Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's kata

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

Women's kata at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	5 August 2021
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Sandra Sánchez  Spain Kiyou Shimizu  Japan Grace Lau  Hong Kong Viviana Bottaro  Italy

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 faced the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout.^[2]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 5 August 2021	10:00 11:25 19:30 19:50 20:00	Elimination round Ranking round Bronze medal bouts Gold medal bout Victory ceremony

Results

Elimination and ranking rounds

Pool A^[3]

Athlete	1st kata	2nd kata	Avg.	Rank	3rd kata	Rank	Qualification
Sandra Sánchez (ESP)	27.26	27.60	27.43	1 Q	27.86	1 Q	Gold medal bout
Grace Lau (HKG)	25.68	26.62	26.15	2 Q	26.40	2 q	Bronze medal bout
Sakura Kokumai (USA)	25.42	26.08	25.75	3 Q	25.54	3 q	Bronze medal bout
Jasmin Jüttner (GER)	24.42	24.16	24.29	4	Did not advance
Puleksenija Jovanoska (MKD)	23.80	24.00	23.90	5

Pool B

Athlete	1st kata	2nd kata	Avg.	Rank	3rd kata	Rank	Qualification
Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)	27.40	28.00	27.70	1 Q	27.86	1 Q	Gold medal bout
Viviana Bottaro (ITA)	25.54	25.60	25.57	2 Q	26.46	2 q	Bronze medal bout
Dilara Bozan (TUR)	24.46	25.06	24.76	3 Q	25.78	3 q	Bronze medal bout
Alexandra Feracci (FRA)	24.32	24.48	24.40	4	Did not advance
Andrea Anacan (NZL)	23.46	23.78	23.62	5

Bronze medal bouts

5 August 19:30

Grace Lau (HKG)

26.94–26.52

Dilara Bozan (TUR)

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5 August 19:40

Sakura Kokumai (USA)

25.40–26.48

Viviana Bottaro (ITA)

Gold medal bout

5 August 19:50

Sandra Sánchez (ESP)

28.06–27.88

Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)

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. "WFK Competition Rules" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "WFK Tokyo 2020 Standings – Female Kata". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

External links

• Seeding and competition format
• Event Reports (Event Summary) Archived 5 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Archived 10 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine