1 | bronze_SRB = 2 | name_SRB = {{flagcountry|SRB|2004}} | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 1 | bronze_KAZ = 1 | gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 0 | gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0 | gold_VEN = 0 | silver_VEN = 1 | bronze_VEN = 0 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 0 | bronze_BRA = 1 | gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 0 | bronze_GEO = 1 | gold_IRI = 0 | silver_IRI = 0 | bronze_IRI = 1 | gold_PER = 0 | silver_PER = 0 | bronze_PER = 1 | gold_SCO = 0 | silver_SCO = 0 | bronze_SCO = 1 | gold_SVK = 0 | silver_SVK = 0 | bronze_SVK = 1 }}
== Participating nations == 888 athletes from 97 nations competed. {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{flagcountry|AFG|2013}} (4) *{{ALG}} (7) *{{ARG}} (5) *{{ARM}} (4) *{{AUS}} (11) *{{AUT}} (10) *{{AZE}} (8) *{{flagcountry|BLR|1995}} (3) *{{BEL}} (10) *{{BIZ}} (2) *{{BEN}} (5) *{{BIH}} (14) *{{BRA}} (19) *{{BUL}} (10) *{{CAN}} (16) *{{CHI}} (3) *{{CHN}} (13) *{{TPE}} (11) *{{COL}} (11) *{{flag|CGO|name=Congo}} (7) *{{CRC}} (12) *{{CRO}} (26) *{{CZE}} (10) *{{DEN}} (16) *{{DOM}} (4) *{{ECU}} (3) *{{EGY}} (16) *{{ESA}} (3) *{{ENG}} (15) *{{EST}} (6) *{{FIJ}} (2) *{{FIN}} (5) *{{FRA}} (23) *{{GEO}} (1) *{{GER}} (22) *{{GRE}} (14) *{{HKG}} (20) *{{HUN}} (5) *{{ISL}} (2) *{{IND}} (8) *{{INA}} (7) *{{IRI}} (16) *{{IRL}} (2) *{{ISR}} (4) *{{ITA}} (16) *{{JPN}} (19) *{{JOR}} (4) *{{KAZ}} (14) *{{KUW}} (11) *{{LAT}} (1) *{{MAC}} (13) *{{flag|Macedonia}} (11) *{{MAD}} (1) *{{MAS}} (13) *{{MRI}} (5) *{{MEX}} (15) *{{MDA}} (2) *{{MNE}} (4) *{{MAR}} (5) *{{NED}} (8) *{{AHO}} (1) *{{NZL}} (9) *{{NCA}} (1) *{{NGR}} (1) *{{NIR}} (1) *{{NOR}} (5) *{{PAK}} (4) *{{PER}} (3) *{{POL}} (10) *{{POR}} (8) *{{QAT}} (6) *{{ROU}} (11) *{{RUS}} (21) *{{KSA}} (9) *{{SCO}} (8) *{{SEN}} (11) *{{flagcountry|SRB|2004}} (18) *{{SIN}} (3) *{{SVK}} (16) *{{SLO}} (9) *{{RSA}} (18) *{{flagcountry|KOR|1997}} (15) *{{ESP}} (20) *{{SWE}} (9) *{{SUI}} (10) *{{SYR}} (5) *{{TJK}} (1) *{{THA}} (3) *{{TUN}} (10) *{{TUR}} (24) *{{UKR}} (6) *{{USA}} (19) *{{URU}} (1) *{{UZB}} (9) *{{VEN}} (13) *{{VIE}} (11) *{{WAL}} (2) {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.wkf.net/index.php/championships.html World Karate Federation] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080812105239/http://www.karatedo.co.jp/19wkc/ Official Website] * [http://www.karaterec.com/en/contests/world-championship-2008/ Karate Records – World Championship 2008] * [http://ebilgi.karate.gov.tr/sonuc/yonetim/images/pool/buyukler-dunya-sampiyonasi-japonya-13-11-2008544058496356.PDF Day 1–2 results]{{nbsp|2}}[http://ebilgi.karate.gov.tr/sonuc/yonetim/images/pool/buyukler-dunya-sampiyonasi-japonya-13-11-2008543095514178.PDF Day 3 results]{{nbsp|2}}[http://ebilgi.karate.gov.tr/sonuc/yonetim/images/pool/buyukler-dunya-sampiyonasi-japonya-13-11-2008544058496356.PDF Day 4 results]
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