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

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The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 100 metres Freestyle 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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Finals

RANKFINAL ATIME
Med 1.png Flag of the United States.svg  Jenny Thompson  (USA)53.46
Med 2.png Flag of Germany.svg  Sandra Völker  (GER)53.50
Med 3.png Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Le Jingyi  (CHN)53.72
4.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Martina Moravcová  (SVK)54.04
5.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shan Ying  (CHN)54.31
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sue Rolph  (GBR)54.43
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Meissner  (GER)54.91
8.Flag of Sweden.svg  Therese Alshammar  (SWE)55.18


RANKFINAL BTIME
9.Flag of the United States.svg  Lindsey Farella  (USA)55.14
10.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sarah Ryan  (AUS)55.33
11.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Laura Nicholls  (CAN)55.82
12.Flag of Romania.svg  Luminița Dobrescu  (ROM)55.83
13.Flag of Lithuania.svg  Dita Zelviene  (LTU)55.98
14.Flag of Austria.svg  Judith Draxler  (AUT)56.05
15.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Claire Huddart  (GBR)56.19
16.Flag of Barbados.svg  Leah Martindale  (BAR)56.20

Qualifying heats

RANKHEATS RANKINGTIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Jenny Thompson  (USA)53.94
2.Flag of Germany.svg  Sandra Völker  (GER)53.96
3.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Le Jingyi  (CHN)54.54
4.Flag of Slovakia.svg  Martina Moravcová  (SVK)54.70
5.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shan Ying  (CHN)54.80
6.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sue Rolph  (GBR)55.03
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Katrin Meissner  (GER)55.15
8.Flag of Sweden.svg  Therese Alshammar  (SWE)55.18
9.Flag of the United States.svg  Lindsey Farella  (USA)55.43
10.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Sarah Ryan  (AUS)55.60
11.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Laura Nicholls  (CAN)55.83
12.Flag of Barbados.svg  Leah Martindale  (BAR)55.99
13.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Claire Huddart  (GBR)56.02
14.Flag of Romania.svg  Luminița Dobrescu  (ROM)56.14
15.Flag of Austria.svg  Judith Draxler  (AUT)56.23
16.Flag of Lithuania.svg  Dita Zelviene  (LTU)56.24
17.Flag of Russia.svg  Natalya Meshcheryakova  (RUS)56.25
18.Flag of Romania.svg  Ioana Diaconescu  (ROM)56.28
19.Flag of Sweden.svg  Louise Jöhncke  (SWE)56.33
20.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julia Greville  (AUS)56.43
21.Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Siobhan Cropper  (TRI)56.44
22.Flag of South Africa.svg  Charlene Wittstock  (RSA)56.82
23.Flag of Italy.svg  Viviana Susin  (ITA)56.82
24.Flag of Belarus.svg  Alena Popchanka  (BLR)56.95
25.Flag of South Africa.svg  Christine Cech  (RSA)57.16
26.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Michelle Cruz  (CAN)57.55
27.Flag of Switzerland.svg  Sandrine Paquier  (SUI)58.00

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