1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 100m Breaststroke

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The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 100 metres Breaststroke event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the third day of the competition, on Saturday 19 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Finals

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Med 1.png Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kristy Ellem  (AUS)1:08.27
Med 2.png Flag of Poland.svg  Alicja Pęczak  (POL)1:08.33
Med 3.png Flag of Ukraine.svg  Svitlana Bondarenko  (UKR)1:08.39
4.Flag of South Africa.svg  Julia Russell  (RSA)1:08.41
5.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Han Xue  (CHN)1:08.61
6.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Danica Wizniuk  (CAN)1:08.88
7.Flag of Sweden.svg  Hanna Jaltner  (SWE)1:09.07
8.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Tara Sloan  (CAN)1:09.20


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9.Flag of the United States.svg  Amanda Beard  (USA)1:09.04
10.Flag of Austria.svg  Vera Lischka  (AUT)1:09.80
11.Flag of Italy.svg  Manuela Dalla Valle  (ITA)1:09.99
12.Flag of Norway.svg  Terrie Miller  (NOR)1:10.20
13.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mi Tong  (CHN)1:10.23
14.Flag of Sweden.svg  Maria Östling  (SWE)1:10.42
15.Flag of Norway.svg  Elin Austevoll  (NOR)1:10.71
Flag of Romania.svg  Larisa Lăcustă  (ROM)1:10.71

Qualifying heats

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