4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Göteborg SWE
Held	19 April 1997
Status	Medal
Competitors	59
Countries	13

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	China	CHN	3:43.39 (2 h2)	3:34.55 (1 F)
	Le Jingyi		56.78	53.32
	Chao Na		55.82	54.73
	Shan Ying		56.33	53.55
	Nian Yun		54.46	52.95
🥈	Germany	GER	3:40.81 (1 h1)	3:34.69 (2 F)
	Simone Osygus		54.59	55.21
	Antje Buschschulte		54.88	53.58
	Katrin Meißner		55.32	53.15
	Sandra Völker		—	52.75
	Silvia Szalai		56.02	—	*
🥉	Sweden	SWE	3:41.79 (1 h2)	3:38.07 (3 F)
	Johanna Sjöberg		—	55.10
	Louise Karlsson		—	54.34
	Malin Svahnström		55.03	54.69
	Therèse Alshammar		55.41	53.94
	Helena Åberg		55.89	—	*
	Louise Jöhncke		55.46	—	*
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:45.08 (4 h2)	3:39.98 (4 F)
	Karen Pickering		55.39	55.58
	Claire Huddart		56.08	55.05
	Karen Hawcroft		56.44	55.41
	Sue Rolph		—	53.94
	Carrie Willmott		57.17	—	*
5	Australia	AUS	3:41.46 (2 h1)	3:40.55 (5 F)
	Sarah Ryan		55.27	55.04
	Julia Greville		—	55.54
	Lise Mackie		55.42	54.86
	Angela Kennedy		54.96	55.11
	Natasha Bowron		55.81	—	*
6	United States	USA	3:44.32 (3 h2)	3:41.86 (6 F)
	Lindsey Farella		—	56.19
	Jennifer Parmenter		56.12	56.31
	Misty Hyman		—	55.82
	Jenny Thompson		54.22	53.54
	Lia Oberstar		57.22	—	*
	Shelly Ripple		56.76	—	*
7	Canada	CAN	3:44.39 (3 h1)	3:43.32 (7 F)
	Laura Nicholls		55.88	56.04
	Michelle Cruz		56.43	55.94
	Joanne Malar		55.64	55.30
	Jessica Deglau		56.44	56.04
8	South Africa	RSA	3:48.65 (5 h2)	3:51.45 (8 F)
	Charlene Wittstock		56.90	56.93
	Christine Cech		56.67	57.19
	Julia Russell		56.68	58.06
	Donna Leslie		58.40	59.27
9	Italy	ITA	3:50.14 (6 h2)	—
	Viviana Susin		56.85	—
	Francesca Bissoli		57.70	—
	Manuela Dalla Valle		58.45	—
	Ilaria Tocchini		57.14	—
10	Brazil	BRA	3:54.94 (4 h1)	—
	Tatiana Lemos		58.01	—
	Celina Endo		58.54	—
	Juliana Filippini		59.94	—
	Lucia Santos		58.45	—
11	Mexico	MEX	4:06.80 (5 h1)	—
	Paola España		1:00.28	—
	Brenda Crowley		1:01.22	—
	Patricia Villareal		1:03.38	—
	Tatiana Maristany		1:01.92	—
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	4:09.27 (7 h2)	—
	Zinaida Pozder		1:00.85	—
	Nermina Jukić		1:01.27	—
	Samra Jukić		1:03.85	—
	Vanja Bosankić		1:03.30	—
13	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:15.61 (6 h1)	—
	Tang Wei		1:01.66	—
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		1:04.21	—
	Chou Shu-Chi		1:05.07	—
	Huang Yu-Wen		1:04.67	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:40.81
	Simone Osygus		54.59
	Antje Buschschulte		54.88
	Katrin Meißner		55.32
	Sandra Völker		—
	Silvia Szalai		56.02
2	Australia	AUS	3:41.46
	Sarah Ryan		55.27
	Julia Greville		—
	Lise Mackie		55.42
	Angela Kennedy		54.96
	Natasha Bowron		55.81
3	Canada	CAN	3:44.39
	Laura Nicholls		55.88
	Michelle Cruz		56.43
	Joanne Malar		55.64
	Jessica Deglau		56.44
4	Brazil	BRA	3:54.94
	Tatiana Lemos		58.01
	Celina Endo		58.54
	Juliana Filippini		59.94
	Lucia Santos		58.45
5	Mexico	MEX	4:06.80
	Paola España		1:00.28
	Brenda Crowley		1:01.22
	Patricia Villareal		1:03.38
	Tatiana Maristany		1:01.92
6	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:15.61
	Tang Wei		1:01.66
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		1:04.21
	Chou Shu-Chi		1:05.07
	Huang Yu-Wen		1:04.67

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Sweden	SWE	3:41.79
	Johanna Sjöberg		—
	Louise Karlsson		—
	Malin Svahnström		55.03
	Therèse Alshammar		55.41
	Helena Åberg		55.89
	Louise Jöhncke		55.46
2	China	CHN	3:43.39
	Le Jingyi		56.78
	Chao Na		55.82
	Shan Ying		56.33
	Nian Yun		54.46
3	United States	USA	3:44.32
	Lindsey Farella		—
	Jennifer Parmenter		56.12
	Misty Hyman		—
	Jenny Thompson		54.22
	Lia Oberstar		57.22
	Shelly Ripple		56.76
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:45.08
	Karen Pickering		55.39
	Claire Huddart		56.08
	Karen Hawcroft		56.44
	Sue Rolph		—
	Carrie Willmott		57.17
5	South Africa	RSA	3:48.65
	Charlene Wittstock		56.90
	Christine Cech		56.67
	Julia Russell		56.68
	Donna Leslie		58.40
6	Italy	ITA	3:50.14
	Viviana Susin		56.85
	Francesca Bissoli		57.70
	Manuela Dalla Valle		58.45
	Ilaria Tocchini		57.14
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	4:09.27
	Zinaida Pozder		1:00.85
	Nermina Jukić		1:01.27
	Samra Jukić		1:03.85
	Vanja Bosankić		1:03.30

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	China	CHN	3:34.55
	Le Jingyi		53.32
	Chao Na		54.73
	Shan Ying		53.55
	Nian Yun		52.95
2	Germany	GER	3:34.69
	Simone Osygus		55.21
	Antje Buschschulte		53.58
	Katrin Meißner		53.15
	Sandra Völker		52.75
	Silvia Szalai		—
3	Sweden	SWE	3:38.07
	Johanna Sjöberg		55.10
	Louise Karlsson		54.34
	Malin Svahnström		54.69
	Therèse Alshammar		53.94
	Helena Åberg		—
	Louise Jöhncke		—
4	Great Britain	GBR	3:39.98
	Karen Pickering		55.58
	Claire Huddart		55.05
	Karen Hawcroft		55.41
	Sue Rolph		53.94
	Carrie Willmott		—
5	Australia	AUS	3:40.55
	Sarah Ryan		55.04
	Julia Greville		55.54
	Lise Mackie		54.86
	Angela Kennedy		55.11
	Natasha Bowron		—
6	United States	USA	3:41.86
	Lindsey Farella		56.19
	Jennifer Parmenter		56.31
	Misty Hyman		55.82
	Jenny Thompson		53.54
	Lia Oberstar		—
	Shelly Ripple		—
7	Canada	CAN	3:43.32
	Laura Nicholls		56.04
	Michelle Cruz		55.94
	Joanne Malar		55.30
	Jessica Deglau		56.04
8	South Africa	RSA	3:51.45
	Charlene Wittstock		56.93
	Christine Cech		57.19
	Julia Russell		58.06
	Donna Leslie		59.27