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{{short description|Judo competition}}
{{Infobox judo competition event
|competition    = 1997 [[World Judo Championships]]
|image          = 
|dates          = 9–12 October 1997
|location       = Paris, France
}}

The '''1997 [[World Judo Championships]]''' were the 20th edition of the [[World Judo Championships]], and were held in [[Paris]] in 1997.

==Medal overview==

===Men===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|labelwidth=190|width=230}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Extra-lightweight (60&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's 60 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Tadahiro Nomura]]|JPN}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Georgi Revazichvili]]|GEO|1990}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Fúlvio Miyata]]|BRA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Cédric Taymans]]|BEL}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Half-lightweight (65&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's 65 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Kim Hyuk]]|KOR}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Larbi Benboudaoud]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Georgi Vazagashvili]]|GEO|1990}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Victor Bivol]]|MDA}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Lightweight (71&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's 71 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Kenzo Nakamura]]|JPN}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Christophe Gagliano]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Guilherme Bentes]]|POR}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Vsevolods Zeļonijs]]|LAT}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Half-middleweight (78&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's 78 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Cho In-Chul]]|KOR}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Djamel Bouras]]|FRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Kwak Ok-Chol]]|PRK}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Patrick Reiter]]|AUT}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Middleweight (86&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's 86 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Jeon Ki-Young]]|KOR}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Marko Spittka]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Brian Olson]]|USA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Michele Monti]]|ITA}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Half-heavyweight (95&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's 95 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Paweł Nastula]]|POL}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Aurélio Miguel]]|BRA}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Ghislain Lemaire]]|FRA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Yoshio Nakamura (judoka)|Yoshio Nakamura]]|JPN}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Heavyweight (+95&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's +95 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[David Douillet]]|FRA}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Shinichi Shinohara]]|JPN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Pan Song]]|CHN}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Tamerlan Tmenov]]|RUS}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Openweight<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Men's Open}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Rafał Kubacki]]|POL}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Yoshiharu Makishi]]|JPN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Dennis van der Geest]]|NED}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Harry Van Barneveld]]|BEL}}
|}

===Women===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|labelwidth=190|width=230}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Extra-lightweight (48&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's 48 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Ryoko Tani|Ryoko Tamura]]|JPN}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Amarilis Savón]]|CUB}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Monika Kurath]]|SUI}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Pae Dong-suk]]|PRK}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Half-lightweight (52&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's 52 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Marie-Claire Restoux]]|FRA}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Kye Sun-hui]]|PRK}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Hyun Sook-Hee]]|KOR}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Nicole Flagothier]]|BEL}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Lightweight (56&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's 56 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Isabel Fernández (judoka)|Isabel Fernández]]|ESP}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Driulis González]]|CUB}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Chiyori Tateno]]|JPN}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Magali Baton]]|FRA}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Half-middleweight (61&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's 61 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Séverine Vandenhende]]|FRA}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Gella Vandecaveye]]|BEL}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Sara Álvarez]]|ESP}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Jung Sung-Sook]]|KOR}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Middleweight (66&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's 66 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Kate Howey]]|GBR}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Anja von Rekowski]]|GER}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Emanuela Pierantozzi]]|ITA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Cho Min-Sun]]|KOR}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Half-heavyweight (72&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's 72 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Noriko Anno]]|JPN}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Diadenis Luna]]|CUB}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Edinanci Silva]]|BRA}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Ulla Werbrouck]]|BEL}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Heavyweight (+72&nbsp;kg)<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's +72 kg}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Christine Cicot]]|FRA}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Miho Ninomiya]]|JPN}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Beata Maksymow]]|POL}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Sun Fuming]]|CHN}}
|-
! rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"| Openweight<br/>{{DetailsLink|1997 World Judo Championships – Women's Open}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Daima Beltrán]]|CUB}}
| rowspan=2| {{flagathlete|[[Raquel Barrientos]]|ESP}}
| {{flagathlete|[[Miho Ninomiya]]|JPN}}
|-
| {{flagathlete|[[Yuan Hua (judoka)|Yuan Hua]]|CHN}}
|}

