Editing Karate (section)

=== Olympic Games ===
[[File:2018-10-18 Karate Boys' +68 kg at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Bronze IRL–MAR (Martin Rulsch) 18.jpg|thumb|Bronze medal match at the [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics]] in Buenos Aires, Argentina.]]
In August 2016, the [[International Olympic Committee]] approved [[Karate at the Summer Olympics|karate as an Olympic sport]] beginning at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|title= IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020|publisher= [[IOC]]|url= https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020|access-date= 4 August 2016|archive-date= 3 June 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200603050656/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Olympics: Baseball/softball, sport climbing, surfing, karate, skateboarding at Tokyo 2020|work= [[BBC]]|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36968070|access-date= 4 August 2016|archive-date= 5 June 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210605011857/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36968070|url-status= live}}</ref> Karate also debuted at the [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics]]. During this debut of Karate in the Summer Olympics, sixty competitors from around the world competed in the Kumite competition, and twenty competed in the Kata competition. In September 2015, karate was included in a shortlist along with [[Baseball at the Summer Olympics|baseball]], softball, [[Skateboarding at the Summer Olympics|skateboarding]], [[Surfing at the Summer Olympics|surfing]], and [[Sport climbing at the Summer Olympics|sport climbing]] to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics;<ref>{{cite web |date=28 September 2015 |title=Surfing and skateboarding make shortlist for 2020 Olympics |url=http://www.grindtv.com/surf/surfing-skateboarding-make-shortlist-2020-olympics/#o7ywgs7MO0zEB9MH.97 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813030631/http://www.grindtv.com/surf/surfing-skateboarding-make-shortlist-2020-olympics/#o7ywgs7MO0zEB9MH.97 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |access-date=8 August 2016 |website=GrindTV.com}}</ref> and in June 2016, the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 June 2016 |title=IOC Executive Board supports Tokyo 2020 package of new sports for IOC Session – Olympic News |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-executive-board-supports-tokyo-2020-package-of-new-sports-for-ioc-session |access-date=8 August 2016 |publisher=Olympic.org |archive-date=24 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324090445/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-executive-board-supports-tokyo-2020-package-of-new-sports-for-ioc-session |url-status=live }}</ref> Finally, on 3 August 2016, all five sports (counting baseball and softball together as one sport) were approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic program.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 August 2016 |title=IOC approves five new sports for Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020 |access-date=22 August 2016 |publisher=olympics.org International Olympic Committee |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603050656/https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Karate was not included in the [[2024 Olympic Games]], although it has made the shortlist for inclusion, alongside nine others, in the [[2028 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 August 2022 |title=Motorsport, cricket and karate among nine sports on shortlist for Los Angeles 2028 inclusion |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126540/cricket-los-angeles-2028 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819172617/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126540/cricket-los-angeles-2028 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022 |publisher=Inside the Games}}</ref>