European Judo Championships 1997
The 1997 European Judo Championships took place in Ostend from May 8th to 11th . It was the first European Judo Championships in Belgium since 1984 (men in Liège) and 1978 (women in Arlon). The host country led the medal table and provided six title holders.
Ulla Werbrouck in the light heavyweight division won her fourth title in a row. Mark Huizinga middleweight and Gella Vandecaveye light middleweight defended their titles from the previous year. Also Georgi Wasagaschwilli had won a title last year, but two weight classes lower.
Results
Men
Weight class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Super light weight (up to 60 kg) |
Rashad Mamedou | Yacine Douma |
Girolamo Giovinazzo Pedro Caravana |
Half light weight (up to 65 kg) |
Hüseyin Özkan | Georgi Revasishvili |
Julian Davies Larbi Benboudaoud |
Lightweight (up to 71 kg) |
Georgi Wasagaschwilli | Anatoly Laryukov |
Danny Kingston Christophe Gagliano |
Medium weight (up to 78 kg) |
Johan Laats | Djamel Bouras |
Dirk Radszat Patrick Reiter |
Middle weight (up to 86 kg) |
Mark Huizinga | Sergei Klischin |
Algimantas Merkevicius Daan De Cooman |
Light heavyweight (up to 95 kg) |
Ben Sonnemans | Ghislain Lemaire |
Dano Pantić Radu Ivan |
Heavy weight (over 95 kg) |
Selim Tataroglu | Dennis van der Geest |
Rafał Kubacki Harry Van Barneveld |
Open class | Harry Van Barneveld | Volker Heyer |
Selim Tataroğlu Indrek Pertelson |
Women
Weight class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Super light weight (up to 48 kg) |
Sylvie Meloux | Anna-Maria Gradante |
Svetlana Komarova Tazzjana Maskwina |
Half light weight (up to 52 kg) |
Inge Clement | Alena Karytskaya |
Ludmila Kramowa Marie-Claire Restoux |
Lightweight (up to 56 kg) |
Marisabel Lomba | Isabel Fernández |
Magali Baton Beata Kucharzewska |
Medium weight (up to 61 kg) |
Gella Vandecaveye | Michaela Vernerová |
Irena Tokarz Séverine Vandenhende |
Middle weight (up to 66 kg) |
Yvonne Wansart | Úrsula Martín |
Claudia Zwiers Kate Howey |
Light heavyweight (up to 72 kg) |
Ulla Werbrouck | Chloe Cowen |
Uta Kühnen Karin Kienhuis |
Heavy weight (over 72 kg) |
Johanna Hagn | Michelle Rogers |
Celine Lebrun Beata Maksymow |
Open class | Beata Maksymov | Françoise Harteveld |
Brigitte Olivier Raquel Barrientos |
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Belgium | 6th | - | 3 | 9 |
2 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
Germany | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6th | |
4th | Turkey | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
5 | France | 1 | 3 | 6th | 10 |
6th | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7th | Georgia | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
8th | Poland | 1 | - | 4th | 5 |
9 | United Kingdom | - | 2 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Spain | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
11 | Russia | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
12 | Austria | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Czech Republic | - | 1 | - | 1 |
14th | Estonia | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Italy | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Romania | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
Web links
- Results European Championships 1997 on judoinside.com
- Judo results history on sport-komplett.de