1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 800m 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 final and the qualifying heats of the Women's 800 metres Freestyle event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the second day of the competition, on Friday 18 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Finals[]

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	(AUS)	8:26.45
	Kerstin Kielgass (GER)	8:28.10
	Carla Geurts (NED)	8:28.96
4.	Rachel Harris (AUS)	8:29.27
5.	Jana Pechanová (CZE)	8:33.40
6.	Flavia Rigamonti (SUI)	8:34.37
7.	(USA)	8:34.74
8.	(ITA)	8:37.66

RANK	NON-QUALIFIERS	TIME
9.	(SWE)	8:39.72
10.	(GER)	8:39.78
11.	Andrea Schwartz (CAN)	8:44.72
12.	Chantal Strasser (SUI)	8:45.61
13.	(THA)	8:47.36
14.	Mirjana Boševska (MKD)	8:47.74
15.	Asa Sandlund (SWE)	8:50.18
16.	Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE)	8:56.87
17.	María del Pilar Pereyra (ARG)	8:57.08
18.	(BRA)	8:58.68

See also[]

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 800m Freestyle
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 800m Freestyle

References[]

• Results^{[permanent dead link]}