100 m Freestyle, Women

Competition 1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Göteborg SWE
Held 17 April 1997
Status Medal
Competitors 54
Countries 31
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Jenny Thompson USA 53.94
(1 h5)		 53.46
(1 FA)
🥈 Sandra Völker GER 53.96
(1 h7)		 53.50
(2 FA)
🥉 Le Jingyi CHN 54.54
(1 h6)		 53.72
(3 FA)
4 Martina Moravcová SVK 54.70
(2 h6)		 54.05
(4 FA)
5 Shan Ying CHN 54.80
(2 h5)		 54.37
(5 FA)
6 Sue Rolph GBR 55.03
(3 h6)		 54.43
(6 FA)
7 Katrin Meißner GER 55.15
(2 h7)		 54.91
(7 FA)
8 Therèse Alshammar SWE 55.18
(3 h7)		 55.18
(8 FA)
9 Lindsey Farella USA 55.43
(3 h5)		 55.14
(1 FB)
10 Sarah Ryan AUS 55.60
(4 h7)		 55.33
(2 FB)
11 Laura Nicholls CAN 55.83
(5 h7)		 55.82
(3 FB)
12 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 56.14
(5 h6)		 55.83
(4 FB)
13 Dita Želvienė LTU 56.24
(6 h7)		 55.98
(5 FB)
14 Judith Draxler AUT 56.23
(5 h5)		 56.05
(6 FB)
15 Claire Huddart GBR 56.02
(4 h6)		 56.19
(7 FB)
16 Leah Martindale BAR 55.99
(4 h5)		 56.20
(8 FB)
17 Nataliya Meshcheryakova RUS 56.24
(6 h6)		 —
18 Lorena Diaconescu ROU 56.28
(6 h5)		 —
19 Louise Jöhncke SWE 56.33
(7 h6)		 —
20 Julia Greville AUS 56.43
(7 h5)		 —
21 Siobhan Cropper TTO 56.44
(8 h6)		 —
=22 Charlene Wittstock RSA 56.82
(1 h4)		 —
=22 Viviana Susin ITA 56.82
(7 h7)		 —
24 Alena Popchanka BLR 56.95
(2 h4)		 —
25 Christine Cech RSA 57.16
(1 h3)		 —
26 Michelle Cruz CAN 57.55
(3 h4)		 —
27 Sandrine Paquier SUI 58.00
(4 h4)		 —
28 Claudia Poll CRC 58.08
(8 h7)		 —
29 Vera Lischka AUT 58.25
(5 h4)		 —
30 Eydís Konráðsdóttir ISL 58.34
(1 h2)		 —
31 Tatiana Lemos BRA 58.44
(8 h5)		 —
32 Niuvys Rosales CUB 58.45
(2 h3)		 —
33 Lucia Santos BRA 58.50
(6 h4)		 —
34 Chantal Strasser SUI 58.63
(3 h3)		 —
35 Ivana Walterová SVK 58.86
(7 h4)		 —
36 Rutai Santadvatana THA 58.98
(4 h3)		 —
37 Agnese Ozoliņa LAT 59.05
(5 h3)		 —
38 Elín Sigurðardóttir ISL 59.10
(2 h2)		 —
39 Valeria Álvarez ARG 59.13
(8 h4)		 —
40 Marianella Marín CRC 59.69
(3 h2)		 —
41 Romina Cannoni CHI 59.73
(6 h3)		 —
42 Nermina Jukić BIH 59.75
(1 h1)		 —
43 Dea Oja EST 59.87
(2 h1)		 —
44 Tang Wei TPE 1:00.09
(4 h2)		 —
45 Chonlathorn Vorathamrong THA 1:00.35
(5 h2)		 —
46 Chiang Tzu-Ying TPE 1:00.37
(7 h3)		 —
47 Natalie Crump BAR 1:00.44
(3 h1)		 —
48 Nicoletta Michaelidou CYP 1:00.84
(6 h2)		 —
49 Zinaida Pozder BIH 1:00.90
(4 h1)		 —
50 Huang Yu-Wen TPE 1:01.02
(8 h3)		 —
51 Triin-Karoliina Meijel EST 1:01.15
(5 h1)		 —
52 Tatiana Maristany MEX 1:01.65
(6 h1)		 —
53 Chou Shu-Chi TPE 1:03.27
(7 h2)		 —
54 Lin Yi-Chun TPE 1:05.54
(8 h2)		 —
DNS Joy NfashingaboDNS UGA —
(DNS h1)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Nermina Jukić BIH 59.75
2 Dea Oja EST 59.87
3 Natalie Crump BAR 1:00.44
4 Zinaida Pozder BIH 1:00.90
5 Triin-Karoliina Meijel EST 1:01.15
6 Tatiana Maristany MEX 1:01.65
DNS Joy NfashingaboDNS UGA —

