Karate at the 2019 Pan American Games
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Karate competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held between August 9 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the gymnastics competitions.[1]
14 medal events were contested. Ten of these events were in kumite (five per gender). A further four events (two per gender) in kata were contested, after the Panamsports added them to the sports program in March 2017. This marked the first time kata events were held at the Pan American Games since 2003 in Santo Domingo.[2] A total of 132 athletes qualified to compete at the games.[3]
The top three medallists (in order of gold, silver then bronze) not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics according to the Olympic Standings as of April 6, 2020, qualified for the said games.[4]
Medal table
Medallists
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata |
Antonio Díaz Venezuela |
Ariel Torres Gutierrez United States |
Mariano Wong Peru | |||
Héctor Cención Panama | ||||||
| Team kata |
Peru John Trebejo Oliver del Castillo Carlos Lam |
 MexicoWaldo Ramírez Diego Rosales Jesús Leonardo Rodríguez |
 BrazilGuilherme Silva Lucas Santos Victor Mota | |||
 ArgentinaMartín Juiz Luca Impagnatiello Sebastián González | ||||||
| 60 kg |
Joaquín González Chile |
Douglas Brose Brazil |
Maximiliano Larrosa Uruguay | |||
| Jovanni Martínez Venezuela | ||||||
| 67 kg |
Andrés Madera Venezuela |
Camilo Velozo Chile |
Deivis Ferreras Dominican Republic | |||
| Vinícius Figueira Brazil | ||||||
| 75 kg |
Thomas Scott United States |
Hernani Veríssimo Brazil |
Allan Maldonado Guatemala | |||
| Anderson Soriano Dominican Republic | ||||||
| 84 kg [a] |
Kamran Madani United States |
Alan Ever Cuevas Mexico |
Freddy Valera Venezuela | |||
| +84 kg |
Brian Irr United States |
Daniel Gaysinsky Canada |
Rodrigo Rojas Chile | |||
Diego Lenis Colombia | ||||||
- Men's 84 kg Carlos Sinisterra of Colombia originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified for doping violations.
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual kata |
Sakura Kokumai United States |
María Dimitrova Dominican Republic |
Andrea Armada Venezuela | |||
| Ingrid Aranda Peru | ||||||
| Team kata |
Dominican Republic María Dimitrova Franchel Velázquez Sasha Rodríguez |
Mexico Cinthia de la Rúe Pamela Contreras Victoria Cruz |
Brazil Carolaini Pereira Sabrina Pereira Izabel Cardoso | |||
| Peru Saida Salcedo Sol Romani Rosa Almarza | ||||||
| 50 kg |
Shannon Nishi United States |
Alicia Hernández Mexico |
Cheili González Guatemala | |||
| Jéssica de Paula Brazil | ||||||
| 55 kg |
Valéria Kumizaki Brazil |
Kathryn Campbell Canada |
Baurelys Torres Cuba | |||
| Paula Flores Mexico | ||||||
| 61 kg |
Alexandra Grande Peru |
Claudymar Garcés Venezuela |
Karina Díaz Dominican Republic | |||
| Xhunashi Caballero Mexico | ||||||
| 68 kg |
Tanya Rodríguez Dominican Republic |
Susana Li Chile |
Wendy Mosquera Colombia | |||
| Marianth Cuervo Venezuela | ||||||
| +68 kg |
Pamela Rodríguez Dominican Republic |
Omaira Molina Venezuela |
Cirrus Lingl United States | |||
| Isabel Aco Peru | ||||||
Qualification
A total of 132 karatekas qualified to compete. Each nation entered a maximum of 18 athletes (nine per gender). There were eight athletes qualified in each individual event, along with six teams in the kata team events. This consisted of a maximum of one athlete in the individual events (12), and one group of three in each kata team event (six). The host nation, Peru, automatically qualified the maximum number of athletes (18). The rest of the spots were awarded across four qualification tournaments.[3]