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:

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• Hong Kong
• Macedonia
• USA

Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Francisco Sánchez   Template:Flagicon Venezuela	21.80	Mark Foster   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	22.03	Ricardo Busquets   Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico	22.17
100m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Francisco Sánchez   Template:Flagicon Venezuela	47.86	Gustavo Borges   Template:Flagicon Brazil	48.16	Michael Klim   Template:Flagicon Australia	48.21
200m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Gustavo Borges   Template:Flagicon Brazil	1:45.45	Trent Bray   Template:Flagicon New Zealand	1:45.81	Lars Conrad   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:46.44
400m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Jacob Carstensen   Template:Flagicon Denmark	3:43.44	Chad Carvin   Template:Flagicon USA	3:43.73	Grant Hackett   Template:Flagicon Australia	3:43.83
1500m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Grant Hackett   Template:Flagicon Australia	14:39.54	Jörg Hoffmann   Template:Flagicon Germany	14:40.67	Graeme Smith   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	14:46.85
100m backstroke   Template:DetailsLink	Neisser Bent   Template:Flagicon Cuba	52.77	Brian Retterer   Template:Flagicon USA	53.06	Adrian Radley   Template:Flagicon Australia	53.36
200m backstroke   Template:DetailsLink	Neisser Bent   Template:Flagicon Cuba	1:54.21	Wang Wei   Template:Flagicon China	1:54.82	Vladimir Selkov   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:55.15
100m breaststroke   Template:DetailsLink	Patrik Isaksson   Template:Flagicon Sweden	59.99	Stanislav Lopukhov   Template:Flagicon Russia	1:00.05	Jens Kruppa   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:00.18
200m breaststroke   Template:DetailsLink	Aleksandr Gukov   Template:Flagicon Belarus	2:09.25	Andrey Korneyev   Template:Flagicon Russia	2:09.28	Jens Kruppa   Template:Flagicon Germany	2.10.53
100m butterfly   Template:DetailsLink	Lars Frölander   Template:Flagicon Sweden	51.95	Geoff Huegill   Template:Flagicon Australia	51.99	Michael Klim   Template:Flagicon Australia	52.02
200m butterfly   Template:DetailsLink	James Hickman   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	1:55.55	Denys Sylantyev   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	1:55.76	Scott Goodman   Template:Flagicon Australia	1:55.94
200m I.M.   Template:DetailsLink	Matthew Dunn   Template:Flagicon Australia	1:57.46	Christian Keller   Template:Flagicon Germany	1:58.35	Ron Karnaugh   Template:Flagicon USA	1:59.12
400m I.M.   Template:DetailsLink	Matthew Dunn   Template:Flagicon Australia	4:06.89	Xie Xufeng   Template:Flagicon China	4:12.52	Christian Keller   Template:Flagicon Germany	4:12.53
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagicon Germany   Lars Conrad,   Christian Tröger,   Alexander Lüderitz,   Aimo Heilmann	3:14.08	Template:Flagicon Sweden   Fredrik Letzler,   Anders Holmertz,   Ola Fagerstrand,   Lars Frölander	3:14.22	Template:Flagicon Australia   Michael Klim,   Scott Logan,   Richard Upton,   Jeffrey English	3:14.83
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagicon Australia   Michael Klim,   Grant Hackett,   William Kirby,   Matthew Dunn	7:02.74 WR	Template:Flagicon Sweden   Anders Lyrbring,   Anders Holmertz,   Lars Frölander,   Fredrik Letzler	7:05.61	Template:Flagicon Great Britain   Paul Palmer,   Andrew Clayton,   Mark Stevens,   James Salter	7:05.81
4 × 100 m  medley relay   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagicon Australia   Adrian Radley,   Phil Rogers,   Geoff Huegill,   Michael Klim	3:30.66 WR	Template:Flagicon Russia   Vladimir Selkov,   Stanislav Lopukhov,   Denis Pankratov,   Roman Yegorov	3:32.56 ER	Template:Flagicon Great Britain   Martin Harris,   Richard Maden,   James Hickman,   Mark Foster	3:32.61

