| 1997 World Taekwondo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Hong Kong Coliseum |
| Location |  Hong Kong |
| Dates | 19–23 November 1997 |
| Champions | |
| Men |  South Korea |
| Women | South Korea |
The 1997 World Taekwondo Championships were the 13th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Hong Kong from November 19 to November 23, 1997, with 710 athletes participating from 80 countries.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−50 kg) | Juan Antonio Ramos  Spain | Roberto Cruz  Philippines | Lee Hou-kun  Chinese Taipei |
Nazım Yılmaz  Turkey | |||
| Flyweight (−54 kg) | Jin Seung-tae South Korea | Tsai Yi-ya Chinese Taipei | Geraldhy Altamirano  Ecuador |
Ludovic Vo  France | |||
| Bantamweight (−58 kg) | Huang Chih-hsiung Chinese Taipei | Mehdi Bibak  Iran | Liu Chuang  China |
Óscar Salazar  Mexico | |||
| Featherweight (−64 kg) | Kim In-dong South Korea | Ekrem Boyalı Turkey | Rafael Zúñiga Mexico |
| Hsu Chi-hung Chinese Taipei | |||
| Lightweight (−70 kg) | Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein  Egypt | Christophe Negrel France | Shim Ki-sun South Korea |
Zoran Krajčinović  Yugoslavia | |||
| Welterweight (−76 kg) | José Jesús Márquez Spain | Marco Scheiterbauer  Germany | Kim Kyong-hun South Korea |
| Majid Aflaki Iran | |||
| Middleweight (−83 kg) | Lee Dong-wan South Korea | Alfredo Escobar  Cuba | Rubén Montesinos Spain |
Michalis Tolios  Greece | |||
| Heavyweight (+83 kg) | Kim Je-kyoung South Korea | Hassan Aslani Iran | Khaled Al-Dosari  Saudi Arabia |
| Nelson Sáenz Cuba |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finweight (−43 kg) | Yang So-hee South Korea | Li Huang China | Thy Vy Sok  Australia |
Kay Poe  United States | |||
| Flyweight (−47 kg) | Chi Shu-ju Chinese Taipei | Yoon Song-hee South Korea | Kylie Treadwell Australia |
| Mandy Meloon United States | |||
| Bantamweight (−51 kg) | Hwang Eun-suk South Korea | Roxane Forget  Canada | Lauren Burns Australia |
| Elisabet Delgado Spain | |||
| Featherweight (−55 kg) | Jung Jae-eun South Korea | Carine Zelmonovitch France | Lai Hsiu-wen Chinese Taipei |
Raveevadee Pansombut  Thailand | |||
| Lightweight (−60 kg) | Kang Hae-eun South Korea | Hung Chia-chun Chinese Taipei | Luisa Arnanz Spain |
Miet Filipović  Croatia | |||
| Welterweight (−65 kg) | Cho Hyang-mi South Korea | Morfou Drosidou Greece | Marlene Ramírez Mexico |
| Hsu Chih-ling Chinese Taipei | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Woo Eun-joung South Korea | Mounia Bourguigue  Morocco | Mónica del Real Mexico |
| Ireane Ruíz Spain | |||
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Jung Myoung-sook South Korea | Natalia Ivanova  Russia | Nataša Vezmar Croatia |
| Chiu Meng-jen Chinese Taipei |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Iran | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |