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1997 World Judo Championships

Judo
Judo
1997 World Judo Championships
VenueAccor Arena
LocationParis, France
Dates9–12 October 1997
Competitors585 from 91 nations
Competition at external databases
LinksIJF • JudoInside

The 1997 World Judo Championships were the 20th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris in 1997.

Medal overview

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
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 Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)  Georgi Revazichvili (GEO)  Fúlvio Miyata (BRA)
 Cédric Taymans (BEL)
Half-lightweight (65 kg)
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 Kim Hyuk (KOR)  Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)  Georgi Vazagashvili (GEO)
 Victor Bivol (MDA)
Lightweight (71 kg)
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 Kenzo Nakamura (JPN)  Christophe Gagliano (FRA)  Guilherme Bentes (POR)
 Vsevolods Zeļonijs (LAT)
Half-middleweight (78 kg)
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 Cho In-Chul (KOR)  Djamel Bouras (FRA)  Kwak Ok-Chol (PRK)
 Patrick Reiter (AUT)
Middleweight (86 kg)
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 Jeon Ki-Young (KOR)  Marko Spittka (GER)  Brian Olson (USA)
 Michele Monti (ITA)
Half-heavyweight (95 kg)
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 Paweł Nastula (POL)  Aurélio Miguel (BRA)  Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)
 Yoshio Nakamura (JPN)
Heavyweight (+95 kg)
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 David Douillet (FRA)  Shinichi Shinohara (JPN)  Pan Song (CHN)
 Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
Openweight
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 Rafał Kubacki (POL)  Yoshiharu Makishi (JPN)  Dennis van der Geest (NED)
 Harry Van Barneveld (BEL)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
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 Ryoko Tamura (JPN)  Amarilis Savón (CUB)  Monika Kurath (SUI)
 Pae Dong-suk (PRK)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
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 Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA)  Kye Sun-hui (PRK)  Hyun Sook-Hee (KOR)
 Nicole Flagothier (BEL)
Lightweight (56 kg)
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 Isabel Fernández (ESP)  Driulis González (CUB)  Chiyori Tateno (JPN)
 Magali Baton (FRA)
Half-middleweight (61 kg)
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 Séverine Vandenhende (FRA)  Gella Vandecaveye (BEL)  Sara Álvarez (ESP)
 Jung Sung-Sook (KOR)
Middleweight (66 kg)
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 Kate Howey (GBR)  Anja von Rekowski (GER)  Emanuela Pierantozzi (ITA)
 Cho Min-Sun (KOR)
Half-heavyweight (72 kg)
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 Noriko Anno (JPN)  Diadenis Luna (CUB)  Edinanci Silva (BRA)
 Ulla Werbrouck (BEL)
Heavyweight (+72 kg)
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 Christine Cicot (FRA)  Miho Ninomiya (JPN)  Beata Maksymow (POL)
 Sun Fuming (CHN)
Openweight
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 Daima Beltrán (CUB)  Raquel Barrientos (ESP)  Miho Ninomiya (JPN)
 Yuan Hua (CHN)

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan43310
2 France4329
3 South Korea3036
4 Poland2013
5 Cuba1304
6 Spain1113
7 Great Britain1001
8 Germany0202
9 Belgium0145
10 Brazil0123
 North Korea0123
12 Georgia0112
13 China0033
14 Italy0022
15 Austria0011
 Latvia0011
 Moldova0011
 Netherlands0011
 Portugal0011
 Russia0011
 Switzerland0011
 United States0011
Totals (22 entries)16163264

Results overview

Men

60 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Tadahiro Nomura  Japan
2. Georgi Revazichvili  Georgia
3. Fúlvio Miyata  Brazil
3. Cédric Taymans  Belgium
5. Kang Myong-Chang  North Korea
5. Yacine Douma  France
7. Samuel Dunkley  Great Britain
7. Nikolai Ojeguine  Russia

65 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Kim Hyuk  South Korea
2. Larbi Benboudaoud  France
3. Georgi Vazagashvili  Georgia
3. Victor Bivol  Moldova
5. Israel Hernández  Cuba
5. Magomed Dzhafarov  Russia
7. Henrique Guimarães  Brazil
7. Amar Meridja  Algeria

71 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Kenzo Nakamura  Japan
2. Christophe Gagliano  France
3. Guilherme Bentes  Portugal
3. Vsevolods Zeļonijs  Latvia
5. Jorma Korhonen  Finland
5. Khaliuny Boldbaatar  Mongolia
7. Koen van Nol  Netherlands
7. Illya Chymchyuri  Ukraine

