title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the first day of the competition, on Thursday 17 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | Rank | Final | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | China Wang Luna Nian Yun CHEN Yan Shan Ying | 7:51.92 WR 1:57.01 1:56.35 1:59.76 1:58.80 |
  | | Sweden Johanna Sjöberg Josefin Lillhage Louise Jöhncke Malin Nilsson | 7:56.04 |
  | | Australia Julie Greville Natasha Bowron Samantha Mackie Emma Johnson | 7:56.12 |
  | 4. | Germany | 7:58.04 |
  | 5. | Great Britain | 7:59.18 |
  | 6. | Canada | 8:02.80 |
  | 7. | Denmark | 8:03.37 |
  | 8. | Czech Republic | 8:20.97 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | Rank | Heats | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Australia | 7:59.65 |
  | 2. | Sweden | 8:01.96 |
  | 3. | China | 8:03.80 |
  | 4. | Great Britain | 8:04.04 |
  | 5. | Denmark | 8:05.14 |
  | 6. | Germany | 8:06.54 |
  | 7. | Canada | 8:07.68 |
  | 8. | Czech Republic | 8:19.35 |
  | 9. | Brazil | 8:25.09 |
  