1997 World Figure Skating Championships

The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.

Competition notes
At age 14, Tara Lipinski became the youngest skater to win the World title in ladies' singles.

Men
1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.

Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T.

Referee:
 * Britta Lindgren International Skating Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Katsuichiro Hisanaga International Skating Union.svg

Judges:
 * Marie Reine le Gougne 🇫🇷
 * Agnes Morvai 🇭🇺
 * Sally Rehorick 🇨🇦
 * Sviatoslav Babenko 🇷🇺
 * George Iashvili
 * Zoya Yordanova 🇧🇬
 * Paula Naughton 🇺🇸
 * Daniela Cavelli 🇮🇹
 * Sissy Krick 🇩🇪

Substitute judge:
 * Merja Kosonen 🇫🇮

Ladies
Referee:
 * Sally-Anne Stapleford International Skating Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Hely Abbondati International Skating Union.svg

Judges:
 * Josette Betsch 🇫🇷
 * Alexander Pentchev 🇧🇬
 * Maria Zuchowicz 🇵🇱
 * Christa Gunsam 🇦🇹
 * Judit Fürst-Tombor 🇭🇺
 * Jan Hoffmann 🇩🇪
 * Gloria Morandi 🇮🇹
 * Hisashi Yoshikawa 🇯🇵
 * Adriana Domanska 🇸🇰

Substitute judge:
 * Bettina Meier

Pairs
Referee:
 * Walburga Grimm International Skating Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Markus German International Skating Union.svg

Judges:
 * Frank Parsons 🇦🇺
 * Ulf Denzer 🇩🇪
 * Debbie Islam 🇨🇦
 * Alexei Shirshov 🇧🇾
 * Marina Sanaya 🇷🇺
 * Anna Sierocka 🇵🇱
 * Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy
 * Laura McNair 🇬🇧
 * Lucy J. Brennan 🇺🇸

Substitute judge:
 * Evgenia Bogdanova 🇦🇿

Ice dancing
Referee:
 * Wolfgang Kunz International Skating Union.svg

Assistant Referee:
 * Roland Wehinger International Skating Union.svg

Judges:
 * Robert Horen 🇺🇸
 * Gilles Van Den Broeck 🇫🇷
 * Halina Gordon-Poltorak 🇵🇱
 * John Greenwood 🇨🇦
 * Irina Absaliamova 🇧🇾
 * Isabella Micheli 🇮🇹
 * Evgenia Karnolska 🇧🇬
 * Mary Parry 🇬🇧
 * Heide Maritczak 🇦🇹

Substitute judge:
 * Sumiko Kobayashi 🇯🇵