1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 200m Backstroke

1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
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The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the second day of the competition, on Friday 18 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Finals[]

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Neisser Bent (CUB)	1:54.21
	(CHN)	1:54.82
	Vladimir Selkov (RUS)	1:55.15
4.	Adam Ruckwood (GBR)	1:55.55
5.	Adrian Radley (AUS)	1:55.67
6.	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	1:55.92
7.	Keitaro Konnai (JPN)	1:57.63
8.	Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS)	1:57.79

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Brian Retterer (USA)	1:56.83
10.	Rogério Romero (BRA)	1:57.60
11.	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	1:58.07
12.	Nicolae Butacu (ROM)	1:58.18
13.	Miroslav Machovic (SVK)	1:58.59
14.	Arūnas Savickas (LTU)	1:59.35
15.	Nate Dusing (USA)	2:00.28
16.	Mattias Ohlin (SWE)	2:01.49

Qualifying heats[]

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	(CHN)	1:55.13
2.	Adam Ruckwood (GBR)	1:55.63
3.	Vladimir Selkov (RUS)	1:56.21
4.	Emanuele Merisi (ITA)	1:56.55
5.	Neisser Bent (CUB)	1:56.85
6.	Adrian Radley (AUS)	1:57.10
7.	Keitaro Konnai (JPN)	1:57.16
8.	Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS)	1:57.89
9.	Brian Retterer (USA)	1:57.96
10.	Rogério Romero (BRA)	1:57.98
11.	Mark Versfeld (CAN)	1:58.00
12.	Nicolae Butacu (ROM)	1:58.67
13.	Arūnas Savickas (LTU)	1:58.75
14.	Miroslav Machovic (SVK)	1:59.02
15.	Stev Theloke (GER) [1]	1:59.25
16.	Nate Dusing (USA)	1:59.43
17.	Mattias Ohlin (SWE)	1:59.99
18.	Josh Watson (AUS)	2:00.08
19.	Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)	2:00.46
20.	Nuno Laurentino (POR)	2:00.72
21.	Leonardo Costa (BRA)	2:00.84
22.	Nicolas Rajcevich (CHI)	2:01.03
23.	Jan Vitazka (CZE)	2:01.20
24.	(RSA)	2:01.78
25.	Peter Mankoč (SLO)	2:02.32
26.	Darius Grigalionis (LTU)	2:02.45
27.	(FRA)	2:03.11
28.	(VEN)	2:03.77
29.	(NOR)	2:03.83
30.	(ARG)	2:04.00
31.	Marko Milenkovič (SLO)	2:04.21
32.	(NOR)	2:04.40
33.	Mark Kwok (HKG)	2:05.13
34.	(CHI)	2:06.46

Remarks[]

See also[]

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Backstroke
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 200m Backstroke

References[]

• Results^{[permanent dead link]}