Judo at the 1997 East Asian Games

Judo Judo at the 1997 East Asian Games
Venue	Dong-A University
Location	Busan, South Korea
Dates	15–18 May 1997
Nations	9 [1]
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The Judo competition at the 1997 East Asian Games was contested in eight weight classes, eight each for men and women.

This competition was held at Gym of Dong-A University, from 15 to 18 May. Japan and South Korea each won 6 gold medals, and China was third in the competition with 4 golds. ^{[2] [3]}

Medal overview

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details	Kazuhiko Tokuno  (JPN)	Yeh Hsin-Hung  (TPE)	Moon Dae-Hyun  (KOR)
			Wang Yong  (CHN)
Half-lightweight (65 kg) details	Kim Hyuk  (KOR)	Naoya Uchimura  (JPN)	U. Erdenebaatar  (MGL)
			Lin Wen-Tao  (TPE)
Lightweight (71 kg) details	Kwak Dae-Sung  (KOR)	Kenzo Nakamura  (JPN)	Ra Teer  (CHN)
			Chen Chih-Ping  (TPE)
Half-middleweight (78 kg) details	Cho In-Chul  (KOR)	Khaliuny Boldbaatar  (MGL)	Makoto Takimoto  (JPN)
			Lo Wei-Yu  (TPE)
Middleweight (86 kg) details	Hiroomi Fujita  (JPN)	Jeon Ki-Young  (KOR)	Odkhuu Batjargal  (MGL)
			Ao Tegen  (CHN)
Half-heavyweight (95 kg) details	Kim Hee-Soo  (KOR)	Yoshio Nakamura  (JPN)	Sergey Shakimov  (KAZ)
			Yang Hongjun  (CHN)
Heavyweight (+95 kg) details	Shinichi Shinohara  (JPN)	Liu Shenggang  (CHN)	Kim Se-Hoon  (KOR)
			T. Tserenpuntsag  (MGL)
Openweight details	Pan Song  (CHN)	(JPN)	Kim Jae-sik  (KOR)
			B. Badmaanyambuu  (MGL)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Atsuko Nagai  (JPN)	Yoo Hee-Joon  (KOR)	G Altantsetseg  (MGL)
			Yu Shu-Chen  (TPE)
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Kazue Nagai  (JPN)	Hyun Sook-Hee  (KOR)	Tang Lihong  (CHN)
			Chan Mei-ling  (HKG)
Lightweight (56 kg) details	Liu Chuang  (CHN)	Huang Al-Chun  (TPE)	Masako Otsuka  (JPN)
			Park Mi-Hee  (KOR)
Half-middleweight (61 kg) details	Jung Sung-Sook  (KOR)	Yuko Emoto  (JPN)	Qin Yuying  (CHN)
			Lee Ya-Wen  (TPE)
Middleweight (66 kg) details	Cho Min-Sun  (KOR)	Wang Xianbo  (CHN)	(JPN)
			Wu Mei-Ling  (TPE)
Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details	Saki Yoshida (JPN)	Evguenia Bogounova  (KAZ)	Tang Ling  (CHN)
			D. Tserenkhand  (MGL)
Heavyweight (+72 kg) details	Sun Fuming  (CHN)	Mako Kuniyoshi  (JPN)	Lee Hyun-Kyung  (KOR)
			Gulnara Kusherbayeva  (KAZ)
Openweight details	Yuan Hua  (CHN)	Lee Hsiao-Hung  (TPE)	(JPN)
			Shon Hyun-Me  (KOR)

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	6	6	4	16
2	South Korea	6	3	6	15
3	China	4	2	7	13
4	Chinese Taipei	0	3	6	9
5	Mongolia	0	1	6	7
6	Kazakhstan	0	1	2	3
7	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		16	16	32	64

References

1. "Olympic Council of Asia : Games". 2010-06-13. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
2. "East Asian Games in retrospect". People's Daily Online. 2022-04-22. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
3. "East Asian Games in Busan (1997)". www.ijf.org. Archived from the original on 2002-12-20. Retrieved 2025-08-17.