title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 200m Freestyle
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 200m Freestyle
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 200 metres Freestyle event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the second day of the competition, on Friday 1997-04-18 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | RANK | FINAL A | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Claudia Poll (CRC) | 1:54.17 WR |
  | | Nian Yun (CHN) | 1:56.24 |
  | | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 1:56.66 |
  | 4. | Wang Luna (CHN) | 1:56.71 |
  | 5. | Antje Buschschulte (GER) | 1:57.89 |
  | 5. | Johanna Sjöberg (SWE) | 1:57.89 |
  | 7. | Luminița Dobrescu (ROM) | 1:59.14 |
  | 8. | Julia Greville (AUS) | 1:59.16 |
  | RANK | FINAL B | TIME |
  | 9. | Claire Huddart (GBR) | 1:59.16 |
  | 10. | Karen Pickering (GBR) | 1:59.76 |
  | 11. | Britt Raaby (DEN) | 1:59.76 |
  | 12. | Ioana Diaconescu (ROM) | 1:59.91 |
  | 13. | Malin Svahnström (SWE) | 2:00.25 |
  | 14. | Sophie Simard (CAN) | 2:00.91 |
  | 15. | Jessica Deglau (CAN) | 2:01.35 |
  | 16. | Ana Alegria (POR) | 2:01.92 |
  