1997 World Table Tennis Championships

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]

World Table Tennis Championships
Singles   Men   Women
Doubles   Men   Women   Mixed
Team   Men   Women
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Results

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
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
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

  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.
  3. "Jan Ove Waldner The Mozart of Table Tennis". ITTF STARS. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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