The men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
Competition format Competitors were divided into two pools of 5 or 6, and each took turns to perform two sets of kata in the elimination round. The top-three competitors by average score in each pool advanced to the ranking round, where they performed a third set of kata. The winner of pool A faced the winner of pool B in the gold medal bout. Two bronze medals were awarded in kata events. The runner-up of pool A faced the third-place finisher of pool B in a bronze medal bout, while the runner-up of pool B will face the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout.
Schedule All times are in local time (UTC+9). Date Time RoundFriday, 6 August 2021 10:0011:3319:3019:5020:00 Elimination roundRanking roundBronze medal boutsGold medal boutVictory ceremony
Results Elimination and ranking rounds Pool A Athlete1st kata2nd kataRank3rd kataRankQualification27.3427.4027.37 1 Q27.28 1 QGold medal bout26.4025.9826.19 2 Q26.46 2 qBronze medal bout25.7225.5225.62 3 Q 25.983 qBronze medal bout25.0224.1024.56 4 Did not advance24.3224.2424.28 5
Pool B Athlete1st kata2nd kataRank3rd kataRankQualification28.26 28.4028.33 1 Q 28.72 1 QGold medal bout27.00 27.28 27.14 2 Q 27.322 q Bronze medal bout 25.7426.40 26.07 3 Q26.28 3 q Bronze medal bout 25.08 25.9225.50 4 Did not advance 25.0024.94 24.97 5 23.20 23.4023.30 6
Bronze medal bouts
Gold medal bout
References
External links Seeding and competition format Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games