Karate at the 2005 World Games – Women's kumite 53 kg

The women's kumite 53 kg competition in karate at the 2005 World Games took place on 23 July 2005 at the Kfraftzentrale in Duisburg, Germany.

Women's kumite 53 kg at the 2005 World Games
Venue	Kfraftzentrale
Date	23 July 2005
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Heba El-Sayed Tomoko Araga Kora Knühmann

Competition format

A total of 8 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	Kora Knühmann (GER)	3	3	0	0	6	7–1
2	Lisbeth Castro (VEN)	3	2	0	1	4	10–8
3	Jenny Zeannet (INA)	3	1	0	2	2	6–9
4	Maria Alexiadis (AUS)	3	0	0	3	0	3–8

	Score
Lisbeth Castro (VEN)	6–4	Jenny Zeannet (INA)
Maria Alexiadis (AUS)	1–2	Kora Knühmann (GER)
Lisbeth Castro (VEN)	4–1	Maria Alexiadis (AUS)
Jenny Zeannet (INA)	0–2	Kora Knühmann (GER)
Lisbeth Castro (VEN)	0–3	Kora Knühmann (GER)
Jenny Zeannet (INA)	2–1	Maria Alexiadis (AUS)

Group B

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Heba El-Sayed (EGY)	3	3	0	0	6	8–2
2	Tomoko Araga (JPN)	3	2	0	1	4	9–5
3	Shannon Nishi (USA)	3	1	0	2	2	8–6
4	Cheily González (GUA)	3	0	0	3	0	1–13

	Score
Heba El-Sayed (EGY)	2–1	Tomoko Araga (JPN)
Cheily González (GUA)	0–5	Shannon Nishi (USA)
Heba El-Sayed (EGY)	5–1	Cheily González (GUA)
Tomoko Araga (JPN)	5–3	Shannon Nishi (USA)
Heba El-Sayed (EGY)	1–0	Shannon Nishi (USA)
Tomoko Araga (JPN)	3–0	Cheily González (GUA)

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Kora Knühmann (GER)	1
	Tomoko Araga (JPN)	5
					Tomoko Araga (JPN)	0
					Heba El-Sayed (EGY)	2
	Heba El-Sayed (EGY)	4
	Lisbeth Castro (VEN)	0
					Third place
					Kora Knühmann (GER)	4
					Lisbeth Castro (VEN)	1