Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata

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| event = Men's kata

| games = 2020 Summer

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| venue = Nippon Budokan

| date = 6 August 2021

| competitors = 11 from 11 nations
(including 1 {{flagIOCshort|EOR}} athlete)

| gold = Ryo Kiyuna

| goldNOC = JPN

| silver = Damián Quintero

| silverNOC = ESP

| bronze = Ariel Torres

| bronzeNOC = USA

| bronze2 = Ali Sofuoğlu

| bronzeNOC2 = TUR

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The men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 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

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.{{cite web |title=WFK Competition Rules |url=https://www.wkf.net/pdf/WKF_Competition%20Rules_2020_EN.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|Friday, 6 August 2021

style=background:lemonchiffon| 10:00
11:33
19:30
19:50
20:00

style=background:lemonchiffon| Elimination round
Ranking round
Bronze medal bouts
Gold medal bout
Victory ceremony

Results

=Elimination and ranking rounds=

;Pool A{{cite web |title=WFK Tokyo 2020 Standings – Male Kata |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=489&numberofranked=1000&name=TOKYO+2020+Standings+-+MALE+KATA&usepoints=1&isolympicranking=true&headername=header2_tokyo2020&marktopcustom=JPN261,ESP173,TUR353,VEN113,ITA322&marktopcustomwhite=JPN261&rankingtopimage=images/M_Kata.jpg|website=World Karate Federation |access-date=22 July 2021}}

width=200\|Athlete !width=60\|1st kata !width=60\|2nd kata !width=30\|{{tooltip\|Avg.\|Average score}} !width=30\|Rank !width=60\|3rd kata !width=30\|Rank !width=120\|Qualification
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bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Damián Quintero\|ESP\|2020 Summer}} \|27.34	27.40	27.37	1 Q	27.28	1 Q	Gold medal bout
bgcolor="#ffffbb" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Ariel Torres\|USA\|2020 Summer}} \|26.40	25.98	26.19	2 Q	26.46	2 q	Bronze medal bout
bgcolor="#ffffbb" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Park Hee-jun\|KOR\|2020 Summer}} \|25.72	25.52	25.62	3 Q	25.98	3 q	Bronze medal bout
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Ilja Smorguner\|GER\|2020 Summer}} \|25.02	24.10	24.56	4 \|rowspan="2" colspan="3" align="center" style="vertical-align:middle;"\| Did not advance
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Mohammad Al-Mosawi\|KUW\|2020 Summer}} \|24.32	24.24	24.28	5

;Pool B

width=200\|Athlete !width=60\|1st kata !width=60\|2nd kata !width=30\|{{tooltip\|Avg.\|Average score}} !width=30\|Rank !width=60\|3rd kata !width=30\|Rank !width=120\|Qualification
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bgcolor="#ccffcc" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Ryo Kiyuna\|JPN\|2020 Summer}} \|28.26	28.40	28.33	1 Q	28.72	1 Q	Gold medal bout
bgcolor="#ffffbb" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Ali Sofuoğlu\|TUR\|2020 Summer}} \|27.00	27.28	27.14	2 Q	27.32	2 q	Bronze medal bout
bgcolor="#ffffbb" \|style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Antonio Díaz\|VEN\|2020 Summer}} \| 25.74	26.40	26.07	3 Q	26.28	3 q	Bronze medal bout
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Mattia Busato\|ITA\|2020 Summer}} \| 25.08	25.92	25.50	4 \|rowspan="3" colspan="3" align="center" style="vertical-align:middle;"\| Did not advance
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Wang Yi-ta\|TPE\|2020 Summer}} \| 25.00	24.94	24.97	5
style="text-align:left;"\|{{flagIOCathlete\|Wael Shueb\|EOR\|2020 Summer}} \| 23.20	23.40	23.30	6

=Bronze medal bouts=

{{Tabletennisbox

| bg=#edc9af

| date=6 August

| time=19:30

| report=

| team1={{flagIOCathlete|Ariel Torres|USA|2020 Summer}}

| score1=26.72

| team2={{flagIOCathlete|Antonio Díaz|VEN|2020 Summer}}

| score2=26.34

}}

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{{Tabletennisbox

| bg=#edc9af

| date=6 August

| time=19:40

| report=

| team1={{flagIOCathlete|Park Hee-jun|KOR|2020 Summer}}

| score1=26.14

| team2={{flagIOCathlete|Ali Sofuoğlu|TUR|2020 Summer}}

| score2=27.26

}}

=Gold medal bout=

{{Tabletennisbox

| bg=gold

| date=6 August

| time=19:50

| report=

| team1={{flagIOCathlete|Damián Quintero|ESP|2020 Summer}}

| score1=27.66

| team2={{flagIOCathlete|Ryo Kiyuna|JPN|2020 Summer}}

| score2=28.72

}}

References

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 }}

Category:Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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