Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.

Gold	Zhanna Pintusevich Ukraine (UKR)
Silver	Susanthika Jayasinghe Sri Lanka (SRI)
Bronze	Merlene Ottey Jamaica (JAM)

World Record	Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
Championship Record	Silke Gladisch-Möller (GDR)	21.74	Rome, Italy	3 September 1987

6 August

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
4	1	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.44 Q	AR
7	1	Li Xuemei (CHN)	22.44 Q	=AR
4	3	Yekaterina Leshchova (RUS)	22.47 Q	PB
4	4	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.47 Q
6	5	Inger Miller (USA)	22.55 Q
4	6	Sylviane Félix (FRA)	22.71 Q	PB
2	7	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS)	22.76 Q
7	7	Hana Benešová (CZE)	22.76 Q
7	9	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	22.77 Q	SB
7	10	Alenka Bikar (SLO)	22.81 Q	NR
1	11	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	22.85 Q
3	12	Marie-Jose Perec (FRA)	22.87 Q
2	13	Merlene Frazer (JAM)	22.91 Q
3	14	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.94 Q
3	15	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	22.97 Q
1	16	Zundra Feagin-Alexander (USA)	22.99 Q	SB
6	16	Liu Xiaomei (CHN)	22.99 Q
6	18	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	23.00 Q
4	19	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	23.02 q
6	20	Lucrecia Jardim (POR)	23.04 Q	SB
5	21	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	23.08 Q
1	22	Melanie Paschke (GER)	23.10 Q
3	23	Yan Jiankui (CHN)	23.11 Q	SB
3	24	Felipa Palacios (COL)	23.15 q
6	25	Sanna Hernesniemi-Kyllonen (FIN)	23.17 q
1	26	Lauren Hewitt (AUS)	23.18 Q
1	27	Katharine Merry (GBR)	23.20 q
4	28	Gabi Rockmeier (GER)	23.22
2	29	Simmone Jacobs (GBR)	23.23 Q	SB
5	30	Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)	23.26 Q
5	31	Cheryl Taplin (USA)	23.28 Q
5	32	Katia Benth (FRA)	23.33 Q
1	33	Melissa Straker (BAR)	23.45	SB
4	33	Patricia Rodríguez (COL)	23.45
5	35	Marina Filipović (YUG)	23.54
6	36	Monika Gachevska (BUL)	23.55
2	37	Shanta Ghosh (GER)	23.58 Q
3	38	Natalya Vinogradova-Safronnikova (BLR)	23.66
2	39	Aïda Diop (SEN)	23.71
7	40	Ladonna Antoine (CAN)	23.86
5	41	Heather Samuel (ATG)	23.93
2	42	Danielle Perpoli (ITA)	23.96
3	42	Svetlana Bodritskaya (KAZ)	23.96
6	44	Dora Kyriakou (CYP)	24.08
4	45	Vernetta Lesforis (LCA)	24.27
1	46	Ameerah Bello (ISV)	24.31
7	47	Georgette Nkoma (CMR)	24.53
7	48	Rossa Maira (PNG)	25.02	SB
6	49	Laure Kuetey (BEN)	25.15	PB
7	50	Fanta Dao (MLI)	25.35
5	51	Sittina Djabiri (COM)	30.88
5		Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)	DNF
2		Nadjina Kaltouma (CHA)	DNS

6 August

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
4	1	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	22.45 Q
2	2	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.47 Q
4	3	Sylviane Félix (FRA)	22.56 Q	PB
4	3	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	22.56 Q
2	5	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.63 Q
1	6	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.65 Q
3	7	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	22.69 Q
4	8	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	22.75 q
4	9	Zundra Feagin (USA)	22.81 q	SB
2	10	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	22.83 Q
3	11	Inger Miller (USA)	22.85 Q
4	12	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	22.90 q	SB
1	13	Yekaterina Leshchova (RUS)	22.91 Q
3	14	Merlene Frazer (JAM)	22.92 Q
4	15	Liu Xiaomei (CHN)	22.95 q
2	16	Yan Jiankui (CHN)	22.97	SB
1	17	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	23.05 Q
1	18	Li Xuemei (CHN)	23.06
2	19	Cheryl Taplin (USA)	23.07
2	19	Chandra Sturrup (BAH)	23.07
3	21	Pauline Davis (BAH)	23.13
1	22	Lucrecia Jardim (POR)	23.16
2	23	Katia Benth (FRA)	23.20
3	24	Melanie Paschke (GER)	23.22
1	25	Hana Benešová (CZE)	23.34
3	25	Felipa Palacios (COL)	23.34
3	27	Alenka Bikar (SLO)	23.43
2	28	Simmone Jacobs (GBR)	23.49
3	29	Sanna Hernesniemi (FIN)	23.52
1	30	Lauren Hewitt (AUS)	23.53
4	31	Shanta Ghosh (GER)	23.62
1	32	Katharine Merry (GBR)	23.98

7 August

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
2	1	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.26 Q	SB
2	2	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.33 Q	AR
2	3	Sylviane Félix (FRA)	22.57 Q
2	4	Yekaterina Leshchova (RUS)	22.59 Q
1	4	Inger Miller (USA)	22.59 Q
1	6	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	22.65 Q
1	7	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.69 Q
1	8	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	22.70 Q
2	8	Ekaterini Koffa (GRE)	22.70	SB
1	10	Merlene Frazer (JAM)	22.81
2	11	Zundra Feagin (USA)	22.92
1	12	Juliet Campbell (JAM)	22.94
2	13	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	23.03
1	13	Liu Xiaomei (CHN)	23.03
2	—	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	DNS
1	—	Marie-José Pérec (FRA)	DNS

8 August

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR)	22.32
	Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI)	22.39
	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	22.40
4	Yekaterina Leshchova (RUS)	22.50
5	Inger Miller (USA)	22.52
6	Marina Trandenkova (RUS)	22.65
7	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	22.73
8	Sylviane Félix (FRA)	22.81

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