title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 4×100 metres Freestyle 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.
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Final | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Germany Lars Conrad Christian Tröger Alexander Lüderitz Aimo Heilmann | 3:14.08 |
  | | Sweden Fredrik Letzler Anders Holmertz Ola Fagerstrand Lars Frölander | 3:14.22 |
  | | Australia Michael Klim Scott Logan Richard Upton Jeffrey English | 3:14.83 |
  | 4. | Great Britain | 3:16.47 |
  | 5. | Russia | 3:16.68 |
  | 6. | Canada | 3:19.36 |
  | 7. | Venezuela | 3:21.07 |
  | — | Brazil | DSQ |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | Rank | Heats | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Australia | 3:15.15 |
  | 2. | Germany | 3:16.66 |
  | 3. | Sweden | 3:17.04 |
  | 4. | Russia | 3:17.14 |
  | 5. | Brazil | 3:17.18 |
  | 6. | Great Britain | 3:17.56 |
  | 7. | Canada | 3:18.74 |
  | 8. | Venezuela | 3:20.07 |
  | 9. | New Zealand | 3:20.73 |
  | 10. | United States | 3:20.99 |
  | 11. | Norway | 3:21.20 |
  | 12. | South Africa | 3:22.50 |
  | 13. | Argentina | 3:23.12 |
  | 14. | Switzerland | 3:23.81 |
  | 15. | Uzbekistan | 3:24.99 |
  | 16. | Chile | 3:33.31 |
  | 17. | Estonia | 3:34.27 |
  