1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres explained

The men's 200 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Kevin Little	Iván García	Francis Obikwelu

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5			20.73	Q
2	4			20.77	Q, NR
3	1			20.85	Q
4	3			20.94	Q, PB
5	2			20.99	Q
6	2			20.99	Q
7	3			21.01	Q
8	4			21.02	Q
9	1			21.03	Q
10	4			21.13	q, NR
10	6			21.13	Q
12	2			21.15	q
12	3			21.15	q
14	5			21.17	Q, NR
15	6			21.18	q
16	1			21.21	q, NR
17	6			21.29	q
18	1			21.32
18	5			21.32	q
20	1			21.33
21	4			21.50
22	2			21.58
23	5			21.61
24	3			21.68
25	1			21.76
26	5			21.88
27	4			21.90
28	6			21.97
29	4			21.98	NR
30	3			22.66
31	3			23.82
	6
	2
	2
	6

Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			20.41	Q, CR
2	2			20.46	Q
3	3			20.48	Q, PB
4	3			20.52	Q
5	1			20.82	Q
6	3			20.83	PB
7	1			20.89	Q
8	1			21.08
9	2			21.15
10	1			21.17
11	3			21.33
12	1			21.61
12	2			21.61
14	3			21.81
15	2			21.84
16	3			21.87
17	1			22.13
	2

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			20.40	CR
			20.46	PB
			21.10
4			21.22
5			21.27

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819042551/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/200/rr1.html 200 m heats results
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819044042/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/200/rsf.html 200 m semifinals results
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819044113/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/m/200/rf.html 200 m final results