Karate at the 2001 World Games – Men's kumite 80 kg

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{{Infobox multi-sport competition event

|games = {{nowrap|2001 World Games}}

|event = {{nowrap|Karate men's kumite 80 kg}}

|venue = Tenno Town Gymnasium, Tenno, Akita, Japan

|dates = 18 August 2001

|competitors = 6

|nations = 6

|gold = {{flagicon|ITA}} Salvatore Loria

|silver = {{flagicon|USA}} Billy Finegan

|bronze = {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryosuke Shimizu

|prev=1997

|next=2005

}}

The men's kumite 80 kg competition in karate at the 2001 World Games took place on 18 August 2001 at the Tenno Town Gymnasium in Tenno, Akita, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Results|url=http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1725.html|access-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051105154819/http://www.pref.akita.jp/tiiki/wg2001/result_/eng/re1725.html|archive-date=2005-11-05}}

Competition format

A total of 6 athletes entered the competition. In preliminary round they fought in two groups. Winners of this groups advanced to gold medal match. Second place athletes advanced to bronze medal match.

Results

=Preliminary round=

==Group A==

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! width=25|Rank

! width=225|Athlete

! width=25|{{Tooltip|B|Bouts}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! width=40|{{Tooltip|SP|Scoring points}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|ITA|Loria}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|AUS|Mazzanti}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|GBR|Richards}}

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|1

align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Salvatore Loria|ITA|2001 World Games}}2200411WW
bgcolor=bbf3ff

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Marco Mazzanti|AUS|2001 World Games}}210125LW
3align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Paul Richards|GBR|2001 World Games}}200204LL

==Group B==

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! width=25|Rank

! width=225|Athlete

! width=25|{{Tooltip|B|Bouts}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|D|Draw}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! width=40|{{Tooltip|SP|Scoring points}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|USA|Finegan}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|JPN|Shimizu}}

! width=25|{{Tooltip|VEN|Rodriguez}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Billy Finegan|USA|2001 World Games}}2200412WW
bgcolor=bbf3ff

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Ryosuke Shimizu|JPN|2001 World Games}}2101210LW
3align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Nguyen Rodriguez|VEN|2001 World Games}}200203LL

=Finals=

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! align="right" width="230"|

!width="40"|Score

!align="left" width="230"|

colspan=3 | Gold medal match
{{flagIOC2athlete|Salvatore Loria|ITA|2001 World Games}}align="center"| 5−4{{flagIOC2athlete|Billy Finegan|USA|2001 World Games}}
colspan=3 | Bronze medal match
{{flagIOC2athlete|Marco Mazzanti|AUS|2001 World Games}}align="center"| 10−12{{flagIOC2athlete|Ryosuke Shimizu|JPN|2001 World Games}}

References

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