title: Swimming at the 1997 West Asian Games
text: # Swimming at the 1997 West Asian Games
  
  Swimming was one of the many sports which was held at the 1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran between 22 and 24 November 1997. The competition took place at the Azadi Sport Complex. It had a men's only programme containing 16 events. A total of 35 swimmers from 6 nations (Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan) participated.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 50 m freestyle | Fahad Al-Otaibi Kuwait | Vitaly Vasilyev Kyrgyzstan | Behzad Mehdi-Khabbazan Iran |
  | 100 m freestyle | Fahad Al-Otaibi Kuwait | Vitaly Vasilyev Kyrgyzstan | Aleksandr Yegorov Kyrgyzstan |
  | 200 m freestyle | Fadi Kouzmah Syria | Vitaly Vasilyev Kyrgyzstan | Hamed Rezakhani Iran |
  | 400 m freestyle | Hisham Al-Masri Syria | Konstantin Andriushin Kyrgyzstan | Fadi Kouzmah Syria |
  | 1500 m freestyle | Hisham Al-Masri Syria | Konstantin Andriushin Kyrgyzstan | Hamed Rezakhani Iran |
  | 100 m backstroke | Konstantin Priahin Kyrgyzstan | Fahad Al-Otaibi Kuwait | Aleksandr Yegorov Kyrgyzstan |
  | 200 m backstroke | Konstantin Priahin Kyrgyzstan | Fahad Al-Otaibi Kuwait | Aleksandr Yegorov Kyrgyzstan |
  | 100 m breaststroke | Yevgeny Petrashov Kyrgyzstan | Ahmad Seoar Syria | Khashayar Hazrati Iran |
  | 200 m breaststroke | Yevgeny Petrashov Kyrgyzstan | Ahmad Seoar Syria | Khashayar Hazrati Iran |
  | 100 m butterfly | Konstantin Andriushin Kyrgyzstan | Yevgeny Petrashov Kyrgyzstan | Fadi Kouzmah Syria |
  | 200 m butterfly | Konstantin Andriushin Kyrgyzstan | Fadi Kouzmah Syria | Mohiuddin Qalala Syria |
  | 200 m individual medley | Yevgeny Petrashov Kyrgyzstan | Aleksandr Yegorov Kyrgyzstan | Sultan Al-Otaibi Kuwait |
  | 400 m individual medley | Yevgeny Petrashov Kyrgyzstan | Sultan Al-Otaibi Kuwait | Mohiuddin Qalala Syria |
  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Kyrgyzstan | Kuwait | Iran |
  | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Kyrgyzstan | Kuwait | Syria |
  | 4 × 100 m medley relay | Kyrgyzstan | Kuwait | Iran |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 11 | 7 | 3 | 21 |
  | 2 | Syria (SYR) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
  | 3 | Kuwait (KUW) | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
  | 4 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
  | Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
  