4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Women

Competition	1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Göteborg SWE
Held	17 April 1997
Status	Medal
Competitors	45
Countries	10

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	China	CHN	8:03.80 (2 h2)	7:51.92 (1 F)
	Wang Luna		1:59.71	1:57.01
	Nian Yun		1:59.02	1:56.35
	Chen Yan		2:03.39	1:59.76
	Shan Ying		2:01.68	1:58.80
🥈	Sweden	SWE	8:01.96 (1 h2)	7:56.04 (2 F)
	Johanna Sjöberg		—	1:58.95
	Josefin Lillhage		1:59.63	1:58.87
	Louise Jöhncke		2:00.51	1:59.34
	Malin Nilsson		2:00.39	1:58.88
	Malin Svahnström		2:01.43	—	*
🥉	Australia	AUS	7:59.65 (1 h1)	7:56.12 (3 F)
	Julia Greville		1:59.58	1:58.47
	Natasha Bowron		1:58.84	1:58.26
	Lise Mackie		2:00.41	2:00.17
	Emma Johnson		2:00.82	1:59.22
4	Germany	GER	8:06.54 (4 h2)	7:58.04 (4 F)
	Silvia Szalai		2:00.40	2:00.67
	Antje Buschschulte		—	1:59.25
	Simone Osygus		2:00.29	1:59.94
	Kerstin Kielgaß		—	1:58.18
	Sara Harstick		2:02.96	—	*
	Desirée Beckers		2:02.89	—	*
5	Great Britain	GBR	8:04.04 (3 h2)	7:59.18 (5 F)
	Claire Huddart		2:01.09	2:00.61
	Vicky Horner		2:00.76	1:59.39
	Karen Hawcroft		2:01.52	2:00.93
	Karen Pickering		2:00.67	1:58.25
6	Canada	CAN	8:07.68 (3 h1)	8:02.80 (6 F)
	Sophie Simard		2:01.24	2:01.02
	Joanne Malar		—	2:00.33
	Jessica Deglau		2:03.64	2:00.81
	Andrea Schwartz		2:01.22	2:00.64
	Laura Nicholls		2:01.58	—	*
7	Denmark	DEN	8:05.14 (2 h1)	8:03.37 (7 F)
	Britta Vestergaard		2:01.52	2:01.08
	Eva Zachariassen		2:00.85	2:01.99
	Britt Raaby		2:01.05	2:00.30
	Mette Jacobsen		—	2:00.00
	Mette Nørskov Nielsen		2:01.72	—	*
8	Czech Republic	CZE	8:19.35 (4 h1)	8:20.97 (8 F)
	Jana Pechanová		2:02.95	2:02.34
	Dagmar Majerová		2:05.50	2:05.77
	Lenka Maňhalová		2:05.44	2:07.41
	Kristýna Kyněrová		2:05.46	2:05.45
9	Brazil	BRA	8:25.09 (5 h1)	—
	Tatiana Lemos		2:06.49	—
	Celina Endo		2:04.86	—
	Lucia Santos		2:07.20	—
	Juliana Filippini		2:06.54	—
10	Chinese Taipei	TPE	9:08.20 (5 h2)	—
	Tang Wei		2:10.86	—
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		2:16.10	—
	Chou Shu-Chi		2:21.24	—
	Huang Yu-Wen		2:20.00	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Australia	AUS	7:59.65
	Julia Greville		1:59.58
	Natasha Bowron		1:58.84
	Lise Mackie		2:00.41
	Emma Johnson		2:00.82
2	Denmark	DEN	8:05.14
	Britta Vestergaard		2:01.52
	Eva Zachariassen		2:00.85
	Britt Raaby		2:01.05
	Mette Jacobsen		—
	Mette Nørskov Nielsen		2:01.72
3	Canada	CAN	8:07.68
	Sophie Simard		2:01.24
	Joanne Malar		—
	Jessica Deglau		2:03.64
	Andrea Schwartz		2:01.22
	Laura Nicholls		2:01.58
4	Czech Republic	CZE	8:19.35
	Jana Pechanová		2:02.95
	Dagmar Majerová		2:05.50
	Lenka Maňhalová		2:05.44
	Kristýna Kyněrová		2:05.46
5	Brazil	BRA	8:25.09
	Tatiana Lemos		2:06.49
	Celina Endo		2:04.86
	Lucia Santos		2:07.20
	Juliana Filippini		2:06.54

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Sweden	SWE	8:01.96
	Johanna Sjöberg		—
	Josefin Lillhage		1:59.63
	Louise Jöhncke		2:00.51
	Malin Nilsson		2:00.39
	Malin Svahnström		2:01.43
2	China	CHN	8:03.80
	Wang Luna		1:59.71
	Nian Yun		1:59.02
	Chen Yan		2:03.39
	Shan Ying		2:01.68
3	Great Britain	GBR	8:04.04
	Claire Huddart		2:01.09
	Vicky Horner		2:00.76
	Karen Hawcroft		2:01.52
	Karen Pickering		2:00.67
4	Germany	GER	8:06.54
	Silvia Szalai		2:00.40
	Antje Buschschulte		—
	Simone Osygus		2:00.29
	Kerstin Kielgaß		—
	Sara Harstick		2:02.96
	Desirée Beckers		2:02.89
5	Chinese Taipei	TPE	9:08.20
	Tang Wei		2:10.86
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		2:16.10
	Chou Shu-Chi		2:21.24
	Huang Yu-Wen		2:20.00

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	China	CHN	7:51.92
	Wang Luna		1:57.01
	Nian Yun		1:56.35
	Chen Yan		1:59.76
	Shan Ying		1:58.80
2	Sweden	SWE	7:56.04
	Johanna Sjöberg		1:58.95
	Josefin Lillhage		1:58.87
	Louise Jöhncke		1:59.34
	Malin Nilsson		1:58.88
	Malin Svahnström		—
3	Australia	AUS	7:56.12
	Julia Greville		1:58.47
	Natasha Bowron		1:58.26
	Lise Mackie		2:00.17
	Emma Johnson		1:59.22
4	Germany	GER	7:58.04
	Silvia Szalai		2:00.67
	Antje Buschschulte		1:59.25
	Simone Osygus		1:59.94
	Kerstin Kielgaß		1:58.18
	Sara Harstick		—
	Desirée Beckers		—
5	Great Britain	GBR	7:59.18
	Claire Huddart		2:00.61
	Vicky Horner		1:59.39
	Karen Hawcroft		2:00.93
	Karen Pickering		1:58.25
6	Canada	CAN	8:02.80
	Sophie Simard		2:01.02
	Joanne Malar		2:00.33
	Jessica Deglau		2:00.81
	Andrea Schwartz		2:00.64
	Laura Nicholls		—
7	Denmark	DEN	8:03.37
	Britta Vestergaard		2:01.08
	Eva Zachariassen		2:01.99
	Britt Raaby		2:00.30
	Mette Jacobsen		2:00.00
	Mette Nørskov Nielsen		—
8	Czech Republic	CZE	8:20.97
	Jana Pechanová		2:02.34
	Dagmar Majerová		2:05.77
	Lenka Maňhalová		2:07.41
	Kristýna Kyněrová		2:05.45