1997 World Judo Championships

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1997 World Judo Championships
Venue Accor Arena
LocationParis, France
Dates9–12 October 1997
Competitors585 from 91 nations
Competition at external databases
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The 1997 World Judo Championships were the 20th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris in 1997.

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Medal overview

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Tadahiro Nomura  (JPN)Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgi Revazichvili  (GEO)Flag of Brazil.svg  Fúlvio Miyata  (BRA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Cédric Taymans  (BEL)
Half-lightweight (65 kg)
details
Flag of South Korea.svg  Kim Hyuk  (KOR)Flag of France.svg  Larbi Benboudaoud  (FRA)Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgi Vazagashvili  (GEO)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Victor Bivol  (MDA)
Lightweight (71 kg)
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Kenzo Nakamura  (JPN)Flag of France.svg  Christophe Gagliano  (FRA)Flag of Portugal.svg  Guilherme Bentes  (POR)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Vsevolods Zeļonijs  (LAT)
Half-middleweight (78 kg)
details
Flag of South Korea.svg  Cho In-Chul  (KOR)Flag of France.svg  Djamel Bouras  (FRA)Flag of North Korea.svg  Kwak Ok-Chol  (PRK)
Flag of Austria.svg  Patrick Reiter  (AUT)
Middleweight (86 kg)
details
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jeon Ki-Young  (KOR)Flag of Germany.svg  Marko Spittka  (GER)Flag of the United States.svg  Brian Olson  (USA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Michele Monti  (ITA)
Half-heavyweight (95 kg)
details
Flag of Poland.svg  Paweł Nastula  (POL)Flag of Brazil.svg  Aurélio Miguel  (BRA)Flag of France.svg  Ghislain Lemaire  (FRA)
Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshio Nakamura  (JPN)
Heavyweight (+95 kg)
details
Flag of France.svg  David Douillet  (FRA)Flag of Japan.svg  Shinichi Shinohara  (JPN)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Pan Song  (CHN)
Flag of Russia.svg  Tamerlan Tmenov  (RUS)
Openweight
details
Flag of Poland.svg  Rafał Kubacki  (POL)Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshiharu Makishi  (JPN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dennis van der Geest  (NED)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Harry Van Barneveld  (BEL)

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Ryoko Tamura  (JPN)Flag of Cuba.svg  Amarilis Savón  (CUB)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Monika Kurath  (SUI)
Flag of North Korea.svg  Pae Dong-suk  (PRK)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
details
Flag of France.svg  Marie-Claire Restoux  (FRA)Flag of North Korea.svg  Kye Sun-hui  (PRK)Flag of South Korea.svg  Hyun Sook-Hee  (KOR)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Nicole Flagothier  (BEL)
Lightweight (56 kg)
details
Flag of Spain.svg  Isabel Fernández  (ESP)Flag of Cuba.svg  Driulis González  (CUB)Flag of Japan.svg  Chiyori Tateno  (JPN)
Flag of France.svg  Magali Baton  (FRA)
Half-middleweight (61 kg)
details
Flag of France.svg  Séverine Vandenhende  (FRA)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Gella Vandecaveye  (BEL)Flag of Spain.svg  Sara Álvarez  (ESP)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jung Sung-Sook  (KOR)
Middleweight (66 kg)
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Kate Howey  (GBR)Flag of Germany.svg  Anja von Rekowski  (GER)Flag of Italy.svg  Emanuela Pierantozzi  (ITA)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Cho Min-Sun  (KOR)
Half-heavyweight (72 kg)
details
Flag of Japan.svg  Noriko Anno  (JPN)Flag of Cuba.svg  Diadenis Luna  (CUB)Flag of Brazil.svg  Edinanci Silva  (BRA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Ulla Werbrouck  (BEL)
Heavyweight (+72 kg)
details
Flag of France.svg  Christine Cicot  (FRA)Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Ninomiya  (JPN)Flag of Poland.svg  Beata Maksymow  (POL)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Fuming  (CHN)
Openweight
details
Flag of Cuba.svg  Daima Beltrán  (CUB)Flag of Spain.svg  Raquel Barrientos  (ESP)Flag of Japan.svg  Miho Ninomiya  (JPN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yuan Hua  (CHN)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 43310
2Flag of France.svg  France 4329
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3036
4Flag of Poland (with coat of arms).svg  Poland 2013
5Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1304
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1113
7Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0202
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0145
10Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0123
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0123
12Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 0112
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0033
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0022
15Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0011
Flag of Moldova (1990-2010).svg  Moldova 0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0011
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0011
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (22 entries)16163264

