1997 Asian Judo Championships

The 1997 Asian Judo Championships were held in Manila, Philippines 22 November to 23 November 1997.

Medal overview[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)	(JPN)	(TPE)	(KAZ)
			(PRK)
Half-lightweight (65 kg)	Kim Jong-Won (KOR)	Pankaj Sharma (IND)	Ryuji Sonoda (JPN)
			(CHN)
Lightweight (71 kg)	Kwak Dae-Sung (KOR)	Khaliuny Boldbaatar (MGL)	(JPN)
			(PRK)
Half-middleweight (78 kg)	Yoon Dong-Sik (KOR)	Farkhod Turaev (UZB)	Kwak Ok-Chol (PRK)
			Ruslan Seilkhanov (KAZ)
Middleweight (86 kg)	(KOR)	(JPN)	(CHN)
			(KAZ)
Half-heavyweight (95 kg)	Sergey Shakimov (KAZ)	(KOR)	(CHN)
			(JPN)
Heavyweight (+95 kg)	Jun Konno (JPN)	(MGL)	(TPE)
			Vyacheslav Berduta (KAZ)
Openweight	Katsuyuki Masuchi (JPN)	(KOR)	(TPE)
			Vyacheslav Berduta (KAZ)

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)	(KOR)	Atsuko Nagai (JPN)	(CHN)
			Yu Shu-Chen (TPE)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)	Kye Sun-Hui (PRK)	(KOR)	(CHN)
			(JPN)
Lightweight (56 kg)	(PRK)	(CHN)	(KOR)
			(JPN)
Half-middleweight (61 kg)	Jung Sung-Sook (KOR)	Kie Kusakabe (JPN)	(UZB)
			Li Shufang (CHN)
Middleweight (66 kg)	(CHN)	(JPN)	(TPE)
			(PRK)
Half-heavyweight (72 kg)	(CHN)	Yeh Wen-Hua (TPE)	Saki Yoshida (JPN)
			Olesya Nazarenko (TKM)
Heavyweight (+72 kg)	Miho Ninomiya (JPN)	Shon Hyun-Me (KOR)	Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE)
			(IND)
Openweight	Miho Ninomiya (JPN)	(CHN)	(TKM)
			Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE)

Medals table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	6	4	1	11
2	Japan	5	4	6	15
3	China	2	2	6	10
4	North Korea	2	0	4	6
5	Kazakhstan	1	0	5	6
6	Chinese Taipei	0	2	6	8
7	Mongolia	0	2	1	3
8	India	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
10	Turkmenistan	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 nations)		16	16	33	65

References[]

• "Asian Championships 1997 Manila". JudoInside.

External links[]

• Judo Union of Asia