title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 800m Freestyle
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 800m Freestyle
  
  The final and the qualifying heats of the Women's 800 metres Freestyle 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 A | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Natasha Bowron (AUS) | 8:26.45 |
  | | Kerstin Kielgass (GER) | 8:28.10 |
  | | Carla Geurts (NED) | 8:28.96 |
  | 4. | Rachel Harris (AUS) | 8:29.27 |
  | 5. | Jana Pechanová (CZE) | 8:33.40 |
  | 6. | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 8:34.37 |
  | 7. | Jennifer Parmenter (USA) | 8:34.74 |
  | 8. | Anna Simoni (ITA) | 8:37.66 |
  | RANK | NON-QUALIFIERS | TIME |
  | 9. | Ann Jonsson (SWE) | 8:39.72 |
  | 10. | Desiree Beckers (GER) | 8:39.78 |
  | 11. | Andrea Schwartz (CAN) | 8:44.72 |
  | 12. | Chantal Strasser (SUI) | 8:45.61 |
  | 13. | Rutai Santadvatana (THA) | 8:47.36 |
  | 14. | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 8:47.74 |
  | 15. | Asa Sandlund (SWE) | 8:50.18 |
  | 16. | Kristýna Kyněrová (CZE) | 8:56.87 |
  | 17. | María del Pilar Pereyra (ARG) | 8:57.08 |
  | 18. | Juliana Filippini (BRA) | 8:58.68 |
  