The 1997 World Orienteering Championships, the 17th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Grimstad Municipality, Norway, 11–16 August 1997.
The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women.
Medalists Men's classic distance 1.40.15 1.41.58 1.43.04 Women's classic distance 1.12.56 1.13.40 1.14.34 Men's short distance 26.05 26.17 26.27 Women's short distance 25.15 25.29 25.57 Men's relay Torben Skovlyst Carsten Jørgensen Chris Terkelsen Allan Mogensen 4.18.58 Timo Karppinen Juha Peltola Mikael Boström Janne Salmi 4.19.14 Håvard Tveite Bjørnar Valstad Kjetil Bjørlo Petter Thoresen 4.24.27 Women's relay Anna Bogren Gunilla Svärd Cecilia Nilsson Marlena Jansson 2.51.41 Torunn Fossli Sæthre Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff 2.52.56 Brigitte Wolf Marie-Luce Romanens Vroni König Sabrina Meister 2.56.28
References