# Judo at the 1997 East Asian Games

The Judo competition at the 1997 East Asian Games was contested in eight weight classes, eight each for men and women.
This competition was held at Gym of Dong-A University, from 15 to 18 May. Japan and South Korea each won 6 gold medals, and China was third in the competition with 4 golds.

## Medal overview
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) | Yeh Hsin-Hung (TPE) | Moon Dae-Hyun (KOR) |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) | Yeh Hsin-Hung (TPE) | Wang Yong (CHN) |
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) details | Kim Hyuk (KOR) | Naoya Uchimura (JPN) | U. Erdenebaatar (MGL) |
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) details | Kim Hyuk (KOR) | Naoya Uchimura (JPN) | Lin Wen-Tao (TPE) |
| Lightweight (71 kg) details | Kwak Dae-Sung (KOR) | Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) | Ra Teer (CHN) |
| Lightweight (71 kg) details | Kwak Dae-Sung (KOR) | Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) | Chen Chih-Ping (TPE) |
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) details | Cho In-Chul (KOR) | Khaliuny Boldbaatar (MGL) | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) |
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) details | Cho In-Chul (KOR) | Khaliuny Boldbaatar (MGL) | Lo Wei-Yu (TPE) |
| Middleweight (86 kg) details | Hiroomi Fujita (JPN) | Jeon Ki-Young (KOR) | Odkhuu Batjargal (MGL) |
| Middleweight (86 kg) details | Hiroomi Fujita (JPN) | Jeon Ki-Young (KOR) | Ao Tegen (CHN) |
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) details | Kim Hee-Soo (KOR) | Yoshio Nakamura (JPN) | Sergey Shakimov (KAZ) |
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) details | Kim Hee-Soo (KOR) | Yoshio Nakamura (JPN) | Yang Hongjun (CHN) |
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) details | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Liu Shenggang (CHN) | Kim Se-Hoon (KOR) |
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) details | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Liu Shenggang (CHN) | T. Tserenpuntsag (MGL) |
| Openweight details | Pan Song (CHN) | (JPN) | Kim Jae-sik (KOR) |
| Openweight details | Pan Song (CHN) | (JPN) | B. Badmaanyambuu (MGL) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Atsuko Nagai (JPN) | Yoo Hee-Joon (KOR) | G Altantsetseg (MGL) |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Atsuko Nagai (JPN) | Yoo Hee-Joon (KOR) | Yu Shu-Chen (TPE) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Kazue Nagai (JPN) | Hyun Sook-Hee (KOR) | Tang Lihong (CHN) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Kazue Nagai (JPN) | Hyun Sook-Hee (KOR) | Chan Mei-ling (HKG) |
| Lightweight (56 kg) details | Liu Chuang (CHN) | Huang Al-Chun (TPE) | Masako Otsuka (JPN) |
| Lightweight (56 kg) details | Liu Chuang (CHN) | Huang Al-Chun (TPE) | Park Mi-Hee (KOR) |
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) details | Jung Sung-Sook (KOR) | Yuko Emoto (JPN) | Qin Yuying (CHN) |
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) details | Jung Sung-Sook (KOR) | Yuko Emoto (JPN) | Lee Ya-Wen (TPE) |
| Middleweight (66 kg) details | Cho Min-Sun (KOR) | Wang Xianbo (CHN) | (JPN) |
| Middleweight (66 kg) details | Cho Min-Sun (KOR) | Wang Xianbo (CHN) | Wu Mei-Ling (TPE) |
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details | Saki Yoshida (JPN) | Evguenia Bogounova (KAZ) | Tang Ling (CHN) |
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) details | Saki Yoshida (JPN) | Evguenia Bogounova (KAZ) | D. Tserenkhand (MGL) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Mako Kuniyoshi (JPN) | Lee Hyun-Kyung (KOR) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) details | Sun Fuming (CHN) | Mako Kuniyoshi (JPN) | Gulnara Kusherbayeva (KAZ) |
| Openweight details | Yuan Hua (CHN) | Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE) | (JPN) |
| Openweight details | Yuan Hua (CHN) | Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE) | Shon Hyun-Me (KOR) |

### Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |