4 x 100 m Medley Relay, Women

Competition	1997 World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Göteborg SWE
Held	20 April 1997
Status	Medal
Competitors	67
Countries	15

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	China	CHN	4:07.77 (3 h2)	3:57.83 (1 F)
	Lu Donghua		1:01.30	59.58
	Han Xue		—	1:08.50
	Cai Huijue		—	57.23
	Le Jingyi		—	52.52
	Mi Tong		1:09.55	—	*
	Liu Limin		59.85	—	*
	Shan Ying		57.07	—	*
🥈	United States	USA	4:04.45 (1 h1)	3:58.94 (2 F)
	Lia Oberstar		—	1:01.05
	Amanda Beard		1:08.81	1:08.08
	Misty Hyman		—	57.13
	Jenny Thompson		58.91	52.68
	Shelly Ripple		1:01.37	—	*
	Lindsey Farella		55.36	—	*
🥉	Australia	AUS	4:04.38 (1 h2)	4:01.55 (3 F)
	Meredith Smith		1:01.79	1:01.49
	Kristy Ellem		1:08.38	1:07.49
	Angela Kennedy		59.61	59.06
	Sarah Ryan		54.60	53.51
4	Sweden	SWE	4:04.69 (2 h1)	4:02.42 (4 F)
	Therèse Alshammar		1:01.69	1:01.33
	Hanna Jaltner		1:08.72	1:08.35
	Johanna Sjöberg		58.88	57.93
	Malin Svahnström		—	54.81
	Louise Jöhncke		55.40	—	*
5	Germany	GER	4:05.89 (2 h2)	4:03.06 (5 F)
	Sandra Völker		59.84	59.37
	Anne Poleska		1:08.88	1:09.17
	Antje Buschschulte		—	1:00.69
	Katrin Meißner		55.79	53.83
	Silvia Szalai		1:01.38	—	*
6	Denmark	DEN	4:08.43 (4 h2)	4:06.58 (6 F)
	Mette Nørskov Nielsen		1:02.88	1:02.21
	Britta Vestergaard		1:10.28	1:09.97
	Sophia Skou		1:01.35	59.76
	Mette Jacobsen		54.58	54.64
7	Italy	ITA	4:09.50 (4 h1)	4:08.56 (7 F)
	Francesca Bissoli		1:02.93	1:02.43
	Manuela Dalla Valle		1:09.51	1:09.92
	Ilaria Tocchini		1:00.96	1:00.32
	Viviana Susin		56.10	55.89
8	Canada	CAN	4:08.43 (3 h1)	— (DQ F)
	Lisa Virgini		1:03.15	[1:03.58]
	Danica Wizniuk		1:08.60	—
	Andrea Schwartz		1:01.23	—
	Laura Nicholls		55.45	—
9	Great Britain	GBR	4:10.80 (5 h2)	—
	Sarah Price		1:02.77	—
	Jaime King		1:09.94	—
	Margie Pedder		1:02.88	—
	Karen Pickering		55.21	—
10	Portugal	POR	4:14.12 (5 h1)	—
	Maria Carlos Santos		1:02.29	—
	Ana Francisco		1:12.04	—
	Joana Soutinho		1:02.27	—
	Ana Alegria		57.52	—
11	South Africa	RSA	4:14.21 (6 h2)	—
	Charlene Wittstock		1:05.20	—
	Julia Russell		1:09.21	—
	Candice Crafford		1:02.67	—
	Christine Cech		57.13	—
12	Czech Republic	CZE	4:21.01 (6 h1)	—
	Alena Nyvltová		1:05.93	—
	Petra Dufková		1:10.71	—
	Marcela Kubalčíková		1:05.13	—
	Kristýna Kyněrová		59.24	—
13	Mexico	MEX	4:31.81 (7 h1)	—
	Astrid Mojica		1:08.83	—
	Adriana Marmolejo		1:15.67	—
	Brenda Crowley		1:18.86	—
	Paola España		1:20.77	—
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	4:38.34 (8 h1)	—
	Zinaida Pozder		1:10.35	—
	Samra Jukić		1:14.63	—
	Nermina Jukić		1:08.81	—
	Vanja Bosankić		1:04.55	—
15	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:50.89 (7 h2)	—
	Tang Wei		1:12.83	—
	Chou Shu-Chi		1:22.97	—
	Huang Yu-Wen		1:14.41	—
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		1:00.68	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	4:04.45
	Lia Oberstar		—
	Amanda Beard		1:08.81
	Misty Hyman		—
	Jenny Thompson		58.91
	Shelly Ripple		1:01.37
	Lindsey Farella		55.36
2	Sweden	SWE	4:04.69
	Therèse Alshammar		1:01.69
	Hanna Jaltner		1:08.72
	Johanna Sjöberg		58.88
	Malin Svahnström		—
	Louise Jöhncke		55.40
3	Canada	CAN	4:08.43
	Lisa Virgini		1:03.15
	Danica Wizniuk		1:08.60
	Andrea Schwartz		1:01.23
	Laura Nicholls		55.45
4	Italy	ITA	4:09.50
	Francesca Bissoli		1:02.93
	Manuela Dalla Valle		1:09.51
	Ilaria Tocchini		1:00.96
	Viviana Susin		56.10
5	Portugal	POR	4:14.12
	Maria Carlos Santos		1:02.29
	Ana Francisco		1:12.04
	Joana Soutinho		1:02.27
	Ana Alegria		57.52
6	Czech Republic	CZE	4:21.01
	Alena Nyvltová		1:05.93
	Petra Dufková		1:10.71
	Marcela Kubalčíková		1:05.13
	Kristýna Kyněrová		59.24
7	Mexico	MEX	4:31.81
	Astrid Mojica		1:08.83
	Adriana Marmolejo		1:15.67
	Brenda Crowley		1:18.86
	Paola España		1:20.77
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	4:38.34
	Zinaida Pozder		1:10.35
	Samra Jukić		1:14.63
	Nermina Jukić		1:08.81
	Vanja Bosankić		1:04.55

