| 1st Baltic Cup 1997 | Sigulda, Riga, Latvia | 13 -18 May 1997 |
| World Match Flying Cup 1997 | Mildura, Australia | 28 June - 6 July 1997 |
| 5th Coupe d'Europe |
Mainfonds-Aubeville, France |
31 July - 3 August 1997 |
| 8th Ladies World Cup |
Mainfonds-Aubeville, France |
31 July - 3 August 1997 |
| 41st Coupe Gordon Bennett |
Warstein, Germany |
6-12 September 1997 |
| WORLD AIR GAMES |
Kapadokya, Turkey |
13 - 21 September 1997 |
| The Americas Challenge Gas Balloon Race |
Albuquerque, NM, USA |
4 - 11 October 1997 |
| 1997 Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta |
Albuquerque, NM, USA |
4 -12 October 1997 |
| 13th World Hot Air Balloon Championship | Saga, Japan | 17 - 24 November, 1997 |
| 1 | Jerzy CZERNAWSKI | POL | 8352 |
| 2 | Janne BALKEDAL | SWE | 8299 |
| 3 | Jolanta MATEJCZUK | POL | 8076 |
| 4 | Bogdan PRAWICKI | POL | 7941 |
| 5 | Crispin WILLIAMS | GBR | 7739 |
| 6 | Hartmann ABENDSTEIN | FIN | 7676 |
| 7 | Waldemar OZGA | POL | 7555 |
| 8 | Zoltan BEMETH | HUN | 7494 |
| 9 | Jar FROEDMAN | FIN | 6958 |
| 10 | Romas DAGILIS | LIT | 6842 |
| 1 | Paul GIBBS | AUS |
| 2 | Les SPRINGETT (Fiesta) | AUS |
| 3 | Kiff SAUNDERS | AUS |
| 4 | Ewan ROBERTS | AUS |
| 5 | Sean KAVANAGH (Shield) | AUS |
| 6 | Kerry FRANKEL | AUS |
| 7 | Miyoko KOKUBO | JPN |
| 8 | Garry PASK | AUS |
| 9 | Matthew KAY (Plate) | AUS |
| 10 | Rob ROBERTSON | AUS |
| 1 | D. BAREFORD | GBR | 12021 |
| 2 | JAKAB JANOS | HUN | 11927 |
| 3 | B. PRAWICKI | POL | 11466 |
| 4 | P. LEGENDRE | FRA | 11146 |
| 5 | L. FOUGELBERG | SWE | 10965 |
| 6 | C. MOLNAR | HUN | 10730 |
| 7 | D. DUPIS | FRA | 10552 |
| 8 | A. TAKAMOTO | JPN | 10488 |
| 9 | O. ROUX DEVILLAS | FRA | 10379 |
| 10 | C. VAN HELDEN | BEL | 10375 |
| 1 | J. MATEJCZUK | POL | 11438 |
| 2 | A. TAKAMOTO | JAP | 11297 |
| 3 | Y. ALEMANY | ESP | 11146 |
| 4 | M. SEO | JPN | 10156 |
| 5 | G. BOUDART | FRA | 9964 |
| 6 | M-D. OUDIN | FRA | 9233 |
| 7 | J. MARIOT | FRA | 9108 |
| 8 | H. SZEP | HUN | 9074 |
| 9 | N. BOGNARNE | HUN | 8899 |
| 10 | R. BECZ | HUN | 7619 |
| 1 | LEYS/LEYS | FRA | 1732.5 |
| 2 | LEVIN/SULLIVAN | USA | 1732.3 |
| 3 | JURG/VAN HOUTEN | NED | 1732.2 |
| 4 | HOHL/FINK | GER | 1726.9 |
| 5 | WALLACE/BRIELMANN | USA | 1725.7 |
| 6 | EIMERS/LANDSMANN | GER | 1719.3 |
| 7 | BRACHTENDORF/ HUTHMACHER | GER | 1690.7 |
| 8 | MAKNE/HALLAS | POL | 1570.5 |
| 9 | STOLL/NAJER | SUI | 1550.8 |
| 10 | FURSTNER/STURZLING ER | AUT | 792.0 |
| 1 | Uwe SCHNEIDER | GER | 13151 |
| 2 | Lindsay MUIR | GBR | 12879 |
| 3 | David BAREFORD | GBR | 12620 |
| 4 | Mamoru ENDO | JPN | 12535 |
| 5 | Josef SCHERZER | AUT | 12487 |
| 6 | Mathijs DE BRUIJN | NED | 12320 |
| 7 | Crispin WILLIAMS | GBR | 11472 |
| 8 | Janne BALKEDAL | SWE | 11222 |
| 9 | Paul GIBBS | AUS | 11172 |
| 10 | Masahiko FUJITA | JPN | 10988 |
| 1 | ABRUZZO/TRAUB | USA | 1465.3 |
| 2 | LEVIN/LEVIN | USA | 1293.1 |
| 3 | DAVIES/DAVIES | USA | 1027.0 |
| 4 | HORA/GERHARDT | GER | 445.4 |
| 1 | Peter SCHERM | USA | 3000 |
| 2 | Patrick E. CANNON | USA | 2995 |
| 3 | Olivier ROUX DEVILLAS | FRA | 2992 |
| 4 | Bill BUSSEY | USA | 2986 |
| 1 | BAREFORD, David | GBR | 18057 |
| 2 | BALKEDAL, Janne | SWE | 16992 |
| 3 | HEARTSIL, Joe | USA | 16730 |
| 4 | ARRAS, William | USA | 16564 |
| 5 | SCHNEIDER,Uwe | GER | 16480 |
| 6 | CLIVER, Harold | USA | 16368 |
| 7 | FINK, Thomas | GER | 16362 |
| 8 | CANNON, Patrick | USA | 16262 |
| 9 | BEAZLY, Brian | USA | 16229 |
| 10 | RUOTSALAINEN, Jouni | FIN | 16007 |
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