Swimming World Short Course Championships 1997 at Göteborg (swe) Men: 1500 m Freestyle April 20: 1. Grant Hackett (aus) 14:39.54 2. Jörg Hoffmann (ger) 14:40.67 3. Graeme Smith (gbr) 14:46.85 4. Chad Carvin (usa) 14:56.10 5. Ian Wilson (gbr) 14:56.29 6. Luis Lima (bra) 15:00.32 7. Denis Zagorodniy (ukr) 15:07.65 8. Aleksey Butsenin (rus) 15:09.59