title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 200m Breaststroke
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 200m Breaststroke
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 200 metres Breaststroke event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the third day of the competition, on Saturday 20 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | RANK | FINAL A | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Aleksandr Gukov (BLR) | 2:09.25 |
  | | Andrey Korneyev (RUS) | 2:09.28 |
  | | Jens Kruppa (GER) | 2:10.53 |
  | 4. | Stanislav Lopukhov (RUS) | 2:10.58 |
  | 5. | Chikara Nakashita (JPN) | 2:10.84 |
  | 6. | Richard Maden (GBR) | 2:10.95 |
  | 7. | Joaquín Fernández (ESP) | 2:11.64 |
  | 8. | Wang Yiwu (CHN) | 2:14.61 |
  | RANK | FINAL B | TIME |
  | 9. | Daniel Málek (CZE) | 2:12.38 |
  | 10. | Phil Rogers (AUS) | 2:12.44 |
  | 11. | Andrew Ayers (GBR) | 2:12.47 |
  | 12. | José Couto (POR) | 2:12.84 |
  | 13. | Ryan Mitchell (AUS) | 2:13.00 |
  | 14. | Borge Mork (NOR) | 2:13.17 |
  | 15. | Valeri Kalmikovs (LAT) | 2:13.34 |
  | 16. | Peter Aronsson (SWE) | 2:14.34 |
  