title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the third day of the competition, on Saturday 19 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | Rank | Final | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | China Le Jingyi Chao Na Shan Ying Nian Yun | 3:34.55 WR 53.32 54.73 53.55 52.95 |
  | | Germany Simone Osygus Antje Buschschulte Katrin Meissner Sandra Völker | 3:34.69 ER |
  | | Sweden Johanna Sjöberg Louise Karlsson Malin Svahnström Therese Alshammar | 3:38.07 |
  | 4. | Great Britain | 3:39.98 |
  | 5. | Australia | 3:40.55 |
  | 6. | United States Lindsey Farella Jennifer Parmenter Misty Hyman Jenny Thompson | 3:41.86 |
  | 7. | Canada | 3:43.32 |
  | 8. | South Africa | 3:51.45 |
  