1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres

None The women's 200 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeEkaterini KoffaJuliet CuthbertSvetlana Goncharenko Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.200 m heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Juliet Cuthbert 22.76 Q, SB 2 5 Ekaterini Koffa 23.05 Q, NR 3 3 Svetlana Goncharenko 23.07 Q 4 1 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 23.13 Q 5 2 Yekaterina Leshcheva 23.17 Q, SB 6 2 Svetlana Bodritskaya 23.25 q, AR 7 1 Merlene Frazer 23.27 Q 8 3 Pauline Davis 23.30 Q, SB 9 1 Virna De Angeli 23.32 q 10 5 Carlette Guidry 23.43 Q 11 4 Mireille Donders 23.72 Q 11 5 Monika Gachevska 23.72 q 13 4 Yan Jiankui 23.73 Q, NR 14 2 Lauren Hewitt 23.74 q 15 2 Chryste Gaines 23.78 q 15 4 Donna Fraser 23.78 q 17 4 Erika Suchovská 23.80 q 18 3 Katharine Merry 23.81 q 19 1 Marina Filipović SCG Yugoslavia 23.84 PB 20 5 Fabienne Ficher 23.88 21 3 Nora Ivanova 23.94 22 4 Alenka Bikar 24.08 23 5 Elena Apollonio 24.10 PB 24 5 Sabine Kirchmaier 24.29 25 3 Delphine Combe 24.31 26 1 Ameerah Bello 24.34 27 3 Aksel Gürcan 99.99 DNS 27 4 Ruth Mangue Nve 99.99 DNS Semifinals First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.200 m semifinals results (archived) Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Juliet Cuthbert 22.62 Q, SB 2 3 Svetlana Goncharenko 22.88 Q 3 1 Merlene Frazer 22.95 Q 4 1 Ekaterini Koffa 22.96 Q, NR 5 2 Yekaterina Leshcheva 23.00 Q, SB 6 2 Pauline Davis 23.04 SB 7 1 Mireille Donders 23.30 PB 8 1 Chryste Gaines 23.31 9 2 Virna De Angeli 23.39 10 3 Carlette Guidry 23.48 Q 11 3 Erika Suchovská 23.63 12 3 Donna Fraser 23.86 13 1 Svetlana Bodritskaya 23.95 14 1 Lauren Hewitt 23.97 15 3 Yan Jiankui 24.18 16 2 Monika Gachevska 24.47 17 3 Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 99.98 DQ 18 2 Katharine Merry 99.99 DNS Final 200 m final results (archived) Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Ekaterini Koffa 22.76 NR 3 Juliet Cuthbert 22.77 5 Svetlana Goncharenko 22.85 4 4 Merlene Frazer 22.88 5 1 Yekaterina Leshcheva 23.81 6 2 Carlette Guidry 99.99 DNS References 200 Category:200 metres at the IAAF World Indoor Championships