Karate at the 2023 Pan American Games – Men's individual kata

The men's individual kata competition of the karate events at the 2023 Pan American Games was held on November 3 at the Contact Sports Center (Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto) in Santiago, Chile.^[1][2]

Men's individual kata at the 2023 Pan American Games
Venue	Contact Sports Center
Dates	November 3
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Ariel Torres   United States   Cleiver Leocadio   Venezuela   Luca Impagnatiello   Argentina   Larry Aracena   Dominican Republic
«2019 2027»

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
November 3, 2023	11:00	Pool matches
November 3, 2023	16:24	Final

Results

The athletes with the two best scores of each pool advance to the semifinals.^[3]

Pool A

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Cleiver Leocadio (VEN)	3	3	0	9
2	Mariano Wong (PER)	3	2	1	6
3	Bruno Conde (BRA)	3	1	2	3
4	Simón Luengo (CHI)	3	0	3	0

	Score
Simón Luengo (CHI)	37.70–40.20	Mariano Wong (PER)
Bruno Conde (BRA)	38.60–39.80	Cleiver Leocadio (VEN)
Simón Luengo (CHI)	36.90–39.50	Bruno Conde (BRA)
Mariano Wong (PER)	39.00–40.50	Cleiver Leocadio (VEN)
Mariano Wong (PER)	39.70–38.30	Bruno Conde (BRA)
Simón Luengo (CHI)	37.90–40.10	Cleiver Leocadio (VEN)

Pool B

Rk	Athlete	Pld	W	L	Pts.
1	Ariel Torres (USA)	3	3	0	9
2	Larry Aracena (DOM)	3	2	1	6
3	Luca Impagnatiello (ARG)	3	1	2	3
4	Ahkxel Tepal (MEX)	3	0	3	0

	Score
Ahkxel Tepal (MEX)	38.50–40.10	Larry Aracena (DOM)
Luca Impagnatiello (ARG)	39.50–41.60	Ariel Torres (USA)
Ahkxel Tepal (MEX)	37.90–38.40	Luca Impagnatiello (ARG)
Larry Aracena (DOM)	39.20–41.50	Ariel Torres (USA)
Larry Aracena (DOM)	40.30–40.10	Luca Impagnatiello (ARG)
Ahkxel Tepal (MEX)	38.00–41.80	Ariel Torres (USA)

Finals

The results were as follows:^[4]

	Gold medal match
	Cleiver Leocadio (VEN)		40.10
	Ariel Torres (USA)		42.60

	Bronze medal match
	Luca Impagnatiello (ARG)		40.20
	Mariano Wong (PER)		39.30
	Bronze medal match
	Bruno Conde (BRA)		39.20
	Larry Aracena (DOM)		39.70