| 17 October 1997 | Largest parachuting canopy formation (female) | 25 people | Unknown |
| 15 October 1997 | Land speed (fastest car) | 1227.985 kilometre(s) per hour | Thrust SSC, Andy Green |
| 25 September 1997 | Land-speed landmarks - first to exceed 700 mi/h | 714.144 mile(s) per hour | Andy Green |
| 02 September 1997 | First trading card game patent | first | Richard Garfield |
| 21 August 1997 | Highest margin of victory in Worldwide Soccer for the Sega Saturn | | Elijah Parker |
| 18 August 1997 | Most consecutive footbag kicks (female) | 24713 total number | Constance Constable |
| July 1997 | First methane-sustained animals | | polychaete worm |
| 15 June 1997 | Highest score on R-Type (Irem, 1987) | | Jason Wilson |
| 13 April 1997 | Youngest winner of the golf US Masters | | Tiger Woods |
| 20 March 1997 | Most libel damages awarded - company | 222700000 US dollar(s) | Wall Street Journal |
| March 1997 | First cyberclinic | first | Kimberly Young |
| 1997 | Most bioluminescent octopus | | red deepwater |
| 1997 | Smallest replica guitar | | Harold Craighead and Dustin Carr |
| 1997 | First car to break the sound barrier | first | Andy Green |
| 1990-1993, 1997, 1998 | Most wins of Entertainer of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards | 6 total number | Garth Brooks |
| 1984-1987, 1990, 1991, 1997 | Most wins of Female Vocalist of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards | | Reba McEntire |
| 1997 | Largest outdoor mural | 16554.8 square metre(s) | The Pueblo Levee Project |
| 1991-1997, 2000-2007, 2009 | Most wins of Duo of the Year at the Academy of Country Music Awards | | Brooks & Dunn |
| 1997 | First professional videogamer | first | Dennis Fong |
| 1997 | Lowest Death Dive escape | | Robert Gallup |