The 1997 Biathlon Junior World Championships was held in Forni Avoltri, Italy from February 15 to February 23, 1997. There was to be a total of 8 competitions: sprint, individual, team and relay races for men and women.
Medal winners
Junior Women
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km individual details |
Tetiana Rud  Ukraine |
38:07.2 (0+0+2) |
Marcela Pavkovčeková Slovakia |
38:12.9 (0+0+0) |
Natalia Levchenkova Russia |
38:19.8 (0+0+1) |
| 7.5 km sprint details |
Andrea Henkel Germany |
26:30.9 (0+0) |
Martina Glagow Germany |
27:23.5 (2+0) |
Olga Nazarova Russia |
27:36.0 (0+0) |
| 3 × 7.5 km relay details |
 Norway Ann Helen Grande Linda Tjørhom Gro Marit Istad |
1:25:34.2 |
Germany Andrea Henkel Martina Glagow Janet Klein |
1:25:55.3 |
Russia Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova Natalia Levchenkova |
1:26:56.9 |
| 7.5 km team | Russia Olga Zaitseva Lilia Efremova Ekaterina Ivanova Olga Nazarova |
 Czech Republic Irena Mádlová Irena Tomšová Denisa Pelikánová Jitka Šimůnková |
Germany Janet Klein Annet Meisner Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel |
Junior Men
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km individual details |
Erik Lundström Sweden |
42:21.9 (0+0+0) |
Sergei Ushankov Russia |
42:33.0 (1+0+0) |
Karsten Kapinos Germany |
42:35.0 (0+0+0) |
| 10 km sprint details |
Jay Hakkinen United States |
27:32. (0+1) |
Torsten Thrän Germany |
27:51.3 (0+1) |
Marek Matiaško Slovakia |
28:19.6 (0+1) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay details |
Germany Karsten Kapinos Torsten Thrän Alexander Wolf Jörn Wollschlaeger |
1:32:09.1 |
 Italy Theo Senoner Alexander Inderst Paolo Longo Flavien Jordaney |
1:32:41.9 |
Russia Vladimir Grigorev Mikhail Kovalkov Sergei Ushankov Sergey Bashkirov |
1:33:56.6 |
| 10 km team | Russia Sergey Bashkirov Dimitri Babich Oleksiy Korobeinikov Sergei Ushankov |
 Finland Harri Lahdesmaki Pasi Ahola Joni Tiihonen Jussi Mäkelä |
Germany Norman Köhler Jörn Wollschlaeger Torsten Thrän Karsten Kapinos |
Medal table
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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