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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