# 1997 European Judo Championships

The 1997 European Judo Championships were the 8th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Ostend, Belgium from 8 to 11 May 1997.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg | Rashad Mammadov | Yacine Douma | Girolamo Giovinazzo Pedro Caravana |
| 65 kg | Hüseyin Özkan | Giorgi Revazishvili | Larbi Benboudaoud Julian Davis |
| 71 kg | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Anatoly Laryukov | Christophe Gagliano Danny Kingston |
| 78 kg | Johan Laats | Djamel Bouras | Dirk Radszat Patrick Reiter |
| 86 kg | Mark Huizinga | Sergei Klischin | Daan De Cooman Algimantas Merkevičius |
| 95 kg | Ben Sonnemans | Ghislain Lemaire | Radu Ivan Dano Pantić |
| +95 kg | Selim Tataroğlu | Dennis van der Geest | Harry Van Barneveld Rafał Kubacki |
| Open class | Harry Van Barneveld | Volker Heyer | Indrek Pertelson Selim Tataroğlu |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Sylvie Meloux | Anna-Maria Gradante | Svetlana Komarova Tatiana Moskvina |
| 52 kg | Inge Clement | Alena Karytskaya | Marie-Claire Restoux Lioudmila Khramova |
| 56 kg | Marisabel Lomba | Isabel Fernández | Magali Baton Beata Kucharzewska |
| 61 kg | Gella Vandecaveye | Michaela Vernerová | Séverine Vandenhende Irena Tokarz |
| 66 kg | Yvonne Wansart | Úrsula Martín | Claudia Zwiers Kate Howey |
| 72 kg | Ulla Werbrouck | Chloe Cowen | Karin Kienhuis Uta Kühnen |
| +72 kg | Johanna Hagn | Michelle Rogers | Céline Lebrun Beata Maksymow |
| Open class | Beata Maksymow | Françoise Harteveld | Raquel Barrientos Brigitte Olivier |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Belgium | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Belarus | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### 60 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Rachad Mamedov | Belarus |
| 2. | Yacine Douma | France |
| 3. | Girolamo Giovinazzo | Italy |
| 3. | Pedro Caravana | Portugal |
| 5. | Sean Sullivan | Ireland |
| 5. | Jamie Johnson | Great Britain |
| 7. | Nestor Khergiani | Georgia |
| 7. | Tamás Kovács | Hungary |

#### 65 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Hüseyin Özkan | Turkey |
| 2. | Giorgi Revazishvili | Georgia |
| 3. | Larbi Benboudaoud | France |
| 3. | Julian Davis | Great Britain |
| 5. | József Csák | Hungary |
| 5. | Gabriel Bengtsson | Sweden |
| 7. | Aleksandr Shlyk | Belarus |
| 7. | Michel Almeida | Portugal |

#### 71 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Giorgi Vazagashvili | Georgia |
| 2. | Anatoly Laryukov | Belarus |
| 3. | Christophe Gagliano | France |
| 3. | Danny Kingston | Great Britain |
| 5. | Rafał Kozielewski | Poland |
| 5. | Guilherme Bentes | Portugal |
| 7. | Federico Cainero | Italy |
| 7. | Vsevolods Zeļonijs | Latvia |

#### 78 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Johan Laats | Belgium |
| 2. | Djamel Bouras | France |
| 3. | Dirk Radszat | Germany |
| 3. | Patrick Reiter | Austria |
| 5. | Aleksei Budõlin | Estonia |
| 5. | Guerman Abdulaev | Russia |
| 7. | Matti Lattu | Finland |
| 7. | Bertalan Hajtós | Hungary |

#### 86 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Mark Huizinga | Netherlands |
| 2. | Sergei Klischin | Austria |
| 3. | Daan De Cooman | Belgium |
| 3. | Algimantas Merkevičius | Lithuania |
| 5. | Stéphane Nomis | France |
| 5. | Artur Kejza | Poland |
| 7. | Georgi Tschmindashvili | Georgia |
| 7. | Petr Lacina | Czech Republic |

