1997 World Championships at Chateau d'Oex in Switzerland from 18 to 21 September. Hubert Pallhuber wins ahead of Henrik Djernis (American Eagle) and to his compatriot Luca Bramati. The 2 winners, Hubert Pallhuber and Paola Pezzo, were then coach of the Italian MTB national team, male and female respectively.
Paola Piece dominates the women's race, winning ahead of her compatriot De Negri (ITA) and Spanish Fullana. Italian dominance in this Swiss World Cup.
| EL-M | ||
 |  PALLHUBER Hubert | 2h42'26 " |
| 2 |  DJERNIS Henrik | 1'04" |
| 3 | BRAMATI Luca | 1'37" |
| 4 |  MOLDAY Kirk | 2'33" |
| 5 |  TCHERKASSOV Pavel | 3'39" |
| 6 |  FRISCHKNECHT Thomas | 4'43" |
| 7 | GREEN Roland | 5'57" |
| 8 | OSTERGAARD Jan | 6'15" |
| 9 |  ARNOULD Dominique | 6'39" |
| 10 | WABEL Beat | 6'57" |
| 11 |  BRENTJENS Bart | 7'03" |
| 12 | FOUNTAIN Alexander | 8'14" |
| 13 | HESTLER Andreas | 8'43" |
| 14 | CIONI Dario | 9'35" |
| 15 |  BRENES Andres | 9'44" |
| 16 |  GOULD Tim | 9'50" |
| 17 | VAN DOOREN Bas | 10'20" |
| 18 |  ROWNEY Paul | 10'46" |
| 19 | BAKER David | 11'25" |
| 20 |  LARSEN Tom | 11'50" |
| 21 |  KLUGE Mike | 12'31" |
| 22 | CLARKE Barrie | 12'45" |
| 23 |  WIENS David | 12'58" |
| 24 | BISHOP Andy | 13'11" |
| 25 | CRAIG Nick | 13'39" |
| 26 | DUBAU Ludovic | 14'03" |
| 27 |  GALINSKI Marek | 14'33" |
| 28 | NORUP Thomas | 15'29" |
| 29 |  KORINEK Radim | 15'34" |
| 30 | STICHA Pavel | 16'07" |
| EL W | ||
| PIECE Paola | 1h59'42 " |
| 2 | DE NEGRI Nadia | 3'41" |
| 3 |  FULLANA Margarita | 4'13" |
| 4 | SYDOR Alison | 5'15" |
| 5 | DAUCOURT Chantal | 5'17" |
| 6 | LEBOUCHER Laurence | 6'36" |
| 7 | DUNLAP Alison | 7'24" |
| 8 | DAHLE Gunn-Rita | 8'39" |
| 9 | FUERST Silvia | 9'32" |
| 10 | EPIFANOVA Alla | 10'42" |
| 11 |  GRIGSON Mary | 11'33" |
| 12 | BERTOSSI Camilla | 11'36" |
| 13 | TOMLINSON Lesley | 12'17" |
| 14 | DORION Melanie | 12'24" |
| 15 | REDDEN Christina | 12'26" |
| 16 | COATS Beth | 12'42" |
| 17 | TEMPORELLI Sandra | 13'58" |
| 18 | SPITZ Sabine | 14'07" |
| 19 | ROVIRA Silvia | 14'17" |
| 20 | I RIP Annabella | 15'03" |
| JUN W | ||
| POTTS Cecilia | 1h30'37 " |
| 2 |  ERIKSSON Helena | 35" |
| 3 | SZAFRANIEC Anna | 46" |
| 4 | MORF Sonja | 2'09" |
| 5 | BEJSTOVA Jindriska | 2'24" |
| 6 | STEINER Sarah | 4'59" |
| 7 | DREHER Cornelia | 5'33" |
| 8 | TUCK Carrie | 6'00" |
| 9 | ESSLINGER Simone | 6'48" |
| 10 | BERGER Verena | 7'17" |
| U23 M | ||
| MARTINEZ Miguel | 2h12'49 " |
| 2 | EVANS Cadel | 6'39" |
| 3 | AQUAROLI Dario | 7'10" |
| 4 | VOLLET Gregory | 9'39" |
| 5 |  PAULISSEN Roel | 10'02" |
| 6 | SAUSER Christoph | 10'28" |
| 7 | HERMIDA Jose Antonio | 10'40" |
| 8 | LEUCHS Kashi | 12'48" |
| 9 | HOCHSTRASSER Thomas | 12'54" |
| 10 | ROLANDEZ David | 13'22" |
| JUN M | ||
| KEHL Franz | 1h52'21 " |
| 2 | MENDE Mathias | 1'19" |
| 3 |  MASNY Marian | 1'41" |
| 4 | COSSIO Matteo | 2'42" |
| 5 | DRASLER Rok | 2'56" |
| 6 | HUGENTOBLER Pascal | 3'18" |
| 7 | LARSSON Gustav | 3'56" |
| 8 |  BARRIGA Rodrigo | 4'58" |
| 9 | HATELEY Luke | 5'17" |
| 10 | LEVCIK Peter | 5'28" |
PICTURES
World Champion Paola Pezzo and Nadia De Negri
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