Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata

Men's kata
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueNippon Budokan
Date6 August 2021
Competitors11 from 11 nations
(including 1  EOR athlete)
Medalists
Ryo Kiyuna  Japan
Damián Quintero  Spain
Ariel Torres  United States
Ali Sofuoğlu  Turkey

The Men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.[1]

Competition format

Competitors were divided into two pools of 5 or 6, and each took turns to perform two sets of kata in the elimination round. The top-three competitors by average score in each pool advanced to the ranking round, where they performed a third set of kata. The winner of pool A faced the winner of pool B in the gold medal bout. Two bronze medals were awarded in kata events. The runner-up of pool A faced the third-place finisher of pool B in a bronze medal bout, while the runner-up of pool B will face the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout.[2]

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC+9).

Date Time Round
Friday, 6 August 202110:00
11:33
19:30
19:50
20:00
Elimination round
Ranking round
Bronze medal bouts
Gold medal bout
Victory ceremony

Results

Elimination and ranking rounds

Pool A[3]
Athlete 1st kata 2nd kata Avg. Rank 3rd kata Rank Qualification
 Damián Quintero (ESP) 27.3427.4027.371 Q27.281 QGold medal bout
 Ariel Torres (USA) 26.4025.9826.192 Q26.462 qBronze medal bout
 Park Hee-jun (KOR) 25.7225.5225.623 Q25.983 qBronze medal bout
 Ilja Smorguner (GER) 25.0224.1024.564 Did not advance
 Mohammad Al-Mosawi (KUW) 24.3224.2424.285
Pool B
Athlete 1st kata 2nd kata Avg. Rank 3rd kata Rank Qualification
 Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) 28.2628.4028.331 Q28.721 QGold medal bout
 Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR) 27.0027.2827.142 Q27.322 qBronze medal bout
 Antonio Díaz (VEN) 25.7426.4026.073 Q26.283 qBronze medal bout
 Mattia Busato (ITA) 25.0825.9225.504 Did not advance
 Wang Yi-ta (TPE) 25.0024.9424.975
 Wael Shueb (EOR) 23.2023.4023.306

Bronze medal bouts

6 August
19:30
 Ariel Torres (USA) 26.72–26.34  Antonio Díaz (VEN)

6 August
19:40
 Park Hee-jun (KOR) 26.14–27.26  Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR)

Gold medal bout

6 August
19:50
 Damián Quintero (ESP) 27.66–28.72  Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)

References

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