=== Medal table ===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 1990
 | team           = 
 | gold_JPN = 4 | silver_JPN = 3 | bronze_JPN = 3
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 2
 | gold_KOR = 3 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 3
 | gold_POL = 2 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 1
 | gold_CUB = 1 | silver_CUB = 3 | bronze_CUB = 0
 | gold_ESP = 1 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 1
 | gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 0
 | gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 1 | bronze_BEL = 4
 | gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 2
 | gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 1 | bronze_PRK = 2
 | gold_GEO = 0 | silver_GEO = 1 | bronze_GEO = 1
 | gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 3
 | gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 2
 | gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1
 | gold_MDA = 0 | silver_MDA = 0 | bronze_MDA = 1
 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1
 | gold_POR = 0 | silver_POR = 0 | bronze_POR = 1
 | gold_RUS = 0 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1
 | gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 1
}}

==Results overview==
===Men===
====60 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Tadahiro Nomura]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Georgi Revazichvili]] || {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Fúlvio Miyata]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Cédric Taymans]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| 5. || [[Kang Myong-Chang]] || {{flagcountry|PRK}}
|-
| 5. || [[Yacine Douma]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| 7. || [[Samuel Dunkley]] || {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|-
| 7. || [[Nikolai Ojeguine]] || {{flagu|Russia}}
|}

====65 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Kim Hyuk]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Larbi Benboudaoud]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Georgi Vazagashvili]] || {{flagcountry|GEO|1990}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Victor Bivol]] || {{flagcountry|MDA}}
|-
| 5. || [[Israel Hernández]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| 5. || [[Magomed Dzhafarov]] || {{flagu|Russia}}
|-
| 7. || [[Henrique Guimarães]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|-
| 7. || [[Amar Meridja]] || {{flagcountry|ALG}}
|}

====71 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Kenzo Nakamura]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Christophe Gagliano]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Guilherme Bentes]] || {{flagcountry|POR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Vsevolods Zeļonijs]] || {{flagcountry|LAT}}
|-
| 5. || [[Jorma Korhonen]] || {{flagcountry|FIN}}
|-
| 5. || [[Khaliuny Boldbaatar]] || {{flagcountry|MGL}}
|-
| 7. || [[Koen van Nol]] || {{flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 7. || [[Illya Chymchyuri]] || {{flagcountry|UKR}}
|}

====78 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Cho In-Chul]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Djamel Bouras]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Kwak Ok-Chol]] || {{flagcountry|PRK}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Patrick Reiter]] || {{flagcountry|AUT}}
|-
| 5. || [[Yu Zhijan]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}}
|-
| 5. || [[Graeme Randall]] || {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|-
| 7. || [[Alvaro Paseyro]] || {{flagcountry|URU}}
|-
| 7. || [[Flávio Canto]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|}

====86 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Jeon Ki-Young]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Marko Spittka]] || {{flagu|Germany}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Brian Olson]] || {{flagu|United States}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Michele Monti]] || {{flagu|Italy}}
|-
| 5. || [[Algimantas Merkevičius]] || {{flagcountry|LTU}}
|-
| 5. || [[Ruslan Mashurenko]] || {{flagcountry|UKR}}
|-
| 7. || [[Hiroomi Fujita]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| 7. || [[Keith Morgan (judoka)|Keith Morgan]] || {{flagu|Canada}}
|}

====95 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Paweł Nastula]] || {{flagcountry|POL}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Aurélio Miguel]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Ghislain Lemaire]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Yoshio Nakamura (judoka)|Yoshio Nakamura]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| 5. || [[Daniel Gürschner]] || {{flagu|Germany}}
|-
| 5. || [[Radu Ivan]] || {{flagcountry|ROM}}
|-
| 7. || [[Dano Pantić]] || {{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}}
|-
| 7. || [[Ariel Ze'evi]] || {{flagcountry|ISR}}
|}

====+95 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[David Douillet]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Shinichi Shinohara]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Pan Song]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Tamerlan Tmenov]] || {{flagu|Russia}}
|-
| 5. || [[Selim Tataroğlu]] || {{flagcountry|TUR}}
|-
| 5. || [[Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran]] || {{flagcountry|IRI}}
|-
| 7. || [[Rafał Kubacki]] || {{flagcountry|POL}}
|-
| 7. || [[Ernesto Pérez]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}}
|}

