1997 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Venue	Château-d'Œx, Switzerland
Date(s)	(1997-09-18 - 1997-09-21)18–21 September 1997
Events	9
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The 1997 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were held in Château-d'Œx, Switzerland from 18 to 21 September 1997. The disciplines included were cross-country and downhill. The event was the 8th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the first to be held in Switzerland.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[1]	Hubert Pallhuber (ITA)	Henrik Djernis (DEN)	Luca Bramati (ITA)
Under 23 cross-country[2]	Miguel Martinez (FRA)	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Dario Acquaroli (ITA)
Junior cross-country[3]	Franz Kehl (SUI)	Mathias Mende (GER)	Marian Masny (SVK)
Downhill[4]	Nicolas Vouilloz (FRA)	John Tomac (USA)	Cédric Gracia (FRA)
Junior downhill[5]	Mickael Pascal (FRA)	David Vázquez López (ESP)	Tobias Westman (SWE)

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cross-country[6]	Paola Pezzo (ITA)	Nadia de Negri (ITA)	Margarita Fullana (ESP)
Junior cross-country[7]	Cecilia Potts (USA)	Helena Eriksson (SWE)	Anna Szafraniec (POL)
Downhill[8]	Anne-Caroline Chausson (FRA)	Marielle Saner (SUI)	Katja Repo (FIN)
Junior downhill[9]	Sara Stieger (SUI)	Tracy Moseley (GBR)	Sabrina Jonnier (FRA)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	4	0	1	5
2	Italy (ITA)	2	1	2	5
3	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	0	3
4	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	1	2
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
8	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		9	9	9	27

• 1997 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

• Results on uci.ch
• Reporting on mountainzone.com