| 6th U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships | |||||
| Olympic Training Center | |||||
| Colorado Springs, CO | |||||
| February 13-18, 1997 | |||||
| Gyo-roogi | |||||
| Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Luis Carlos | GUA | 1st | Ya Wen Wu | TPE | |
| David Montalvo | USA | 2nd | Luciana Albuquerque | BRA | |
| Yoshiharu Kaga | JPN | 3rd | Ana R. Colmenares | VEN | |
| Dennis Stoll | USA | 3rd | Cynthia Morgan | USA | |
| Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Jason Torres | USA | 1st | Megumi Hatanaka | JPN | |
| David Bartlett | USA | 2nd | Mand Meloon | USA | |
| Ming-Shan Tang | TPE | 3rd | Stephanie Bowman | USA | |
| Fernando Vazquez | MEX | 3rd | Ya-Lin Wu | TPE | |
| Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Josef Salim | DEN | 1st | Regina Singer | AUT | |
| Jung-Seok Park | KOR | 2nd | Sayuri Kelly | USA | |
| Abror Haider | DEN | 3rd | Roxanne Forget | CAN | |
| Steven Lee | USA | 3rd | Melany Moras | PER | |
| Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Steven Lopez | USA | 1st | Ya-Yun Hung | TPE | |
| Raphael Park | USA | 2nd | Jennifer Mohammed | USA | |
| Daren Lee | USA | 3rd | Imran Altin | AUT | |
| Jesper Roesen | DEN | 3rd | Cheryl-Ann Sankar | TRI | |
| Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Youssef Lharraki | DEN | 1st | Miet Filipovic | CRO | |
| Kevin McCullough | USA | 2nd | Elizabeth Evans | USA | |
| George Bell | USA | 3rd | Simona Hradil | USA | |
| Emory Rowe | USA | 3rd | Chia-Hui Lai | TPE | |
| Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Flemming Kuburovic | DEN | 1st | Mirjam Muskens | NED | |
| Joshua Coleman | USA | 2nd | Chen-Fen Weng | TPE | |
| Kresemir Jagaric | CRO | 3rd | Karine Chayer | CAN | |
| William Sandoval | GUA | 3rd | Nicole Janine Keiler | AUT | |
| Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Zoran Prerad | BEL | 1st | Barbara Kunkel | USA | |
| Peter Bardatsos | USA | 2nd | Heidy Juarez Guzman | GUA | |
| Eui Y. Lee | USA | 3rd | Yi-Mei Chang | TPE | |
| Christopher Zapata | USA | 3rd | Iva Gavez | CRO | |
| Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| George Weissfisch | USA | 1st | Hsaio Yin Huang | TPE | |
| Darrell Henegan | CAN | 2nd | Christina Bayley | USA | |
| Joshua O'Keefe | USA | 3rd | Gwenevere Teague | USA | |
| Barry Partridge | USA | 3rd | Natasa Vezmar | CRO | |
| Poomse | |||||
| Men | 1st Dan | Women | |||
| Steven Lee | USA | 1st | Barbara Kunkel | USA | |
| Darryl Woods | USA | 2nd | Jennifer Huang | USA | |
| David Kang | USA | 3rd | Alison Geyer | USA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Mark Lee Larsen | DEN | 1st | Lori Dvorak | USA | |
| Min-Ho Ahn | DEN | 2nd | Marijeta zeljovic | CRO | |
| Stefan Dyrberg | DEN | 3rd | Karla Araiza Valdez | MEX | |
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| Jin Kim | USA | 1st | Yoon Kyung Chaing | USA | |
| Arthur Gobody | USA | 2nd | Stacey Cutright | USA | |
| Seyaillah Kim | TUR | 3rd | Christi Burke | USA | |
| 4th Dan | |||||
| Ky-Tu Dang-Dinh | DEN | 1st | Regina Singer | AUT | |
| George Bell | USA | 2nd | |||
| Doug Quam | USA | 3rd | |||
| Jr. Super Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Chris Martinez | USA | 1st | Pratiba Mattson | USA | |
| Tony Taccolini | USA | 2nd | Megan German | USA | |
| Marcos Enriquez | MEX | 3rd | Christina Tucker | USA | |
