1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ekaterini Koffa Greece	Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica	Svetlana Goncharenko Russia

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	22.76	Q, SB
2	5	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	23.05	Q, NR
3	3	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	23.07	Q
4	1	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	23.13	Q
5	2	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.17	Q, SB
6	2	Svetlana Bodritskaya	Kazakhstan	23.25	q, AR
7	1	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	23.27	Q
8	3	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.30	Q, SB
9	1	Virna De Angeli	Italy	23.32	q
10	5	Carlette Guidry	United States	23.43	Q
11	4	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	23.72	Q
11	5	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	23.72	q
13	4	Yan Jiankui	China	23.73	Q, NR
14	2	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.74	q
15	2	Chryste Gaines	United States	23.78	q
15	4	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	23.78	q
17	4	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.80	q
18	3	Katharine Merry	Great Britain	23.81	q
19	1	Marina Filipović	Yugoslavia	23.84	PB
20	5	Fabienne Ficher	France	23.88
21	3	Nora Ivanova	Bulgaria	23.94
22	4	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	24.08
23	5	Elena Apollonio	Italy	24.10	PB
24	5	Sabine Kirchmaier	Austria	24.29
25	3	Delphine Combe	France	24.31
26	1	Ameerah Bello	United States Virgin Islands	24.34
	3	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	DNS
	4	Ruth Mangue Nve	Equatorial Guinea	DNS

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	22.62	Q, SB
2	3	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	22.88	Q
3	1	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	22.95	Q
4	1	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	22.96	Q, NR
5	2	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.00	Q, SB
6	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	23.04	SB
7	1	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	23.30	PB
8	1	Chryste Gaines	United States	23.31
9	2	Virna De Angeli	Italy	23.39
10	3	Carlette Guidry	United States	23.48	Q
11	3	Erika Suchovská	Czech Republic	23.63
12	3	Donna Fraser	Great Britain	23.86
13	1	Svetlana Bodritskaya	Kazakhstan	23.95
14	1	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	23.97
15	3	Yan Jiankui	China	24.18
16	2	Monika Gachevska	Bulgaria	24.47
	3	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	Australia	DQ
	2	Katharine Merry	Great Britain	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	22.76	NR
	3	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	22.77
	5	Svetlana Goncharenko	Russia	22.85
4	4	Merlene Frazer	Jamaica	22.88
5	1	Yekaterina Leshcheva	Russia	23.81
	2	Carlette Guidry	United States	DNS