1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women'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 Women's 200 metres Backstroke 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[]

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Chen Yan (CHN)	2:07.50
	Misty Hyman (USA)	2:07.66
	(USA)	2:08.29
4.	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	2:08.77
5.	Sabine Herbst (GER)	2:10.39
6.	Joanne Deakins (GBR)	2:10.61
7.	Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN)	2:11.56
8.	(AUS)	2:12.09

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Camilla Johansson (SWE)	2:10.80
10.	(CAN)	2:11.80
11.	Dyana Calub (AUS)	2:13.84
12.	(GBR)	2:14.33
13.	Marcela Kubalčíková (CZE)	2:14.78
14.	Charlene Wittstock (RSA)	2:14.95
15.	(BLR)	2:15.09
16.	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	2:17.42

Qualifying heats[]

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	Misty Hyman (USA)	2:09.13
2.	(USA)	2:09.40
3.	Sabine Herbst (GER)	2:09.72
4.	Chen Yan (CHN)	2:09.87
5.	Antje Buschschulte (GER)	2:10.03
6.	Tomoko Hagiwara (JPN)	2:10.68
7.	Joanne Deakins (GBR)	2:10.89
8.	(AUS)	2:11.03
9.	(CAN)	2:11.11
10.	Camilla Johansson (SWE)	2:11.52
11.	(ITA) [1]	2:11.96
12.	Dyana Calub (AUS)	2:14.11
13.	(GBR)	2:14.26
14.	(BLR)	2:14.44
15.	Marcela Kubalčíková (CZE)	2:14.45
16.	Charlene Wittstock (RSA)	2:14.46
17.	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	2:15.63
18.	(CZE)	2:16.09
19.	Olga Kochetkova (RUS)	2:16.34
20.	Eydis Konradsdottir (ISL)	2:16.40
21.	Michelle Cruz (CAN)	2:16.47
22.	Chonlathorn Vorathamrong (THA)	2:19.41

Remarks[]

See also[]

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

References[]

• Results^{[permanent dead link]}