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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.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	1	1	4
2	Japan (JPN)	2	0	0	2
3	United States (USA)	1	2	0	3
4	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	1	3
5	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
8	Finland (FIN)	0	4	2	6
9	Liechtenstein (LIE)	0	1	0	1
10	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		9	9	7	25

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 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

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
- 52 kg	Utako Mizuma	Katja Rydström	Heike Jung
- 57 kg	Barbara Furer	Rita Rinner
+ 57 kg	Michaela Baumer	Pauliina Kosola	Anne Oksanen

References

1. World Games at Sports123

• Events at the 1997 World Games
• Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games