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Sandra Völker   Template:Flagicon Germany	24.70 ER	Jenny Thompson   Template:Flagicon USA	24.78	Le Jingyi   Template:Flagicon China	24.83
100m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Jenny Thompson   Template:Flagicon USA	53.46	Sandra Völker   Template:Flagicon Germany	53.50	Le Jingyi   Template:Flagicon China	53.72
200m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Claudia Poll   Template:Flagicon Costa Rica	1:54.17 WR	Nian Yun   Template:Flagicon China	1:56.24	Martina Moravcová   Template:Flagicon Slovakia	1:56.66
400m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Claudia Poll   Template:Flagicon Costa Rica	4:00.03 WR	Natasha Bowron   Template:Flagicon Australia	4:05.76	Kerstin Kielgass   Template:Flagicon Germany	4:07.13
800m freestyle   Template:DetailsLink	Natasha Bowron   Template:Flagicon Australia	8:26.45	Kerstin Kielgass   Template:Flagicon Germany	8:28.10	Carla Geurts   Template:Flagicon Netherlands	8:28.96
100m backstroke   Template:DetailsLink	Lu Donghua   Template:Flagicon China	59.75	Chen Yan   Template:Flagicon China	1:00.14	Misty Hyman   Template:Flagicon USA	1:00.17
200m backstroke   Template:DetailsLink	Chen Yan   Template:Flagicon China	2:07.50	Misty Hyman   Template:Flagicon USA	2:07.66	Lia Oberstar   Template:Flagicon USA	2:08.29
100m breaststroke   Template:DetailsLink	Kristy Ellem   Template:Flagicon Australia	1:08.27	Alicja Pęczak   Template:Flagicon Poland	1:08.33	Svitlana Bondarenko   Template:Flagicon Ukraine	1:08.39
200m breaststroke   Template:DetailsLink	Kristy Ellem   Template:Flagicon Australia	2:22.68	Larisa Lăcustă   Template:Flagicon Romania	2:25.60 NR	Alicja Pęczak   Template:Flagicon Poland	2:25.62
100m butterfly   Template:DetailsLink	Jenny Thompson   Template:Flagicon USA	57.79 WR	Cai Huijue   Template:Flagicon China	57.92	Misty Hyman   Template:Flagicon USA	57.95
200m butterfly   Template:DetailsLink	Liu Limin   Template:Flagicon China	2:07.20	Hitomi Kashima   Template:Flagicon Japan	2:07.34	Misty Hyman   Template:Flagicon USA	2:07.54
200m I.M.   Template:DetailsLink	Louise Karlsson   Template:Flagicon Sweden	2:11.19	Martina Moravcová   Template:Flagicon Slovakia	2:11.39	Sue Rolph   Template:Flagicon Great Britain	2:12.39
400m I.M.   Template:DetailsLink	Emma Johnson   Template:Flagicon Australia	4:35.18	Sabine Herbst   Template:Flagicon Germany	4:36.02	Joanne Malar   Template:Flagicon Canada	4:37.46
4 × 100 m  freestyle relay   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagicon China   Le Jingyi,   Chao Na,   Shan Ying,   Nian Yun	3:34.55 WR	Template:Flagicon Germany   Simone Osygus,   Antje Buschschulte,   Katrin Meissner,   Sandra Völker	3:34.69 ER	Template:Flagicon Sweden   Johanna Sjöberg,   Louise Karlsson,   Malin Svahnström,   Therese Alshammar	3:38.07
4 × 200 m  freestyle relay   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagicon China   Wang Luna,   Nian Yun,   Chen Yan,   Shan Ying	7:51.92 WR	Template:Flagicon Sweden   Johanna Sjöberg,   Josefin Lillhage,   Louise Jöhncke,   Malin Nilsson	7:56.04	Template:Flagicon Australia   Julia Greville,   Natasha Bowron,   Lise Mackie,   Emma Johnson	7:56.12
4 × 100 m  medley relay   Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagicon China   Lu Donghua,   Han Xue,   Cai Huijue,   Le Jingyi	3:57.83	Template:Flagicon USA   Lia Oberstar,   Amanda Beard,   Misty Hyman,   Jenny Thompson	3:58.94	Template:Flagicon Australia   Meredith Smith,   Kristy Ellem,   Angela Kennedy,   Sarah Ryan	4:01.55

External links

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