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Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games consisted of six events, three events for women and three for men. [1]
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Powerlifting at the 1997 World Games consisted of six events, three events for women and three for men. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight | Alexey Sivokon |  Sutrisno Bin Darimin | Hu Chun-hsiung |
| Middleweight | Petri Triharyanto | Dmitriy Solovio | Jan Wilczyński |
| Heavyweight | Sturla Davidsen | Carl Christoffersen | Janne Toivanen |
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightweight | Lin Li-min | Raija Koskinen | Nadezhda Mir |
| Middleweight |  Carrie Boudreau | Ingebord Marx | Irene Frangi |
| Heavyweight | Lisa Sjöstrand | Lee Chia-sui | Chao Chen-ye |
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