1997 World Judo Championships
| 1997 World Judo Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Paris, France |
| Dates | 9–12 October 1997 |
The 1997 World Judo Championships were the 20th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris, France in 1997.
Medal overview[]
Men[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
 Tadahiro Nomura (JPN)
|
 Georgi Revazichvili (GEO)
|
 Fúlvio Miyata (BRA)
|
 Cedric Taymans (BEL)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) |
 (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)
|
(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)
|
 (SUI)
|
| (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)
|
(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 nations) | 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. | Cedric Taymans | Belgium
|
| 5. | North Korea
| |
| 5. | Yacine Douma | France
|
| 7. | Great Britain
| |
| 7. | Nikolai Ojeguine | Russia
|
65 kg[]
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 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. |  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. | 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 |  FR Yugoslavia
|
| 7. | Ariel Zeevi |  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. | Japan
| |
| 3. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium
|
| 3. | Dennis van der Geest | Netherlands
|
| 5. | Sergey Kossorotov | Russia
|
| 5. | Pan Song | China
|
| 7. | Cuba
| |
| 7. | Aurélio Miguel | Brazil
|
Women[]
48 kg[]
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryoko Tamura | Japan
|
| 2. | Amarilis Savón | Cuba
|
| 3. | Switzerland
| |
| 3. | North Korea
| |
| 5. | Portugal
| |
| 5. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | France
| |
| 7. | Edith Bosch | Netherlands
|
| 7. | 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. | Spain
| |
| 3. | Miho Ninomiya | Japan
|
| 3. | Yuan Hua | China
|
| 5. | Céline Lebrun | France
|
| 5. | Francoise Harteveld | Netherlands
|
| 7. | South Korea
| |
| 7. | Mara Kovačević | FR Yugoslavia
|
External links[]
- Competition Results - 1997 World Judo Championships (International Judo Federation
Categories:
- 1997 in judo
- 1997 in French sport
- World Judo Championships
- International sports competitions hosted by France
- Judo in Paris