| Competition: | 1997 European Karate Championships |
| Dates: | May 2 to 4 |
| Location: |  Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| Prev: | 1996 |
| Next: | 1998 |
The 1997 European Karate Championships was held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain from 2-4 May 1997.[1] [2]
| Kata |  Michael Milon | Javier Hernández Alonso |  Luca Valdesi |
| Kumite -60 kg | David Luque Camacho | Damien Dovy | Veysel Bugur  Michal Šebesta |
| Kumite -65 kg | Alexandre Biamonti |  Dave Versmissen |  Olli Ortiz Daniele Simmi |
| Kumite -70 kg |  Haldun Alagas | Clement Stanovnik | Junior Lefevre Goran Romić |
| Kumite -75 kg | Salvatore Loria | Allan Busk | Michaël Braun  Fredrik Hulten |
| Kumite -80 kg | Gilles Cherdieu | Thomas Nitschmann | Seydina Balde Wayne Otto |
| Kumite + 80 kg | Oscar Olivares | Teodor Rajić | |
| Open Kumite | Christophe Pinna | Seci Mecheri | |
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| Kata | Roberta Sodero | Gema Mendez | ||
| Kumite -53 kg | Jillian Toney | Marianna Laukova | Nicole Jacobs Sari Laine | |
| Kumite -60 kg | Carmen Garcia | Nathalie Leroy | Chiara Stella Bux Tunde Kovacs | |
| Kumite +60 kg | Nurhan Firat | Roberta Minet |  Elisabeth Fuchs Rosa Ortega | |
| Kumite Open kg | Roberta Minet | Carmen Garcia | Corrine Terrine Nadine Ziemer |
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