Swimming at the 1997 West Asian Games
Venue	Azadi Swimming Pool
Date	22–24 November 1997
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Swimming was one of the many sports which was held at the 1997 West Asian Games in Tehran, Iran between 22 and 24 November 1997. The competition took place at the Azadi Sport Complex. It had a men's only programme containing sixteen events. A total of 35 swimmers from six nations (Iran, Syria, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan) participated.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m freestyle	Fahad Al-Otaibi  Kuwait	Vitaly Vasilyev  Kyrgyzstan	Behzad Mehdi-Khabbazan  Iran
100 m freestyle	Fahad Al-Otaibi  Kuwait	Vitaly Vasilyev  Kyrgyzstan	Aleksandr Yegorov  Kyrgyzstan
200 m freestyle	Fadi Kouzmah  Syria	Vitaly Vasilyev  Kyrgyzstan	Hamed Rezakhani  Iran
400 m freestyle	Hisham Al-Masri  Syria	Konstantin Andriushin  Kyrgyzstan	Fadi Kouzmah  Syria
1500 m freestyle	Hisham Al-Masri  Syria	Konstantin Andriushin  Kyrgyzstan	Hamed Rezakhani  Iran
100 m backstroke	Konstantin Priahin  Kyrgyzstan	Fahad Al-Otaibi  Kuwait	Aleksandr Yegorov  Kyrgyzstan
200 m backstroke	Konstantin Priahin  Kyrgyzstan	Fahad Al-Otaibi  Kuwait	Aleksandr Yegorov  Kyrgyzstan
100 m breaststroke	Yevgeny Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan	Ahmad Seoar  Syria	Khashayar Hazrati  Iran
200 m breaststroke	Yevgeny Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan	Ahmad Seoar  Syria	Khashayar Hazrati  Iran
100 m butterfly	Konstantin Andriushin  Kyrgyzstan	Yevgeny Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan	Fadi Kouzmah  Syria
200 m butterfly	Konstantin Andriushin  Kyrgyzstan	Fadi Kouzmah  Syria	Mohiuddin Qalala  Syria
200 m individual medley	Yevgeny Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan	Aleksandr Yegorov  Kyrgyzstan	Sultan Al-Otaibi  Kuwait
400 m individual medley	Yevgeny Petrashov  Kyrgyzstan	Sultan Al-Otaibi  Kuwait	Mohiuddin Qalala  Syria
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Kyrgyzstan	Kuwait	Iran
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Kyrgyzstan	Kuwait	Syria
4 × 100 m medley relay	Kyrgyzstan	Kuwait	Iran

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	11	7	3	21
2	Syria (SYR)	3	3	5	11
3	Kuwait (KUW)	2	6	1	9
4	Iran (IRI)	0	0	7	7
Totals (4 entries)		16	16	16	48

• Official website

• Olympic Council of Asia - 1997 West Asian Games