The 1997 Oceania Youth Athletics Championships were held at the National Stadium in Suva, Fiji, between July 11–12, 1997.

A total of 33 events were contested, 17 by boys and 16 by girls.

Complete results can be found as compiled by Bob Snow on the Athletics Papua New Guinea,[1] on the Athletics Weekly,[2] and on the World Junior Athletics History webpages.

[3] *   Host nation (Fiji) An unofficial count yields the number of about 170 athletes from 17 countries: