1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial
The 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial took place from 15 to 18 October 1997. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.
It was used as a qualifying event for the upcoming 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.Results
Men
Ladies
qualified China for the 1998 Olympics in the ladies' competition after losing China's spot with her poor 1997 World Figure skating championship performance. Chen performed 4 triple jumps including the triple loop.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Chen Lu | | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Tonia Kwiatkowski | | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Yulia Vorobieva | | 6.0 | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Miriam Manzano | | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Tatiana Pliusheva | | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Zoe Jones | | 8.0 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | Silvia Fontana | | 8.5 | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | Eva-Maria Fitze | | 11.5 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Sabina Wojtala | | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Diána Póth | | 15.5 | 13 | 9 |
| 11 | Helena Grundberg | | 17.0 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 | Marta Andrade | | 18.5 | 17 | 11 |
| 13 | Zuzana Paurová | | 19.5 | 11 | 14 |
| 14 | Ivana Jakupčević | | 21.0 | 16 | 13 |
| 15 | Shirene Human | | 22.0 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | Anna Wenzel | | 23.0 | 12 | 17 |
| 17 | Sofia Penkova | | 25.0 | 18 | 16 |
| 18 | Susan Humphreys | | 25.5 | 15 | 18 |
| 19 | Choi Hyung-kyung | | 27.5 | 19 | 19 |
| 20 | Ekatarina Golovatenko | | 30.5 | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | Helena Pajović | | 32.0 | 22 | 21 |
| 22 | Ja-Lin Weng | | 33.0 | 20 | 23 |
| 23 | Marta Chisu | | 33.5 | 23 | 22 |
Pairs
