4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1997 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Sevilla ESP
Held	21 August 1997
Status	Medal
Competitors	55
Countries	12

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Germany	GER	3:45.14 (1 h1)	3:41.49 (1 F)
	Katrin Meißner		56.56	56.17
	Simone Osygus		55.84	55.60
	Antje Buschschulte		—	55.63
	Sandra Völker		—	54.09
	Kerstin Kielgaß		56.50	—	*
	Silvia Szalai		56.24	—	*
🥈	Sweden	SWE	3:46.40 (1 h2)	3:43.69 (2 F)
	Louise Jöhncke		55.92	56.10
	Josefin Lillhage		56.36	55.95
	Therèse Alshammar		57.26	55.86
	Malin Svahnström		56.86	55.78
🥉	Russia	RUS	3:47.71 (2 h1)	3:44.72 (3 F)
	Svetlana Leshukova		57.03	56.93
	Nataliya Meshcheryakova		55.97	54.97
	Inna Yaitskaya		57.15	56.23
	Nadezhda Chemezova		—	56.59
	Yelena Nazemnova		57.56	—	*
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:48.75 (3 h1)	3:45.83 (4 F)
	Sue Rolph		—	56.34
	Claire Huddart		57.28	56.49
	Janing Benton		57.41	57.62
	Karen Pickering		55.96	55.38
	Karen Hawcroft		58.10	—	*
5	Denmark	DEN	3:49.30 (4 h2)	3:46.74 (5 F)
	Sophia Skou		57.55	57.28
	Mette Jacobsen		—	55.48
	Mia Muusfeldt		56.17	56.36
	Berit Puggaard		57.53	57.62
	Ditte Jensen		58.05	—	*
6	Netherlands	NED	3:48.01 (2 h2)	3:47.05 (6 F)
	Wilma van Hofwegen		55.64	56.46
	Angela Postma		56.92	56.73
	Manon Masseurs		57.74	56.97
	Suze Valen		—	56.89
	Minouche Smit		57.71	—	*
7	Italy	ITA	3:49.59 (4 h1)	3:48.97 (7 F)
	Cecilia Vianini		57.35	57.05
	Ilaria Tocchini		—	57.75
	Viviana Susin		57.17	57.06
	Luisa Striani		57.30	57.11
	Cristina Chiuso		57.77	—	*
8	Spain	ESP	3:48.68 (3 h2)	— (DQ F)
	Claudia Franco		56.10	[56.91]
	Ana Belén Palomo		57.49	—
	Laura Roca		57.58	[57.58]
	Blanca Cerón		57.51	[56.81]
9	Slovenia	SLO	3:50.69 (5 h2)	—
	Nataša Kejžar		58-05	—
	Tanja Blatnik		57.84	—
	Urška Slapšak		57.61	—
	Metka Sparavec		57.19	—
10	Romania	ROU	3:54.09 (5 h1)	—
	Lorena Diaconescu		56.83	—
	Cătălina Căşaru		1:00.03	—
	Mădălina Badea		59.59	—
	Luminița Dobrescu		57.64	—
11	Switzerland	SUI	3:54.46 (6 h1)	—
	Nicole Zahnd		58.32	—
	Dominique Diezi		57.51	—
	Sandrine Paquier		58.94	—
	Chantal Strasser		59.69	—
DQ	Belgium	BEL	— (DQ h2)	—
	Tine Bossuyt		[57.52]	—
	Liesbet Dreesen		[57.26]	—
	Stéphanie Close		[58.37]	—
	Fabienne Dufour		[57.92]	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:45.14
	Katrin Meißner		56.56
	Simone Osygus		55.84
	Antje Buschschulte		—
	Sandra Völker		—
	Kerstin Kielgaß		56.50
	Silvia Szalai		56.24
2	Russia	RUS	3:47.71
	Svetlana Leshukova		57.03
	Nataliya Meshcheryakova		55.97
	Inna Yaitskaya		57.15
	Nadezhda Chemezova		—
	Yelena Nazemnova		57.56
3	Great Britain	GBR	3:48.75
	Sue Rolph		—
	Claire Huddart		57.28
	Janing Benton		57.41
	Karen Pickering		55.96
	Karen Hawcroft		58.10
4	Italy	ITA	3:49.59
	Cecilia Vianini		57.35
	Ilaria Tocchini		—
	Viviana Susin		57.17
	Luisa Striani		57.30
	Cristina Chiuso		57.77
5	Romania	ROU	3:54.09
	Lorena Diaconescu		56.83
	Cătălina Căşaru		1:00.03
	Mădălina Badea		59.59
	Luminița Dobrescu		57.64
6	Switzerland	SUI	3:54.46
	Nicole Zahnd		58.32
	Dominique Diezi		57.51
	Sandrine Paquier		58.94
	Chantal Strasser		59.69

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Sweden	SWE	3:46.40
	Louise Jöhncke		55.92
	Josefin Lillhage		56.36
	Therèse Alshammar		57.26
	Malin Svahnström		56.86
2	Netherlands	NED	3:48.01
	Wilma van Hofwegen		55.64
	Angela Postma		56.92
	Manon Masseurs		57.74
	Suze Valen		—
	Minouche Smit		57.71
3	Spain	ESP	3:48.68
	Claudia Franco		56.10
	Ana Belén Palomo		57.49
	Laura Roca		57.58
	Blanca Cerón		57.51
4	Denmark	DEN	3:49.30
	Sophia Skou		57.55
	Mette Jacobsen		—
	Mia Muusfeldt		56.17
	Berit Puggaard		57.53
	Ditte Jensen		58.05
5	Slovenia	SLO	3:50.69
	Nataša Kejžar		58-05
	Tanja Blatnik		57.84
	Urška Slapšak		57.61
	Metka Sparavec		57.19
DQ	Belgium	BEL	—
	Tine Bossuyt		[57.52]
	Liesbet Dreesen		[57.26]
	Stéphanie Close		[58.37]
	Fabienne Dufour		[57.92]

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:41.49
	Katrin Meißner		56.17
	Simone Osygus		55.60
	Antje Buschschulte		55.63
	Sandra Völker		54.09
	Kerstin Kielgaß		—
	Silvia Szalai		—
2	Sweden	SWE	3:43.69
	Louise Jöhncke		56.10
	Josefin Lillhage		55.95
	Therèse Alshammar		55.86
	Malin Svahnström		55.78
3	Russia	RUS	3:44.72
	Svetlana Leshukova		56.93
	Nataliya Meshcheryakova		54.97
	Inna Yaitskaya		56.23
	Nadezhda Chemezova		56.59
	Yelena Nazemnova		—
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:45.83
	Sue Rolph		56.34
	Claire Huddart		56.49
	Janing Benton		57.62
	Karen Pickering		55.38
	Karen Hawcroft		—
5	Denmark	DEN	3:46.74
	Sophia Skou		57.28
	Mette Jacobsen		55.48
	Mia Muusfeldt		56.36
	Berit Puggaard		57.62
	Ditte Jensen		—
6	Netherlands	NED	3:47.05
	Wilma van Hofwegen		56.46
	Angela Postma		56.73
	Manon Masseurs		56.97
	Suze Valen		56.89
	Minouche Smit		—
7	Italy	ITA	3:48.97
	Cecilia Vianini		57.05
	Ilaria Tocchini		57.75
	Viviana Susin		57.06
	Luisa Striani		57.11
	Cristina Chiuso		—
DQ	Spain	ESP	—
	Claudia Franco		[56.91]
	Ana Belén Palomo		—
	Laura Roca		[57.58]
	Blanca Cerón		[56.81]