1997 World Table Tennis Championships
# 1997 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Manchester from April 24 to May 5, 1997. This event was notable as the winner Jan-Ove Waldner won without losing a single set in all matches played, this was the first time that this occurred.

## Results

### Team

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Swaythling Cup Men's Team | China Ding Song Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Ma Wenge Wang Tao | France Nicolas Chatelain Patrick Chila Damien Eloi Jean-Philippe Gatien Christophe Legout | South Korea Chu Kyo-sung Kim Taek-soo Lee Chul-seung Oh Sang-eun Yoo Nam-kyu |
| Corbillon Cup Women's Team | China Deng Yaping Li Ju Wang Chen Wang Nan Yang Ying | North Korea Kim Hyon-hui Tu Jong-sil Wi Bok-Sun | Germany Christina Fischer Olga Nemeș Elke Schall Jie Schöpp Nicole Struse |

### Individual

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | Jan-Ove Waldner | Vladimir Samsonov | Yan Sen |
| Men's singles | Jan-Ove Waldner | Vladimir Samsonov | Kong Linghui |
| Women's singles | Deng Yaping | Wang Nan | Li Ju |
| Women's singles | Deng Yaping | Wang Nan | Wu Na |
| Men's doubles | Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | Damien Eloi Jean-Philippe Gatien |
| Men's doubles | Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang | Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | Kōji Matsushita Hiroshi Shibutani |
| Women's doubles | Deng Yaping Yang Ying | Li Ju Wang Nan | Chai Po Wa Qiao Yunping |
| Women's doubles | Deng Yaping Yang Ying | Li Ju Wang Nan | Cheng Hongxia Wang Hui |
| Mixed doubles | Liu Guoliang Wu Na | Kong Linghui Deng Yaping | Wang Liqin Wang Nan |
| Mixed doubles | Liu Guoliang Wu Na | Kong Linghui Deng Yaping | Chiang Peng-lung Chen Jing |
