Bodybuilding at the 1997 World Games took part between 8 and 9 August 1997 at the Lahti City Theater in Lahti, Finland. It consisted of nine events, three events for women and three for men.[1]
| - 65 kg |  Anwar el-Amawy | Mohamed Abdel el-Aziz |  José Carlos Santos | |
| - 70 kg |  Toshiko Hirota |  Chris Faildo | ||
| - 75 kg |  Kim Jun-Ho |  Juha Hakala | Ahmed al-Sayed | |
| - 80 kg | Kester Pasche | Johnny Steward | Yrjö Jokela | |
| - 90 kg | Milton Holloway | Ingo Fischer |  Janos Lantos | |
| + 90 kg |  Walter Lettner | Peter Keränen |  Olegas Zuras |
| - 52 kg | Utako Mizuma | Katja Rydström | Heike Jung | |
| - 57 kg | Barbara Furer |  Rita Rinner | ||
| + 57 kg | Michaela Baumer | Pauliina Kosola | Anne Oksanen |