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 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.^[1]

Women's kumite 61 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	6 August 2021
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Jovana Preković  Serbia Yin Xiaoyan  China Giana Farouk  Egypt Merve Çoban  Turkey

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
Friday, 6 August 2021	12:28 20:05 20:40 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	Yin Xiaoyan (CHN)	4	4	0	0	8	9–4		—	2–2	2–0	4–2	1–0
2	Merve Çoban (TUR)	4	2	0	2	4[a]	12–6		2–2	—	6–2	4–0	0–2
3	Claudymar Garcés (VEN)	4	2	0	2	4[a]	18–13		0–2	2–6	—	8–5	8–0
4	Mayumi Someya (JPN)	4	1	0	3	2[b]	13–19		2–4	0–4	5–8	—	6–3
5	Leïla Heurtault (FRA)	4	1	0	3	2[b]	5–15		0–1	2–0	0–8	3–6	—

Source: Tokyo 2020
Notes:

1. Çoban (TUR) 6–2 Garcés (VEN)
2. Someya (JPN) 6–3 Heurtault (FRA)

Pool B

Pos	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Jovana Preković (SRB)	4	4	0	0	8	11–6		—	1–1	6–4	1–0	3–1
2	Giana Farouk (EGY)	4	3	0	1	6	10–2		1–1	—	2–1	2–0	5–0
3	Anita Serogina (UKR)	4	1	1	2	3	12–10		4–6	1–2	—	6–1	1–1
4	Alexandra Grande (PER)	4	1	0	3	2	4–10		0–1	0–2	1–6	—	3–1
5	Btissam Sadini (MAR)	4	0	1	3	1	3–12		1–3	0–5	1–1	1–3	—

Source: Tokyo 2020

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	A1  Yin Xiaoyan (CHN)	1
	B2  Giana Farouk (EGY)	1
					A1  Yin Xiaoyan (CHN)	0
					B1  Jovana Preković (SRB)	0
	B1  Jovana Preković (SRB)	2
	A2  Merve Çoban (TUR)	0

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