1997 in sports

1997 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing Alpine Skiing World Cup Men's overall season champion: Luc Alphand, France Women's overall season champion: Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden American football Super Bowl XXXI – the Green Bay Packers (NFC) won 35–21 over the New England Patriots (AFC) Location: Superdome Attendance: 72,301 MVP: Desmond Howard, KR (Green Bay) Sugar Bowl (1996 season): The Florida Gators won 52–20 over the Florida State Seminoles to win the national championship October 18 – Liz Heaston becomes the first woman to both play and score in a college football game Artistic gymnastics World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's all–around champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Women's team competition champion: Romania Women's vault champion: Simona Amânar, Romania Women's uneven bars champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Women's balance beam champion: Gina Gogean, Romania Women's floor exercise champion: Gina Gogean, Romania Men's all-around champion: Ivan Ivankov, Belarus Men's team competition champion: China Men's vault champion: Sergei Fedorchenko, Kazakhstan Men's still rings champion: Yuri Chechi, Italy Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Men's parallel bars champion: Zhang Jinjing, China Men's pommel horse champion: Valery Belenky, Germany Men's horizontal bar champion: Jani Tanskanen, Finland