1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 44th edition of the men's team championship.

1997 Swaythling Cup (men's team)

Main article: 1997 World Table Tennis Championships

China won the gold medal defeating France 3–1 in the final. South Korea won the bronze medal defeating Germany in the bronze medal play off.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	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

Final stage knockout phase

Quarter finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Germany	Greece	3–1
China	Sweden	3–1
France	Belgium	3–2
South Korea	Japan	3–2

Semifinals

Team One	Team Two	Score
France	Germany	3-?
China	South Korea	3–1

Third-place playoff

Team One	Team Two	Score
South Korea	Germany	3–0

Final

China 3		France 1	Score
Kong Linghui	bt	Gatien	18–21 21–16 21–17
Liu Guoliang	lost to	Chila	17–21 21–15 10–21
Wang Tao	bt	Eloi	21–10 31–29
Liu Guoliang	bt	Gatien	21–19 21–14

See also

• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists