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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1997 NHK Trophy
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption = 
| comptype = [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Champions Series]]
| startdate = November 27
| enddate = 30
| skatingseason = 1997–98
| location = [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]]
| host = 
| venue = 
| prizemoney = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Ilia Kulik]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Tanja Szewczenko]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shen Xue]] / [[Zhao Hongbo]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Oksana Grishuk]] / [[Evgeny Platov]]
| previouscomp = [[1996 NHK Trophy]]
| nextcomp = [[1998 NHK Trophy]]
| previousgp = [[1997 Cup of Russia]]
| nextgp = [[1997–98 Champions Series Final]]
}}

The '''1997 NHK Trophy''' was the final event of six in the 1997–98 [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|ISU Champions Series]], a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]] on November 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of [[single skating|men's singles, ladies' singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dancing]]. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the [[1997–98 Champions Series Final]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Szewczenko Triumphs in NHK Trophy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/11/30/szewczenko-triumphs-in-nhk-trophy/d24d9f58-c843-449c-a746-0e6f97c25d44/ |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=29 November 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NHK Trophy – German Woman Overcomes Maladies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/30/sports/plus-figure-skating-nhk-trophy-german-woman-overcomes-maladies.html |access-date=12 November 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 November 1997}}</ref>

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! SP
! FS
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Ilia Kulik]] || {{RUS}} || 1.5 || 1 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Scott Davis (figure skater)|Scott Davis]] || {{USA}} || 4.5 || 5 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Guo Zhengxin]] || {{CHN}} || 5.0 || 4 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Dan Hollander]] || {{USA}} || 6.0 || 2 || 5
|-
! 5
| [[Thierry Cerez]] || {{FRA}} || 8.5 || 9 || 4
|-
! 6
| [[Takeshi Honda]] || {{JPN}} || 8.5 || 3 || 7
|-
! 7
| [[Andrejs Vlascenko]] || {{GER}} || 9.5 || 7 || 6
|-
! 8
| [[Dmitri Dmitrenko]] || {{UKR}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8
|-
! 9
| Makoto Okazaki || {{JPN}} || 13.0 || 6 || 10
|-
! 10
| [[Yamato Tamura]] || {{JPN}} || 14.0 || 10 || 9
|-
! 11
| [[Jean-Francois Hebert]] || {{CAN}} || 17.0 || 12 || 11
|-
! 12
| [[Roman Skorniakov]] || {{UZB}} || 17.5 || 11 || 12
|}
<ref name="results">{{cite web |title=97 NHK Trophy |url=http://www.theartsroom.com/figure/nhk/old/1997.html |website=The Art's Room |access-date=12 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041102230340/http://www.theartsroom.com/figure/nhk/old/1997.html |archive-date=2 November 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Ladies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! SP
! FS
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Tanja Szewczenko]] || {{GER}} || 2.5 || 3 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Maria Butyrskaya]] || {{RUS}} || 2.5 || 1 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Chen Lu (figure skater)|Chen Lu]] || {{CHN}} || 4.0 || 2 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Vanessa Gusmeroli]] || {{FRA}} || 6.5 || 5 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Fumie Suguri]] || {{JPN}} || 8.5 || 7 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Shizuka Arakawa]] || {{JPN}} || 9.0 || 6 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Tatiana Malinina]] || {{UZB}} || 11.5 || 9 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Elena Liashenko]] || {{UKR}} || 12.0 || 4 || 10
|-
! 9
| [[Hanae Yokoya]] || {{JPN}} || 13.0 || 10 || 8
|-
! 10
| [[Yulia Vorobieva]] || {{AZE}} || 13.0 || 8 || 9
|-
! 11
| [[Joanne Carter]] || {{AUS}} || 17.5 || 13 || 11
|-
! 12
| [[Angela Derochie]] || {{CAN}} || 18.0 || 12 || 12
|-
! 13
| [[Sydne Vogel]] || {{USA}} || 18.5 || 11 || 13
|}
<ref name="results" />

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! SP
! FS
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Shen Xue]] / [[Zhao Hongbo]] || {{CHN}} || 2.5 || 3 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Jenni Meno]] / [[Todd Sand]] || {{USA}} || 2.5 || 1 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Peggy Schwarz]] / [[Mirko Müller]] || {{GER}} || 5.0 || 4 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Evgenia Filonenko]] / [[Igor Marchenko (figure skater)|Igor Marchenko]] || {{UKR}} || 6.5 || 5 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova]] / [[Teimuraz Poulin]] || {{RUS}} || 8.0 || 6 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Danielle McGrath]] / [[Stephen Carr (figure skater)|Stephen Carr]] || {{AUS}} || 9.5 || 7 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Samantha Marchant]] / [[Chad Hawse]] || {{CAN}} || 11.0 || 8 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Marie Arai]] / [[Shin Amano]] || {{JPN}} || 12.5 || 9 || 8
|-
! WD
| [[Oksana Kazakova]] / [[Artur Dmitriev]] || {{RUS}} || || 2 ||
|}
<ref name="results" />

===Ice dancing===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! TFP
! CD
! OD
! FD
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Oksana Grishuk]] / [[Evgeni Platov]] || {{RUS}} || 2.0 || 1 || 1 || 1
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Shae-Lynn Bourne]] / [[Victor Kraatz]] || {{CAN}} || 4.0 || 2 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Barbara Fusar-Poli]] / [[Maurizio Margaglio]] || {{ITA}} || 6.0 || 3 || 3 || 3
|-
! 4
| [[Sylwia Novak]] / [[Sebastian Kolasiński]] || {{POL}} || 8.0 || 4 || 4 || 4
|-
! 5
| [[Kateřina Mrázová (figure skater)|Kateřina Mrázová]] / [[Martin Šimeček]] || {{CZE}} || 10.0 || 5 || 5 || 5
|-
! 6
| [[Elizaveta Stekolnikova]] / [[Dmitri Kazarlyga]] || {{KAZ}} || 12.0 || 6 || 6 || 6
|-
! 7
| [[Galit Chait]] / [[Sergei Sakhnovsky]] || {{ISR}} || 14.0 || 7 || 7 || 7
|-
! 8
| [[Isabelle Deloebel]] / [[Olivier Schoenfelder]] || {{FRA}} || 16.0 || 8 || 8 || 8
|-
! 9
| [[Kate Robinson (figure skater)|Kate Robinson]] / [[Peter Breen (figure skater)|Peter Breen]] || {{USA}} || 18.0 || 9 || 9 || 9
|-
! 10
| [[Aya Kawai]] / [[Hiroshi Tanaka (figure skater)|Hiroshi Tanaka]] || {{JPN}} || 20.0 || 10 || 10 || 10
|-
! 11
| [[Nozomi Watanabe]] / [[Akiyuki Kido]] || {{JPN}} || 23.0 || 12 || 12 || 11
|-
! 12
| [[Zhang Weina]] / [[Cao Xianming]] || {{CHN}} || 23.0 || 11 || 11 || 12
|}
<ref name="results" />

==References==
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{{NHK Trophy Figure skating}}
{{1997–98 in figure skating}}

[[Category:1997 in figure skating|Nhk Trophy, 1997]]
[[Category:NHK Trophy]]