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The '''1997 [[Swatch FIVB World Championships|Beach Volleyball World Championships]]''', were held from September 10 to September 13, 1997, in [[Los Angeles, California]] ([[United States]]). It was the first official edition of this event, after 10 unofficial championships between 1987 and 1996.

==Men's competition==

===Final ranking (top sixteen)===
* A total number of 56 participating couples
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Rank !!style="text-align: left; width: 30em"|Name Athletes!!Seed
|-
|align="center"|{{Gold1}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Rogério Ferreira]] and [[Guilherme Marques]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="center"|{{Silver2}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Canyon Ceman]] and [[Mike Whitmarsh]]|USA}}
|align="center"|3
|-
|rowspan=2 align="center"|{{Bronze3}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Dain Blanton]] and [[Kent Steffes]]|USA}}
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Paulão Moreira]] and [[Paulo Emílio Silva]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|4
|-
|rowspan=4 align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Eduardo Bacil]] and [[José Loiola]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|1
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Adam Johnson (volleyball)|Adam Johnson]] and [[Karch Kiraly]]|USA}}
|align="center"|5
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Zé Marco de Melo]] and [[Emanuel Rego]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|6
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Ian Clark (volleyball)|Ian Clark]] and [[Troy Tanner]]|USA}}
|align="center"|10
|-
|rowspan=8 align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Mike Dodd]] and [[Rob Heidger]]|USA}}
|align="center"|7
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[John Child (athlete)|John Child]] and [[Mark Heese]]|CAN}}
|align="center"|11
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Eric Fonoimoana]] and [[Brian Lewis (volleyball)|Brian Lewis]]|USA}}
|align="center"|14
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Martin Laciga]] and [[Paul Laciga]]|SUI}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Julien Prosser]] and [[Lee Zahner]]|AUS}}
|align="center"|18
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Roberto Lopes da Costa|Roberto Lopes]] and [[Franco Neto]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|20
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Dax Holdren]] and [[Todd Rogers]]|USA}}
|align="center"|21
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Duda Macedo]] and [[Fred Souza]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|25
|}

==Women's competition==
* A total number of 45 participating couples

===Final ranking (top sixteen)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Rank !!style="text-align: left; width: 30em"|Name Athletes!!Seed
|-
|align="center"|{{Gold1}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Sandra Pires]] and [[Jackie Silva]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="center"|{{Silver2}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Lisa Arce]] and [[Holly McPeak]]|USA}}
|align="center"|1
|-
|rowspan=2 align="center"|{{Bronze3}}
|{{flagathlete|[[Shelda Bede]] and [[Adriana Behar]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|2
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Karolyn Kirby]] and [[Nancy Reno]]|USA}}
|align="center"|12
|-
|rowspan=4 align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Mônica Rodrigues]] and [[Adriana Samuel]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|4
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Barbra Fontana]] and [[Linda Hanley]]|USA}}
|align="center"|7
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Liz Masakayan]] and [[Elaine Youngs]]|USA}}
|align="center"|8
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Siomara de Souza]] and [[Magda Lima]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|11
|-
|rowspan=8 align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Natalie Cook]] and [[Kerri Pottharst]]|AUS}}
|align="center"|5
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Maike Friedrichsen]] and [[Danja Müsch]]|GER}}
|align="center"|6
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Adriana Bento]] and [[Ana Richa]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|9
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Karrie Poppinga]] and [[Angela Rock]]|USA}}
|align="center"|10
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Rebekka Kadijk]] and [[Debora Schoon-Kadijk]]|NED}}
|align="center"|13
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Krista Blomquist]] and [[Christine Podraza]]|USA}}
|align="center"|14
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Laura Bruschini]] and [[Annamaria Solazzi]]|ITA}}
|align="center"|16
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Eva Celbová]] and [[Sona Novaková]]|CZE}}
|align="center"|18
|}

==References==
* [http://www.bvbinfo.com/Tournament.asp?ID=1023 Beach Volleyball Results]

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[[Category:International volleyball competitions hosted by the United States|B]]
[[Category:Beach volleyball competitions in the United States]]
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