1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

The 3rd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were an international swimming meet organized by FINA. It was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden April 17−20, 1997; and featured 501 swimmers from 71 nations.

Competing nations

The 71 nations with swimmers at the 1997 Short Course Worlds were:

Results

Men

|50 m freestyle

|Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela || 21.80

|Mark Foster   Great Britain || 22.03

|Ricardo Busquets   Puerto Rico || 22.17

|100 m freestyle

|Francisco Sánchez   Venezuela || 47.86

|Gustavo Borges   Brazil || 48.16

|Michael Klim   Australia || 48.21

|200 m freestyle

|Gustavo Borges   Brazil || 1:45.45

|Trent Bray   New Zealand || 1:45.81

|Lars Conrad   Germany || 1:46.44

|400 m freestyle

|Jacob Carstensen   Denmark || 3:43.44

|Chad Carvin   USA || 3:43.73

|Grant Hackett   Australia || 3:43.83

|1500 m freestyle

|Grant Hackett   Australia || 14:39.54

|Jörg Hoffmann   Germany || 14:40.67

|Graeme Smith   Great Britain || 14:46.85

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|100 m backstroke

|Neisser Bent   Cuba || 52.77

|Brian Retterer   USA || 53.06

|Adrian Radley   Australia || 53.36

|200 m backstroke

|Neisser Bent   Cuba || 1:54.21

|Wang Wei   China || 1:54.82

|Vladimir Selkov   Russia || 1:55.15

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|100 m breaststroke

|Patrik Isaksson   Sweden || 59.99

|Stanislav Lopukhov   Russia || 1:00.05

|Jens Kruppa   Germany || 1:00.18

|200 m breaststroke

|Aleksandr Gukov   Belarus || 2:09.25

|Andrey Korneyev   Russia || 2:09.28

|Jens Kruppa   Germany || 2.10.53

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|100 m butterfly

|Lars Frölander   Sweden || 51.95

|Geoff Huegill   Australia || 51.99

|Michael Klim   Australia || 52.02

|200 m butterfly

|James Hickman   Great Britain || 1:55.55

|Denys Sylantyev   Ukraine || 1:55.76

|Scott Goodman   Australia || 1:55.94

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|200 m I.M.

|Matthew Dunn   Australia || 1:57.46

|Christian Keller   Germany || 1:58.35

|Ron Karnaugh   USA || 1:59.12

|400 m I.M.

|Matthew Dunn   Australia || 4:06.89

|Xie Xufeng   China || 4:12.52

|Christian Keller   Germany || 4:12.53

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|4 × 100 m  freestyle relay

| Germany   Lars Conrad,   Christian Tröger,   Alexander Lüderitz,   Aimo Heilmann || 3:14.08

| Sweden   Fredrik Letzler,   Anders Holmertz,   Ola Fagerstrand,   Lars Frölander || 3:14.22

| Australia   Michael Klim,   Scott Logan,   Richard Upton,   Jeffrey English || 3:14.83

|4 × 200 m  freestyle relay

| Australia   Michael Klim,   Grant Hackett,   William Kirby,   Matthew Dunn || 7:02.74 WR

| Sweden   Anders Lyrbring,   Anders Holmertz,   Lars Frölander,   Fredrik Letzler || 7:05.61

| Great Britain   Paul Palmer,   Andrew Clayton,   Mark Stevens,   James Salter || 7:05.81

|4 × 100 m  medley relay

| Australia   Adrian Radley,   Phil Rogers,   Geoff Huegill,   Michael Klim || 3:30.66 WR

| Russia   Vladimir Selkov,   Stanislav Lopukhov,   Denis Pankratov,   Roman Yegorov || 3:32.56 ER

| Great Britain   Martin Harris,   Richard Maden,   James Hickman,   Mark Foster || 3:32.61

Women

|50 m freestyle

|Sandra Völker   Germany || 24.70 ER

|Jenny Thompson   USA || 24.78

|Le Jingyi   China || 24.83

|100 m freestyle

|Jenny Thompson   USA || 53.46

|Sandra Völker   Germany || 53.50

|Le Jingyi   China || 53.72

|200 m freestyle

|Claudia Poll   Costa Rica || 1:54.17 WR

|Nian Yun   China || 1:56.24

|Martina Moravcová   Slovakia || 1:56.66

|400 m freestyle

|Claudia Poll   Costa Rica || 4:00.03 WR

|Natasha Bowron   Australia || 4:05.76

|Kerstin Kielgass   Germany || 4:07.13

|800 m freestyle

|Natasha Bowron   Australia || 8:26.45

|Kerstin Kielgass   Germany || 8:28.10

|Carla Geurts   Netherlands || 8:28.96

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|100 m backstroke

|Lu Donghua   China || 59.75

|Chen Yan   China || 1:00.14

|Misty Hyman   USA || 1:00.17

|200 m backstroke

|Chen Yan   China || 2:07.50

|Misty Hyman   USA || 2:07.66

|Lia Oberstar   USA || 2:08.29

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|100 m breaststroke

|Kristy Ellem   Australia || 1:08.27

|Alicja Pęczak   Poland || 1:08.33

|Svitlana Bondarenko   Ukraine || 1:08.39

|200 m breaststroke

|Kristy Ellem   Australia || 2:22.68

|Larisa Lăcustă   Romania || 2:25.60 NR

|Alicja Pęczak   Poland || 2:25.62

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|100 m butterfly

|Jenny Thompson   USA || 57.79 WR

|Cai Huijue   China || 57.92

|Misty Hyman   USA || 57.95

|200 m butterfly

|Liu Limin   China || 2:07.20

|Hitomi Kashima   Japan || 2:07.34

|Misty Hyman   USA || 2:07.54

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|200 m I.M.

|Louise Karlsson   Sweden || 2:11.19

|Martina Moravcová   Slovakia || 2:11.39

|Sue Rolph   Great Britain || 2:12.39

|400 m I.M.

|Emma Johnson   Australia || 4:35.18

|Sabine Herbst   Germany || 4:36.02

|Joanne Malar   Canada || 4:37.46

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|4 × 100 m  freestyle relay

| China   Le Jingyi,   Chao Na,   Shan Ying,   Nian Yun || 3:34.55 WR

| Germany   Simone Osygus,   Antje Buschschulte,   Katrin Meissner,   Sandra Völker || 3:34.69 ER

| Sweden   Johanna Sjöberg,   Louise Karlsson,   Malin Svahnström,   Therese Alshammar || 3:38.07

|4 × 200 m  freestyle relay

| China   Wang Luna,   Nian Yun,   Chen Yan,   Shan Ying || 7:51.92 WR

| Sweden   Johanna Sjöberg,   Josefin Lillhage,   Louise Jöhncke,   Malin Nilsson || 7:56.04

| Australia   Julia Greville,   Natasha Bowron,   Lise Mackie,   Emma Johnson || 7:56.12

|4 × 100 m  medley relay

| China   Lu Donghua,   Han Xue,   Cai Huijue,   Le Jingyi || 3:57.83

| USA   Lia Oberstar,   Amanda Beard,   Misty Hyman,   Jenny Thompson || 3:58.94

| Australia   Meredith Smith,   Kristy Ellem,   Angela Kennedy,   Sarah Ryan || 4:01.55

Medal table

References

External links

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