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Karate At The 1981 World Games
The karate events of 1981 World Games, World Games I were held on July 25–27, 1981, at the Toso Pavilion on the campus of Santa Clara University in California, United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara, California, city of Santa Clara. It was anticipated that Japanese athletes would perform well at karate. They did so by winning 12 medals among the nine events, including five gold medals. Medalists Sources: Details Women Kata Final – 1. Susuko Okamura, Japan, 65.4 points 2. Mie Nakayama, Japan, 65.3 3. Maria V. Moreno, Spain, 64.3. Men Considering that the losing athletes in both semifinals received bronze medals, it is unclear why there was a "bronze medal match" contested between them in each kumite classification. Kata Final – 1. K. Okada, Japan, 46.8 points 2. M. Kayama, Japan, 46.6 3. Domingo Llanos, USA, 46.2 Kumite 60kg Eliminations – ''Pool A'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 World Games
The 1981 World Games were the first World Games, an international multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California, United States. The games featured sports that were not included in the Olympics, including tug-of-war, racquetball, baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ... and softball, artistic roller skating, roller hockey, roller speed skating, finswimming, karate, women's water polo, bowling, bodybuilding, waterskiing, casting (fishing), casting, badminton, trampolining, trampoline, powerlifting and taekwondo. Best estimates for attendance figures were that about 80,000 spectators witnessed the first World Games. Implementation The World Games Council was formed independently of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and adopted policies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
