| Date Start: | 4 April 1997 |
| Date End: | 6 April 1997 |
| Location: | Seoul, South Korea |
| Prev: | 1996 Lake Placid |
| Next: | 1998 Bormio |
The 1997 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships was the 7th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships which took place on 4–6 April 1997 in Seoul, South Korea. The qualifying competition took place on 4 April 1997 for 7 nations in the men's event and 6 nations in the women's event. Three best nations qualified for the final event.
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Kim Dong-sung Lee Ho-eung Kim Sun-tae Lee Jun-hwan Jun Suk-ju | Satoru Terao Hitoshi Uematsu Yugo Shinohara Naoya Tamura Jun Uematsu | Orazio Fagone Maurizio Carnino Mirko Vuillermin Michele Antonioli Nicola Franceschina | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row style="text-align:left" | Won Hye-kyung Chun Lee-kyung An Sang-mi Kim Yun-mi Choi Min-kyung | Nathalie Lambert Isabelle Charest Christine Boudrias Catherine Dussault Annie Perreault | Ayako Tsubaki Ikue Teshigawara Sachi Ozawa Nobuko Yamada Chikage Tanaka |
| Rank | Nation | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | align=left | 57 | ||
| scope=row | align=left | 40 | ||
| scope=row | align=left | 39 | ||
| scope=row | 4 | align=left | 38 | |
| scope=row | 5 | align=left | 29 | |
| scope=row | 6 | align=left | 17 | |
| scope=row | 7 | align=left | 15 | |
| scope=row | 8 | align=left | ||
| scope=row | 9 | align=left | ||
| scope=row | 10 | align=left | ||
| scope=row | 11 | align=left |
| Rank | Nation | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | align=left | 59 | ||
| scope=row | align=left | 45 | ||
| scope=row | align=left | 40 | ||
| scope=row | 4 | align=left | 33 | |
| scope=row | 5 | align=left | 25 | |
| scope=row | 6 | align=left | 22 | |
| scope=row | 7 | align=left | 11 | |
| scope=row | 8 | align=left | ||
| scope=row | 9 | align=left | ||
| scope=row | 10 | align=left |