Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games

Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games consisted of six events, three events for women and three for men.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	2	4
2	Poland (POL)	1	1	1	3
3	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
4	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	United States (USA)	1	0	0	1
7	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	0	1
10	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		6	6	6	18

Medalists

Men

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Alexey Sivokon	Sutrisno Bin Darimin	Hu Chun-hsiung
Middleweight	Petri Triharyanto	Dmitriy Solovio	Jan Wilczyński
Heavyweight	Sturla Davidsen	Carl Christoffersen	Janne Toivanen

Women

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight	Lin Li-min	Raija Koskinen	Nadezhda Mir
Middleweight	Carrie Boudreau	Ingebord Marx	Irene Frangi
Heavyweight	Lisa Sjöstrand	Lee Chia-sui	Chao Chen-ye