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

The women'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
Ekaterini Koffa	Juliet Cuthbert	Svetlana Goncharenko

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			22.76	Q, SB
2	5			23.05	Q, NR
3	3			23.07	Q
4	1			23.13	Q
5	2			23.17	Q, SB
6	2			23.25	q, AR
7	1			23.27	Q
8	3			23.30	Q, SB
9	1			23.32	q
10	5			23.43	Q
11	4			23.72	Q
11	5			23.72	q
13	4			23.73	Q, NR
14	2			23.74	q
15	2			23.78	q
15	4			23.78	q
17	4			23.80	q
18	3			23.81	q
19	1			23.84	PB
20	5			23.88
21	3			23.94
22	4			24.08
23	5			24.10	PB
24	5			24.29
25	3			24.31
26	1			24.34
	3
	4

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			22.62	Q, SB
2	3			22.88	Q
3	1			22.95	Q
4	1			22.96	Q, NR
5	2			23.00	Q, SB
6	2			23.04	SB
7	1			23.30	PB
8	1			23.31
9	2			23.39
10	3			23.48	Q
11	3			23.63
12	3			23.86
13	1			23.95
14	1			23.97
15	3			24.18
16	2			24.47
	3
	2

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			22.76	NR
	3			22.77
	5			22.85
4	4			22.88
5	1			23.81
	2

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819043700/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/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/20120819044216/http://www2.iaaf.org/wic97/results/w/200/rf.html 200 m final results