Karate at the 2005 World Games – Men's kata

The men's kata competition in karate at the 2005 World Games took place on 24 July 2005 at the Kfraftzentrale in Duisburg, Germany.

Men's kata at the 2005 World Games
Venue	Kfraftzentrale
Date	24 July 2005
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Antonio Díaz Luca Valdesi Akio Tamashiro

Competition format

A total of 8 athletes entered the competition. In elimination round they fought in two groups. From this stage the best two athletes qualifies to the semifinals.

Results

Elimination round

Group A

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Akio Tamashiro (PER)	3	3	0	0	6	7–2
2	Timo Gißler (GER)	3	2	0	1	4	6–3
3	Toshihide Uchiage (CAN)	3	1	0	2	2	3–6
4	Lee Ta-chiun (TPE)	3	0	0	3	0	2–7

	Score
Timo Gißler (GER)	2–1	Toshihide Uchiage (CAN)
Lee Ta-chiun (TPE)	1–2	Akio Tamashiro (PER)
Timo Gißler (GER)	3–0	Lee Ta-chiun (TPE)
Toshihide Uchiage (CAN)	0–3	Akio Tamashiro (PER)
Timo Gißler (GER)	1–2	Akio Tamashiro (PER)
Toshihide Uchiage (CAN)	2–1	Lee Ta-chiun (TPE)

Group B

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Luca Valdesi (ITA)	3	3	0	0	6	8–1
2	Antonio Díaz (VEN)	3	2	0	1	4	7–2
3	Karim Abd El-Hamid (EGY)	3	1	0	2	2	3–6
4	Tim Jovanovic (AUS)	3	0	0	3	0	0–9

	Score
Antonio Díaz (VEN)	3–0	Tim Jovanovic (AUS)
Luca Valdesi (ITA)	3–0	Karim Abd El-Hamid (EGY)
Antonio Díaz (VEN)	1–2	Luca Valdesi (ITA)
Tim Jovanovic (AUS)	0–3	Karim Abd El-Hamid (EGY)
Antonio Díaz (VEN)	3–0	Karim Abd El-Hamid (EGY)
Tim Jovanovic (AUS)	0–3	Luca Valdesi (ITA)

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Akio Tamashiro (PER)	0
	Antonio Díaz (VEN)	3
					Antonio Díaz (VEN)	3
					Luca Valdesi (ITA)	2
	Luca Valdesi (ITA)	3
	Timo Gißler (GER)	0
					Third place
					Akio Tamashiro (PER)	2
					Timo Gißler (GER)	1