title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay 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 | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Australia Michael Klim Grant Hackett Bill Kirby Matthew Dunn | 7:02.74 WR 1:45.21 1:45.61 1:46.41 1:45.51 |
  | | Sweden Anders Lyrbring Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Fredrik Letzler | 7:05.61 |
  | | Great Britain Paul Palmer Andrew Clayton Mark Stevens James Salter | 7:05.81 |
  | 4. | Germany | 7:05.90 |
  | 5. | Denmark | 7:15.57 |
  | 6. | United States | 7:16.59 |
  | 7. | Brazil | 7:18.42 |
  | 8. | New Zealand | 7:19.81 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | Rank | Heats | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Germany | 7:10.53 |
  | 2. | Great Britain | 7:11.13 |
  | 3. | Australia | 7:12.33 |
  | 4. | Sweden | 7:13.79 |
  | 5. | United States | 7:16.88 |
  | 6. | Brazil | 7:17.23 |
  | 7. | Denmark | 7:20.21 |
  | 8. | New Zealand | 7:21.56 |
  | 9. | Canada | 7:22.29 |
  | 10. | Switzerland | 7:25.61 |
  | 11. | Venezuela | 7:28.64 |
  | 12. | Uzbekistan | 7:33.44 |
  | 13. | Chile | 7:45.71 |
  | 14. | South Africa | 7:51.27 |
  