100 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 19 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 71
Countries 45
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Francisco Sánchez VEN 47.85
(1 h5)		 47.86
(1 FA)
🥈 Gustavo Borges BRA 48.12
(1 h9)		 48.16
(2 FA)
🥉 Michael Klim AUS 48.07
(1 h8)		 48.21
(3 FA)
4 Lars Frölander SWE 48.12
(1 h6)		 48.24
(4 FA)
5 José Meolans ARG 48.38
(2 h9)		 48.65
(5 FA)
6 Ricardo Busquets PUR 48.87
(3 h9)		 49.08
(6 FA)
7 Yoav Bruck ISR 49.06
(1 h7)		 49.17
(7 FA)
8 Christian Tröger GER 48.89
(2 h8)		 49.26
(8 FA)
=9 Sion Brinn JAM 49.08
(4 h9)		 48.66
(=1 FB)
=9 Marcos Hernández CUB 49.19
(2 h6)		 48.66
(=1 FB)
11 Lars Conrad GER 49.37
(2 h7)		 49.19
(3 FB)
12 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 49.43
(4 h8)		 49.20
(4 FB)
13 Xuxa Scherer BRA 49.57
(6 h9)		 49.35
(5 FB)
14 Indrek Sei EST 49.51
(5 h9)		 49.52
(6 FB)
15 Richard Upton AUS 49.54
(3 h7)		 49.75
(7 FB)
16 Nicolae Ivan ROU 49.42
(3 h8)		 50.48
(8 FB)
17 Fredrik Letzler SWE 49.48
(5 h8)		 —
18 Felipe Delgado ECU 49.74
(3 h6)		 —
19 Roman Yegorov RUS 49.91
(6 h8)		 —
20 Andrew Clayton GBR 49.96
(4 h7)		 —
=21 Nate Dusing USA 50.00
(1 h4)		 —
=21 Vladimir Pyshnenko RUS 50.00
(4 h6)		 —
23 Mark Stevens GBR 50.09
(5 h7)		 —
24 Yannick Lupien CAN 50.12
(5 h6)		 —
25 John Steel NZL 50.18
(7 h9)		 —
26 Oswaldo Quevedo VEN 50.19
(2 h4)		 —
27 Peter Mankoč SLO 50.20
(6 h7)		 —
28 Trent Bray NZL 50.25
(7 h8)		 —
29 Garret Pulle CAN 50.30
(6 h6)		 —
30 Jakob Andersen DEN 50.33
(7 h6)		 —
31 Nick Folker RSA 50.35
(2 h5)		 —
32 Yuriy Vlasov UKR 50.46
(1 h3)		 —
33 Andrés Grasso ARG 50.52
(3 h5)		 —
34 René Gusperti ITA 50.54
(8 h6)		 —
35 Arūnas Savickas LTU 50.73
(3 h4)		 —
36 Jan Víťazka CZE 50.78
(4 h4)		 —
37 Anders Dahl NOR 50.80
(5 h4)		 —
38 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 50.83
(8 h9)		 —
39 Zhao Lifeng CHN 50.86
(8 h8)		 —
40 Clayton Jones USA 50.91
(4 h5)		 —
41 Alex Miescher SUI 50.96
(5 h5)		 —
42 Kjell Ivar Lundemoen NOR 50.99
(6 h4)		 —
43 Nicolae Butacu ROU 51.06
(7 h7)		 —
44 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 51.17
(6 h5)		 —
45 Stavros Michailidis CYP 51.37
(7 h5)		 —
46 Vyacheslav Kabanov UZB 51.43
(2 h3)		 —
47 Giedrius Rafanavičius LTU 51.64
(7 h4)		 —
48 Daniel Schmollinger AUT 51.90
(8 h5)		 —
49 Ernest Teo SGP 51.92
(1 h2)		 —
50 Vicha Ratanachote THA 51.97
(2 h2)		 —
51 Albert Galyautdinov UZB 52.00
(3 h3)		 —
52 Andrew Turner RSA 52.05
(4 h3)		 —
53 Arsenio López PUR 52.07
(8 h7)		 —
54 José Martínez COL 52.14
(3 h2)		 —
55 Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ 52.39
(5 h3)		 —
56 Rodrigo Olivares CHI 52.42
(8 h4)		 —
57 Zachary Moffatt HKG 52.46
(6 h3)		 —
58 Tanet Aroonsrisopon THA 52.80
(4 h2)		 —
=59 Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW 53.19
(=5 h2)		 —
=59 Dennis Chaves CRC 53.19
(=5 h2)		 —
61 Alfredo Carrillo PAR 53.26
(7 h2)		 —
62 Tarmo Kilk EST 53.57
(8 h2)		 —
63 Sebastián Rodoni CHI 53.72
(7 h3)		 —
64 Thamer Al-Shamroukh KUW 54.44
(1 h1)		 —
65 Jorge Ernesto Salazar CRC 54.62
(2 h1)		 —
66 Gael Duchenne MRI 54.63
(8 h3)		 —
67 Behzad Khabazian IRI 55.82
(3 h1)		 —
68 Chiu Chi-Fan TPE 55.85
(4 h1)		 —
69 Pirouz Eftekhar IRI 56.44
(5 h1)		 —
70 Wu Chin-Chan TPE 56.68
(6 h1)		 —
71 Igor Bilas BIH 56.71
(7 h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Thamer Al-Shamroukh KUW 54.44
2 Jorge Ernesto Salazar CRC 54.62
3 Behzad Khabazian IRI 55.82
4 Chiu Chi-Fan TPE 55.85
5 Pirouz Eftekhar IRI 56.44
6 Wu Chin-Chan TPE 56.68
7 Igor Bilas BIH 56.71

