1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 100m Butterfly

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The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 100 metres Butterfly event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the first day of the competition, on Thursday 17 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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RANKFINAL ATIME
Med 1.png Flag of Sweden.svg  Lars Frölander  (SWE)51.95
Med 2.png Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Geoff Huegill  (AUS)51.99
Med 3.png Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Michael Klim  (AUS)52.02
4.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  James Hickman  (GBR)52.22
5.Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Sylantyev  (UKR)52.63
6.Flag of the United States.svg  Nate Dusing  (USA)52.64
7.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Edward Parenti  (CAN)52.71
8.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Garret Pulle  (CAN)52.74


RANKFINAL BTIME
9.Flag of Russia.svg  Denis Pankratov  (RUS)52.48
10.Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Francisco Sánchez  (VEN)52.80
11.Flag of Russia.svg  Konstantin Ushkov  (RUS)53.12
12.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Qiang  (CHN)53.19
13.Flag of South Africa.svg  Theo Verster  (RSA)53.29
14.Flag of Sweden.svg  Ola Fagerstrand  (SWE)53.41
15.Flag of Germany.svg  Thomas Rupprath  (GER)53.72
16.Flag of Brazil.svg  Hugo Duppre  (BRA)53.83

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