1997 Asian Judo Championships
The 1997 Asian Judo Championships were held in Manila, Philippines 22 November to 23 November 1997.
Medal overview
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
 Kozo Sekiguchi (JPN)
|
 Yeh Hsin-Hung (TPE)
|
 Tariel Kaziev (KAZ)
|
 Kang Myong-Chang (PRK)
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| Half-lightweight (65 kg) |
 Kim Jong-Won (KOR)
|
 Pankaj Sharma (IND)
|
Ryuji Sonoda (JPN)
|
 Kai Kang (CHN)
| |||
| Lightweight (71 kg) |
Kwak Dae-Sung (KOR)
|
 Khaliuny Boldbaatar (MGL)
|
Takehisa Iwakawa (JPN)
|
| Pae Song-Nam (PRK)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) |
Yoon Dong-Sik (KOR)
|
 Farkhod Turaev (UZB)
|
Kwak Ok-Chol (PRK)
|
| Ruslan Seilkhanov (KAZ)
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| Middleweight (86 kg) |
Cho Byung-Ok (KOR)
|
Kosei Arikawa (JPN)
|
Teng Guangyin (CHN)
|
| Mussa Zalpulayev (KAZ)
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| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) |
Sergey Shakimov (KAZ)
|
Park Sung-Keun (KOR)
|
Wei Fuouiang (CHN)
|
| Teruya Ishida (JPN)
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| Heavyweight (+95 kg) |
Jun Konno (JPN)
|
Ochir Odgerel (MGL)
|
Huang Ho-Suei (TPE)
|
| Vyacheslav Berduta (KAZ)
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| Openweight |
Katsuyuki Masuchi (JPN)
|
Park Sung-Keun (KOR)
|
Huang Ho-Suei (TPE)
|
| Vyacheslav Berduta (KAZ)
|
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) |
Yoo Hi-Joon (KOR)
|
Atsuko Nagai (JPN)
|
Li Lingling (CHN)
|
| Yu Shu-Chen (TPE)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) |
Kye Sun-Hui (PRK)
|
Kim Hae-Sook (KOR)
|
He Ji (CHN)
|
| Shinko Sato (JPN)
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| Lightweight (56 kg) |
Ri Myong-Hwa (PRK)
|
Zheng Linli (CHN)
|
Jeon Soh-Young (KOR)
|
| Masako Otsuka (JPN)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) |
Jung Sung-Sook (KOR)
|
Kie Kusakabe (JPN)
|
Marina Mikheyeva (UZB)
|
| Li Shufang (CHN)
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| Middleweight (66 kg) |
Song Jianfeng (CHN)
|
Natsuko Sano (JPN)
|
Wu Meiling (TPE)
|
| Kim Myong-Hui (PRK)
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| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) |
Li Yanfu (CHN)
|
Yeh Wen-Hua (TPE)
|
Saki Yoshida (JPN)
|
 Olesya Nazarenko (TKM)
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| Heavyweight (+72 kg) |
Miho Ninomiya (JPN)
|
Shon Hyun-Me (KOR)
|
Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE)
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| Sharma Bittu (IND)
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| Openweight |
Miho Ninomiya (JPN)
|
Li Yanfu (CHN)
|
Nadejda Jeltakova (TKM)
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| Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE)
|
Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | China | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | North Korea | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 16 | 16 | 33 | 65 | |