The finals of the men's 1500 metres freestyle 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.
Finals
edit| RANK | FINAL A | TIME |
|---|---|---|
|
 Grant Hackett (AUS)
|
14:39.54 |
|
 Jörg Hoffmann (GER)
|
14:40.67 |
|
 Graeme Smith (GBR)
|
14:46.85 |
| 4. |  Chad Carvin (USA)
|
14:56.10 |
| 5. | Ian Wilson (GBR)
|
14:56.29 |
| 6. |  Luiz Lima (BRA)
|
15:00.32 |
| 7. |  Denys Zavhorodnyy (UKR)
|
15:07.54 |
| 8. |  Alexei Butsenin (RUS)
|
15:09.59 |
| RANK | NON-QUALIFIERS | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 9. |  Masato Hirano (JPN)
|
15:12.21 |
| 10. |  Mark Johnston (CAN)
|
15:12.69 |
| 11. | Alexandre Angelotti (BRA)
|
15:12.85 |
| 12. | Aleksey Akatyev (RUS)
|
15:17.21 |
| 13. | Brent Sallee (CAN)
|
15:18.47 |
| 14. |  Ricardo Monasterio (VEN)
|
15:20.41 |
| 15. | Trent Steed (AUS)
|
15:21.41 |
| 16. |  Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA)
|
15:22.44 |
| 17. |  Mattias Olshed (SWE)
|
15:23.63 |
| 18. |  Agustín Fiorilli (ARG)
|
15:24.36 |
| 19. | Jonas Lundström (SWE)
|
15:24.54 |
| 20. |  Sergei Mikhnovets (BLR)
|
15:31.79 |
| 21. |  Anders Jensen (DEN)
|
15:33.04 |
| 22. |  Ryno Markgraaff (RSA)
|
15:35.58 |
| 23. |  Milan Malena (CZE)
|
15:40.81 |
| 24. |  Scott Cameron (NZL)
|
15:46.24 |
| 25. |  Fausto Mauri (SUI)
|
15:52.59 |
| 26. | Gustav Stander (RSA)
|
15:53.70 |
| 27. |  Pablo Banfi (CHI)
|
15:55.70 |