The FIL World Luge Championships 1997 took place in Igls, Austria for the third time after previously hosting the event in 1977 and 1987.
Mixed team
| Medal |
Athlete |
Time |
| Gold |
Austria (Markus Prock, Gerhard Gleirscher, Andrea Tagwerker, Angelika Neuner, Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl) |
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| Silver |
Germany (Georg Hackl, Jens Müller, Silke Kraushaar, Sylke Otto, Stefan Krauße, Jan Behrendt) |
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| Bronze |
Italy (Wilfried Huber, Armin Zöggeler, Natalie Obkircher, Gerda Weissensteiner, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Oswald Haselrieder) |
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