1997 World Table Tennis Championships

1997 edition of the World Table Tennis Championships

1997 World Table Tennis
Championships

Events
Singles| men| women|
Doubles| men| women| mixed
Team| men| women|

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The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Manchester from April 24 to May 5, 1997.[1][2] This event was notable as the winner Jan-Ove Waldner won without losing a single set in all matches played, this was the first time that this occurred.[3]

## Results[edit]

### Team[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Swaythling Cup
Men's Team |  China
Ding Song
Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Ma Wenge
Wang Tao |  France
Nicolas Chatelain
Patrick Chila
Damien Eloi
Jean-Philippe Gatien
Christophe Legout |  South Korea
Chu Kyo-sung
Kim Taek-soo
Lee Chul-seung
Oh Sang-eun
Yoo Nam-kyu
Corbillon Cup
Women's Team |  China
Deng Yaping
Li Ju
Wang Chen
Wang Nan
Yang Ying |  North Korea
Kim Hyon-hui
Tu Jong-sil
Wi Bok-Sun |  Germany
Christina Fischer
Olga Nemeș
Elke Schall
Jie Schöpp
Nicole Struse

### Individual[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's singles |  Jan-Ove Waldner |  Vladimir Samsonov |  Yan Sen
Kong Linghui
Women's singles |  Deng Yaping |  Wang Nan |  Li Ju
Wu Na
Men's doubles |  Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang |  Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner |  Damien Eloi
Jean-Philippe Gatien
Kōji Matsushita
Hiroshi Shibutani
Women's doubles |  Deng Yaping
Yang Ying |  Li Ju
Wang Nan |  Chai Po Wa
Qiao Yunping
Cheng Hongxia
Wang Hui
Mixed doubles |  Liu Guoliang
Wu Na |  Kong Linghui
Deng Yaping |  Wang Liqin
Wang Nan
Chiang Peng-lung
Chen Jing

## References[edit]

1. ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
2. ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
3. ^ "Jan Ove Waldner The Mozart of Table Tennis". ITTF STARS. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

## External links[edit]

* ITTF Museum

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