The 3rd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were an international swimming meet organized by FINA.HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) and IIIb (2008 ed) . ("HistoFINA" is FINA's self-history. Volume III is about the Short Course Worlds; part "a" contains men's statistics, part "b" women's statistics. It was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden April 17−20, 1997; and featured 501 swimmers from 71 nations.FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success , by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.
Competing nations The 71 nations with swimmers at the 1997 Short Course Worlds were:Participating Nations list for the 1997 Short Course Worlds, from SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-09.
Results Men 50 m freestyle Francisco Sánchez Venezuela 21.80Mark Foster Great Britain 22.03Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico 22.17100 m freestyle Francisco Sánchez Venezuela 47.86Gustavo Borges Brazil 48.16Michael Klim Australia 48.21200 m freestyle Gustavo Borges Brazil 1:45.45Trent Bray New Zealand 1:45.81Lars Conrad Germany 1:46.44400 m freestyle Jacob Carstensen Denmark 3:43.44Chad Carvin USA 3:43.73Grant Hackett Australia 3:43.831500 m freestyle Grant Hackett Australia 14:39.54Jörg Hoffmann Germany 14:40.67Graeme Smith Great Britain 14:46.85100 m backstroke Neisser Bent Cuba 52.77Brian Retterer USA 53.06Adrian Radley Australia 53.36200 m backstroke Neisser Bent Cuba 1:54.21Wang Wei China 1:54.82Vladimir Selkov Russia 1:55.15100 m breaststroke Patrik Isaksson Sweden 59.99Stanislav Lopukhov Russia 1:00.05Jens Kruppa Germany 1:00.18200 m breaststroke Aleksandr Gukov Belarus 2:09.25Andrey Korneyev Russia 2:09.28Jens Kruppa Germany 2.10.53100 m butterfly Lars Frölander Sweden 51.95Geoff Huegill Australia 51.99Michael Klim Australia 52.02200 m butterfly James Hickman Great Britain 1:55.55Denys Sylantyev Ukraine 1:55.76Scott Goodman Australia 1:55.94200 m I.M. Matthew Dunn Australia 1:57.46Christian Keller Germany 1:58.35Ron Karnaugh USA 1:59.12400 m I.M. Matthew Dunn Australia 4:06.89Xie Xufeng China 4:12.52Christian Keller Germany 4:12.534 × 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 3:14.834 × 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 7:05.814 × 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 ERJenny Thompson USA 24.78Le Jingyi China 24.83100 m freestyle Jenny Thompson USA 53.46Sandra Völker Germany 53.50Le Jingyi China 53.72200 m freestyle Claudia Poll Costa Rica 1:54.17 WR Nian Yun China 1:56.24Martina Moravcová Slovakia 1:56.66400 m freestyle Claudia Poll Costa Rica 4:00.03 WR Natasha Bowron Australia 4:05.76Kerstin Kielgass Germany 4:07.13800 m freestyle Natasha Bowron Australia 8:26.45Kerstin Kielgass Germany 8:28.10Carla Geurts Netherlands 8:28.96100 m backstroke Lu Donghua China 59.75Chen Yan China 1:00.14Misty Hyman USA 1:00.17200 m backstroke Chen Yan China 2:07.50Misty Hyman USA 2:07.66Lia Oberstar USA 2:08.29100 m breaststroke Kristy Ellem Australia 1:08.27Alicja Pęczak Poland 1:08.33Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine 1:08.39200 m breaststroke Kristy Ellem Australia 2:22.68Larisa Lăcustă Romania 2:25.60 NRAlicja Pęczak Poland 2:25.62100 m butterfly Jenny Thompson USA 57.79 WRCai Huijue China 57.92Misty Hyman USA 57.95200 m butterfly Liu Limin China 2:07.20Hitomi Kashima Japan 2:07.34Misty Hyman USA 2:07.54200 m I.M. Louise Karlsson Sweden 2:11.19Martina Moravcová Slovakia 2:11.39Sue Rolph Great Britain 2:12.39400 m I.M. Emma Johnson Australia 4:35.18Sabine Herbst Germany 4:36.02Joanne Malar Canada 4:37.464 × 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 3:38.074 × 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 7:56.124 × 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
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