Karate at the 1981 World Games

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The karate events of World Games I were held on July 25–27, 1981, at the Toso Pavilion on the campus of Santa Clara University in California, United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of city of Santa Clara. It was anticipated that Japanese athletes would perform well at karate. They did so by winning 12 medals among the nine events, including five gold medals.

Medalists

Sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women
Kata File:Flag of Japan.svg Susuko Okamura (JPN) File:Flag of Japan.svg Mie Nakayama (JPN) File:Flag of Spain.svg María Moreno (ESP)
Men
Kata File:Flag of Japan.svg Keji Okada (JPN) File:Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Koyama (JPN) File:Flag of the United States.svg Domingo Llanos (USA)
Kumite 60kg File:Flag of Japan.svg Masayuki Naito (JPN) File:Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Roseuero (ESP) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Tierney (GBR)
File:Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Tinnirello (ITA)
Kumite 60-65kg File:Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Ono (JPN) File:Flag of Japan.svg Toshiaki Maeda (JPN) File:Flag of Italy.svg Robert De Luca (ITA)
File:Flag of Japan.svg Kesayoshi Yokouchi (JPN)
Kumite 65-70kg File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cecil Hackett (GBR) File:Flag of France.svg Bernard Bilicki (FRA) File:Flag of Japan.svg Yukiyoshi Marutani (JPN)
File:Flag of Japan.svg Seiji Nishimura (JPN)
Kumite 70-75kg File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Chi-min (TPE) File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fred Royers (NED) File:Flag of France.svg Christian Gouze (FRA)
File:Flag of Spain.svg Ángel López (ESP)
Kumite 75-80kg File:Flag of Japan.svg Osamu Kamikodo (JPN) File:Flag of Japan.svg Hisao Murase (JPN) File:Flag of the United States.svg Tokey Hill (USA)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Otti Roethof (NED)
Kumite +80kg File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ludwig Kotzebue (NED) File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Chien (TPE) File:Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Guazzaroni (ITA)
File:Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Torres (ESP)
Heavyweight File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vic Charles (GBR) File:Flag of France.svg Marc Pyrée (FRA) File:Flag of the United States.svg Billy Blanks (USA)
File:Flag of France.svg Claude Petinella (FRA)

Details

Women

Kata

Final – 1. Susuko Okamura, Japan, 65.4 points 2. Mie Nakayama, Japan, 65.3 3. Maria V. Moreno, Spain, 64.3.

Men

Considering that the losing athletes in both semifinals received bronze medals, it is unclear why there was a "bronze medal match" contested between them in each kumite classification.

Kata

Final – 1. K. Okada, Japan, 46.8 points 2. M. Kayama, Japan, 46.6 3. Domingo Llanos, USA, 46.2

Kumite 60kg

Eliminations – Pool A: M. Aikawa, Japan d. Tony Gunawan, Indonesia; G. D’Amico, Italy d. Giovanni Aguelo, Venezuela; Fernando Rosuero, Spain, bye; J. Tierney, England d. R. Situmeang, Indonesia. Pool B: Jorge Castelli, Spain d. Gino McCulley, USA; M. Naito, Japan d. M. Gusti, Indonesia; Ivan Perez, Guatemala d. Rafael Franco, Dominican Republic; G. Tinniriello, Italy d. Chui Ching-Yen, Chinese Taipei Final – Mayayuki Naito, Japan, d. Fernando Rosuero, Spain for gold medal; Joseph Tierney, Britain, d. Giuseppe Tinnirello, Italy, for bronze.

Kumite 60-65kg

Eliminations – Pool A: Tsai Ming-Shien, Chinese Taipei d. Cleveland Baxter, USA; Roberto DeLuca, Italy d. A. Pichardo, Dominican Republic; Z. Ono, Japan d. Ramon Malave, Sweden; Norbert Ayssi, France, bye Pool B: Ricardo Abad, Spain d. Joseph Goffin, France; B.T. Maeda, Japan, bye; K. Yokouchi, Japan d. Ed DiNardo, USA; Eligio Martina, Curaçao d. Rustan Umbas, Indonesia Final – Zenichi Ono, Japan, d. Toshiahi Maeda, Japan, for gold; Roberto De Luca, Italy, d. Kasayoshi Yokouchi, Japan, for bronze.

Kumite 65-70kg

Final – Cecil Hackett, Britain, d. Bernard Bilicky, France, for gold; Yukiyoshi Marutani, Japan, d. Seiji Nishimura, Japan, for bronze.

Kumite 70-75kg

Final – Lin Chin, Taiwan, d. Fred Royers, Netherlands, for gold; Angel Lopez, Spain, d. Christian Gouze, France, for bronze.

Kumite 75-80kg

Final – Osamu Kamikado, Japan d. Hisao Murase, Japan, for gold; Tokey Hill, USA d. John Roethoff, Netherlands, for bronze.

Kumite +80kg

Final – Ludwig Katzebue, Netherlands d. Chien Chen, Chinese Taipei, for gold; Claudio Guazzaroni, Italy d. Francisco Torres, Spain, for bronze.

Heavyweight

Final – Victor Charles, England d. Marc Pyree, France, for gold; Billy Banks, USA d. Claude Petinella, France, for bronze.

References

  1. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 27, 1981). "Jurgen Kolenda, a 20-year-old physics major from the University..." United Press International.
  2. ↑ "World Games I Results". United Press International. July 27, 1981.
  3. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 28, 1981). "The Netherlands, with Ria Roos scoring four goals, buried..." United Press International.
  4. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 28, 1981). "Of course, these are only the first World Games..." United Press International.
  5. ↑ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  6. ↑ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  7. ↑ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 26, 1981. p. 14E.
  8. ↑ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 7D.
  9. ↑ Payne, Dave (July 25, 1981). "'World' opener attracts 3,000". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 6D.
  10. ↑ Finch, Peter (July 27, 1981). "Karate champ gets no kick from toe injury". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 1D.
  11. ↑ Finch, Peter (July 27, 1981). "Karate king with broken toe hopes he won't have to step aside tonight". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 5D.
  12. ↑ "German fin swimmer wins fourth gold medal". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 28, 1981. p. 3D.
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