title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 400m Individual Medley
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 400m Individual Medley
  
  The qualifying heats and the finals of the Women's 400 metres Individual Medley event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the first day of the championships, on Thursday 17 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | RANK | FINAL A | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Emma Johnson (AUS) | 4:35.18 |
  | | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 4:36.02 |
  | | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 4:37.46 |
  | 4. | Chen Yan (CHN) | 4:39.22 |
  | 5. | Jennifer Parmenter (USA) | 4:39.97 |
  | 6. | Rachel Harris (AUS) | 4:42.27 |
  | 7. | Carrie Burgoyne (CAN) | 4:42.58 |
  | 8. | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 4:42.99 |
  | RANK | FINAL B | TIME |
  | 9. | Pavla Chrástová (CZE) | 4:42.59 |
  | 10. | Shelly Ripple (USA) | 4:43.98 |
  | 11. | Nadège Cliton (FRA) | 4:48.30 |
  | 12. | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 4:49.10 |
  | 13. | Martina Nemec (AUT) | 4:49.32 |
  | 14. | Dagmar Majerová (CZE) | 4:50.47 |
  | 15. | Amanda Clegg (RSA) | 4:52.49 |
  | 16. | Petra Chaves (POR) | 4:54.99 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | RANK | HEATS RANKING | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 4:39.18 |
  | 2. | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 4:39.73 |
  | 3. | Emma Johnson (AUS) | 4:40.20 |
  | 4. | Jennifer Parmenter (USA) | 4:41.32 |
  | 5. | Chen Yan (CHN) | 4:41.89 |
  | 6. | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 4:42.24 |
  | 7. | Rachel Harris (AUS) | 4:42.43 |
  | 8. | Carrie Burgoyne (CAN) | 4:43.58 |
  | 9. | Shelly Ripple (USA) | 4:45.38 |
  | 10. | Pavla Chrástová (CZE) | 4:46.32 |
  | 11. | Nadège Cliton (FRA) | 4:47.72 |
  | 12. | Dagmar Majerová (CZE) | 4:49.60 |
  | 13. | Martina Nemec (AUT) | 4:50.43 |
  | 14. | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 4:52.47 |
  | 15. | Amanda Clegg (RSA) | 4:53.62 |
  | 16. | Petra Chaves (POR) | 4:54.34 |
  | 17. | Aikaterina Sarakatsani (GRE) | 4:54.60 |
  | 18. | Praphalsai Minpraphal (THA) | 4:56.59 |
  | 19. | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 4:56.91 |
  | 20. | Isabel Ceballos (COL) | 4:57.76 |
  