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]

Results edit

Team edit

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 edit

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 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.

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