1997 World Amateur Championships - IFBB
| Overall Winner Valentina Chepiga | |
HeavyWeight | |
| 1 | Beate Drabing (Austria) |
| 2 | Tatyana Ionenko (Ukraine) |
| 3 | Ursula Schach (Germany) |
| 4 | Anna-Maria Kiss (Hungary) |
| 5 | Marika Johansson (Sweden) |
| 6 | Maria Kalvala (Finland) |
| 7 | Janka Micudova (Slovakia) |
| 8 | Tarja Hovi (Finland) |
| 9 | Gina Marie Hall (United States) |
| 10 | Julia Stefanovitch (Russia) |
| 11 | Anett Stokken (Norway) |
| 12 | Monica Ingerbrietsen (Norway) |
| 13 | Maria Lavda (Greece) |
| 14 | Catia Reis (Brazil) |
| 15 | Heiki Wachter (Austria) |
| 16 | Felicia Popa (Romania) |
| 17 | Eva Pogacnik (Slovenia) |
MiddleWeight | |
| 1 | Valentina Chepiga (Ukraine) |
| 2 | Helena Davidova (Russia) |
| 3 | Hana Stepankova (Slovakia) |
| 4 | Maria Rita Bello (Argentina) |
| 5 | Miriam Peschlova (Slovakia) |
| 6 | Barbara Kafkova (Czech Republic) |
| 7 | Berit Madsen (Denmark) |
| 8 | Patricia David (France) |
| 9 | Claudia Klumaier (Austria) |
| 10 | Marion Witzke (Germany) |
| 11 | Cheryl Vasquez (United States) |
| 12 | Michaela Bolla (Italy) |
| 13 | Christina Musumeci (Argentina) |
| 14 | Danuza Ruiz Marques (Brazil) |
| 15 | Camilla Sinclair (Sweden) |
LightWeight | |
| 1 | Peggy Schoolcraft (United States) |
| 2 | Tülay Caner-Ozbek (Turkey) |
| 3 | Martina Tomanova (Slovakia) |
| 4 | Jana Purdjakova (Slovakia) |
| 5 | Carina Isaksson (Sweden) |
| 6 | Brigitte Schori (Switzerland) |
| 7 | Jitka Statsna (Czech Republic) |
| 8 | Tanja Braun (Germany) |
| 9 | Pavla Brandtalova (Czech Republic) |
| 10 | Heidi Lovdal (Norway) |
| 11 | Catherine Pilain (France) |
| 12 | Raija Toivo (France) |
| 13 | Martine Van Dewalle (France) |
| 14 | Utako Mizuma 水間詠子 (Japan) |
| 15 | Irina Nicoleta Muntean (Romania) |
| 16 | Zhing Ping (China) |
| 17 | Vesna Mesar (Croatia) |