1997 German Athletics Championships
Dates	27–29 June 1997
Host city	Frankfurt, Germany
Venue	Waldstadion
Records set	5 Championship Records
← 1996 Cologne 1998 Berlin →

The 1997 German Athletics Championships were held at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt on 27–29 June 1997.

Men Event Gold 100 m Marc Blume 10.46 200 m Marc Blume 20.97 400 m Jens Dautzenberg 45.97 800 m Nico Motchebon 1:47.49 1500 m Rüdiger Stenzel 3:39.04 5000 m Dieter Baumann 13:19.08 110 m hurdles Florian Schwarthoff 13.23 400 m hurdles Steffen Kolb 50.50 3000 m steeplechase Mark Ostendarp 8:35.65 Triple jump Charles Friedek 17.34 Long jump Thorsten Heide 7.98 High jump Martin Buß 2.28 Pole vault Tim Lobinger 5.70 Shot put Oliver-Sven Buder 20.42 Discus throw Lars Riedel 69.48 Hammer throw Heinz Weis 83.04 + Javelin throw Boris Henry 88.06 4 × 100 m relay TV Wattenscheid 01 I Alexander Kosenkow Marc Blume Holger Blume Ernst 39.51 4 × 400 m relay Bayer 04 Leverkusen I Bittner Rau Kluth Voelkel 3:08.74

Women Event Gold 100 m Andrea Philipp 11.33 200 m Grit Breuer 22.73 400 m Grit Breuer 51.07 800 m Linda Kisabaka 2:00.52 1500 m Sylvia Kühnemund 4:11.21 5000 m Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim 15:16.85 100 m hurdles Mona Steigauf 13.01 400 m hurdles Silvia Rieger 55.21 Triple jump Petra Lobinger 14.35 [w] Long jump Susen Tiedtke 6.86 High jump Heike Balck 1.96 Pole vault Andrea Müller 4.20 Shot put Astrid Kumbernuss 20.56 Discus throw Franka Dietzsch 64.82 Hammer throw Simone Mathes 61.98 Javelin throw Tanja Damaske 66.08 4 × 100 m relay LG Olympia Dortmund I Seidel Möller Knoll Philipp 43.84 4 × 400 m relay OSC Berlin I Schimmer Hack Schönenberger Hartlieb 3:35.05

• ^w : Wind assisted

• Results source: "Die Deutschen Leichtathletik-Meister seit 1995". Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German). Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 8 July 2012.