1997 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships

The 1997 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении 1997) was the 6th edition of the national championship in indoor track and field for Russia. It was held on 21–23 February at the WGAFC Indoor Stadium in Volgograd. A total of 26 events (13 for men and 13 for women) were contested over the three-day competition. It was used for selection of the Russian team for the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

The Russian Combined Events Indoor Championships was held separately on 15–17 February in Lipetsk at the Jubilee Sports Palace. Former Ukrainian Lev Lobodin competed in his first Russian championships and set a new Russian record for the men's heptathlon with 6196 points.

International team selection
Following the results of the championships, taking into account the qualifying standards, the Russian team for the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships included:

Men

 * 400 m: Ruslan Mashchenko†
 * 4 × 400 m relay: Ruslan Mashchenko, Dmitriy Bey, Dmitry Golovastov, Dmitry Kosov, Dmitriy Guzov
 * 1500 m: Vyacheslav Shabunin
 * 3000 m: Sergey Drygin
 * 60 m hurdles: Andrey Kislykh
 * High jump: Sergey Klyugin
 * Pole vault: Maksim Tarasov, Vadim Strogalev
 * Long jump: Evgeniy Tretyak, Kirill Sosunov
 * Triple jump: Aleksandr Aseledchenko, Gennadiy Markov
 * Shot put: Pavel Chumachenko

Women

 * 60 m: Irina Privalova†, Nadezhda Roshchupkina
 * 200 m: Svetlana Goncharenko, Yekaterina Lescheva
 * 400 m: Olga Kotlyarova
 * 4 × 400 m relay: Olga Kotlyarova, Tatyana Alekseyeva, Yekaterina Bakhvalova, Natalya Sharova, Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko
 * 800 m: Irina Biryukova
 * 1500 m: Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Margarita Marusova
 * 3000 m: Olga Yegorova
 * 60 m hurdles: Svetlana Laukhova, Irina Korotya
 * High jump: Viktoriya Fyodorova, Yuliya Lyakhova
 * Pole vault: Svetlana Abramova, Yelena Belyakova
 * Long jump: Nina Perevedentseva, Vera Olenchenko
 * Triple jump: Inna Lasovskaya†, Natalya Kayukova
 * Shot put: Irina Korzhanenko
 * Pentathlon: Tatyana Gordeyeva

† Had exemption for selection and allowed not to compete at the national championships