The 1997 World Marathon Cup was the seventh edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Athens, Greece, inside of the 1997 World Championships.^[1]

Team men # Nations Time 1  Spain Abel Antón Martín Fiz Fabián Roncero 6:43:30 2  Italy Danilo Goffi Giacomo Leone Francesco Ingargiola 6:55:33 3  Brazil Luíz Antônio dos Santos Vanderlei de Lima Osmiro Silva 7:02:56

Team women # Nations Time 1  Japan Hiromi Suzuki Takako Tobise Nobuko Fujimura 7:38:57 2  Romania Lidia Șimon Anuța Cătună Aurica Buia 7:52:18 3  Italy Ornella Ferrara Franca Fiacconi Laura Fogli 7:56:31

Individual men # Athlete Time  Abel Antón (ESP) 2:13:16  Martín Fiz (ESP) 2:13:21  Steve Moneghetti (AUS) 2:14:16 4  Danilo Goffi (ITA) 2:14:47 5  Luíz Antônio dos Santos (BRA) 2:15:31 6  Fabián Roncero (ESP) 2:16:53 7  Giacomo Leone (ITA) 2:17:16 8  Azzedine Sakhri (ALG) 2:17:44 9  Eduard Tukhbatullin (RUS) 2:17:44 10  António Rodrigues (POR) 2:17:54

Individual women # Athlete Time  Hiromi Suzuki (JPN) 2:29:48  Manuela Machado (POR) 2:31:12  Lidia Șimon (ROM) 2:31:55 4  Takako Tobise (JPN) 2:32:18 5  Ornella Ferrara (ITA) 2:33:10 6  Iris Biba (GER) 2:34:06 7  Sonja Krolik (GER) 2:35:28 8  Franziska Rochat-Moser (SUI) 2:36:16 9  Yelena Razdrogina (RUS) 2:36:37 10  Nobuko Fujimura (JPN) 2:36:51

• 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon
• 1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon

• IAAF web site