1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships
# 1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships

The 1997 UIAA Climbing World Championships, the 4th edition, were held in Paris, France, from 31 January to 1 February 1997. It was organized by the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA). The championships consisted of lead and speed events.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's Lead | François Petit France | Chris Sharma United States | François Legrand France |
| Men's Speed | Daniel Andrada Spain | Yevgen Kryvosheytsev Ukraine | Dmitry Bychkov Russia |
| Women's Lead | Liv Sansoz France | Muriel Sarkany Belgium | Marietta Uhden Germany |
| Women's Speed | Tatiana Ruyga Russia | Irina Zaytseva Russia | Olga Bibik Russia |

## Lead

In men's lead, François Petit claimed the title. The 15-year-old Chris Sharma took silver, while the defending champion François Legrand took bronze.

In women's lead, Liv Sansoz took the win. Muriel Sarkany took second place, while Marietta Uhden took third.

| Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Rank | Name | Nation | Result |
| | François Petit | France | 8000 | | Liv Sansoz | France | 6700 |
| | Chris Sharma | United States | 6400 | | Muriel Sarkany | Belgium | 5360 |
| | François Legrand | France | 5200 | | Marietta Uhden | Germany | 4355 |
| 4 | Jean-Baptiste Tribout | France | 4400 | 4 | Venera Chereshneva | Russia | 3685 |
| 5 | Elie Chevieux | Switzerland | 4080 | 5 | Stéphanie Bodet | France | 3417 |
| 6 | Yuji Hirayama | Japan | 3760 | 6 | Laurence Guyon | France | 3149 |
| 7 | Christian Core | Italy | 3440 | 7 | Cecile Avezou | France | 2881 |
| 8 | Arnaud Petit | France | 3200 | 8 | Luisa Iovane | Italy | 2680 |
| 9 | Daniel Andrada Jimenez | Spain | 2960 | 9 | Elena Choumilova | Russia | 2479 |
| 10 | Frederic Sarkany | Belgium | 2720 | 10 | Marie Guillet | France | 2278 |

## Speed

Daniel Andrada Jimenez and Tatiana Ruyga were the 1997 Speed World Champions.

| Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Rank | Name | Nation |
| | Daniel Andrada Jimenez | Spain | | Tatiana Ruyga | Russia |
| | Yevgen Kryvosheytsev | Ukraine | | Irina Zaytseva | Russia |
| | Dmitrii Bychkov | Russia | | Olga Bibik | Russia |
| 4 | Hans Florine | United States | 4 | Marie Dutray | France |
| 5 | Tomasz Oleksy | Poland | 5 | Kim Anthoni | Belgium |
| 5 | Alexandr Paukaev | Ukraine | 5 | Jitka Kuhngaberova | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Kairat Rakhmetov | Kazakhstan | 5 | Mayya Piratinskaya | Russia |
| 8 | Gareth Parry | Great Britain | 5 | Renata Piszczek | Poland |
| 9 | Andrey Vedenmeer | Ukraine | 9 | Zosia Podgorbounskikh | Russia |
| 10 | Salavat Rakhmetov | Russia | 10 | Olena Ryepko | Ukraine |
