The 1997 World Mountain Running Championships was the 13th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Male Svatonovice, Czech Republic on 7 September 1997.^[1]

Men individual Rank Athlete Country Time Marco De Gasperi  Italy 54'11" Davide Milesi  Italy 54'25" Thierry Breuil  France 54'29" 4 Aaron Strong  New Zealand 54'35" 5 Malchem Owen  South Africa 54'35" 6 Robert Petro  Slovakia 55'05" 7 Lucio Fregona  Italy 55'16" 8 Antonio Molinari  Italy 55'18" 9 Billy Burns  England 55'38" 10 Thierry Icart  France 56'10"

Women individual Rank Athlete Country Time Isabelle Guillot  France 40'27" Jaroslava Bukvajova  Slovakia 40'43" Melissa Moon  New Zealand 41'26" 4 Catherine Lallemand  Belgium 41'47" 5 Carol Greenwood  England 41'58" 6 Rosita Rota Gelpi  Italy 42'04" 7 Benedicte Molle  France 42'16" 8 Flavia Gaviglio  Italy 42'34" 9 Martine Javerzac P.  France 43'08" 10 Maria Grazia Roberti  Italy 43'24"

Men Rank Country Points  Italy Marco De Gasperi Davide Milesi Lucio Fregona Antonio Molinari 18  France Thierry Breuil Thierry Icart Sylvain Richard Philippe Sirieix 44  England Billy Burns Richard Findlow Craig Roberts Ian Holmes 69

Women Rank Country Points  France Isabelle Guillot Bénédicte Molle Martine Javerzac 17  Italy Rosita Rota Gelpi Flavia Gaviglio Maria Grazia Roberti Mirela Cabodi 24  Slovakia 38

• World Mountain Running Association official web site