The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles was the 44th edition of the mixed doubles championship.^[1][2]

Liu Guoliang and Wu Na defeated Kong Linghui and Deng Yaping in the final by three sets to one.^[3]

	Round of 16									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final
		Kong Linghui Deng Yaping	21	21
		Oh Sang-eun Kim Boon-sik	18	8							Kong Linghui Deng Yaping	21	21	18	22
		Lin Zhigang Yang Ying	21	21							Lin Zhigang Yang Ying	16	19	21	20
		Patrick Chila Åsa Svensson	7	13																Kong Linghui Deng Yaping	21	21	15	21
		Ding Song Wang Hui	21	21																Chiang Peng-lung Chen Jing	16	16	21	7
		Ntaniel Tsiokas Jie Schöpp	16	17							Ding Song Wang Hui	21	14	19	21	17
		Chiang Peng-lung Chen Jing	21	21							Chiang Peng-lung Chen Jing	13	21	21	18	21
		Kim Taek-soo Park Hae-jung	18	19																									Kong Linghui Deng Yaping	12	20	21	11
		Lee Chul-seung Kim Moo-kyo	21	21																									Liu Guoliang Wu Na	21	22	19	21
		Zsolt Harczi Vivien Ello	15	11							Lee Chul-seung Kim Moo-kyo	19	21	14	23
		Wang Liqin Wang Nan	17	21	21						Wang Liqin Wang Nan	21	13	21	25
		Yan Sen Li Ju	21	16	15															Wang Liqin Wang Nan	22	15	17	9
		Yoo Nam-kyu Ryu Ji-hae	21	21																Liu Guoliang Wu Na	20	21	21	21
		Ma Lin Wang Chen	15	13							Yoo Nam-kyu Ryu Ji-hae	21	12	16	17
		Liu Guoliang Wu Na	22	21							Liu Guoliang Wu Na	15	21	21	21
		Werner Schlager Krisztina Tóth	20	14

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists