The Judo competition at the 1997 East Asian Games was contested in eight weight classes, eight each for men and women.
This competition was held at Gym of Dong-A University, from 15 to 18 May.
Medal overview edit
Men's events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
 Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN)
|
 Yeh Hsin-Hung (TPE)
|
 Moon Dae-Hyun (KOR)
|
 Wang Yong (CHN)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) |
Kim Hyuk (KOR)
|
Naoya Uchimura (JPN)
|
 U. Erdenebaatar (MGL)
|
| Lin Wen-Tao (TPE)
| |||
| Lightweight (71 kg) |
Kwak Dae-Sung (KOR)
|
Kenzo Nakamura (JPN)
|
Ra Teer (CHN)
|
| Chen Chih-Ping (TPE)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) |
Cho In-Chul (KOR)
|
Khaliuny Boldbaatar (MGL)
|
Makoto Takimoto (JPN)
|
| Lo Wei-Yu (TPE)
| |||
| Middleweight (86 kg) |
Hiroomi Fujita (JPN)
|
Jeon Ki-Young (KOR)
|
Odkhuu Batjargal (MGL)
|
| Ao Tegen (CHN)
| |||
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) |
Kim Hee-Soo (KOR)
|
Yoshio Nakamura (JPN)
|
 Sergey Shakimov (KAZ)
|
| Yang Hongjun (CHN)
| |||
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) |
Shinichi Shinohara (JPN)
|
Liu Shenggang (CHN)
|
Kim Se-Hoon (KOR)
|
| T. Tserenpuntsag (MGL)
| |||
| Openweight |
Pan Song (CHN)
|
(JPN)
|
Kim Jae-sik (KOR)
|
| B. Badmaanyambuu (MGL)
|
Women's events edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) |
Atsuko Nagai (JPN)
|
Yoo Hee-Joon (KOR)
|
G Altantsetseg (MGL)
|
| Yu Shu-Chen (TPE)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) |
Kazue Nagai (JPN)
|
Hyun Sook-Hee (KOR)
|
Tang Lihong (CHN)
|
 Chan Mei-ling (HKG)
| |||
| Lightweight (56 kg) |
Liu Chuang (CHN)
|
Huang Al-Chun (TPE)
|
Masako Otsuka (JPN)
|
| Park Mi-Hee (KOR)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) |
Jung Sung-Sook (KOR)
|
Yuko Emoto (JPN)
|
Qin Yuying (CHN)
|
| Lee Ya-Wen (TPE)
| |||
| Middleweight (66 kg) |
Cho Min-Sun (KOR)
|
Wang Xianbo (CHN)
|
(JPN)
|
| Wu Mei-Ling (TPE)
| |||
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) |
Saki Yoshida (JPN)
|
Evguenia Bogounova (KAZ)
|
Tang Ling (CHN)
|
| D. Tserenkhand (MGL)
| |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) |
Sun Fuming (CHN)
|
Mako Kuniyoshi (JPN)
|
Lee Hyun-Kyung (KOR)
|
| Gulnara Kusherbayeva (KAZ)
| |||
| Openweight |
Yuan Hua (CHN)
|
Lee Hsiao-Hung (TPE)
|
(JPN)
|
| Shon Hyun-Me (KOR)
|
Medals table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |