Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games

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Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games
Karate pictogram
VenuePolideportivo Villa El Salvador
DatesAugust 9–11, 2019
Competitors132
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Karate competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 9 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the gymnastics competitions.[1]

14 medal events were contested. Ten of these events were in

Panamsports added them to the sports program in March 2017. This marked the first time kata events were held at the Pan American Games since 2003 in Santo Domingo.[2] A total of 132 athletes qualified to compete at the games.[3]

The top three medallists (in order of gold, silver then bronze) not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics according to the Olympic Standings as of April 6, 2020, qualified for the said games.[4]


Medal table

  *   Host nation (Peru)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States5117
2 Dominican Republic3137
3 Venezuela2248
4 Peru*2046
5 Brazil1247
6 Chile1214
7 Mexico0426
8 Canada0202
9 Colombia0022
 Guatemala0022
11 Argentina0011
 Cuba0011
 Panama0011
 Uruguay0011
Totals (14 entries)14142755

Medallists

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
details
Antonio Díaz
 Venezuela
Ariel Torres Gutierrez
 United States
Mariano Wong
 Peru
Héctor Cención
 Panama
Team kata
details
 Peru
John Trebejo
Oliver del Castillo
Carlos Lam
 Mexico
Waldo Ramírez
Diego Rosales
Jesús Leonardo Rodríguez
 Brazil
Guilherme Silva
Lucas Santos
Victor Mota
 Argentina
Martín Juiz
Luca Impagnatiello
Sebastián González
60 kg
details
Joaquín González
 Chile
Douglas Brose
 Brazil
Maximiliano Larrosa
 Uruguay
Jovanni Martínez
 Venezuela
67 kg
details
Andrés Madera
 Venezuela
Camilo Velozo
 Chile
Deivis Ferreras
 Dominican Republic
Vinícius Figueira
 Brazil
75 kg
details
Thomas Scott
 United States
Hernani Veríssimo
 Brazil
Allan Maldonado
 Guatemala
Anderson Soriano
 Dominican Republic
84 kg
details[a]
Kamran Madani
 United States
Alan Ever Cuevas
 Mexico
Freddy Valera
 Venezuela
+84 kg
details
Brian Irr
 United States
Daniel Gaysinsky
 Canada
Rodrigo Rojas
 Chile
Diego Lenis
 Colombia
  • Men's 84 kg Carlos Sinisterra of Colombia originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified for doping violations.

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual kata
details
Sakura Kokumai
 United States
María Dimitrova
 Dominican Republic
Andrea Armada
 Venezuela
Ingrid Aranda
 Peru
Team kata
details
 Dominican Republic
María Dimitrova
Franchel Velázquez
Sasha Rodríguez
 Mexico
Cinthia de la Rúe
Pamela Contreras
Victoria Cruz
 Brazil
Carolaini Pereira
Sabrina Pereira
Izabel Cardoso
 Peru
Saida Salcedo
Sol Romani
Rosa Almarza
50 kg
details
Shannon Nishi
 United States
Alicia Hernández
 Mexico
Cheili González
 Guatemala
Jéssica de Paula
 Brazil
55 kg
details
Valéria Kumizaki
 Brazil
Kathryn Campbell
 Canada
Baurelys Torres
 Cuba
Paula Flores
 Mexico
61 kg
details
Alexandra Grande
 Peru
Claudymar Garcés
 Venezuela
Karina Díaz
 Dominican Republic
Xhunashi Caballero
 Mexico
68 kg
details
Tanya Rodríguez
 Dominican Republic
Susana Li
 Chile
Wendy Mosquera
 Colombia
Marianth Cuervo
 Venezuela
+68 kg
details
Pamela Rodríguez
 Dominican Republic
Omaira Molina
 Venezuela
Cirrus Lingl
 United States
Isabel Aco
 Peru

Qualification

A total of 132 karatekas qualified to compete. Each nation entered a maximum of 18 athletes (nine per gender). There were eight athletes qualified in each individual event, along with six teams in the kata team events. This consisted of a maximum of one athlete in the individual events (12), and one group of three in each kata team event (six). The host nation, Peru, automatically qualified the maximum number of athletes (18). The rest of the spots were awarded across four qualification tournaments.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Pan American Schedule" (PDF). www.lima2019.pe. Lima Organizing Committee for the 2019 Pan and Parapan American Games (COPAL). 13 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Notice to visitors :Pan American Games Lima 2019". www.pkfkarate.com/. Panamerican Karate Federation. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  3. ^
    Pan American Sports Organization
    . 25 April 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ "World Karate Federation (WKF) Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020" (PDF). www.wkf.net/. World Karate Federation (WKF). 9 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

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