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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									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		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

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "List of Winners". All About Table Tennis.
2. ^ "1997 results" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12.
3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.

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