1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 200m Breaststroke

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 Breaststroke 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
	(AUS)	2:22.68
	Larisa Lăcustă (ROM)	2:25.60
	Alicja Pęczak (POL)	2:25.62
4.	(CHN)	2:26.16
5.	Amanda Beard (USA)	2:27.29
6.	Julia Russell (RSA)	2:27.36
7.	(CHN)	2:27.83
8.	Rebecca Brown (AUS)	2:29.52

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Lenka Maňhalová (CZE)	2:26.86
10.	Anne Poleska (GER)	2:27.08
11.	(CAN)	2:27.35
12.	Lena Eriksson (SWE)	2:27.40
13.	Britta Vestergaard (DEN)	2:29.84
14.	Elin Austevoll (NOR)	2:30.11
15.	(CZE)	2:30.35
16.	Jaime King (GBR)	2:31.84

Qualifying heats[]

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	(AUS)	2:23.87
2.	Larisa Lăcustă (ROM)	2:26.80
3.	Alicja Pęczak (POL)	2:27.69
4.	Rebecca Brown (AUS)	2:27.77
5.	(CHN)	2:28.19
6.	Julia Russell (RSA)	2:28.41
7.	(CHN)	2:28.69
8.	Amanda Beard (USA)	2:28.95
9.	Lena Eriksson (SWE)	2:29.40
10.	Lenka Maňhalová (CZE)	2:29.55
11.	Anne Poleska (GER)	2:29.98
12.	Elin Austevoll (NOR)	2:30.06
13.	(CZE)	2:30.43
14.	Jaime King (GBR)	2:30.62
15.	(CAN)	2:31.10
16.	Britta Vestergaard (DEN)	2:31.42
17.	Maria Östling (SWE)	2:31.48
18.	Linda Hindmarsh (GBR)	2:31.69
19.	(CAN)	2:31.91
20.	Alenka Kejžar (SLO)	2:32.25
21.	Joana Soutinho (POR)	2:32.93
22.	Isabel Ceballos (COL)	2:32.98
23.	Nataša Kejžar (SLO)	2:33.47
24.	(THA)	2:33.90
25.	Terrie Miller (NOR)	2:34.74
26.	(RSA)	2:35.40
27.	(CRC)	2:35.41
28.	(GRE)	2:36.66
29.	Margarita Kalmikova (LAT)	2:36.82
30.	(VEN)	2:37.02
31.	(CUB)	2:37.65
32.	Adriana Marmolejo (MEX)	2:39.49
33.	(ANG)	2:32.25

See also[]

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

References[]

• Results^{[permanent dead link]}