1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 400m Freestyle

1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 400 metres Freestyle event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the third day of the competition, on Saturday 19 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Finals[]

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Claudia Poll (CRC)	4:00.03 WR
	(AUS)	4:05.76
	Kerstin Kielgass (GER)	4:05.76
4.	Wang Luna (CHN)	4:08.27
5.	Julia Greville (AUS)	4:09.81
6.	Carla Geurts (NED)	4:10.02
7.	(USA)	4:11.78
8.	Jana Pechanová (CZE)	4:14.54

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Britt Raaby (DEN)	4:10.71
10.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	4:11.54
11.	(ITA)	4:13.00
12.	Victoria Horner (GBR)	4:13.29
13.	Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)	4:13.89
14.	(GER)	4:14.11
15.	Laura Nicholls (CAN)	4:14.32
16.	Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE)	4:16.83

Qualifying heats[]

RANK	HEAT RANKINGS	TIME
1.	(AUS)	4:08.72
2.	Claudia Poll (CRC)	4:08.93
3.	Kerstin Kielgass (GER)	4:09.24
4.	(USA)	4:09.39
5.	Carla Geurts (NED)	4:09.91
6.	Wang Luna (CHN)	4:10.34
7.	Julia Greville (AUS)	4:10.45
8.	Jana Pechanová (CZE)	4:14.09
9.	Laura Nicholls (CAN)	4:14.26
10.	(ITA)	4:14.42
11.	(GER)	4:14.43
12.	Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE)	4:14.56
13.	Malin Nilsson (SWE)	4:14.64
14.	Britt Raaby (DEN)	4:15.67
15.	Victoria Horner (GBR)	4:15.88
16.	Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)	4:17.15
17.	Ana Alegria (POR)	4:17.56
18.	Jessica Deglau (CAN)	4:17.59
19.	(THA)	4:18.47
20.	Mirjana Boševska (MKD)	4:19.42
21.	Asa Sandlund (SWE)	4:19.65

See also[]

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 400m Freestyle
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 400m Freestyle

References[]

• Results^{[permanent dead link]}