1997 World Taekwondo Championships

The 1997 World Taekwondo Championships were the 13th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Hong Kong from November 19 to November 23, 1997, with 710 athletes participating from 80 countries.

1997 World Taekwondo Championships
VenueHong Kong Coliseum
Location Hong Kong
Dates19–23 November 1997
Champions
Men South Korea
Women South Korea
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Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−50 kg)
Juan Antonio Ramos
  Spain
Roberto Cruz
  Philippines
Lee Hou-kun
  Chinese Taipei
Nazım Yılmaz
  Turkey
Flyweight
(−54 kg)
Jin Seung-tae
  South Korea
Tsai Yi-ya
  Chinese Taipei
Geraldhy Altamirano
  Ecuador
Ludovic Vo
  France
Bantamweight
(−58 kg)
Huang Chih-hsiung
  Chinese Taipei
Mehdi Bibak
  Iran
Liu Chuang
  China
Óscar Salazar
  Mexico
Featherweight
(−64 kg)
Kim In-dong
  South Korea
Ekrem Boyalı
  Turkey
Rafael Zúñiga
  Mexico
Hsu Chi-hung
  Chinese Taipei
Lightweight
(−70 kg)
Tamer Abdelmoneim Hussein
  Egypt
Christophe Negrel
  France
Shim Ki-sun
  South Korea
Zoran Krajčinović
  Yugoslavia
Welterweight
(−76 kg)
José Jesús Márquez
  Spain
Marco Scheiterbauer
  Germany
Kim Kyong-hun
  South Korea
Majid Aflaki
  Iran
Middleweight
(−83 kg)
Lee Dong-wan
  South Korea
Alfredo Escobar
  Cuba
Rubén Montesinos
  Spain
Michalis Tolios
  Greece
Heavyweight
(+83 kg)
Kim Je-kyoung
  South Korea
Hassan Aslani
  Iran
Khaled Al-Dosari
  Saudi Arabia
Nelson Sáenz
  Cuba

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finweight
(−43 kg)
Yang So-hee
  South Korea
Li Huang
  China
Thy Vy Sok
  Australia
Kay Poe
  United States
Flyweight
(−47 kg)
Chi Shu-ju
  Chinese Taipei
Yoon Song-hee
  South Korea
Kylie Treadwell
  Australia
Mandy Meloon
  United States
Bantamweight
(−51 kg)
Hwang Eun-suk
  South Korea
Roxane Forget
  Canada
Lauren Burns
  Australia
Elisabet Delgado
  Spain
Featherweight
(−55 kg)
Jung Jae-eun
  South Korea
Carine Zelmonovitch
  France
Lai Hsiu-wen
  Chinese Taipei
Raveevadee Pansombut
  Thailand
Lightweight
(−60 kg)
Kang Hae-eun
  South Korea
Hung Chia-chun
  Chinese Taipei
Luisa Arnanz
  Spain
Miet Filipović
  Croatia
Welterweight
(−65 kg)
Cho Hyang-mi
  South Korea
Morfou Drosidou
  Greece
Marlene Ramírez
  Mexico
Hsu Chih-ling
  Chinese Taipei
Middleweight
(−70 kg)
Woo Eun-joung
  South Korea
Mounia Bourguigue
  Morocco
Mónica del Real
  Mexico
Ireane Ruíz
  Spain
Heavyweight
(+70 kg)
Jung Myoung-sook
  South Korea
Natalia Ivanova
  Russia
Nataša Vezmar
  Croatia
Chiu Meng-jen
  Chinese Taipei

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Korea111214
2  Chinese Taipei2259
3  Spain2046
4  Egypt1001
5  France0213
  Iran0213
7  China0112
  Cuba0112
  Greece0112
  Turkey0112
11  Canada0101
  Germany0101
  Morocco0101
  Philippines0101
  Russia0101
16  Mexico0044
17  Australia0033
18  Croatia0022
  United States0022
20  Ecuador0011
  Saudi Arabia0011
  Thailand0011
  Yugoslavia0011
Totals (23 entries)16163264

References

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