1997 IBF World Championships – Men's singles

The 10th IBF World Championships (Badminton) were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 24 May and 1 June 1997. Following the results of the men's singles.

Seeds
• #🇨🇳 Dong Jiong

• # Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

• #🇨🇳 Sun Jun

• #🇮🇩 Indra Wijaya

• #🇮🇩 Joko Suprianto

• # Ong Ewe Hock

• # Fung Permadi

• #🇰🇷 Park Sung-woo

• #🇮🇩 Budi Santoso

• # Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen

• # Peter Gade

• #🇮🇩 Heryanto Arbi

• #🇮🇩 Allan Budi Kusuma

• #🇨🇳 Luo Yigang

• # Peter Rasmussen

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