# 1997 Polish speedway season

The 1997 Polish Speedway season was the 1997 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.

## Individual
### Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1997 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 August at Częstochowa. Jacek Krzyżaniak won the Polish title.
| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | Points |
| 1 | Jacek Krzyżaniak | Toruń | 13 +3 | (3,2,3,3,2) |
| 2 | Sławomir Drabik | Częstochowa | 13 +2 | (3,3,3,1,3) |
| 3 | Tomasz Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 11 | (3,u,3,2,3) |
| 4 | Mirosław Kowalik | Toruń | 10 | (3,w,3,3,1) |
| 5 | Jacek Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 10 | (2,3,2,2,1) |
| 6 | Piotr Protasiewicz | Bydgoszcz | 9 | (w,2,2,3,2) |
| 7 | Sebastian Ułamek | Częstochowa | 8 | (d,3,1,1,3) |
| 8 | Andrzej Huszcza | Zielona Góra | 8 | (1,1,d,3,3) |
| 9 | Damian Baliński | Leszno | 8 | (2,1,2,2,1) |
| 10 | Jacek Rempała (res) | Tarnów | 8 | (3,1,0,2,2) |
| 11 | Wojciech Załuski | Gdańsk | 7 | (2,2,2,1,d) |
| 12 | Grzegorz Rempała | Rzeszów | 5 | (2,0,1,0,2) |
| 13 | Maciej Kuciapa | Rzeszów | 4 | (1,1,0,1,1) |
| 14 | Janusz Stachyra | Rzeszów | 3 | (1,2,0,w,t) |
| 15 | Sławomir Dudek | Zielona Góra | 2 | (1,d,1,0,0) |
| 16 | Tomasz Fajfer | Gniezno | 1 | (0,1,0,0,0) |
| 17 | Adam Pawliczek | Rybnik | 0 | (d,–,–,–,–) |
| 18 | Andrejs Koroļevs (res) | Leszno | 0 | (d) |

### Golden Helmet

The 1997 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1997 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Wrocław on the 3 October. Tomasz Gollob won his fourth Golden Helmet Championship.
| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | Points |
| 1 | Tomasz Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 13 | (2,3,2,3,3) |
| 2 | Tomasz Bajerski | Gorzów Wlkp. | 12 | (1,3,3,2,3) |
| 3 | Sebastian Ułamek | Częstochowa | 11 | (2,2,2,3,2) |
| 4 | Jacek Gollob | Bydgoszcz | 11 | (3,3,d,3,2) |
| 5 | Sławomir Drabik | Częstochowa | 10 | (1,3,3,3,0) |
| 6 | Piotr Protasiewicz | Bydgoszcz | 9 | (3,2,2,2,w) |
| 7 | Piotr Świst | Gorzów Wlkp. | 9 | (2,2,3,1,1) |
| 8 | Rafał Dobrucki | Piła | 7 | (3,0,1,1,2) |
| 9 | Jacek Krzyżaniak | Toruń | 7 | (3,1,2,t,1) |
| 10 | Dariusz Śledź | Wrocław | 7 | (d,1,1,2,3) |
| 11 | Mirosław Kowalik | Toruń | 7 | (2,1,3,1,t) |
| 12 | Roman Jankowski | Leszno | 5 | (0,2,d,0,3) |
| 13 | Wojciech Załuski | Gdańsk | 5 | (0,1,1,1,2) |
| 14 | Zenon Kasprzak | Rawicz | 3 | (,1,0,1,0,1) |
| 15 | Paweł Staszek | Grudziądz | 1 | (1,0,0,0,0) |
| 16 | Robert Dados | Grudziądz | 0 | (0,0,0,0,u) |

### Junior Championship

* winner - Grzegorz Walasek

### Silver Helmet

* winner - Rafał Dobrucki

### Bronze Helmet

* winner - Rafał Okoniewski

## Pairs
### Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 1997 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 1997 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 20 June at Bydgoszcz.
| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| 1 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 29 | Tomasz Gollob 12, Piotr Protasiewicz 11, Jacek Gollob 6 |
| 2 | Apator Toruń | 21+3 | Jacek Krzyżaniak 11+3, Mirosław Kowalik 10 |
| 3 | Gorzów Wlkp. | 21+2 | Piotr Świst 12, Tomasz Bajerski 9+2 |
| 4 | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 18 | Sławomir Drabik 12, Sebastian Ułamek 6 |
| 5 | Atlas Wrocław | 14 | Dariusz Śledź 12, Waldemar Szuba 2, Zbigniew Lech 0 |
| 6 | GKM Grudziądz | 12 | Robert Kempiński 3, Paweł Staszek 3, Robert Dados 6 |
| 7 | Start Gniezno | 11 | Robert Sawina 10, Adam Fajfer 0, Tomasz Fajfer 1 |

## Team
### Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1997 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1997 edition of the Team Polish Championship. Polonia Bydgoszcz won the gold medal. The team included the Gollob brothers, Piotr Protasiewicz and Henrik Gustafsson.

#### First Division

| Pos | Team | Pts | W | D | L | Diff |
| 1 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 25 | 12 | 1 | 5 | +147 |
| 2 | Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski | 24 | 11 | 2 | 5 | +65 |
| 3 | Polonia Piła | 22 | 10 | 2 | 6 | +34 |
| 4 | Apator Toruń | 21 | 10 | 1 | 7 | +51 |
| 5 | Unia Leszno | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | +43 |
| 6 | ZKŻ Zielona Góra | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | –21 |
| 7 | Stal Rzeszów | 16 | 7 | 2 | 9 | +35 |
| 8 | Start Gniezno | 15 | 7 | 1 | 10 | –123 |
| 9 | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 14 | 7 | 0 | 11 | –74 |
| 10 | Atlas Wrocław | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | –157 |
Play offs
| Team | Team | Team | Score |
| semi final | Toruń | Bydgoszcz | 43:47, 26:64 |
| semi final | Piła | Gorzów | 47:43, 41:48 |
| final | Gorzów | Bydgoszcz | 46:44, 30:60 |

#### Second Division

| Pos | Team | Pts | W | D | L | Diff |
| 1 | GKM Grudziądz | 34 | 17 | 0 | 3 | +500 |
| 2 | Ostrów | 31 | 15 | 1 | 4 | +315 |
| 3 | Unia Tarnów | 30 | 15 | 0 | 5 | +304 |
| 4 | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 30 | 15 | 0 | 5 | +341 |
| 5 | Łódź | 24 | 12 | 0 | 8 | +176 |
| 6 | RKM Rybnik | 23 | 11 | 1 | 8 | +93 |
| 7 | Kolejarz Rawicz | 22 | 11 | 0 | 9 | +26 |
| 8 | Kolejarz Opole | 11 | 5 | 1 | 14 | –297 |
| 9 | ŻKS Krosno | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | –463 |
| 10 | LKŻ Lublin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | –375 |
| 11 | Wanda Kraków | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | –620 |