Asia Continental championships · since 1993 
Busan, Republic of Korea 10–19 May 1997
1997 East Asian Games
Busan, Republic of Korea 10–19 May 1997- events
- 43
- medals awarded
- 129
- nations on the podium
- 7
- world records
- 0
Podiums
200m
wind +0.5400m
800m
1500m
5000m
10,000m
Half marathon
3000m steeplechase
110m hurdles
wind -0.3400m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
20,000m race walk
Decathlon
4x100m
4x400m
Medal table
7 nations · 129 medals| # | Nation | Total | Share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China PR CHN | 16 | 19 | 17 | 52 | |
| 2 |  Japan JPN | 16 | 12 | 14 | 42 | |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan KAZ | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| 4 | Republic of Korea KOR | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei TPE | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Hong Kong HKG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Mongolia MGL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Records set
21 CR- CR Koji Ito 200m · Men 20.98
- CR Ju-il Shon 400m · Men 45.84
- CR Kiyonari Shibata 1500m · Men 3:49.90
- CR Toshinari Takaoka 10,000m · Men 28:44.60
- CR Yasunori Uchitomi 3000m steeplechase · Men 8:39.28
- CR Li Tong 110m hurdles · Men 13.67
- CR Kazuhiko Yamazaki 400m hurdles · Men 49.60
- CR Aleksandr Korchagin Pole vault · Men 5.50
- CR Sergey Arzamasov Triple jump · Men 16.89
- CR Li Shaojie Discus throw · Men 62.58
- CR Zhang Lianbiao Javelin throw · Men 77.80
- CR Japan 4x100m · Men 39.32
- CR= Japan 4x400m · Men 3:04.35
- CR Yan Jiankui 200m · Women 23.44
- CR Svetlana Bodritskaya 400m · Women 52.92
- CR Masako Chiba 10,000m · Women 31:31.85
- CR Yvonne Scott-Kanazawa 100m hurdles · Women 13.16
- CR Natalya Torshina-Alimzhanova 400m hurdles · Women 55.90
- CR Yelena Pershina Long jump · Women 6.59
- CR Ren Ruiping Triple jump · Women 14.47
- CR Xiao Yanling Discus throw · Women 63.82