1997 World Judo Championships
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|---|---|
| Venue | Accor Arena |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Dates | 9–12 October 1997 |
| Competitors | 585 from 91 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • 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) |
 Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)
|
 Georgi Revazichvili (GEO)
|
 Fúlvio Miyata (BRA)
|
 Cédric Taymans (BEL)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) |
 Kim Hyuk (KOR)
|
 Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)
|
Georgi Vazagashvili (GEO)
|
 Victor Bivol (MDA)
| |||
| Lightweight (71 kg) |
Kenzo Nakamura (JPN)
|
Christophe Gagliano (FRA)
|
 Guilherme Bentes (POR)
|
 Vsevolods Zeļonijs (LAT)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) |
Cho In-Chul (KOR)
|
Djamel Bouras (FRA)
|
 Kwak Ok-Chol (PRK)
|
 Patrick Reiter (AUT)
| |||
| Middleweight (86 kg) |
Jeon Ki-Young (KOR)
|
 Marko Spittka (GER)
|
 Brian Olson (USA)
|
 Michele Monti (ITA)
| |||
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) |
 Paweł Nastula (POL)
|
Aurélio Miguel (BRA)
|
Ghislain Lemaire (FRA)
|
| Yoshio Nakamura (JPN)
| |||
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) |
David Douillet (FRA)
|
Shinichi Shinohara (JPN)
|
 Pan Song (CHN)
|
 Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
| |||
| Openweight |
Rafał Kubacki (POL)
|
Yoshiharu Makishi (JPN)
|
 Dennis van der Geest (NED)
|
| Harry Van Barneveld (BEL)
|
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) |
Ryoko Tamura (JPN)
|
 Amarilis Savón (CUB)
|
 Monika Kurath (SUI)
|
| Pae Dong-suk (PRK)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) |
Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA)
|
Kye Sun-hui (PRK)
|
Hyun Sook-Hee (KOR)
|
| Nicole Flagothier (BEL)
| |||
| Lightweight (56 kg) |
 Isabel Fernández (ESP)
|
Driulis González (CUB)
|
Chiyori Tateno (JPN)
|
| Magali Baton (FRA)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) |
Séverine Vandenhende (FRA)
|
Gella Vandecaveye (BEL)
|
Sara Álvarez (ESP)
|
| Jung Sung-Sook (KOR)
| |||
| Middleweight (66 kg) |
 Kate Howey (GBR)
|
Anja von Rekowski (GER)
|
Emanuela Pierantozzi (ITA)
|
| Cho Min-Sun (KOR)
| |||
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) |
Noriko Anno (JPN)
|
Diadenis Luna (CUB)
|
Edinanci Silva (BRA)
|
| Ulla Werbrouck (BEL)
| |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) |
Christine Cicot (FRA)
|
Miho Ninomiya (JPN)
|
Beata Maksymow (POL)
|
| Sun Fuming (CHN)
| |||
| Openweight |
Daima Beltrán (CUB)
|
Raquel Barrientos (ESP)
|
Miho Ninomiya (JPN)
|
| Yuan Hua (CHN)
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  Poland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Cuba | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| North Korea | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 12 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | China | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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. | Edith Bosch | 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
|
External links
- 1997 World Judo Championships at the International Judo Federation
- 1997 World Judo Championships at JudoInside.com
- Competition Results - 1997 World Judo Championships (International Judo Federation) (Archived)