78 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Cho In-Chul  South Korea
2. Djamel Bouras  France
3. Kwak Ok-Chol  North Korea
3. Patrick Reiter  Austria
5. Yu Zhijan  China
5. Graeme Randall  Great Britain
7. Alvaro Paseyro  Uruguay
7. Flávio Canto  Brazil

86 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Jeon Ki-Young  South Korea
2. Marko Spittka  Germany
3. Brian Olson  United States
3. Michele Monti  Italy
5. Algimantas Merkevičius  Lithuania
5. Ruslan Mashurenko  Ukraine
7. Hiroomi Fujita  Japan
7. Keith Morgan  Canada

95 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Paweł Nastula  Poland
2. Aurélio Miguel  Brazil
3. Ghislain Lemaire  France
3. Yoshio Nakamura  Japan
5. Daniel Gürschner  Germany
5. Radu Ivan  Romania
7. Dano Pantić  Yugoslavia
7. Ariel Ze'evi  Israel

+95 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. David Douillet  France
2. Shinichi Shinohara  Japan
3. Pan Song  China
3. Tamerlan Tmenov  Russia
5. Selim Tataroğlu  Turkey
5. Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran  Iran
7. Rafał Kubacki  Poland
7. Ernesto Pérez  Spain

Open class

Position Judoka Country
1. Rafał Kubacki  Poland
2. Yoshiharu Makishi  Japan
3. Harry Van Barneveld  Belgium
3. Dennis van der Geest  Netherlands
5. Sergey Kossorotov  Russia
5. Pan Song  China
7. Vladimir Sánchez  Cuba
7. Aurélio Miguel  Brazil

Women

48 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Ryoko Tamura  Japan
2. Amarilis Savón  Cuba
3. Monika Kurath   Switzerland
3. Pae Dong-suk  North Korea
5. Justina Pinheiro  Portugal
5. Sylvie Meloux  France
7. Tatiana Moskvina  Belarus
7. Joyce Heron  Great Britain

52 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Marie-Claire Restoux  France
2. Kye Sun-hui  North Korea
3. Hyun Sook-Hee  South Korea
3. Nicole Flagothier  Belgium
5. Luce Baillargeon  Canada
5. Isabelle Schmutz   Switzerland
7. Legna Verdecia  Cuba
7. Tang Lihong  China

56 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Isabel Fernández  Spain
2. Driulis González  Cuba
3. Chiyori Tateno  Japan
3. Magali Baton  France
5. Deborah Allan  Great Britain
5. Marisabel Lomba  Belgium
7. Daniella Zangrando  Brazil
7. Pernilla Andersson  Sweden

61 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Séverine Vandenhende  France
2. Gella Vandecaveye  Belgium
3. Sara Álvarez  Spain
3. Jung Sung-Sook  South Korea
5. Michelle Buckingham  Canada
5. Lara Sullivan  Australia
7. Alla Klymovych  Ukraine
7. Hiroko Kitazume  Japan

66 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Kate Howey  Great Britain
2. Anja von Rekowski  Germany
3. Emanuela Pierantozzi  Italy
3. Cho Min-Sun  South Korea
5. Úrsula Martín  Spain
5. Isabelle Beauruelle  France
7.  Netherlands
7. Silvia Henriques  Brazil

72 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Noriko Anno  Japan
2. Diadenis Luna  Cuba
3. Edinanci Silva  Brazil
3. Ulla Werbrouck  Belgium
5. Estha Essombe  France
5. Ylenia Scapin  Italy
7. Karin Kienhuis  Netherlands
7. Simona Richter  Romania

+72 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Christine Cicot  France
2. Miho Ninomiya  Japan
3. Beata Maksymow  Poland
3. Sun Fuming  China
5. Daima Beltrán  Cuba
5. Michelle Rogers  Great Britain
7. Brigitte Olivier  Belgium
7. Sandra Köppen  Germany

Open class

Position Judoka Country
1. Daima Beltrán  Cuba
2. Raquel Barrientos  Spain
3. Miho Ninomiya  Japan
3. Yuan Hua  China
5. Céline Lebrun  France
5. Françoise Harteveld  Netherlands
7. Lee Hyun-Keong  South Korea
7. Mara Kovačević  Yugoslavia

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