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Australia	AUS	4:04.38
	Meredith Smith		1:01.79
	Kristy Ellem		1:08.38
	Angela Kennedy		59.61
	Sarah Ryan		54.60
2	Germany	GER	4:05.89
	Sandra Völker		59.84
	Anne Poleska		1:08.88
	Antje Buschschulte		—
	Katrin Meißner		55.79
	Silvia Szalai		1:01.38
3	China	CHN	4:07.77
	Lu Donghua		1:01.30
	Han Xue		—
	Cai Huijue		—
	Le Jingyi		—
	Mi Tong		1:09.55
	Liu Limin		59.85
	Shan Ying		57.07
4	Denmark	DEN	4:08.43
	Mette Nørskov Nielsen		1:02.88
	Britta Vestergaard		1:10.28
	Sophia Skou		1:01.35
	Mette Jacobsen		54.58
5	Great Britain	GBR	4:10.80
	Sarah Price		1:02.77
	Jaime King		1:09.94
	Margie Pedder		1:02.88
	Karen Pickering		55.21
6	South Africa	RSA	4:14.21
	Charlene Wittstock		1:05.20
	Julia Russell		1:09.21
	Candice Crafford		1:02.67
	Christine Cech		57.13
7	Chinese Taipei	TPE	4:50.89
	Tang Wei		1:12.83
	Chou Shu-Chi		1:22.97
	Huang Yu-Wen		1:14.41
	Chiang Tzu-Ying		1:00.68

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	China	CHN	3:57.83
	Lu Donghua		59.58
	Han Xue		1:08.50
	Cai Huijue		57.23
	Le Jingyi		52.52
	Mi Tong		—
	Liu Limin		—
	Shan Ying		—
2	United States	USA	3:58.94
	Lia Oberstar		1:01.05
	Amanda Beard		1:08.08
	Misty Hyman		57.13
	Jenny Thompson		52.68
	Shelly Ripple		—
	Lindsey Farella		—
3	Australia	AUS	4:01.55
	Meredith Smith		1:01.49
	Kristy Ellem		1:07.49
	Angela Kennedy		59.06
	Sarah Ryan		53.51
4	Sweden	SWE	4:02.42
	Therèse Alshammar		1:01.33
	Hanna Jaltner		1:08.35
	Johanna Sjöberg		57.93
	Malin Svahnström		54.81
	Louise Jöhncke		—
5	Germany	GER	4:03.06
	Sandra Völker		59.37
	Anne Poleska		1:09.17
	Antje Buschschulte		1:00.69
	Katrin Meißner		53.83
	Silvia Szalai		—
6	Denmark	DEN	4:06.58
	Mette Nørskov Nielsen		1:02.21
	Britta Vestergaard		1:09.97
	Sophia Skou		59.76
	Mette Jacobsen		54.64
7	Italy	ITA	4:08.56
	Francesca Bissoli		1:02.43
	Manuela Dalla Valle		1:09.92
	Ilaria Tocchini		1:00.32
	Viviana Susin		55.89
DQ	Canada	CAN	—
	Lisa Virgini		[1:03.58]
	Danica Wizniuk		—
	Andrea Schwartz		—
	Laura Nicholls		—