1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

XXI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Berlin, the capital of Germany, October 23–26, 1997

Participants
The following countries sent competitor(s) Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, The United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia

Individual
Lorena Garroco, Roxana Marion, Sandra Re, Anahi Sosa

Nina Aloian, Narine Davoyan, Lusine Galstyan, Karine Kachatrian

Shaneez Johnston, Danielle Le Ray, Leigh Marning, Kristy Darrah

Alexandra Baer, Valerie Hackl, Birgit Schilien

Alfia Kukshinova, Alieva Nourdjachan, Irina Pavlichenco, Sabina Tagiev

Tatiana Ogrizko, Evgenia Pavlina, Yulia Raskina, Valeria Vatkina

Astrid de Mul, Frederique Donnay, Cecile Maissin

Kizzy Antualpa, Dayane Camilo da Silva, Camila Ferezin, Elise Penedo

Teodora Alexandrova, Borinna Guineva, Viktoria Danova

Julia Lombara, Jodie Miller, Erika Leigh Stirton

Yunfei Pu, Xi Zhang, Bei Wu, Xiaojing Zhou

Kristina Bajaz, Petra Jurinec, Zrinka Uzbinec, Tanja Balazic

Yamile Sotolongo, Yordania Corrales, Yasleidy Rodriguez

Lucie Barkova, Renata Hostinska, Kamila Krynicka, Andrea Sebestova

Angela Georgiou, Maria Kyprianidou, Chrtalla Panayiotou, Elena Theodorou

Natalja Kornysheva, Ege Soidla, Irina Stadnik, Julia Tsvetajeva

Heini Lautala, Heidi Niemi, Minna Markkanen, Laura Pietilainen

Eva Serrano, Stephanie Delayat, Caroline Stepanoff, Amelie Villeneuve

Magdalena Brzeska, Edita Schaufler, Monique Strobl, Helene Asmus

Sophia Bakola, Maria Pagalou, Irene Polydorou, Georgia Straka

Viktoria Frater, Orsolya Balogh, Dora Toth, Katalin Kiss

Lital Baumwell, Svetlana Tokayev, Ania Shabsis, Dana Sulema

Susanna Marchesi, Martina Nadalini, Arianna Rusca, Laura Zacchilli

Mikako Iwamoto, Rieko Matsunaga, Kayako Miyazaki, Yukari Murata

Elena Rogojina, Yulia Yourtchenko, Valeria Khairoulina

Saule Tlebaldinova

Lioubov Hohloya, Darya Medyouho, Ina Proyouma, Ana Zelenska

Anzelika Filipovic, Kristina Kliukevichute, Natalija Filistovic, Živilė Rezgytė

Carolyn Au Yong, Farah Zellinah Kemal, Sarina Sundarajah, Chee Kiat Thye

Silvia Palacios, Marcela Salinas, Laura Escalante, Karenia Gutierrez

Sabina Hoogendijk, Lucinda Schuurman, Ramona Stook

Felicity Gould-Thorpe, Gemma Railton, Simone Clark

Marianne Haugli, Siri Kjeksrud

Krystyna Leskiewicz, Joanna Bobrucka, Agnieszka Brandebura, Anna Kwitniewska

Ines Honorio, Susana Nascimento, Vanessa Pereira, Joana Raposo

Evelina Benchea, Dilana Ferencz, Dana Carteleanu, Alina Stoica

Yana Batyrshina, Natalia Lipkovskaya, Amina Zaripova

Zuzana Dobiasova, Eva Filcova, Eleonora Korcekova, Ivana Morolikova

Anja Cucek, Dusica Jeremic, Ana Rebov, Nina Vengust

Andrea Schermoly, Michelle Cameron, Brigitte Heeb, Cheryl Phillips

Hwang Sook-Hyun, Kim Eun-Hae, Kim Min-Jung, Kwon Bo-Young

Almudena Cid, Alba Caride-Costas, Esther Dominguez, Carolina Malchair

Aunchaya Yeansukon

Misra Gigeroglu

Tamara Erofeeva, Elena Vitrichenko, Tatiana Popova

Debbie McLarnon, Annabel Brown, Laura Mackie, Melanie Willmott

Alicia Albe, Tara McCargo, Meaghan Muller

Lilya Nasirova, Tanya Budarina, Elena Mesheryakova, Irina Zamyatina

Iva Zimonjic