Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 55 kg

The women's kumite 55 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.^[1]

Women's kumite 55 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	5 August 2021
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ivet Goranova  Bulgaria Anzhelika Terliuga  Ukraine Bettina Plank  Austria Wen Tzu-yun  Chinese Taipei

Competition format

The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of 4 or 5 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
Thursday, 5 August 2021	17:00 20:22 20:50 21:00	Pool stage Semifinals Gold medal match Victory ceremony

Results

Pool stage

Pool A^[3]

Pos	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Ivet Goranova (BUL)	3	3	0	0	6	15–5		—	5–2	5–2	5–1
2	Wen Tzu-yun (TPE)	3	2	0	1	4	12–10		2–5	—	5–1	5–4
3	Sara Bahmanyar (IRI)	3	1	0	2	2	8–14		2–5	1–5	—	5–4
4	Serap Özçelik (TUR)	3	0	0	3	0	9–15		1–5	4–5	4–5	—

Source: Tokyo 2020

Pool B

Pos	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)	4	2	2	0	6	9–4		—	0–0	4–0	4–4	1–0
2	Bettina Plank (AUT)	4	2	1	1	5	9–10		0–0	—	2–6	4–3	3–1
3	Miho Miyahara (JPN)	4	2	0	2	4	20–13		0–4	6–2	—	11–2	3–5
4	Moldir Zhangbyrbay (KAZ)	4	1	1	2	3	16–21		4–4	3–4	2–11	—	7–2
5	Radwa Sayed (EGY)	4	1	0	3	2	8–14		0–1	1–3	5–3	2–7	—

Source: Tokyo 2020

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	A1  Ivet Goranova (BUL)	4
	B2  Bettina Plank (AUT)	3
					A1  Ivet Goranova (BUL)	5
					B1  Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)	1
	B1  Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)	4
	A2  Wen Tzu-yun (TPE)	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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "Tokyo 2020 Standings–Female 55 kg". World Karate Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

External links

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