1997 European Judo Championships Explained

The 1997 European Judo Championships were the 8th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held in Ostend, Belgium from 8 to 11 May 1997.

Medal overview

Men

60 kg	Rashad Mammadov	Yacine Douma	Girolamo Giovinazzo Pedro Caravana
65 kg	Hüseyin Özkan	Giorgi Revazishvili	Larbi Benboudaoud Julian Davis
71 kg	Giorgi Vazagashvili	Anatoly Laryukov	Christophe Gagliano Danny Kingston
78 kg	Johan Laats	Djamel Bouras	Dirk Radszat Patrick Reiter
86 kg	Mark Huizinga	Sergei Klischin	Daan De Cooman Algimantas Merkevičius
95 kg	Ben Sonnemans	Ghislain Lemaire	Radu Ivan Dano Pantić
+95 kg	Selim Tataroğlu	Dennis van der Geest	Harry Van Barneveld Rafał Kubacki
Open class	Harry Van Barneveld	Volker Heyer	Indrek Pertelson Selim Tataroğlu

Women

48 kg	Sylvie Meloux	Anna-Maria Gradante	Svetlana Komarova Tatiana Moskvina
52 kg	Inge Clement	Alena Karytskaya	Marie-Claire Restoux Lioudmila Khramova
56 kg	Marisabel Lomba	Isabel Fernández	Magali Baton Beata Kucharzewska
61 kg	Gella Vandecaveye	Michaela Vernerová	Séverine Vandenhende Irena Tokarz
66 kg	Yvonne Wansart	Úrsula Martín	Claudia Zwiers Kate Howey
72 kg	Ulla Werbrouck	Chloe Cowen	Karin Kienhuis Uta Kühnen
+72 kg	Johanna Hagn	Michelle Rogers	Céline Lebrun Beata Maksymow
Open class	Beata Maksymow	Françoise Harteveld	Raquel Barrientos Brigitte Olivier

Medal table

Results overview

Men

60 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Rachad Mamedov
2.	Yacine Douma
3.	Girolamo Giovinazzo
3.	Pedro Caravana
5.	Sean Sullivan
5.	Jamie Johnson
7.	Nestor Khergiani
7.	Tamás Kovács

65 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Hüseyin Özkan
2.	Giorgi Revazishvili
3.	Larbi Benboudaoud
bgcolor=CC9966	3.	Julian Davis
5.	József Csák
5.	Gabriel Bengtsson
7.	Aleksandr Shlyk
7.	Michel Almeida

71 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Giorgi Vazagashvili
2.	Anatoly Laryukov
3.	Christophe Gagliano
3.	Danny Kingston
5.	Rafał Kozielewski
5.	Guilherme Bentes
7.	Federico Cainero
7.	Vsevolods Zeļonijs

78 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Johan Laats
2.	Djamel Bouras
3.	Dirk Radszat
3.	Patrick Reiter
5.	Aleksei Budõlin
5.	Guerman Abdulaev
7.	Matti Lattu
7.	Bertalan Hajtós

86 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Mark Huizinga
2.	Sergei Klischin
3.	Daan De Cooman
3.	Algimantas Merkevičius
5.	Stéphane Nomis
5.	Artur Kejza
7.	Georgi Tschmindashvili
7.	Petr Lacina

95 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Ben Sonnemans
2.	Ghislain Lemaire
3.	Radu Ivan
3.	Dano Pantić
5.	Pedro Soares
5.	Iveri Jikurauli
7.	Patric Nebhuth
7.	Luigi Guido

+95 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Selim Tataroğlu
2.	Dennis van der Geest
3.	Harry Van Barneveld
3.	Rafał Kubacki
5.	Ernesto Pérez
5.	Imre Csösz
7.	Ralf Koser
7.	Indrek Pertelson

Open class

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Harry Van Barneveld
2.	Volker Heyer
3.	Indrek Pertelson
3.	Selim Tataroğlu
5.	Dennis van der Geest
5.	Imre Csösz
7.	Alexander Davitashvili
7.	Leonid Svirid

Women

48 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Sylvie Meloux
2.	Anna-Maria Gradante
3.	Svetlana Komarova
3.	Tatiana Moskvina
5.	Joyce Heron
5.	Laura Moise
7.	Barbara Krzywda
7.	Justina Pinheiro

52 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Inge Clement
2.	Alena Karytskaya
3.	Marie-Claire Restoux
3.	Lioudmila Khramova
5.	Tamara Meijer
5.	Almudena Muñoz
7.	Giuseppina Macrì
7.	Klára Vészi

56 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Marisabel Lomba
2.	Isabel Fernández
3.	Magali Baton
3.	Beata Kucharzewska
5.	Jessica Gal
5.	Zulfiyya Huseinova
7.	Nicola Fairbrother
7.	Pernilla Andersson

61 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Gella Vandecaveye
2.	Michaela Vernerová
3.	Séverine Vandenhende
3.	Irena Tokarz
5.	Maddalena Sorrentino
5.	Cheryle Peel
7.	Sara Álvarez
7.	Marina Dekevitch

66 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Yvonne Wansart
2.	Úrsula Martín
3.	Claudia Zwiers
3.	Kate Howey
5.	Emanuela Pierantozzi
5.	Nada Ognjenović
7.	Agata Mróz
7.	Anne Herlenius

72 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Ulla Werbrouck
2.	Chloe Cowen
3.	Karin Kienhuis
3.	Uta Kühnen
5.	Anna Lámfalusy
5.	Simona Richter
7.	Estha Essombe
7.	María Villar

+72 kg

width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Johanna Hagn
2.	Michelle Rogers
3.	Céline Lebrun
3.	Beata Maksymow
5.	Cindy Sneevliet
5.	Irina Rodina
7.	Emine Nur Gökdemir
7.	Mara Kovačević

Open class

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width=10	Position	width=200	Judoka	width=10	Country
bgcolor=gold	1.	Beata Maksymow
2.	Françoise Harteveld
3.	Raquel Barrientos
3.	Brigitte Olivier
5.	Mara Kovačević
5.	Simona Richter
7.	Gaëlle Potel
7.	Tea Donguzashvili