title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 100m Freestyle
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 100m Freestyle
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 100 metres Freestyle event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on Saturday 1997-04-19 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | RANK | FINAL A | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Francisco Sánchez (VEN) | 47.86 |
  | | Gustavo Borges (BRA) | 48.16 |
  | | Michael Klim (AUS) | 48.21 |
  | 4. | Lars Frölander (SWE) | 48.24 |
  | 5. | José Meolans (ARG) | 48.65 |
  | 6. | Ricardo Busquets (PUR) | 49.08 |
  | 7. | Yoav Bruck (ISR) | 49.17 |
  | 8. | Christian Tröger (GER) | 49.26 |
  | RANK | FINAL B | TIME |
  | 9. | Sion Brinn (JAM) | 48.66 |
  | 9. | Marcos Hernández (CUB) | 48.66 |
  | 11. | Lars Conrad (GER) | 49.19 |
  | 12. | Oleg Rykhlevich (BLR) | 49.20 |
  | 13. | Fernando Scherer (BRA) | 49.35 |
  | 14. | Indrek Sei (EST) | 49.52 |
  | 15. | Richard Upton (AUS) | 49.75 |
  | 16. | Nicolae Ivan (ROM) | 50.48 |
  