#### 95 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Ben Sonnemans | Netherlands |
| 2. | Ghislain Lemaire | France |
| 3. | Radu Ivan | Romania |
| 3. | Dano Pantić | Yugoslavia |
| 5. | Pedro Soares | Portugal |
| 5. | Iveri Jikurauli | Georgia |
| 7. | Patric Nebhuth | Germany |
| 7. | Luigi Guido | Italy |

#### +95 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 2. | Dennis van der Geest | Netherlands |
| 3. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium |
| 3. | Rafał Kubacki | Poland |
| 5. | Ernesto Pérez | Spain |
| 5. | Imre Csösz | Hungary |
| 7. | Ralf Koser | Germany |
| 7. | Indrek Pertelson | Estonia |

#### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium |
| 2. | Volker Heyer | Germany |
| 3. | Indrek Pertelson | Estonia |
| 3. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 5. | Dennis van der Geest | Netherlands |
| 5. | Imre Csösz | Hungary |
| 7. | Alexander Davitashvili | Georgia |
| 7. | Leonid Svirid | Belarus |

### Women
#### 48 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Sylvie Meloux | France |
| 2. | Anna-Maria Gradante | Germany |
| 3. | Svetlana Komarova | Russia |
| 3. | Tatiana Moskvina | Belarus |
| 5. | Joyce Heron | Great Britain |
| 5. | Laura Moise | Romania |
| 7. | Barbara Krzywda | Poland |
| 7. | Justina Pinheiro | Portugal |

#### 52 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Inge Clement | Belgium |
| 2. | Alena Karytskaya | Belarus |
| 3. | Marie-Claire Restoux | France |
| 3. | Lioudmila Khramova | Russia |
| 5. | Tamara Meijer | Netherlands |
| 5. | Almudena Muñoz | Spain |
| 7. | Giuseppina Macrì | Italy |
| 7. | Klára Vészi | Hungary |

#### 56 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Marisabel Lomba | Belgium |
| 2. | Isabel Fernández | Spain |
| 3. | Magali Baton | France |
| 3. | Beata Kucharzewska | Poland |
| 5. | Jessica Gal | Netherlands |
| 5. | Zulfiyya Huseinova | Azerbaijan |
| 7. | Nicola Fairbrother | Great Britain |
| 7. | Pernilla Andersson | Sweden |

#### 61 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Gella Vandecaveye | Belgium |
| 2. | Michaela Vernerová | Czech Republic |
| 3. | Séverine Vandenhende | France |
| 3. | Irena Tokarz | Poland |
| 5. | Maddalena Sorrentino | Italy |
| 5. | Cheryle Peel | Great Britain |
| 7. | Sara Álvarez | Spain |
| 7. | Marina Dekevitch | Belarus |

#### 66 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Yvonne Wansart | Germany |
| 2. | Úrsula Martín | Spain |
| 3. | Claudia Zwiers | Netherlands |
| 3. | Kate Howey | Great Britain |
| 5. | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Italy |
| 5. | Nada Ognjenović | Yugoslavia |
| 7. | Agata Mróz | Ukraine |
| 7. | Anne Herlenius | Sweden |

#### 72 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Ulla Werbrouck | Belgium |
| 2. | Chloe Cowen | Great Britain |
| 3. | Karin Kienhuis | Netherlands |
| 3. | Uta Kühnen | Germany |
| 5. | Anna Lámfalusy | Hungary |
| 5. | Simona Richter | Romania |
| 7. | Estha Essombe | France |
| 7. | María Villar | Spain |

#### +72 kg

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Johanna Hagn | Germany |
| 2. | Michelle Rogers | Great Britain |
| 3. | Céline Lebrun | France |
| 3. | Beata Maksymow | Poland |
| 5. | Cindy Sneevliet | Netherlands |
| 5. | Irina Rodina | Russia |
| 7. | Emine Nur Gökdemir | Turkey |
| 7. | Mara Kovačević | Yugoslavia |

#### Open class

| Position | Judoka | Country |
| 1. | Beata Maksymow | Poland |
| 2. | Françoise Harteveld | Netherlands |
| 3. | Raquel Barrientos | Spain |
| 3. | Brigitte Olivier | Belgium |
| 5. | Mara Kovačević | Yugoslavia |
| 5. | Simona Richter | Romania |
| 7. | Gaëlle Potel | France |
| 7. | Tea Donguzashvili | Russia |