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Eydís Konráðsdóttir ISL 58.34
2 Elín Sigurðardóttir ISL 59.10
3 Marianella Marín CRC 59.69
4 Tang Wei TPE 1:00.09
5 Chonlathorn Vorathamrong THA 1:00.35
6 Nicoletta Michaelidou CYP 1:00.84
7 Chou Shu-Chi TPE 1:03.27
8 Lin Yi-Chun TPE 1:05.54

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Christine Cech RSA 57.16
2 Niuvys Rosales CUB 58.45
3 Chantal Strasser SUI 58.63
4 Rutai Santadvatana THA 58.98
5 Agnese Ozoliņa LAT 59.05
6 Romina Cannoni CHI 59.73
7 Chiang Tzu-Ying TPE 1:00.37
8 Huang Yu-Wen TPE 1:01.02

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Charlene Wittstock RSA 56.82
2 Alena Popchanka BLR 56.95
3 Michelle Cruz CAN 57.55
4 Sandrine Paquier SUI 58.00
5 Vera Lischka AUT 58.25
6 Lucia Santos BRA 58.50
7 Ivana Walterová SVK 58.86
8 Valeria Álvarez ARG 59.13

Heat 5

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jenny Thompson USA 53.94
2 Shan Ying CHN 54.80
3 Lindsey Farella USA 55.43
4 Leah Martindale BAR 55.99
5 Judith Draxler AUT 56.23
6 Lorena Diaconescu ROU 56.28
7 Julia Greville AUS 56.43
8 Tatiana Lemos BRA 58.44

Heat 6

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Le Jingyi CHN 54.54
2 Martina Moravcová SVK 54.70
3 Sue Rolph GBR 55.03
4 Claire Huddart GBR 56.02
5 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 56.14
6 Nataliya Meshcheryakova RUS 56.24
7 Louise Jöhncke SWE 56.33
8 Siobhan Cropper TTO 56.44

Heat 7

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Sandra Völker GER 53.96
2 Katrin Meißner GER 55.15
3 Therèse Alshammar SWE 55.18
4 Sarah Ryan AUS 55.60
5 Laura Nicholls CAN 55.83
6 Dita Želvienė LTU 56.24
7 Viviana Susin ITA 56.82
8 Claudia Poll CRC 58.08

Final

Final A

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Jenny Thompson USA 53.46
2 Sandra Völker GER 53.50
3 Le Jingyi CHN 53.72
4 Martina Moravcová SVK 54.05
5 Shan Ying CHN 54.37
6 Sue Rolph GBR 54.43
7 Katrin Meißner GER 54.91
8 Therèse Alshammar SWE 55.18

Final B

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Lindsey Farella USA 55.14
2 Sarah Ryan AUS 55.33
3 Laura Nicholls CAN 55.82
4 Luminița Dobrescu ROU 55.83
5 Dita Želvienė LTU 55.98
6 Judith Draxler AUT 56.05
7 Claire Huddart GBR 56.19
8 Leah Martindale BAR 56.20