| Alejandro Vargas | MEX | 3rd | Sabrina Alaquinez | USA | |
| Jr. Fin | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Fernando Manriquez | MEX | 1st | Dasia Russell | USA | |
| Anthony Melella | USA | 2nd | Nilsa Montserrat | VEN | |
| Nicholas Cuadra | USA | 3rd | Nadia Mendoza | PER | |
| Kevin Suarez | USA | 3rd | Vanessa Del Aguila | PER | |
| Jr. Fly | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Mark Lopez | USA | 1st | Elisha Voren | USA | |
| Houman Delfi | AUS | 2nd | Millan M. Lopez | MEX | |
| Ruben Alamo | MEX | 3rd | Natalie Itzkowic | AUS | |
| Paul Lomoc | USA | 3rd | Jessica Leal | MEX | |
| Jr. Bantam | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Michael Tan | USA | 1st | Kristina Brooks | USA | |
| Alfred S. Cuenco | USA | 2nd | Susan Smith | USA | |
| Peter Hoang | USA | 3rd | Cristina Ramirez Gonzalez | MEX | |
| Damian Pinto | ARG | 3rd | Leina Okuhara | USA | |
| Jr. Feather | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| David Bartlett | USA | 1st | Elizabeth Mohammed | USA | |
| Chia-Chien Chu | TPE | 2nd | Lindssey Dotson | USA | |
| Steven Martinez | USA | 3rd | Gabriela Joslin | USA | |
| Peter Lopez | USA | 3rd | Luciana Julaton | USA | |
| Jr. Light | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Hoan-Ho Choi | KOR | 1st | Nidia Beltran | MEX | |
| Gerardo Huerta | MEX | 2nd | Carolina Rios | MEX | |
| Jeremiah Limon | USA | 3rd | Amanda Erb | USA | |
| Berislav Pucar | CRO | 3rd | Sarah Reimer | USA | |
| Jr. Welter | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Jason Han | USA | 1st | Angela Cardinell | USA | |
| Marcus Valone | USA | 2nd | Nicole Stenger | USA | |
| Peter Cole | USA | 3rd | Christine Crews | USA | |
| Brian Stephen | USA | 3rd | Rebecca Ramirez Gonzalez | MEX | |
| Jr. Middle | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Darryl Littlejohn | USA | 1st | Paola Gardea | MEX | |
| Eun-Ho Suk | KOR | 2nd | Vanessa Burnett | USA | |
| Louis Torres | USA | 3rd | Elizabeth Tadros | USA | |
| Angel Rivera | USA | 3rd | Heidi Gilbert | USA | |
| Jr. Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| Matthew Schmidt | USA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| An Doo Min | KOR | 2nd | |||
| Jose Pedrada | MEX | 3rd | |||
| Jose Fernandez | MEX | 3rd | |||
| Jr. Super Heavy | |||||
| Men | Women | ||||
| William Tompkins | USA | 1st | Yukie Ozawa | USA | |
| Travis Loeffler | USA | 2nd | Cassandra Chitwood | USA | |
| Cody Chitwood | USA | 3rd | |||
| Jason Vanorden | USA | 3rd | |||
| Poomse | |||||
| Men | 1st Dan | Women | |||
| Brian Stephen | USA | 1st | Sabrina Alaquinez | USA | |
| Douglas Johnson | USA | 2nd | Elisha Voren | USA | |
| Alfred S. Cuenco | USA | 3rd | Joyce Ciriales | USA | |
| 2nd Dan | |||||
| Jason Han | USA | 1st | Ashley Matsuoka | USA | |
| Walassi Aires | BRA | 2nd | Dolly Fiedelman | USA | |
| Peter Cole | USA | 3rd | Pratiba Mattson | USA | |
| 3rd Dan | |||||
| Michael Tan | USA | 1st | no competitors | ||
| Sasha Sanan | USA | 2nd | |||
| Gary Zee | USA | 3rd | |||
| Male athlete of the year | |||||
| Youssef Lharraki (DEN) | |||||
| Female athlete of the year | |||||
| Miet Filipovic (CRO) | |||||
| Coach of the year | |||||
| Leong Tai Ko (DEN) | |||||
| Referee of the year | |||||
| Phillip Hong (USA) | |||||
| updated 8/16/2019 | |||||