| 1997 FINA World Swimming Championships | |
| Host City: | Göteborg |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Stadium: | Scandinavium |
| Previous: | Rio de Janeiro 1995 |
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The 3rd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were an international swimming meet organized by FINA.[1] It was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden April 17−20, 1997; and featured 501 swimmers from 71 nations.[2]
The 71 nations with swimmers at the 1997 Short Course Worlds were:[3]
| 50m freestyle | Francisco Sánchez  Venezuela | 21.80 | Mark Foster  Great Britain | 22.03 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 22.17 | |
| 100m freestyle | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 47.86 | Gustavo Borges  Brazil | 48.16 | Michael Klim  Australia | 48.21 | |
| 200m freestyle | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 1:45.45 | Trent Bray  New Zealand | 1:45.81 | Lars Conrad Germany | 1:46.44 | |
| 400m freestyle | Jacob Carstensen Denmark | 3:43.44 | Chad Carvin  USA | 3:43.73 | Grant Hackett Australia | 3:43.83 | |
| 1500m freestyle | Grant Hackett Australia | 14:39.54 | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 14:40.67 | Graeme Smith Great Britain | 14:46.85 | |
| 100m backstroke | Neisser Bent  Cuba | 52.77 | Brian Retterer USA | 53.06 | Adrian Radley Australia | 53.36 | |
| 200m backstroke | Neisser Bent Cuba | 1:54.21 | Wang Wei  China | 1:54.82 | Vladimir Selkov  Russia | 1:55.15 | |
| 100m breaststroke | Patrik Isaksson  Sweden | 59.99 | Stanislav Lopukhov Russia | 1:00.05 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 1:00.18 | |
| 200m breaststroke | Aleksandr Gukov  Belarus | 2:09.25 | Andrey Korneyev Russia | 2:09.28 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 2.10.53 | |
| 100m butterfly | Lars Frölander Sweden | 51.95 | Geoff Huegill Australia | 51.99 | Michael Klim Australia | 52.02 | |
| 200m butterfly | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:55.55 | Denys Sylantyev  Ukraine | 1:55.76 | Scott Goodman Australia | 1:55.94 | |
| 200m I.M. | Matthew Dunn Australia | 1:57.46 | Christian Keller Germany | 1:58.35 | Ron Karnaugh USA | 1:59.12 | |
| 400m I.M. | Matthew Dunn Australia | 4:06.89 | Xie Xufeng China | 4:12.52 | Christian Keller Germany | 4:12.53 | |
| 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 | |
| 50m freestyle | Sandra Völker Germany | 24.70 ER | Jenny Thompson USA | 24.78 | Le Jingyi China | 24.83 | |
| 100m freestyle | Jenny Thompson USA | 53.46 | Sandra Völker Germany | 53.50 | Le Jingyi China | 53.72 | |
| 200m freestyle | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 1:54.17 WR | Nian Yun China | 1:56.24 | Martina Moravcová  Slovakia | 1:56.66 | |
| 400m freestyle | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 4:00.03 WR | Natasha Bowron Australia | 4:05.76 | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | 4:07.13 | |
| 800m freestyle | Natasha Bowron Australia | 8:26.45 | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | 8:28.10 | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 8:28.96 | |
| 100m backstroke | Lu Donghua China | 59.75 | Chen Yan China | 1:00.14 | Misty Hyman USA | 1:00.17 | |
| 200m backstroke | Chen Yan China | 2:07.50 | Misty Hyman USA | 2:07.66 | Lia Oberstar USA | 2:08.29 | |
| 100m breaststroke | Kristy Ellem Australia | 1:08.27 | Alicja Pęczak  Poland | 1:08.33 | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | 1:08.39 | |
| 200m breaststroke | Kristy Ellem Australia | 2:22.68 | Larisa Lăcustă Romania | 2:25.60 NR | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:25.62 | |
| 100m butterfly | Jenny Thompson USA | 57.79 WR | Cai Huijue China | 57.92 | Misty Hyman USA | 57.95 | |
| 200m butterfly | Liu Limin China | 2:07.20 | Hitomi Kashima  Japan | 2:07.34 | Misty Hyman USA | 2:07.54 | |
| 200m I.M. | Louise Karlsson Sweden | 2:11.19 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 2:11.39 | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 2:12.39 | |
| 400m I.M. | Emma Johnson Australia | 4:35.18 | Sabine Herbst Germany | 4:36.02 | Joanne Malar  Canada | 4:37.46 | |
| 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 | |
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