1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles
# 1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles was the 44th edition of the men's doubles championship.

Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang won the title after defeating Jörgen Persson and Jan-Ove Waldner in the final by three sets to two.

## Results

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
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| Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wenguan Johnny Huang Ilija Lupulesku | 20 | 19 | | Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Karlsson Thomas von Scheele | 13 | 21 | 10 | Samsonov Roßkopf | 21 | 12 | 13 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jörg Roßkopf Vladimir Samsonov | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | 22 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Jean-Philippe Gatien Damien Éloi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | Gatien Éloi | 20 | 7 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| Trinko Keen Danny Heister | 14 | 19 | | Gatien Éloi | 21 | 21 | 12 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dmitry Mazunov Andrei Mazunov | 21 | 19 | 13 | Yan Sen Wang Liqin | 10 | 10 | 21 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Yan Sen Wang Liqin | 15 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | 19 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 21 |
| Wang Tao Ma Lin | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Waldner Persson | 21 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 17 |
| Slobodan Grujić Aleksandar Karakašević | 17 | 18 | | Wang Tao Ma Lin | 15 | 19 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Patrick Chila Christophe Legoût | 21 | 15 | 15 | Matsushita Shibutani | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kōji Matsushita Hiroshi Shibutani | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | Matsushita Shibutani | 19 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 18 | | | | | | |
| Werner Schlager Karl Jindrak | 14 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | Waldner Persson | 21 | 13 | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | |
| Lin Zhigang Wang Fei | 21 | 11 | 19 | Schlager Jindrak | 21 | 19 | 25 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kalinikos Kreanga Zoran Primorac | 15 | 14 | | Waldner Persson | 19 | 21 | 27 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Jan-Ove Waldner Jörgen Persson | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
