# 1997 World Judo Championships

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

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Monika Kurath (SUI) |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Pae Dong-suk (PRK) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA) | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) | Hyun Sook-Hee (KOR) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA) | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) | Nicole Flagothier (BEL) |
| Lightweight (56 kg) details | Isabel Fernández (ESP) | Driulis González (CUB) | Chiyori Tateno (JPN) |
| Lightweight (56 kg) details | Isabel Fernández (ESP) | Driulis González (CUB) | Magali Baton (FRA) |
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) details | Séverine Vandenhende (FRA) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Sara Álvarez (ESP) |
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) details | Séverine Vandenhende (FRA) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Jung Sung-Sook (KOR) |
| Middleweight (66 kg) details | Kate Howey (GBR) | Anja von Rekowski (GER) | Emanuela Pierantozzi (ITA) |
| Middleweight (66 kg) details | Kate Howey (GBR) | Anja von Rekowski (GER) | Cho Min-Sun (KOR) |
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Diadenis Luna (CUB) | Edinanci Silva (BRA) |
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Diadenis Luna (CUB) | Ulla Werbrouck (BEL) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Christine Cicot (FRA) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) | Beata Maksymow (POL) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Christine Cicot (FRA) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) | Sun Fuming (CHN) |
| Openweight details | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Raquel Barrientos (ESP) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) |
| Openweight details | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Raquel Barrientos (ESP) | 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 |
| 10 | 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 |
| 15 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | 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 |