# 1997 British Rowing Championships

The 1997 British Rowing Championships known as the National Championships at the time, were the 26th edition of the National Championships, held from 18–20 July 1997 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British rowers.

## Senior
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men 1x | Molesey Greg Searle | Leander | Kingston |
| Men 2+ | Molesey | Cambridge University | Kingston/Tideway Scullers School |
| Men 2x | Tideway Scullers School | Queen Elizabeth HS / Marlow | London |
| Men 2- | Queen's Tower | Aberdeen | Royal Chester |
| Men 4- | Cambridge University | Nottingham | London |
| Men 4x | NCRA / Oxford University / Poplar / Queen's Tower | Durham / Leander / Nottingham | Bradford on Avon / Leander / Windsor Boys' School |
| Men 4+ | NCRA/Newcastle University | Lea | Molesey |
| Men 8+ | Nottingham | Imperial College / Queen's Tower / Molesey/Oxford University | London University / Tyrian |
| Women 1x | City of Sheffield | Rob Roy | Nottingham & Union |
| Women 2x | Hereford | Grosvenor/Thames | Tideway Scullers School |
| Women 2- | Edinburgh University / London University | George Watson's | Hereford |
| Women 4x | Thames B | NCRA / Henley / Thames Tradesmen's / City of Sheffield | Thames A |
| Women 4- | Molesey / Imperial College / Queen's Tower / Oxford University | Headington School / Lady Eleanor Holles School / Warwick | Tideway Scullers School |
| Women 4+ | Tideway Scullers School | Army / Nottingham & Union / Bedford | Edinburgh University |
| Women 8+ | Imperial College / Queen's Tower | Marlow | Thames |

## Lightweight
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men L1x | Stirling | Kingston | Vesta |
| Men L2x | Tideway Scullers School | Stourport | Hereford |
| Men L2- | Marlow A | Birmingham / Birmingham University | Marlow B |
| Men L4- | NCRA/London | Clyde / St Andrew | Thames Tradesmen's |
| Men L4x | Walton | Tideway Scullers School B | Tideway Scullers School A |
| Men L8+ | Thames Tradesmen's | Nottingham | N/A |
| Women L1x | Thames Tradesmen's | Wallingford | Agecroft |
| Women L2x | Kingston / Evesham | Mortlake Anglian & Alpha | Hereford |
| Women L2- | Thames | Curlew | Avon County |
| Women L4x | Thames | Tideway Scullers School | Nottingham |
| Women L4- | Upper Thames /Thames | Upper Thames | Clydesdale / Clyde / St Andrew/Strathclyde Park |

## U 23
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men 1x | Nottingham & Union | Molesey | Nottingham |
| Women 1x | Tideway Scullers School | Peterborough City | N/A |

## Coastal
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men 1x | Lymington A | Lymington B | N/A |
| Men 2- | Lymington | Southampton | N/A |
| Men 4+ | BTC Southampton B | BTC Southampton A | Ryde |
| Women 4+ | Southampton | Ryde | N/A |

## Junior
### Medal summary

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men 1x | Claires Court | Star Club | Nithsdale |
| Men 2- | Royal Shrewsbury School | Queen Elizabeth HS | Nithsdale |
| Men 2x | Rob Roy / Star Club | St George's College | Queen Elizabeth HS |
| Men 4- | Royal Shrewsbury School | | |
| Men 4x | Leander | RGS Worcester | Wycliffe College |
| Men 4+ | St Leonard's School | Kingston Grammar School | Sir John Deane's College |
| Men 8 | Bedford School A | Bedford School B | RGS Worcester |
| Men J16 1x | Stirling | Wycliffe College | Burway |
| Men J16 2- | Bedford Modern School | Monkton Bluefriars | George Heriot's School |
| Men J16 2x | Peterborough City / Star Club | RGS Worcester | Kingston/Thames Tradesmen's |
| Men J16 4- | Eton College | Abingdon School | Newark |
| Men J16 4+ | Bedford School | Eton College | Newark |
| Men J16 4x | Gloucester / Wycliffe College | Kingston / Peterborough City / PS | Lancaster RGS |
| Men J16 8 | Eton College | Kingston Grammar School | Bedford School |
| Men J15 1x | Queen Elizabeth HS | Wycliffe College | Norwich |
| Men J15 2x | Westminster School | York City | Thames Tradesmen's |
| Men J15 4x+ | Cambois | St George's College | RGS Worcester |
| Men J14 1x | Evesham | Burway | St George's College |
| Men J14 2x | Henley / London | St Leonard's School | Northwich |
| Men J14 4x+ | RGS Worcester | Lancaster RGS | Hampton School |
| Women 1x | Henley | Norwich | Marlow |
| Women 2- | Headington School | Kingston Grammar School | Haberdasher's Monmouth Girls |
| Women 2x | Kingston Grammar School / George Watson's | Christchurch / Marlow | Worcester |
| Women 4x | Christchurch / Henley / Marlow / Queens Park High School | Sir William Borlase | Star Club |
| Women 4+ | Henley | Headington School | Star Club |
| Women 8+ | Aberdeen Schools / George Heriot's School / Nithsdale / George Watson's College | Kingston Grammar School | Lady Eleanor Holles School / King's School Worcester |
| Women J16 1x | Burway | Pengwern | Kingston Grammar School |
| Women J16 2x | George Watson's | Durham | Hereford |
| Women J16 4+ | Aberdeen Schools | Queen Elizabeth HS | Bedford High School |
| Women J16 4x | Bedfordshire Schools | Sir William Borlase | Grange School |
| Women J16 8 | Lady Eleanor Holles School | Grosvenor | Haberdasher's Monmouth Girls |
| Women J15 1x | Evesham | Loughborough | Hereford |
| Women J15 2x | Gloucester | George Watson's | Bradford on Avon / Monkton |
| Women J15 4x+ | Gloucester | St Leonard's School | Tideway Scullers School |
| Women J14 1x | Cambois A | Cambois B | Queens Park High School |
| Women J14 2x | Henley | St Leonard's School | Headington School |
| Women J14 4x+ | Henley | Gloucester | Cambois |
Key
| Symbol | meaning |
| 1, 2, 4, 8 | crew size |
| + | coxed |
| - | coxless |
| x | sculls |
| 14 | Under-14 |
| 15 | Under-15 |
| 16 | Under-16 |
| J | Junior |