Results overview

Men

60 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Tadahiro Nomura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2. Georgi Revazichvili Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia
3. Fúlvio Miyata Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
3. Cédric Taymans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
5. Kang Myong-Chang Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
5. Yacine Douma Flag of France.svg France
7. Samuel Dunkley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
7. Nikolai Ojeguine Flag of Russia.svg Russia

65 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Kim Hyuk Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2. Larbi Benboudaoud Flag of France.svg France
3. Georgi Vazagashvili Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia
3. Victor Bivol Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
5. Israel Hernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
5. Magomed Dzhafarov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
7. Henrique Guimarães Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
7. Amar Meridja Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria

71 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Kenzo Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2. Christophe Gagliano Flag of France.svg France
3. Guilherme Bentes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
3. Vsevolods Zeļonijs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
5. Jorma Korhonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5. Khaliuny Boldbaatar Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
7. Koen van Nol Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7. Illya Chymchyuri Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

78 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Cho In-Chul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2. Djamel Bouras Flag of France.svg France
3. Kwak Ok-Chol Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
3. Patrick Reiter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
5. Yu Zhijan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5. Graeme Randall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
7. Alvaro Paseyro Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
7. Flávio Canto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

86 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Jeon Ki-Young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2. Marko Spittka Flag of Germany.svg Germany
3. Brian Olson Flag of the United States.svg United States
3. Michele Monti Flag of Italy.svg Italy
5. Algimantas Merkevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
5. Ruslan Mashurenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
7. Hiroomi Fujita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7. Keith Morgan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

95 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Paweł Nastula Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
2. Aurélio Miguel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
3. Ghislain Lemaire Flag of France.svg France
3. Yoshio Nakamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
5. Daniel Gürschner Flag of Germany.svg Germany
5. Radu Ivan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
7. Dano Pantić Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia
7. Ariel Ze'evi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

+95 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. David Douillet Flag of France.svg France
2. Shinichi Shinohara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3. Pan Song Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
3. Tamerlan Tmenov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
5. Selim Tataroğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
5. Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
7. Rafał Kubacki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
7. Ernesto Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Open class

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Rafał Kubacki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
2. Yoshiharu Makishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3. Harry Van Barneveld Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
3. Dennis van der Geest Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5. Sergey Kossorotov Flag of Russia.svg Russia
5. Pan Song Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7. Vladimir Sánchez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
7. Aurélio Miguel Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Women

48 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Ryoko Tamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2. Amarilis Savón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
3. Monika Kurath Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
3. Pae Dong-suk Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
5. Justina Pinheiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
5. Sylvie Meloux Flag of France.svg France
7. Tatiana Moskvina Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
7. Joyce Heron Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

52 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Marie-Claire Restoux Flag of France.svg France
2. Kye Sun-hui Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
3. Hyun Sook-Hee Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
3. Nicole Flagothier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
5. Luce Baillargeon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
5. Isabelle Schmutz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
7. Legna Verdecia Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
7. Tang Lihong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

56 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Isabel Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
2. Driulis González Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
3. Chiyori Tateno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3. Magali Baton Flag of France.svg France
5. Deborah Allan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
5. Marisabel Lomba Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
7. Daniella Zangrando Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
7. Pernilla Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

61 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Séverine Vandenhende Flag of France.svg France
2. Gella Vandecaveye Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
3. Sara Álvarez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
3. Jung Sung-Sook Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
5. Michelle Buckingham Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
5. Lara Sullivan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
7. Alla Klymovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
7. Hiroko Kitazume Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

66 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Kate Howey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
2. Anja von Rekowski Flag of Germany.svg Germany
3. Emanuela Pierantozzi Flag of Italy.svg Italy
3. Cho Min-Sun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
5. Úrsula Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
5. Isabelle Beauruelle Flag of France.svg France
7. Edith Bosch Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7. Silvia Henriques Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

72 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Noriko Anno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2. Diadenis Luna Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
3. Edinanci Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
3. Ulla Werbrouck Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
5. Estha Essombe Flag of France.svg France
5. Ylenia Scapin Flag of Italy.svg Italy
7. Karin Kienhuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7. Simona Richter Flag of Romania.svg  Romania

+72 kg

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Christine Cicot Flag of France.svg France
2. Miho Ninomiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3. Beata Maksymow Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
3. Sun Fuming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5. Daima Beltrán Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
5. Michelle Rogers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
7. Brigitte Olivier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
7. Sandra Köppen Flag of Germany.svg Germany

Open class

PositionJudokaCountry
1. Daima Beltrán Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2. Raquel Barrientos Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
3. Miho Ninomiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
3. Yuan Hua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
5. Céline Lebrun Flag of France.svg France
5. Françoise Harteveld Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
7. Lee Hyun-Keong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
7. Mara Kovačević Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  Yugoslavia

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