The 1997 BAF British Championships sponsored by Bupa, was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom, held at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. The 10,000 metres event was hosted separately at the Sheffield Hallam UCA Stadium. The event doubled up as the 1997 World Championships trials.

Organised by the British Athletics Federation (BAF), the competition was limited to British athletes only and marked a replacement to the UK Athletics Championships, which had last been held in 1993. The BAF British Championships overshadowed that year's AAA Championships, which was open to foreign competitors and typically the most prominent meet on the domestic calendar. This has led some statisticians, such as the National Union of Track Statisticians (NUTS), to judge the British Championships event as the main national championships for the country for 1997. Many of the athletes below also competed at the 1997 AAA Championships.UK Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.AAA WAAA and National Championships Medalists. NUTS. Retrieved 2018-02-25.

The bankruptcy of the British Athletics Federation that same year effectively rendered the competition defunct.Memorandum submitted by the Association of British Athletic Clubs - THE DEMISE OF BRITISH ATHLETICS FROM GRASS ROOTS TO ELITE. Parliament. Retrieved 2018-02-25. The British Athletics Championships returned ten years later in 2007, organised by UK Athletics – the government-led successor organisation to the British Athletics Federation.

The main international track and field competition for the United Kingdom that year was the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. British javelin champion Steve Backley claimed world silver in Athens. UK runners-up Colin Jackson and Denise Lewis were also both runners-up at the global level.IAAF World Championships in Athletics. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-03-09.

Medals Men 100m Ian Mackie 10.28Darren Campbell 10.29Dwain Chambers 10.42200m(wind: +2.3 m/s) Dougie Walker 20.63 Owusu Dako 20.70 Douglas Turner 20.87 400m Iwan Thomas 44.36Mark Richardson 44.84 Jamie Baulch 45.02800mAndy Hart 1:46.36Mark Sesay 1:47.36 Paul Walker 1:47.821,500mJohn Mayock 3:39.69Kevin McKay 3:39.93Matthew Yates 3:40.665,000mAdrian Passey 13:38.21Robert Denmark 13:39.29 Ian Gillespie 13:39.7210,000mIan Hudspith 28:35.11Glynn Tromans 28:35.32Dermot Donnelly 28:38.56110m hurdlesTony Jarrett 13.33 Colin Jackson 13.39Andrew Tulloch 13.85400m hurdlesChris Rawlinson 49.69Gary Jennings 50.02Paul Gray 50.383000m steeplechaseRob Hough 8:41.44Spencer Duval 8:46.17Matt O'Dowd 8:47.9910,000 m walkAndrew Penn 42:21.89Martin Bell 42:31.19Mark Easton 42:37.98high jumpBrendan Reilly 2.28 mDalton Grant 2.20 mDavid Barnetson 2.17 mpole vaultPaul Williamson 5.40 mKevin Hughes 5.40 mNick Buckfield 5.30 mlong jumpSteve Phillips 7.58 mChris Davidson 7.52 mOni Onuorah 7.45 mtriple jumpFrancis Agyepong 16.48 mJulian Golley 16.34 mLarry Achike 15.77 mshot put Shaun Pickering 19.25 mMatt Simson 19.11 m Steph Hayward 18.19 mdiscus throwRobert Weir 63.74 mKevin Brown 59.44 mGlen Smith 58.62 mhammer throwPaul Head 71.58 mDavid Smith 70.92 mMick Jones 69.68 mjavelin throwSteve Backley 86.20 mMick Hill 81.02 mNick Nieland 78.64 m

Women 100mSimmone Jacobs 11.50Marcia Richardson 11.58Beverly Kinch 11.62200mKatharine Merry 23.19Simmone Jacobs 23.49Donna Fraser 23.61400mDonna Fraser 51.82Michelle Pierre 53.13Lorraine Hanson 53.73800mKelly Holmes 1:58.59Hayley Parry 2:02.20Claire Raven 2:03.151,500mJoanne Pavey 4:18.57Angela Davies 4:20.86Lynn Gibson 4:21.295,000mPaula Radcliffe 15:30.36 Yvonne Murray 15:39.08 Lynne MacDougall 16:04.01110,000m Vikki McPherson 33:30.81Joanne Thompson 33:38.36Lucy Wright 33:41.16100m hurdlesAngie Thorp 13.34Jacqui Agyepong 13.38Clova Court 13.46400m hurdlesSally Gunnell 55.33Alyson Layzell 57.44Keri Maddox 58.525000 m walkSylvia Black 23:56.72Catherine Charnock 25:26.25Lynn Bradley 26:47.67high jumpDebbie Marti 1.91 mSusan Jones 1.88 mJoanne Jennings 1.85 mPole vaultJanine Whitlock 4.00 mLouise Schramm 3.70 mPaula Wilson 3.60 mlong jumpJoanne Wise 6.47 mDenise Lewis 6.41 mTracy Joseph 6.24 mtriple jumpAshia Hansen 14.10 mMichelle Griffith 13.11 mConnie Henry 12.48 mshot putJudy Oakes 18.42 mMyrtle Augee 16.74 mTracy Axten 14.71 mdiscus throwShelley Drew 58.16 mTracy Axten 53.86 m Jackie McKernan 53.28 mhammer throwSarah Moore 56.60 mAnn Gardner 54.00 mLiz Pidgeon 52.10 mjavelin throwTessa Sanderson 58.30 mShelley Holroyd 55.20 mKaren Martin 54.66 m

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