1997 World Championships at Chateau d'Oex in Switzerland from 18 to 21 September. The Chateau D'Oex World Championship reports a bad accident for Francois Gachet after which he decided to stop competitive activity. the French talent, who won the world title and the World Cup in 1994, broke his leg during practice (We have made the photo opposite clickable but it is not suitable for the most sensitive! PICTURES). But despite everything the event must continue and the next day there are the finals.
Nothing changes, the 2 champions are reconfirmed Nico Vouilloz e Anne Caroline Chausson. In the men's field, they bow to Vouilloz john tomac e Cedric Grace, the latter in his 1st year among the Elite. In females in 2nd and 3rd place we find Switzerland Marielle Saner and Finnish Katja Repo.
Among the male Juniors, the Frenchman wins Mickael Pascal while among females Switzerland Sarah Stieger.
| EL-M | |||
 |  Nicolas VOUILLOZ | Sunn | 6:22.62 |
| 2 |  John TOMAC | Answer / Giant / Manitou | 6.19s |
| 3 | Cedric GRACIA | Sunn | 6.22s |
| 4 |  Marcus KLAUSMANN | Sintesi-Verlicchi | 7.79s |
| 5 | Jürgen BENEKE | Schwinn | 9.05s |
| 6 |  Steve PEAT | 10.70s | |
| 7 | Myles ROCKWELL | VOLVO CANNONDALE | 10.85s |
| 8 |  Tomas MISSER VILASECA | 13.10s | |
| 9 |  Johan ENGSTRÖM | SCOTT INT. | 13.15s |
| 10 |  Bas DE DRINK | VSB-BATAVUS | 13.67s |
| 11 | Dave CULLINAN | SCHWINN OAKLEY | 13.89s |
| 12 | Eric CARTER | Rotec Cycles | 14.85s |
| 13 |  Gianluca BONANOMI | 15.59s | |
| 14 | Cyril LAGNEAU | Scott | 15.98s |
| 15 | William BALAUD | GT bikes | 16.73s |
| 16 | Shaun PALMER | MTNDEW / Specialized | 16.81s |
| 17 | Oscar SAIZ CASTAÑE | 17.12s | |
| 18 | Alexandre BALAUD | Scott | 17.60s |
| 19 |  Pascal CLOSSET | 18.83s | |
| 20 |  Michael RONNING | Gary Fisher | 18.86s |
| 21 | Maxime GARDELLA | OVERVIEW | 18.98s |
| 22 | Kristian ERIKSSON | 19.55s | |
| 23 |  Andreas STEFFEN | 20.14s | |
| 24 | Eric ANSELMO | 21.68s | |
| 25 | John KIRKCALDIE | Foes | 22.75s |
| 26 | Gerwin PETERS | VSB-BATAVUS | 23.42s |
| 27 | Florent POUSSIN | Sunn | 23.54s |
| 28 | Sean MCCARROLL | Giant | 23.78s |
| 29 | Urs THOMA | TISSOT-WHEELER | 24.55s |
| 30 | Rob WARNER | 25.41s |
| EL W | |||
| Anne-Caroline CHAUSSON | Sunn | 6:59.92 |
| 2 | Marielle SANER | SCOTT ELEVIA | 19.63s |
| 3 |  Katja REPO | TUNTURI | 22.92s |
| 4 | Elke BRUTSAERT | SCHWINN TOYOTA | 27.05s |
| 5 | Giovanna BONAZZI | 32.65s | |
| 6 | Kim SONIER | VOLVO CANNONDALE | 33.57s |
| 7 | Mercedes GONZALEZ | 34.17s | |
| 8 | Leigh DONOVAN | Mongoose | 36.94s |
