BIRC Results 1997

| Open Men | | 1 | Stefan Forster | Cambridge Univ. BC | 5:52.7 |
| 2 | Louis Attrill | Queens Tower BC | 5:56.6 |
| 3 | Greg Searle | Molesey BC | 5:57.8 |
| 4 | Crispin Page | Cambridge Univ. BC | 5:59.6 |
| Lightweight Men | | 1 | Ian Watson | Holmes Place, Putney | 6:13.7 |
| 2 | Dan Darley | Cambridge Univ. BC | 6:18.1 |
| 3 | Nick Strange | Leander Club | 6:21.3 |
| 4 | Ned Kittoes | Leander Club | 6:23.7 |
| Open Women | | 1 | Kate Templeton | Thames RC | 6:51.4 |
| 2 | Katie Giles | Thames RC | 6:53.5 |
| 3 | Jo Dowman | Thames RC | 7:12.0 |
| 4 | Alison Mowbray | Thames RC | 7:14.8 |
| Lightweight Women | | 1 | Helen Casey | Oxford | 7:21.2 |
| 2 | Mary Stevens | Kingston RC | 7:33.3 |
| 3 | Nicky Best | Thames RC | 7:36.6 |
| 4 | Anna van Leemputten | Thames RC | 7:37.1 |
All Other 1996 British Championship Results| Men | | J13 | Luke Zakrewski | Tideway Scullers Sch | 7:46.6 |
| J14 | Guy Botterill | Hayle R&GC | 6:56.3 |
| J15 | Jon Alexander | Kingston Gr Sch BC | 6:43.7 |
| J16 | Ivor Vaneghan | Westminster Sch BC | 6:27.9 |
| J18 | Richard Eginton | Warrington RC | 6:11.4 |
| J18L | Tom Johnstone | Rob Roy RC | 6:33.4 |
| U23 | Ed Coode | Oxford Univ. BC | 6:00.9 |
| 30-39 | Colin Greenaway | Kingston RC | 5:56.4 |
| 30-39L | K. Yost | RAF Kinloss | 6:22.6 |
| 40-44 | Nigel Glover | Metropolitan Police | 6:14.1 |
| 45-49 | John Mottram | Free Press Club, Camb. | 6:28.6 |
| 40-49L | Stephen Powell | Derby | 6:37.9 |
| 50-54 | Paul Widdowson | Exeter Triathlon Club | 6:33.1 |
| 55-59 | Noel Frost | Upper Thames RC | 6:36.2 |
| 50-59L | Sean Morris | Wallingford RC | 6:43.9 |
| 60-64 | Alexander Lindsay | RCMS Schrivenham | 7:05.0 |
| 65-69 | Herbert Leah | Cheadle Hulme | 7:16.2 |
| 60-69L | Geoffrey Knight | Harrogate | 7:07.3 |
| 70+ | Robert Lapping | Broadgate Club, London | 8:3-.9 |
| 70+L | Harry Welsh | Canterbury | 8:14.1 |
| Women | | J13 | Pip Cook | LEH Sch | 8:16.8 |
| J14 | Beth Rodford | Gloucester RC | 7:28.4 |
| J15 | Anna Fangen | LEH Sch. | 7:37.2 |
| J16 | Abigail Cattle | Caversham | 7:22.2 |
| J18 | Debbie Flood | Tideway Scullers Sch | 6:57.1 |
| J18L | Felicity Bertram | Wycliffe Coll. | 7:54.4 |
| U23 | Bethia Wolfe | Thames RC | 7:05.7 |
| 30-39 | Sue Larcombe | Yeovil | 6:56.2 |
| 30-39L | Moira MacCallum | Tideway Scullers Sch. | 7:32.2 |
| 40-49 | Fiona Morrison | Selwyn Visigoths | 7:30.7 |
| 40-49L | Sylvia Speechley | Browns Fitness Ctr | 8:02.4 |
| 50-59 | Pauline Rayner | Thames RC | 8:00.1 |
| 50-59L | Helen Howell | Pinnacle, Surrey | 8:43.3 |
| 60+ | | | |
| 60+L | Gillian Burrell | Launceston Swim. Club | 8:56.0 |