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competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in

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, Peru were held between August 9 and 11, 2019 at the Polideportivo Villa El Salvador, which also hosted the

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competitions. 14 medal events were contested. Ten of these events were in

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(five per gender). A further four events (two per gender) in

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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

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since 2003 in

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. A total of 132 athletes qualified to compete at the games. The top three medallists (in order of gold, silver then bronze) not already qualified for the

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according to the Olympic Standings as of April 6, 2020, qualified for the said games.

Medal table

Medallists

Men's events

* Carlos Sinisterra of Colombia originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified for doping violations.

Women's events

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.

References

External links

Results book
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