1997 World Table Tennis Championships

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The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Manchester from April 24 to May 5, 1997. [1] This event was notable as the winner Jan-Ove Waldner won without losing a single set in all matches played, this was the first time that this occurred. [2]

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Results

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ding Song
Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Ma Wenge
Wang Tao 		Flag of France.svg  France
Nicolas Chatelain
Patrick Chila
Damien Eloi
Jean-Philippe Gatien
Christophe Legout 		Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Chu Kyo-sung
Kim Taek-soo
Lee Chul-seung
Oh Sang-eun
Yoo Nam-kyu
Corbillon Cup
Women's Team 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Deng Yaping
Li Ju
Wang Chen
Wang Nan
Yang Ying 		Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Kim Hyon-hui
Tu Jong-sil
Wi Bok-Sun 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Christina Fischer
Olga Nemeș
Elke Schall
Jie Schöpp
Nicole Struse

Individual

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yan Sen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Na
Men's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang 		Flag of Sweden.svg Jörgen Persson
Flag of Sweden.svg Jan-Ove Waldner 		Flag of France.svg Damien Eloi
Flag of France.svg Jean-Philippe Gatien
Flag of Japan.svg Kōji Matsushita
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Shibutani
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Ying 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ju
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan 		Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Chai Po Wa
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qiao Yunping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cheng Hongxia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Hui
Mixed doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Guoliang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Na 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Linghui
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Deng Yaping 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Liqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Nan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chiang Peng-lung
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Jing

References

  1. ↑ ITTF Museum. "Past World Championships Results" . Retrieved December 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Jan Ove Waldner The Mozart of Table Tennis". ITTF STARS. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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