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