The 2002 World Karate Championships are the 16th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Madrid, Spain from November 21 to November 24, 2002.
| Individual kata | |||
| Team kata | Javier Hernández Víctor López Fernando San José | ||
Vincenzo Figuccio Lucio Maurino Luca Valdesi | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | |||
| Kumite −65 kg | |||
| Kumite −70 kg | |||
| Kumite −75 kg | |||
| Kumite −80 kg | |||
| Kumite +80 kg | |||
| Kumite open | |||
| Team kumite | Tomás Herrero Iván Leal Francisco Martínez Óscar Martínez Ángel Ramiro David Santana Óscar Vázquez | Yann Baillon Seydina Baldé Olivier Beaudry Rida Bel Lahsen Alexandre Biamonti David Félix Messaoud Hammou | |
Mehdi Amouzadeh Mehran Behnamfar Maziar Elhami Alireza Katiraei Nasser Khajeh-Hosseini Hassan Shaterzadeh Jasem Vishkaei |
| Individual kata | |||
| Team kata | Jessica Buil Sabrina Buil Laëtitia Guesnel | Luisa Arrabito Alessia Gasperini Annalisa Penolazzi | |
Miriam Cogolludo Ruth Jiménez Almudena Muñoz | |||
| Kumite −53 kg | |||
| Kumite −60 kg | |||
| Kumite +60 kg | |||
| Kumite open | |||
| Team kumite | Gloria Casanova Cristina Feo Noelia Fernández Estefanía García | Patricia Chéreau Laurence Fischer Nathalie Leroy Nadia Mecheri | Yıldız Aras Gülderen Çelik Meral Ölmez |
751 athletes from 84 nations competed.
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