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ernest Teo SGP 51.92
2 Vicha Ratanachote THA 51.97
3 José Martínez COL 52.14
4 Tanet Aroonsrisopon THA 52.80
=5 Fahad Al-Otaibi KUW 53.19
=5 Dennis Chaves CRC 53.19
7 Alfredo Carrillo PAR 53.26
8 Tarmo Kilk EST 53.57

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yuriy Vlasov UKR 50.46
2 Vyacheslav Kabanov UZB 51.43
3 Albert Galyautdinov UZB 52.00
4 Andrew Turner RSA 52.05
5 Vitaly Vasilyev KGZ 52.39
6 Zachary Moffatt HKG 52.46
7 Sebastián Rodoni CHI 53.72
8 Gael Duchenne MRI 54.63

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nate Dusing USA 50.00
2 Oswaldo Quevedo VEN 50.19
3 Arūnas Savickas LTU 50.73
4 Jan Víťazka CZE 50.78
5 Anders Dahl NOR 50.80
6 Kjell Ivar Lundemoen NOR 50.99
7 Giedrius Rafanavičius LTU 51.64
8 Rodrigo Olivares CHI 52.42

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Francisco Sánchez VEN 47.85
2 Nick Folker RSA 50.35
3 Andrés Grasso ARG 50.52
4 Clayton Jones USA 50.91
5 Alex Miescher SUI 50.96
6 Dzmitry Kalinovski BLR 51.17
7 Stavros Michailidis CYP 51.37
8 Daniel Schmollinger AUT 51.90

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lars Frölander SWE 48.12
2 Marcos Hernández CUB 49.19
3 Felipe Delgado ECU 49.74
4 Vladimir Pyshnenko RUS 50.00
5 Yannick Lupien CAN 50.12
6 Garret Pulle CAN 50.30
7 Jakob Andersen DEN 50.33
8 René Gusperti ITA 50.54

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Yoav Bruck ISR 49.06
2 Lars Conrad GER 49.37
3 Richard Upton AUS 49.54
4 Andrew Clayton GBR 49.96
5 Mark Stevens GBR 50.09
6 Peter Mankoč SLO 50.20
7 Nicolae Butacu ROU 51.06
8 Arsenio López PUR 52.07

Heat 8

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Michael Klim AUS 48.07
2 Christian Tröger GER 48.89
3 Nicolae Ivan ROU 49.42
4 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 49.43
5 Fredrik Letzler SWE 49.48
6 Roman Yegorov RUS 49.91
7 Trent Bray NZL 50.25
8 Zhao Lifeng CHN 50.86

Heat 9

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Gustavo Borges BRA 48.12
2 José Meolans ARG 48.38
3 Ricardo Busquets PUR 48.87
4 Sion Brinn JAM 49.08
5 Indrek Sei EST 49.51
6 Xuxa Scherer BRA 49.57
7 John Steel NZL 50.18
8 Jacob Rasmussen DEN 50.83

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Francisco Sánchez VEN 47.86
2 Gustavo Borges BRA 48.16
3 Michael Klim AUS 48.21
4 Lars Frölander SWE 48.24
5 José Meolans ARG 48.65
6 Ricardo Busquets PUR 49.08
7 Yoav Bruck ISR 49.17
8 Christian Tröger GER 49.26

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
=1 Sion Brinn JAM 48.66
=1 Marcos Hernández CUB 48.66
3 Lars Conrad GER 49.19
4 Aleh Rukhlevich BLR 49.20
5 Xuxa Scherer BRA 49.35
6 Indrek Sei EST 49.52
7 Richard Upton AUS 49.75
8 Nicolae Ivan ROU 50.48