The FIL World Luge Championships 1997 took place in Igls, Austria for the third time after previously hosting the event in 1977 and 1987.
Men's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold |  Georg Hackl (GER)
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| Silver |  Markus Prock (AUT)
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| Bronze | Gerhard Gleirscher (AUT)
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Women's singles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Susi Erdmann (GER)
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| Silver | Jana Bode (GER)
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| Bronze | Angelika Neuner (AUT)
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Men's doubles
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Austria (Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl)
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| Silver | Germany (Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt)
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| Bronze | Germany (Steffen Skel, Steffen Wöller)
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Mixed team
edit| Medal | Athlete | Time |
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| Gold | Austria (Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl)
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| Silver | Germany (Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Silke Kraushaar, Sylke Otto, Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt)
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| Bronze |  Italy (Wilfried Huber, Armin Zöggeler, Natalie Obkircher, Gerda Weissensteiner, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Oswald Haselrieder)
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Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |