title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 4×100 metres Medley Relay event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the last day of the competition, on Sunday 20 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | Rank | Final | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | China Lu Donghua Hue Xue Cai Huijue Le Jingyi | 3:57.83 |
  | | United States Lia Oberstar Amanda Beard Misty Hyman Jenny Thompson | 3:58.94 |
  | | Australia Meredith Smith Kristy Ellem Angela Kennedy Sarah Ryan | 4:01.55 |
  | 4. | Sweden | 4:02.42 |
  | 5. | Germany | 4:03.06 |
  | 6. | Denmark | 4:06.58 |
  | 7. | Italy | 4:08.56 |
  | — | Canada | DSQ |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | Rank | HEATS RankING | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Australia | 4:04.38 |
  | 2. | United States | 4:04.45 |
  | 3. | Sweden | 4:04.69 |
  | 4. | Germany | 4:05.89 |
  | 5. | China | 4:07.77 |
  | 6. | Canada | 4:08.43 |
  | 7. | Denmark | 4:09.09 |
  | 8. | Italy | 4:09.50 |
  | 9. | Great Britain | 4:10.80 |
  | 10. | Portugal | 4:14.12 |
  | 11. | South Africa | 4:14.21 |
  | 13. | Czech Republic | 4:21.02 |
  | 14. | Mexico | 4:31.81 |
  