Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games consted of six events, three events for women and three for men.[1]
Lightweight | Alexey Sivokon | Sutrisno Bin Darimin | Hu Chun-hsiung |
Middleweight | Petri Triharyanto | Dmitriy Solovio | Jan Wilczyński |
Heavyweight | Sturla Davidsen | Carl Christoffersen | Janne Toivanen |
Lightweight | Lin Li-min | Raija Koskinen | Nadezhda Mir |
Middleweight | Carrie Boudreau | Ingebord Marx | Irene Frangi |
Heavyweight | Lisa Sjöstrand | Lee Chia-sui | Chao Chen-ye |