| 9 | Nolvenn LE CAER | GT bikes | 37.57s |
| 10 | Katrina MILLER | KHS Bicycles Inc | 49.28s |
| 11 | Helen MORTIMER | 52.55s | |
| 12 | Malin LINDGREN | CYCLEPRO | 53.83s |
| 13 |  Nathalie PHELPS | 59.98s | |
| 14 | Carole GRANGE | Scott | 1:03.33 |
| 15 |  Daamiann SKELTON | Norco | 1:12.12 |
| 16 | Sabine DELMAS | 1:12.35 | |
| 17 | Mikki DOUGLASS | MTNDEW / Specialized | 1:12.80 |
| 18 |  Helena KURANDOVA | KANGAROO | 1:14.10 |
| 19 | Lisa SHER | BARRACUDA / NAUTILIS | 1:17.08 |
| 20 |  Mami MASUDA | GIANT JAPAN | 1:17.93 |
| 21 | Christiane RUMPF | TURRO | 1:18.60 |
| 22 | Karen VAN MEERBECK | 1:20.58 | |
| 23 | Edelin RECCHIA | 1:21.71 | |
| 24 | Irene VALLAZZA | DH – SIEGERLAND | 1:26.07 |
| 25 | Maren JÜLLICH | wheeler | 1:27.63 |
| 26 | Elladee BROWN | Rocky Mountain Cycles | 1:32.22 |
| 27 | Bettina LATZKE | BIOGRIP / Uvex | 1:35.44 |
| 28 | Petra WINTERHALDER | Syncros | 1:36.17 |
| 29 | Rachael GRUNDY | 1:39.97 | |
| 30 | Carole VUILLAUME | SUNN SUISSE | 1:40.00 |
| JUN M | |||
| Mickael PASCAL | Sunn | 6:34.46 |
| 2 | David VAZQUEZ LOPEZ | 8.02s | |
| 3 | Tobias WESTMAN | CRESCENT | 10.31s |
| 4 | Fabien BAREL | Sunn | 12.10s |
| 5 | Livio ZAMPIERI | 18.54s | |
| 6 | Adrian VESENBECK | DYNAMICS | 18.79s |
| 7 | Jeffrey ARCHER | KAESTLE-SACHS | 23.62s |
| 8 | Gary HOUSEMAN | DEVO | 24.05s |
| 9 | Jacky SERIOUS | 25.53s | |
| 10 | Nathan RENNIE | RAPID DESCENT | 26.99s |
| 11 | Colin BAILEY | Yeti | 28.17s |
| 12 | Andre WAGENKNECHT | TRC | 29.01s |
| 13 | Benjamin OCT | 29.91s | |
| 14 | Damien MERMOUD | 30.32s | |
| 15 | Mickael DELDYCKE | PEUGEOT POSTE | 36.67s |
| 16 | Marcus SCOTT | 37.20s | |
| 17 | Davide SOTTOCORNOLA | 41.15s | |
| 18 | Jason LEE | 41.21s | |
| 19 | Gertje THOLEN | THO TAKKENKAMP | 42.83s |
| 20 |  Caue Cordeiro WEISS | BRAZIL | 45.36s |
| JUN W | |||
| Sarah STIEGER | Rocky Mountain Cycles | 7:44.32 |
| 2 | Tracy MOSELEY | 2.97s | |
| 3 | Sabrina JONNIER | OVERVIEW | 4.18s |
| 4 | Miriam BLAS OTONDO | 25.48s | |
| 5 | Nicole STOCKALPER | 34.03s | |
| 6 | Johanna RÜBEL-TÖDT | GT bikes | 44.17s |
| 7 | Melissa MILLER | TEAM DEVO | 1:10.06 |
| 8 | Patricia LOUREIRO | 1:28.94 | |
| 9 | Saree JÖRGENSEN | MTB CYCLETECH | 1:30.39 |
| 10 | Isabell KARCHER | 1:49.81 | |
| 11 | Talitha FITZGERALD | DOWN UNDER / QT | 2:23.01 |
| 12 | Bree ETTINGER | Kovachi | 2:27.46 |
| 13 | Kim HUARD | Balfa | 2:45.50 |
| 14 | Anne BOWERS | TEAM DEVO | 3:19.48 |
| 15 | Briann PHILIPS | BIKEWORK / QR | 6:56.04 |
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