# 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 |

## Results
### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| 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 | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| 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 | |

### Final

| 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 | |