Debutants
David Millar is the youngest debutant in World Championships in 1997. There are 60 debutants.
| # | Rider | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MILLAR David | Great Britain | 20y + 281d |
| 2 | JAKSCHE Jörg | Germany | 21y + 81d |
| 3 | KLIER Andreas | Germany | 21y + 270d |
| 4 | IVANOV Sergei | Russia | 22y + 221d |
| 5 | BÄCKSTEDT Magnus | Sweden | 22y + 255d |
| 6 | ZIVKOVIC Dragomir | Yugoslavia | 22y + 344d |
| 7 | ROGERS Peter | Australia | 22y + 353d |
| 8 | JONASSON Danny | Denmark | 23y + 11d |
| 9 | PEÑA Victor Hugo | Colombia | 23y + 94d |
| 10 | HERAS Roberto | Spain | 23y + 253d |
| 11 | IVANOV Ruslan | Moldova | 23y + 298d |
| 12 | CONTRERAS Carlos Alberto | Colombia | 23y + 305d |
| 13 | DE JONGH Steven | Netherlands | 23y + 321d |
| 14 | GONZÁLEZ DE GALDEANO Igor | Spain | 23y + 345d |
| 15 | VOGELS Henk | Australia | 24y + 73d |
| 16 | ROTAR Alexander | Ukraine | 24y + 81d |
| 17 | VAUGHTERS Jonathan | United States | 24y + 124d |
| 18 | JALABERT Nicolas | France | 24y + 182d |
| 19 | HENRIX Sascha | Germany | 24y + 204d |
| 20 | VAN HEESWIJK Max | Netherlands | 24y + 224d |
| 21 | WADECKI Piotr | Poland | 24y + 243d |
| 22 | BARTHE Stéphane | France | 24y + 311d |
| 23 | HALL Jonathan | Australia | 25y + 4d |
| 24 | WINN Julian | Great Britain | 25y + 19d |
| 25 | HERNÁNDEZ Jairo de Jesús | Colombia | 25y + 60d |
| 26 | SMITH Dan | Great Britain | 25y + 67d |
| 27 | GARCÍA ACOSTA José Vicente | Spain | 25y + 69d |
| 28 | AEBERSOLD Niki | Switzerland | 25y + 99d |
| 29 | JACOBSEN Marc Strange | Denmark | 25y + 246d |
| 30 | VAN BON Léon | Netherlands | 25y + 257d |
| 31 | STEINHAUSER Tobias | Germany | 25y + 258d |
| 32 | GUESDON Frédéric | France | 25y + 363d |
| 33 | ANAND Mat | Canada | 26y + 11d |
| 34 | DOMÍNGUEZ Juan Carlos | Spain | 26y + 182d |
| 35 | MOREAU Christophe | France | 26y + 183d |
| 36 | PLANCKAERT Jo | Belgium | 26y + 300d |
| 37 | AUS Lauri | Estonia | 26y + 342d |
| 38 | CHMIELEWSKI Piotr | Poland | 27y + 24d |
| 39 | HONCHAR Serhiy | Ukraine | 27y + 101d |
| 40 | BERZIN Evgeni | Russia | 27y + 131d |
| 41 | MICKIEWICZ Jacek | Poland | 27y + 178d |
| 42 | GONTCHENKOV Alexander | Russia | 27y + 191d |
| 43 | CASTELBLANCO José Joaquin | Colombia | 27y + 301d |
| 44 | HVASTIJA Martin | Slovenia | 27y + 316d |
| 45 | KIRSIPUU Jaan | Estonia | 28y + 87d |
| 46 | AGUIRRE Julio César | Colombia | 28y + 89d |
| 47 | MAGNUSSON Glenn | Sweden | 28y + 99d |
| 48 | MCCORMACK Frank | United States | 28y + 137d |
| 49 | PALACIO Hector | Colombia | 28y + 153d |
| 50 | PROKOPENKO Yuri | Ukraine | 28y + 264d |
| 51 | TEYSSIER Francisque | France | 28y + 283d |
| 52 | GARCÍA CASAS Felix Manuel | Spain | 28y + 287d |
| 53 | SANDSTØD Michael | Denmark | 29y + 111d |
| 54 | SCINTO Luca | Italy | 29y + 257d |
| 55 | PETERSEN Søren | Denmark | 30y + 5d |
| 56 | BARONTI Alessandro | Italy | 30y + 130d |
| 57 | OZOLS Dainis | Latvia | 30y + 337d |
| 58 | MAURI Melchor | Spain | 31y + 187d |
| 59 | RAMÍREZ Dubán Alberto | Colombia | 31y + 286d |
| 60 | DIERCKXSENS Ludo | Belgium | 32y + 363d |