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
Champions
Men South Korea
Women South Korea

Medal summary

Men

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
 FR 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

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

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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