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Men's kumite +75 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	7 August 2021
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Sajjad Ganjzadeh  Iran Tareg Hamedi  Saudi Arabia Ryutaro Araga  Japan Uğur Aktaş  Turkey

Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics
List of karateka Qualification
	Men	Women
	kata	kata
	67 kg	55 kg
	75 kg	61 kg
	+75 kg	+61 kg
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The men's kumite +75 kg competition in Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 7 August 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.

Competition format

The competition began with a two-pool round-robin stage followed by a single elimination stage. Each pool consisted of five athletes, with those positioned 1st and 4th seeded to Pool A, and those positioned 2nd and 3rd to Pool B. The athlete that finished first in Pool A faced the athlete that finished second in Pool B in the semifinals, and vice versa. There were no bronze medal matches in the kumite events. Losers of the semifinals each received a bronze medal.

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC+9).

Results

Pool stage

Pool A

Athlete	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
Ryutaro Araga (JPN)	3	3	0	0	6	Semifinals
Uğur Aktaş (TUR)	3	2	0	1	4
Gogita Arkania (GEO)	3	1	0	2	2
Daniyar Yuldashev (KAZ)	3	0	0	3	0
Jonathan Horne (GER)	0	0	0	0	0

Pool B

Athlete	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	Qualification
Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)	4	3	1	0	7	Semifinals
Tareg Hamedi (KSA)	4	2	1	1	5
Ivan Kvesić (CRO)	4	2	0	2	4
Daniel Gaysinsky (CAN)	4	1	1	2	3
Brian Irr (USA)	4	0	1	3	1

Finals

	Semifinals				Gold medal
	A1 Ryutaro Araga (JPN)	0
	B2 Tareg Hamedi (KSA)	2
					0 Tareg Hamedi (KSA)	0
					0 Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)	4
	B1 Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)	2
	A2 Uğur Aktaş (TUR)	2

Reaction

The final bout of the men's over-75 kilogram kumite ended after Iranian Sajjad Ganjzadeh was knocked out by his opponent, Saudi Tareg Hamedi.

The judges' decision to disqualify Hamedi and crown Ganjzadeh as champion as he was being removed from the arena on a stretcher sparked strong reactions around the karate world, such as Karate Combat chief Adam Kovacs saying Hamedi was "robbed", while others pointed out a deeper division and one-sided attacks from other karate organizations.

Notes

1. Jonathan Horne withdrew due to injury.
2. Hamedi was leading the match when he made an ippon kick to the head of Ganjzadeh called a hansoku, which knocked him unconscious. The judges ruled the kick was extreme and illegal, and Ganjzadeh was awarded gold by disqualification.

References

1. "2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "FAQs" (PDF). World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "Tokyo 2020 Standings–Male +75 kg". World Karate Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. "Ganjzadeh wins karate Olympic gold as opponent disqualified". AlJazeera. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
5. "2020 Summer Olympics — Karate - Olympic Schedule & Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
6. "Ganjzadeh wins karate Olympic gold as opponent disqualified". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
7. "Karate Combat chief says Tareg Hamedi 'robbed of a gold medal' at Olympics, offers rematch". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
8. "What Is Really Wrong With Olympic-Style Karate". Shunryu Martial Arts. Retrieved 25 August 2021.

External links

• Seeding and competition format
• Complete Results book of Karate Event in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Archived 2021-08-10 at the Wayback Machine

• Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics