Swimming European Championships 1997 at Sevilla (spa) Women: 50 m Freestyle August 24: Final: 1. Natalya Meshcheryakova (rus) 25.31 2. Sandra Völker (ger) 25.43 3. Therese Alshammar (swe) 25.78 4. Simone Osygus (ger) 25.84 5. Angela Postma (net) 25.89 6. Olga Mukomol (ukr) 26.03 6. Metka Sparavec (svn) 26.03 8. Tine Bossuyt (bel) 26.43