Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +75 kg
{{short description|Karate competition}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Men's kumite +75 kg
| games = 2020 Summer
| image =
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| venue = Nippon Budokan
| date = 7 August 2021
| competitors = 10
| nations = 10
| gold = Sajjad Ganjzadeh
| goldNOC = IRI
| silver = Tareg Hamedi
| silverNOC = KSA
| bronze = Ryutaro Araga
| bronzeNOC = JPN
| bronze2 = Uğur Aktaş
| bronzeNOC2 = TUR
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{{Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}
The men's kumite +75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.{{cite web |title=2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/karate/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm |website=2020 Summer Olympics |access-date=22 July 2021 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723110354/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/karate/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm |url-status=dead }}
Competition format
The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of five athletes, with those positioned 1st and 4th seeded to Pool A, and those positioned 2nd and 3rd to Pool B. The athlete that finished first in Pool A faced the athlete that finished second in Pool B in the semifinals, and vice versa. There were no bronze medal matches in the kumite events. Losers of the semifinals each received a bronze medal.{{cite web |title=FAQs |url=https://www.wkf.net/pdf/FAQs_ranking.pdf|website=World Karate Federation |access-date=22 July 2021}}
Schedule
All times are in local time (UTC+9).
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon|Saturday, 7 August 2021 | style=background:lemonchiffon| 16:50 19:37 20:05 20:15 | style=background:lemonchiffon| Pool stage Semifinals Gold medal match Victory ceremony |
Results
=Pool stage=
;Pool A{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 Standings–Male +75 kg |url=http://setopen.sportdata.org/wkfranking/ranking_main_custom.php?eventids=1580,1581,1697,1791,1874,1990,2128,2242,2243,7535,2492,2356,2495,2643,2642,3673,2748,3015,3014,3127,3262,3521,3522,3674,3675,7534&eventids50=1580,1581,1697,1874,1990,2128,2242&catids=521,520&numberofranked=1000&name=TOKYO+2020+Standings±+MALE+%252B+75KG&usepoints=1&isolympicranking=true&headername=header2_tokyo2020&catnameshow=M-84KG,M%2B84KG&marktopcustom=IRI195,GER227,TUR331,CRO399,JPN190&marktopcustomwhite=JPN190&rankingtopimage=images/M%252B75kg.jpg|website=World Karate Federation |access-date=22 July 2021}}
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| width=220|Athlete
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}} !width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}} !width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}} !width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}} !width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}} !width=100|Qualification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Ryutaro Araga|JPN|2020 Summer}} |3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6
|rowspan="2"|Semifinals |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Uğur Aktaş|TUR|2020 Summer}} |3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Gogita Arkania|GEO|2020 Summer}}
|3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2
|rowspan="3" colspan="3" align="center" style="vertical-align:middle;"| |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Daniyar Yuldashev|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
|3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Jonathan Horne|GER|2020 Summer}}Jonathan Horne withdrew due to injury.
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Pool B
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" | ||||
| width=220|Athlete
!width=20|{{tooltip|Pld|Matches played}} !width=20|{{tooltip|W|Matches won}} !width=20|{{tooltip|D|Matches drawn}} !width=20|{{tooltip|L|Matches lost}} !width=20|{{tooltip|Pts|Points}} !width=100|Qualification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Sajjad Ganjzadeh|IRI|2020 Summer}} |4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7
|rowspan="2"|Semifinals |
| bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Tareg Hamedi|KSA|2020 Summer}} |4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Ivan Kvesić|CRO|2020 Summer}}
|4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4
|rowspan="3" colspan="3" align="center" style="vertical-align:middle;"| |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Daniel Gaysinsky|CAN|2020 Summer}}
|4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| style="text-align:left;"|{{flagIOCathlete|Brian Irr|USA|2020 Summer}}
|4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
=Finals=
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
| bold_winner = high
| team-width = 265
| omit_blanks = yes
| 3rdplace = no
| flex_tree = no
| RD1 = Semifinals
| RD2 = Gold medal
||{{RDseed|A1}}{{flagIOCathlete|Ryutaro Araga|JPN|2020 Summer}} {{bronze03}}|0|{{RDseed|B2}}{{flagIOCathlete|Tareg Hamedi|KSA|2020 Summer}}|2
||{{RDseed|B1}}{{flagIOCathlete|Sajjad Ganjzadeh|IRI|2020 Summer}}|2|{{RDseed|A2}}{{flagIOCathlete|Uğur Aktaş|TUR|2020 Summer}} {{bronze03}}|2
||{{RDseed|{{0}}}}{{flagIOCathlete|Tareg Hamedi|KSA|2020 Summer}} {{silver02}}Hamedi was leading the match when he made an ippon kick to the head of Ganjzadeh called a hansoku, which knocked him unconscious. The judges ruled the kick was extreme and illegal, and Ganjzadeh was awarded gold by disqualification.{{cite web |title=Ganjzadeh wins karate Olympic gold as opponent disqualified |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/8/7/irans-ganjzadeh-wins-karate-olympic-gold-opponent-disqualified|website=AlJazeera |access-date=8 August 2021}}{{cite web|title=2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/karate/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm|website=2020 Summer Olympics|access-date=19 August 2021|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723110354/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/karate/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm|url-status=dead}}
|0|{{RDseed|{{0}}}}{{flagIOCathlete|Sajjad Ganjzadeh|IRI|2020 Summer}} {{gold01}}|4|
}}
Reaction
The final bout of the men's over-75 kilogram kumite ended after Iranian Sajjad Ganjzadeh was knocked out by his opponent, Saudi Tareg Hamedi.{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2021/8/7/irans-ganjzadeh-wins-karate-olympic-gold-opponent-disqualified |title=Ganjzadeh wins karate Olympic gold as opponent disqualified|website=NBC Olympics |access-date=25 August 2021}}
The judges' decision to disqualify Hamedi and crown Ganjzadeh as champion as he was being removed from the arena on a stretcher sparked strong reactions around the karate world, such as Karate Combat chief Adam Kovacs saying Hamedi was "robbed",{{cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021/08/karate-combat-wants-to-book-olympic-gold-medal-rematch-ganjzadeh-vs-hamedi |title=Karate Combat chief says Tareg Hamedi 'robbed of a gold medal' at Olympics, offers rematch|website=MMA Junkie |access-date=25 August 2021}} while others pointed out a deeper division and one-sided attacks from other karate organizations.{{cite web|url=https://www.shunryu.net/post/what-is-really-wrong-with-olympic-style-karate |title=What Is Really Wrong With Olympic-Style Karate |website=Shunryu Martial Arts |access-date=25 August 2021}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.wkf.net/pdf/FAQs_ranking.pdf Seeding and competition format]
- [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810072155/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/KTE/OG2020-_KTE_B99_KTE-------------------------------.pdf |date=2021-08-10 }}
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