1988 European Karate Championships

The 1988 European Karate Championships, the 23rd edition, was held in Genoa, Italy from May 11 to 13, 1988.^[1][2][3]

1988 European Karate Championships
Location	Genoa, Italy
Dates	11–13 May
Competitors	350 from 22 nations
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy*	5	3	3	11
2	Spain	2	3	7	12
3	France	2	3	6	11
4	Norway	2	0	1	3
5	Great Britain	1	3	5	9
6	Netherlands	1	3	2	6
7	Sweden	1	2	1	4
8	Scotland	1	0	2	3
9	Finland	1	0	1	2
10	West Germany	1	0	0	1
11	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		17	17	30	64

Medallists

Men's Competition

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata	Dario Marchini	Luis-María Sanz	Steve Morris
Kumite -60 kg	Stein Rønning	Leslie Fairclough	Evaristo Criado Damien Dovy
Kumite -65 kg	Francesco Muffato	Frank Lee-Sang	Reginaldo Doran Jesús Juan Rubio
Kumite -70 kg	Wayne Otto	Ali Aktepe	Achille Degli Abbati Thierry Masci
Kumite -75 kg	Thomas Gibson	Kenneth Leeuwin	Paul Giacinti Pavlo Protopapa
Kumite -80 kg	José Manuel Egea	Dudley Josepa	Gianluca Guazzaroni Claude Pettinella
Kumite +80 kg	Marc Pyrée	Emmanuel Pinda	Jose Hernandez Erik Hjerpåsen
Kumite Sanbon	Karl Daggfeldt	José Manuel Egea	Ian Cole Mike Sailsman
Kumite Ippon	Jörg Reuß	Giovanni Tramontini	Andrea Lentini Veysel Buğur

Team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata	Italy	Spain	France
Kumite	Norway	Italy	United Kingdom  Scotland

Women's competition

Individual

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata	Cristina Restelli	Lena Svensson	Marisa Rozalen
Kumite -53 kg	Catherine Girardet	Anna Di Cesare	Sari Laine Visitacion Garces
Kumite -60 kg	Yolanda Dutrey	Loredana Montacchiesi	Annette Bailey Molly Samuels
Kumite +60 kg	Guus van Mourik	Diane Reilly	Manuela Garcia Karin Sökare

Team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kata	Italy	France	Spain
Kumite	Finland	Sweden	France  Netherlands