Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's kata

The men's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 6 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.^[1]

Men's kata at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	6 August 2021
Competitors	11 from 11 nations (including 1  EOR athlete)
Medalists
Ryo Kiyuna  Japan Damián Quintero  Spain Ariel Torres  United States Ali Sofuoğlu  Turkey

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.^[2]

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC+9).

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 6 August 2021	10:00 11:33 19:30 19:50 20:00	Elimination round Ranking round Bronze medal bouts Gold medal bout Victory ceremony

Results

Elimination and ranking rounds

Pool A^[3]

Athlete	1st kata	2nd kata	Avg.	Rank	3rd kata	Rank	Qualification
Damián Quintero (ESP)	27.34	27.40	27.37	1 Q	27.28	1 Q	Gold medal bout
Ariel Torres (USA)	26.40	25.98	26.19	2 Q	26.46	2 q	Bronze medal bout
Park Hee-jun (KOR)	25.72	25.52	25.62	3 Q	25.98	3 q	Bronze medal bout
Ilja Smorguner (GER)	25.02	24.10	24.56	4	Did not advance
Mohammad Al-Mosawi (KUW)	24.32	24.24	24.28	5

Pool B

Athlete	1st kata	2nd kata	Avg.	Rank	3rd kata	Rank	Qualification
Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)	28.26	28.40	28.33	1 Q	28.72	1 Q	Gold medal bout
Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR)	27.00	27.28	27.14	2 Q	27.32	2 q	Bronze medal bout
Antonio Díaz (VEN)	25.74	26.40	26.07	3 Q	26.28	3 q	Bronze medal bout
Mattia Busato (ITA)	25.08	25.92	25.50	4	Did not advance
Wang Yi-ta (TPE)	25.00	24.94	24.97	5
Wael Shueb (EOR)	23.20	23.40	23.30	6

Bronze medal bouts

6 August 19:30

Ariel Torres (USA)

26.72–26.34

Antonio Díaz (VEN)

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6 August 19:40

Park Hee-jun (KOR)

26.14–27.26

Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR)

Gold medal bout

6 August 19:50

Damián Quintero (ESP)

27.66–28.72

Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)