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

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