The women's kata competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.
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 faced the third-place finisher of pool A in another bronze medal bout.
Schedule
All times are in local time (UTC+9).
Results
Elimination and ranking rounds
Pool A
Pool B
Bronze medal bouts
Gold medal bout
References
External links
Seeding and competition format
Event Reports (Event Summary) Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games