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1997 World Judo Championships
Judo competition
Field Value competition 1997 World Judo Championships dates 9–12 October 1997 location Paris, France
The 1997 World Judo Championships were the 20th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris in 1997.
Medal overview
Men
Extra-lightweight (60 kg) Half-lightweight (65 kg) Lightweight (71 kg) Half-middleweight (78 kg) Middleweight (86 kg) Half-heavyweight (95 kg) Heavyweight (+95 kg) Openweight Tadahiro Nomura Georgi Revazichvili Fúlvio Miyata Cédric Taymans Kim Hyuk Larbi Benboudaoud Georgi Vazagashvili Victor Bivol Kenzo Nakamura Christophe Gagliano Guilherme Bentes Vsevolods Zeļonijs Cho In-Chul Djamel Bouras Kwak Ok-Chol Patrick Reiter Jeon Ki-Young Marko Spittka Brian Olson Michele Monti Paweł Nastula Aurélio Miguel Ghislain Lemaire Yoshio Nakamura David Douillet Shinichi Shinohara Pan Song Tamerlan Tmenov Rafał Kubacki Yoshiharu Makishi Dennis van der Geest Harry Van Barneveld
Women
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) Half-lightweight (52 kg) Lightweight (56 kg) Half-middleweight (61 kg) Middleweight (66 kg) Half-heavyweight (72 kg) Heavyweight (+72 kg) Openweight Ryoko Tamura Amarilis Savón Monika Kurath Pae Dong-suk Marie-Claire Restoux Kye Sun-hui Hyun Sook-Hee Nicole Flagothier Isabel Fernández Driulis González Chiyori Tateno Magali Baton Séverine Vandenhende Gella Vandecaveye Sara Álvarez Jung Sung-Sook Kate Howey Anja von Rekowski Emanuela Pierantozzi Cho Min-Sun Noriko Anno Diadenis Luna Edinanci Silva Ulla Werbrouck Christine Cicot Miho Ninomiya Beata Maksymow Sun Fuming Daima Beltrán Raquel Barrientos Miho Ninomiya Yuan Hua
Medal table
Results overview
Men
60 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Tadahiro Nomura JPN 2. Georgi Revazichvili GEO 3. Fúlvio Miyata BRA 3. Cédric Taymans BEL 5. Kang Myong-Chang PRK 5. Yacine Douma France 7. Samuel Dunkley Great Britain 7. Nikolai Ojeguine Russia
65 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Kim Hyuk KOR 2. Larbi Benboudaoud France 3. Georgi Vazagashvili GEO 3. Victor Bivol MDA 5. Israel Hernández CUB 5. Magomed Dzhafarov Russia 7. Henrique Guimarães BRA 7. Amar Meridja ALG
71 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Kenzo Nakamura JPN 2. Christophe Gagliano France 3. Guilherme Bentes POR 3. Vsevolods Zeļonijs LAT 5. Jorma Korhonen FIN 5. Khaliuny Boldbaatar MGL 7. Koen van Nol NED 7. Illya Chymchyuri UKR
78 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Cho In-Chul KOR 2. Djamel Bouras France 3. Kwak Ok-Chol PRK 3. Patrick Reiter AUT 5. Yu Zhijan CHN 5. Graeme Randall Great Britain 7. Alvaro Paseyro URU 7. Flávio Canto BRA
86 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Jeon Ki-Young KOR 2. Marko Spittka Germany 3. Brian Olson United States 3. Michele Monti Italy 5. Algimantas Merkevičius LTU 5. Ruslan Mashurenko UKR 7. Hiroomi Fujita JPN 7. Keith Morgan Canada
95 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Paweł Nastula POL 2. Aurélio Miguel BRA 3. Ghislain Lemaire France 3. Yoshio Nakamura JPN 5. Daniel Gürschner Germany 5. Radu Ivan ROM 7. Dano Pantić FR Yugoslavia 7. Ariel Ze'evi ISR
+95 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. David Douillet France 2. Shinichi Shinohara JPN 3. Pan Song CHN 3. Tamerlan Tmenov Russia 5. Selim Tataroğlu TUR 5. Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran IRI 7. Rafał Kubacki POL 7. Ernesto Pérez ESP
Open class
Position Judoka Country 1. Rafał Kubacki POL 2. Yoshiharu Makishi JPN 3. Harry Van Barneveld BEL 3. Dennis van der Geest NED 5. Sergey Kossorotov Russia 5. Pan Song CHN 7. Vladimir Sánchez CUB 7. Aurélio Miguel BRA
Women
48 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Ryoko Tamura JPN 2. Amarilis Savón CUB 3. Monika Kurath SUI 3. Pae Dong-suk PRK 5. Justina Pinheiro POR 5. Sylvie Meloux France 7. Tatiana Moskvina BLR 7. Joyce Heron Great Britain
52 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Marie-Claire Restoux France 2. Kye Sun-hui PRK 3. Hyun Sook-Hee KOR 3. Nicole Flagothier BEL 5. Luce Baillargeon Canada 5. Isabelle Schmutz SUI 7. Legna Verdecia CUB 7. Tang Lihong CHN
56 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Isabel Fernández ESP 2. Driulis González CUB 3. Chiyori Tateno JPN 3. Magali Baton France 5. Deborah Allan Great Britain 5. Marisabel Lomba BEL 7. Daniella Zangrando BRA 7. Pernilla Andersson SWE
61 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Séverine Vandenhende France 2. Gella Vandecaveye BEL 3. Sara Álvarez ESP 3. Jung Sung-Sook KOR 5. Michelle Buckingham Canada 5. Lara Sullivan Australia 7. Alla Klymovych UKR 7. Hiroko Kitazume JPN
66 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Kate Howey Great Britain 2. Anja von Rekowski Germany 3. Emanuela Pierantozzi Italy 3. Cho Min-Sun KOR 5. Úrsula Martín ESP 5. Isabelle Beauruelle France 7. Edith Bosch NED 7. Silvia Henriques BRA
72 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Noriko Anno JPN 2. Diadenis Luna CUB 3. Edinanci Silva BRA 3. Ulla Werbrouck BEL 5. Estha Essombe France 5. Ylenia Scapin Italy 7. Karin Kienhuis NED 7. Simona Richter ROM
+72 kg
Position Judoka Country 1. Christine Cicot France 2. Miho Ninomiya JPN 3. Beata Maksymow POL 3. Sun Fuming CHN 5. Daima Beltrán CUB 5. Michelle Rogers Great Britain 7. Brigitte Olivier BEL 7. Sandra Köppen Germany
Open class
Position Judoka Country 1. Daima Beltrán CUB 2. Raquel Barrientos ESP 3. Miho Ninomiya JPN 3. Yuan Hua CHN 5. Céline Lebrun France 5. Françoise Harteveld NED 7. Lee Hyun-Keong KOR 7. Mara Kovačević FR Yugoslavia
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