1997 World Taekwondo Championships

1997 World Championships
Host city  Hong Kong
Dates November 19–23
Stadium Hong Kong Coliseum
Champions
Men  South Korea
Women  South Korea

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.

Medal summary

Men

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

Women

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

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  South Korea 11 1 2 14
2  Chinese Taipei 2 2 5 9
3  Spain 2 0 4 6
4  Egypt 1 0 0 1
5  France 0 2 1 3
 Iran 0 2 1 3
7  China 0 1 1 2
 Cuba 0 1 1 2
 Greece 0 1 1 2
 Turkey 0 1 1 2
11  Canada 0 1 0 1
 Germany 0 1 0 1
 Morocco 0 1 0 1
 Philippines 0 1 0 1
 Russia 0 1 0 1
16  Mexico 0 0 4 4
17  Australia 0 0 3 3
18  Croatia 0 0 2 2
 United States 0 0 2 2
20  Ecuador 0 0 1 1
 Saudi Arabia 0 0 1 1
 Thailand 0 0 1 1
 Yugoslavia 0 0 1 1
Total 16 16 32 64

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