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]
| Host city | Göteborg |
|---|---|
| Country | Sweden |
| Opening | 17 April 1997 |
| Closing | 20 April 1997 |
| Main venue | Scandinavium |
Competing nations edit
The 71 nations with swimmers at the 1997 Short Course Worlds were:[3]
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 edit
Men edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Women edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Medal table edit
| 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 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 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 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | |
References edit
- ^ HistoFINA, Volumes IIIa (2008 ed) Archived 2015-04-27 at the Wayback Machine and IIIb (2008 ed) Archived 2015-07-09 at the Wayback Machine. ("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.
- ^ FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), 1993-2008 - A story of success Archived 2015-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, by Pedro Adrega. Published by FINA in 2008; retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ Participating Nations list Archived 2010-06-15 at the Wayback Machine for the 1997 Short Course Worlds, from SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-09.
External links edit
- SVT's open archive (in Swedish)