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Kata, Men

Date 6 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationNippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Participants11 from 11 countries

Competitors were divided into two pools with the top three in each pool advancing to the ranking round. The winner of the two ranking round pools competed in the final, with the remaining competitors competing for two bronze medals.

Damián Quintero (ESP) was ranked #1 in the world, followed by Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR) and Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) and all three were competing. In the elimination round pools, Quintero topped pool A, while Kiyuna won pool B, both winning comfortably. The same two competitors won the ranking round pools. In the final itself, the judges considered Kiyuna to be better, defeating Quintero by 1.06 points to become the first Japanese karateka to win a gold medal at the sport. Bronze medals went to Sofuoğlu and Ariel Torres (USA).

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ryo KiyunaJPNGold
2Damián QuinteroESPSilver
=3Ali SofuoğluTURBronze
=3Ariel TorresUSABronze
=5Antonio DíazVEN
=5Park Hui-JunKOR
=7Mattia BusatoITA
=7Ilja SmorgunerGER
=9Wang Yi-TaTPE
=9Mohammed Al-MosawiKUW
11Wael ShuebEOR

Elimination Round

Date6 August 2021 — 10:00
FormatTop three karateka in each group proceeded to next round.

Pool A

PosCompetitorNOCPointsKata #1Kata #2
1Damián QuinteroESP27.3727.34 (1)27.40 (1)Q
2Ariel TorresUSA26.1926.40 (2)25.98 (2)Q
3Park Hui-JunKOR25.6225.72 (3)25.52 (3)Q
4Ilja SmorgunerGER24.5625.02 (4)24.10 (5)
5Mohammed Al-MosawiKUW24.2824.32 (5)24.24 (4)

Pool B

PosCompetitorNOCPointsKata #1Kata #2
1Ryo KiyunaJPN28.4028.26 (1)28.40 (1)Q
2Ali SofuoğluTUR27.2827.00 (2)27.28 (2)Q
3Antonio DíazVEN26.4025.74 (3)26.40 (3)Q
4Mattia BusatoITA25.9225.08 (4)25.92 (4)
5Wang Yi-TaTPE24.9425.00 (5)24.94 (5)
6Wael ShuebEOR23.4023.20 (6)23.40 (6)

Ranking Round

Date6 August 2021 — 11:25
FormatTop karateka in each group proceede to gold medal final, others to bronze medal finals.

Pool A

Time11:25
PosCompetitorNOCPointsKataRaw Technical PointsTechnical FactorTPTechnical Points Judge 1Technical Points Judge 2Technical Points Judge 3Technical Points Judge 4Technical Points Judge 5Technical Points Judge 6Technical Points Judge 7Raw Athletic PointsAthletic FactorAthletic PointsAthletic Points Judge 1Athletic Points Judge 2Athletic Points Judge 3Athletic Points Judge 4Athletic Points Judge 5Athletic Points Judge 6Athletic Points Judge 7
1Damián QuinteroESP27.28Anan Dai27.40.719.189.29.09.09.29.09.49.227.00.38.108.89.09.09.49.09.49.0Q
2Ariel TorresUSA26.46Anan Dai26.40.718.488.88.88.68.68.89.28.826.60.37.989.28.88.88.68.89.29.0
3Park Hui-JunKOR25.98Anan Dai25.80.718.068.68.68.48.88.68.88.626.40.37.929.08.88.69.08.48.88.8

Pool B

Time11:37
PosCompetitorNOCPointsKataRaw Technical PointsTechnical FactorTPTechnical Points Judge 1Technical Points Judge 2Technical Points Judge 3Technical Points Judge 4Technical Points Judge 5Technical Points Judge 6Technical Points Judge 7Raw Athletic PointsAthletic FactorAthletic PointsAthletic Points Judge 1Athletic Points Judge 2Athletic Points Judge 3Athletic Points Judge 4Athletic Points Judge 5Athletic Points Judge 6Athletic Points Judge 7
1Ryo KiyunaJPN28.72Anan Dai28.60.720.029.89.69.49.69.49.29.629.00.38.709.89.49.69.89.49.69.8Q
2Ali SofuoğluTUR27.32Kanku Sho27.20.719.049.29.09.29.09.09.09.227.60.38.289.49.29.29.29.29.29.4
3Antonio DíazVEN26.28Anan26.40.718.489.08.88.88.68.68.88.826.00.37.809.08.68.68.68.49.08.8

Final Round

Date6 August 2021 — 19:30
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Bout 1/206 Aug 19:50Ryo KiyunaJPN28.72 – 27.66Damián QuinteroESP
Bout 3/506 Aug 19:30Ariel TorresUSA26.72 – 26.34Antonio DíazVEN
Bout 3/506 Aug 19:40Ali SofuoğluTUR27.26 – 26.14Park Hui-JunKOR