The 3rd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) were an international
swimming
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meet organized by
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administer ...
. It was held at the
Scandinavium
Scandinavium () is an indoor arena located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Construction on Scandinavium began in 1969 after decades of setbacks, and was inaugurated on 18 May 1971.
Scandinavium has been selected as a championship arena at least fifty t ...
in
Gothenburg, Sweden April 17−20, 1997; and featured 501 swimmers from 71 nations.
Competing nations
The 71 nations with swimmers at the 1997 Short Course Worlds were:
Participating Nations list
for the 1997 Short Course Worlds, from SwimRankings.net; retrieved 2012-03-09.
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Results
Men
Women
Medal table
References
External links
SVT's open archive
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FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
FINA Short Course World Championships
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International sports competitions in Gothenburg
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FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or "Short Course Worlds" as they are sometimes known, is an international swimming competition. It is swum in a short course (25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its long c ...
1990s in Gothenburg