Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +75 kg
| Men's kumite +75 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 7 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of karateka Qualification | ||
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| kata | kata | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| +75 kg | +61 kg | |
The men's kumite +75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.[1]
Competition format
[edit]The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of five athletes, with those positioned 1st and 4th seeded to Pool A, and those positioned 2nd and 3rd to Pool B. The athlete that finished first in Pool A faced the athlete that finished second in Pool B in the semifinals, and vice versa. There were no bronze medal matches in the kumite events. Losers of the semifinals each received a bronze medal.[2]
Schedule
[edit]All times are in local time (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 7 August 2021 | 16:50 19:37 20:05 20:15 |
Pool stage Semifinals Gold medal match Victory ceremony |
Results
[edit]Pool stage
[edit]- Pool A[3]
| Athlete | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | ||
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 Ryutaro Araga (JPN)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Semifinals | ||
 Uğur Aktaş (TUR)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
 Gogita Arkania (GEO)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||
 Daniyar Yuldashev (KAZ)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
 Jonathan Horne (GER)[a]
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Pool B
| Athlete | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Qualification | ||
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 Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Semifinals | ||
 Tareg Hamedi (KSA)
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
 Ivan Kvesić (CRO)
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||
 Daniel Gaysinsky (CAN)
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
 Brian Irr (USA)
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
Finals
[edit]| Semifinals | Gold medal | |||||
A1 Ryutaro Araga (JPN)  | 0 | |||||
B2 Tareg Hamedi (KSA) | 2 | |||||
Tareg Hamedi (KSA)  [b][4][5]
| 0 | |||||
Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)  | 4 | |||||
B1 Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI) | 2 | |||||
A2 Uğur Aktaş (TUR) | 2 | |||||
Reaction
[edit]The final bout of the men's over-75 kilogram kumite ended after Iranian Sajjad Ganjzadeh was knocked out by his opponent, Saudi Tareg Hamedi.[6]
The judges' decision to disqualify Hamedi and crown Ganjzadeh as champion as he was being removed from the arena on a stretcher sparked strong reactions around the karate world, such as Karate Combat chief Adam Kovacs saying Hamedi was "robbed",[7] while others pointed out a deeper division and one-sided attacks from other karate organizations.[8]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "FAQs" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Standings–Male +75 kg". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Ganjzadeh wins karate Olympic gold as opponent disqualified". AlJazeera. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ "Ganjzadeh wins karate Olympic gold as opponent disqualified". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Karate Combat chief says Tareg Hamedi 'robbed of a gold medal' at Olympics, offers rematch". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "What Is Really Wrong With Olympic-Style Karate". Shunryu Martial Arts. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
External links
[edit]- Seeding and competition format
- Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Archived 2021-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
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