Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +61 kg

The women's kumite +61 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.^[1]

Women's kumite +61 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	7 August 2021
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Feryal Abdelaziz  Egypt Irina Zaretska  Azerbaijan Gong Li  China Sofya Berultseva  Kazakhstan

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.^[2]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 7 August 2021	14:00 19:20 19:55 20:15	Pool stage Semifinals Gold medal match Victory ceremony

Results

Pool stage

Pool A^[3]

Athlete	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
Irina Zaretska (AZE)	4	3	0	1	6	Semifinals
Sofya Berultseva (KAZ)	4	2	1	1	5
Silvia Semeraro (ITA)	4	2	0	2	4
Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)	4	2	0	2	4
Meltem Hocaoğlu (TUR)	4	0	1	3	1

Pool B

Athlete	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
Feryal Abdelaziz (EGY)	4	2	1	1	5	Semifinals
Gong Li (CHN)	4	2	1	1	5
Elena Quirici (SUI)	4	2	1	1	5
Hamideh Abbasali (IRI)	4	2	0	2	4
Lamya Matoub (ALG)	4	0	1	3	1

Note:

1. ^ Points won: EGY–14; CHN–13; SUI–10.

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	A1  Irina Zaretska (AZE)	7
	B2  Gong Li (CHN)	2
					0  Irina Zaretska (AZE)	0
					0  Feryal Abdelaziz (EGY)	2
	B1  Feryal Abdelaziz (EGY)	5
	A2  Sofya Berultseva (KAZ)	4

References

1. "2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "FAQs" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "Tokyo 2020 Standings–Female +61 kg". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

External links

• Seeding and competition format
• Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Archived 2021-08-10 at the Wayback Machine