Karate at the 2005 World Games – Men's kumite 60 kg

The men's kumite 60 kg competition in karate at the 2005 World Games took place on 24 July 2005 at the Kfraftzentrale in Duisburg, Germany.

Men's kumite 60 kg at the 2005 World Games
Venue	Kfraftzentrale
Date	24 July 2005
Competitors	7 from 7 nations
Medalists
Michele Giuliani Yury Kalashnikov Miguel Yépez

Competition format

A total of 7 athletes entered the competition. In elimination round they fought in two groups. From this stage the best two athletes qualifies to the semifinals.

Results

Elimination round

Group A

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Yury Kalashnikov (RUS)	2	2	0	0	4	9–0
2	Dean Marshall (AUS)	2	1	0	1	2	5–8
3	Adam Brozer (USA)	2	0	0	2	0	4–10

	Score
Yury Kalashnikov (RUS)	4–0	Dean Marshall (AUS)
Yury Kalashnikov (RUS)	5–0	Adam Brozer (USA)
Dean Marshall (AUS)	5–4	Adam Brozer (USA)

Group B

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Michele Giuliani (ITA)	3	3	0	0	6	19–8
2	Miguel Yépez (VEN)	3	2	0	1	4	12–2
3	Artur Aslanyan (ARM)	3	1	0	2	2	11–13
4	Thabiso Maretlwaneng (BOT)	3	0	0	3	0	1–17

	Score
Miguel Yépez (VEN)	8–0	Michele Giuliani (ITA)
Thabiso Maretlwaneng (BOT)	1–6	Artur Aslanyan (ARM)
Miguel Yépez (VEN)	3–0	Thabiso Maretlwaneng (BOT)
Michele Giuliani (ITA)	11–3	Artur Aslanyan (ARM)
Miguel Yépez (VEN)	1–2	Artur Aslanyan (ARM)
Michele Giuliani (ITA)	8–0	Thabiso Maretlwaneng (BOT)

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Yury Kalashnikov (RUS)	5
	Miguel Yépez (VEN)	3
					Yury Kalashnikov (RUS)	2
					Michele Giuliani (ITA)	7
	Michele Giuliani (ITA)	4
	Dean Marshall (AUS)	1
					Third place
					Miguel Yépez (VEN)	2
					Dean Marshall (AUS)	1