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