1986 World Karate Championships

The 1986 WUKO World Karate Championships are the 8th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Sydney, Australia from October 3 to October 6, 1986.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] ^[5]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Tsuguo Sakamoto Japan	Tomoyuki Aihara Japan	Dario Marchini Italy
Team kata	Japan	France	Yugoslavia
Kumite −60 kg	Hideto Nakano Japan	Yoichi Uchi Japan	Stewart MacKinnon Great Britain
Kumite −60 kg	Hideto Nakano Japan	Yoichi Uchi Japan	Rudolphe Vallée France
Kumite −65 kg	Eizu Kondo Japan	Yuichi Suzuki Japan	Erik Piispa Finland
Kumite −65 kg	Eizu Kondo Japan	Yuichi Suzuki Japan	Marc Van Reybrouck Belgium
Kumite −70 kg	Thierry Masci France	Ko Hayashi Japan	Manuel Monzon Canada
Kumite −70 kg	Thierry Masci France	Ko Hayashi Japan	Maurice Negro Switzerland
Kumite −75 kg	Kenneth Leeuwin Netherlands	José Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	Tom Lilovac Australia
Kumite −75 kg	Kenneth Leeuwin Netherlands	José Carlos de Oliveira Brazil	Ian Napier Australia
Kumite −80 kg	Jacques Tapol France	Pat McKay Great Britain	José Manuel Egea Spain
Kumite −80 kg	Jacques Tapol France	Pat McKay Great Britain	Gianluca Guazzaroni Italy
Kumite +80 kg	Vic Charles Great Britain	Geoff Thompson Great Britain	Waldemar Rauch West Germany
Kumite +80 kg	Vic Charles Great Britain	Geoff Thompson Great Britain	Frank Bura Denmark
Kumite open	Karl Daggfeldt Sweden	Claudio Guazzaroni Italy	Dudley Josepa Netherlands
Kumite open	Karl Daggfeldt Sweden	Claudio Guazzaroni Italy	José Manuel Egea Spain
Team kumite	Great Britain	France	Sweden
Team kumite	Great Britain	France	Italy

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual kata	Mie Nakayama Japan	Miki Hashimoto Japan	Claire Curtis Australia
Team kata	Chinese Taipei	Japan	United States
Kumite −53 kg	Sari Kauria Finland	Yumi Yanagisawa Japan	Yuko Hasama Japan
Kumite −53 kg	Sari Kauria Finland	Yumi Yanagisawa Japan	Sari Laine Finland
Kumite −60 kg	Ritva Varelius Finland	Molly Samuel Great Britain	Solveig Hansen Norway
Kumite −60 kg	Ritva Varelius Finland	Molly Samuel Great Britain	Christine Ferguson Australia
Kumite +60 kg	Guusje van Mourik Netherlands	Kari Lunde Norway	Keiko Kawano Japan
Kumite +60 kg	Guusje van Mourik Netherlands	Kari Lunde Norway	Yvette Bryan Great Britain


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	5	7	2	14
2	Great Britain	2	3	2	7
3	France	2	2	1	5
4	Finland	2	0	2	4
5	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
6	Sweden	1	0	1	2
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
8	Italy	0	1	3	4
9	Norway	0	1	1	2
10	Brazil	0	1	0	1
11	Australia	0	0	4	4
12	Spain	0	0	2	2
13	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		15	15	26	56

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