====Open class====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Rafał Kubacki]] || {{flagcountry|POL}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Yoshiharu Makishi]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Harry Van Barneveld]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Dennis van der Geest]] || {{flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 5. || [[Sergei Kosorotov (judoka)|Sergey Kossorotov]] || {{flagu|Russia}}
|-
| 5. || [[Pan Song]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}}
|-
| 7. || [[Vladimir Sánchez]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| 7. || [[Aurélio Miguel]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|}

===Women===

====48 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Ryoko Tamura]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Amarilis Savón]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Monika Kurath]] || {{flagcountry|SUI}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Pae Dong-suk]] || {{flagcountry|PRK}}
|-
| 5. || [[Justina Pinheiro]] || {{flagcountry|POR}}
|-
| 5. || [[Sylvie Meloux]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| 7. || [[Tatiana Moskvina]] || {{flagcountry|BLR}}
|-
| 7. || [[Joyce Heron (judoka)|Joyce Heron]] || {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|}

====52 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Marie-Claire Restoux]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Kye Sun-hui]] || {{flagcountry|PRK}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Hyun Sook-Hee]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Nicole Flagothier]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| 5. || [[Luce Baillargeon]] || {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| 5. || [[Isabelle Schmutz]] || {{flagcountry|SUI}}
|-
| 7. || [[Legna Verdecia]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| 7. || [[Tang Lihong]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}}
|}

====56 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Isabel Fernández (judoka)|Isabel Fernández]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Driulis González]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Chiyori Tateno]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Magali Baton]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| 5. || [[Deborah Allan]] || {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|-
| 5. || [[Marisabel Lomba]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| 7. || [[Daniella Zangrando]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|-
| 7. || [[Pernilla Ribeiro Novais|Pernilla Andersson]] || {{flagcountry|SWE}}
|}

====61 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Séverine Vandenhende]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Gella Vandecaveye]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Sara Álvarez]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Jung Sung-Sook]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| 5. || [[Michelle Buckingham]] || {{flagu|Canada}}
|-
| 5. || [[Lara Sullivan]] || {{flagu|Australia}}
|-
| 7. || [[Alla Klymovych]] || {{flagcountry|UKR}}
|-
| 7. || [[Hiroko Kitazume]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|}

====66 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Kate Howey]] || {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Anja von Rekowski]] || {{flagu|Germany}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Emanuela Pierantozzi]] || {{flagu|Italy}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Cho Min-Sun]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| 5. || [[Úrsula Martín]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}}
|-
| 5. || [[Isabelle Beauruelle]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| 7. || [[Edith Bosch]] || {{flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 7. || [[Silvia Henriques]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|}

====72 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Noriko Anno]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Diadenis Luna]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Edinanci Silva]] || {{flagcountry|BRA}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Ulla Werbrouck]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| 5. || [[Estha Essombe]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| 5. || [[Ylenia Scapin]] || {{flagu|Italy}}
|-
| 7. || [[Karin Kienhuis]] || {{flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 7. || [[Simona Richter]] || {{flagcountry|ROM}}
|}

====+72 kg====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Christine Cicot]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Miho Ninomiya]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Beata Maksymow]] || {{flagcountry|POL}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Sun Fuming]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}}
|-
| 5. || [[Daima Beltrán]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| 5. || [[Michelle Rogers (judoka)|Michelle Rogers]] || {{flagu|Great Britain}}
|-
| 7. || [[Brigitte Olivier]] || {{flagcountry|BEL}}
|-
| 7. || [[Sandra Köppen]] || {{flagu|Germany}}
|}

====Open class====
{| class=wikitable
! Position
! width=180| Judoka
! width=140| Country
|-
| bgcolor=gold| 1. || [[Daima Beltrán]] || {{flagcountry|CUB}}
|-
| bgcolor=silver| 2. || [[Raquel Barrientos]] || {{flagcountry|ESP}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Miho Ninomiya]] || {{flagcountry|JPN}}
|-
| bgcolor=CC9966| 3. || [[Yuan Hua (judoka)|Yuan Hua]] || {{flagcountry|CHN}}
|-
| 5. || [[Céline Lebrun]] || {{flagu|France}}
|-
| 5. || [[Françoise Harteveld]] || {{flagcountry|NED}}
|-
| 7. || [[Lee Hyun-Keong]] || {{flagcountry|KOR}}
|-
| 7. || [[Mara Kovačević]] || {{flagcountry|FR Yugoslavia}}
|}

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