The 1997 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held on 19 and 20 April 1997 in the streets of Poděbrady, Czech Republic.

[5][6][7][8] †: Daniel Plaza from  Spain was initially 20th (1:20:40), but disqualified because of doping violations.

[5] The list below as published in the source[5] might not be corrected in respect to the doping disqualification.

The results list as published in the source[5] contains some obvious errors that were tentatively corrected.

[5] It is speculated that the 20 km team results might not be corrected in respect to the doping disqualification.