1998 European Karate Championships
# 1998 European Karate Championships

The 1998 European Karate Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in Belgrade, Serbia from May 8 to 10, 1998.

## Competition

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kata | Javier Hernández | Lucio Maurino | Yves Bardreau |
| Kumite -60 kg | Hakan Yagli | Damir Vrbanic | Jason Ledgister David Luque Camacho |
| Kumite -65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti | Drasko Stojanovic | Bahattin Kandaz Soufiane Sankhon |
| Kumite -70 kg | Junior Lefevre | Resa Mohseni | Haldun Alagas Aleksandar Sindelic |
| Kumite -75 kg | Gennaro Talarico | Salvatore Loria | Michaël Braun Tomas Herrero Barcelo |
| Kumite -80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu | Predrag Stojadinov | Yann Baillon Zeynel Celik |
| Kumite + 80 kg | Teodor Rajić | Ian Cole | Okay Arpa Seydina Balde |
| Open Kumite | Salvatore Loria | Zeynel Celik | Andreas Horn Seci Mecheri |

### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kata | Spain | Italy | France |
| Kumite | England | Italy | France Yugoslavia |

### Women's competition

**Individual**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kata | Roberta Sodero | Myriam Szkudlarek | Gema Mendez |
| Kumite -53 kg | Nadia Mecheri | Marianna Laukova | Michela Nanni Sari Laine |
| Kumite -60 kg | Roksanda Lasarevic | Beatriz Perez | Chiara Stella Bux Jillian Toney |
| Kumite +60 kg | Slađana Mitić | Patricia Duggin | Laurence Fischer Nurhan Firat |
| Kumite Open kg | Roberta Minet | Sari Laine | Chiara Stella Bux Nurhan Firat |

**Team**

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kata | France | Spain | Italy |
| Kumite | Spain | Italy | France Turkey |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | England (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 17 | 17 | 30 | 64 |
