1997 World Table Tennis Championships
1997 edition of the World Table Tennis Championships
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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
Team
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
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
External links
- ITTF Museum