# 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:
* Angola
* Argentina
* Australia
* Austria
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belarus
* Brazil
* Canada
* Chile
* China
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Ecuador
* Estonia
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hong Kong
* Iceland
* Indonesia
* Israel
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Madagascar
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Norway
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Romania
* Russia
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Thailand
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Ukraine
* USA
* Uzbekistan
* Venezuela

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle details | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 21.80 | Mark Foster Great Britain | 22.03 | Ricardo Busquets Puerto Rico | 22.17 |
| 100m freestyle details | Francisco Sánchez Venezuela | 47.86 | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 48.16 | Michael Klim Australia | 48.21 |
| 200m freestyle details | Gustavo Borges Brazil | 1:45.45 | Trent Bray New Zealand | 1:45.81 | Lars Conrad Germany | 1:46.44 |
| 400m freestyle details | Jacob Carstensen Denmark | 3:43.44 | Chad Carvin USA | 3:43.73 | Grant Hackett Australia | 3:43.83 |
| 1500m freestyle details | Grant Hackett Australia | 14:39.54 | Jörg Hoffmann Germany | 14:40.67 | Graeme Smith Great Britain | 14:46.85 |
| 100m backstroke details | Neisser Bent Cuba | 52.77 | Brian Retterer USA | 53.06 | Adrian Radley Australia | 53.36 |
| 200m backstroke details | Neisser Bent Cuba | 1:54.21 | Wang Wei China | 1:54.82 | Vladimir Selkov Russia | 1:55.15 |
| 100m breaststroke details | Patrik Isaksson Sweden | 59.99 | Stanislav Lopukhov Russia | 1:00.05 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 1:00.18 |
| 200m breaststroke details | Aleksandr Gukov Belarus | 2:09.25 | Andrey Korneyev Russia | 2:09.28 | Jens Kruppa Germany | 2.10.53 |
| 100m butterfly details | Lars Frölander Sweden | 51.95 | Geoff Huegill Australia | 51.99 | Michael Klim Australia | 52.02 |
| 200m butterfly details | James Hickman Great Britain | 1:55.55 | Denys Sylantyev Ukraine | 1:55.76 | Scott Goodman Australia | 1:55.94 |
| 200m I.M. details | Matthew Dunn Australia | 1:57.46 | Christian Keller Germany | 1:58.35 | Ron Karnaugh USA | 1:59.12 |
| 400m I.M. details | Matthew Dunn Australia | 4:06.89 | Xie Xufeng China | 4:12.52 | Christian Keller Germany | 4:12.53 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 details | 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

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 50m freestyle details | Sandra Völker Germany | 24.70 ER | Jenny Thompson USA | 24.78 | Le Jingyi China | 24.83 |
| 100m freestyle details | Jenny Thompson USA | 53.46 | Sandra Völker Germany | 53.50 | Le Jingyi China | 53.72 |
| 200m freestyle details | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 1:54.17 WR | Nian Yun China | 1:56.24 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 1:56.66 |
| 400m freestyle details | Claudia Poll Costa Rica | 4:00.03 WR | Natasha Bowron Australia | 4:05.76 | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | 4:07.13 |
| 800m freestyle details | Natasha Bowron Australia | 8:26.45 | Kerstin Kielgass Germany | 8:28.10 | Carla Geurts Netherlands | 8:28.96 |
| 100m backstroke details | Lu Donghua China | 59.75 | Chen Yan China | 1:00.14 | Misty Hyman USA | 1:00.17 |
| 200m backstroke details | Chen Yan China | 2:07.50 | Misty Hyman USA | 2:07.66 | Lia Oberstar USA | 2:08.29 |
| 100m breaststroke details | Kristy Ellem Australia | 1:08.27 | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 1:08.33 | Svitlana Bondarenko Ukraine | 1:08.39 |
| 200m breaststroke details | Kristy Ellem Australia | 2:22.68 | Larisa Lăcustă Romania | 2:25.60 NR | Alicja Pęczak Poland | 2:25.62 |
| 100m butterfly details | Jenny Thompson USA | 57.79 WR | Cai Huijue China | 57.92 | Misty Hyman USA | 57.95 |
| 200m butterfly details | Liu Limin China | 2:07.20 | Hitomi Kashima Japan | 2:07.34 | Misty Hyman USA | 2:07.54 |
| 200m I.M. details | Louise Karlsson Sweden | 2:11.19 | Martina Moravcová Slovakia | 2:11.39 | Sue Rolph Great Britain | 2:12.39 |
| 400m I.M. details | Emma Johnson Australia | 4:35.18 | Sabine Herbst Germany | 4:36.02 | Joanne Malar Canada | 4:37.46 |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay details | 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 details | 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 details | 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 9 | 2 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |