title: 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 200m Individual Medley
text: # 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Women's 200m Individual Medley
  
  The finals and the qualifying heats of the Women's 200 metres Individual Medley event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the last day of the championships, on Sunday 20 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
  ## Finals
  
  | RANK | FINAL A | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Louise Karlsson (SWE) | 2:11.19 |
  | | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 2:11.39 |
  | | Sue Rolph (GBR) | 2:12.39 |
  | 4. | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 2:12.72 |
  | 5. | Britta Vestergaard (DEN) | 2:13.04 |
  | 6. | Rachel Harris (AUS) | 2:13.15 |
  | 7. | Alicja Pęczak (POL) | 2:13.70 |
  | 8. | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:14.01 |
  | RANK | FINAL B | TIME |
  | 9. | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 2:13.79 |
  | 10. | Jennifer Parmenter (USA) | 2:14.18 |
  | 11. | Chen Yan (CHN) | 2:14.73 |
  | 12. | Angela Kennedy (AUS) | 2:15.32 |
  | 13. | Shelly Ripple (USA) | 2:15.44 |
  | 14. | Katrin Jäke (GER) | 2:15.93 |
  | 15. | Julia Russell (RSA) | 2:17.27 |
  | 16. | Carrie Burgoyne (CAN) | 2:17.32 |
  
  ## Qualifying heats
  
  | RANK | HEATS RANKING | TIME |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Louise Karlsson (SWE) | 2:11.42 |
  | 2. | Martina Moravcová (SVK) | 2:12.62 |
  | 3. | Britta Vestergaard (DEN) | 2:13.16 |
  | 4. | Alicja Pęczak (POL) | 2:13.21 |
  | 5. | Sabine Herbst (GER) | 2:13.28 |
  | 6. | Sue Rolph (GBR) | 2:13.31 |
  | 7. | Wu Yanyan (CHN) | 2:13.53 |
  | 8. | Rachel Harris (AUS) | 2:13.86 |
  | 9. | Chen Yan (CHN) | 2:15.02 |
  | 10. | Angela Kennedy (AUS) | 2:15.08 |
  | 11. | Julia Russell (RSA) | 2:15.15 |
  | 12. | Jennifer Parmenter (USA) | 2:15.18 |
  | 13. | Joanne Malar (CAN) | 2:15.30 |
  | 14. | Shelly Ripple (USA) | 2:16.42 |
  | 15. | Katrin Jäke (GER) | 2:16.60 |
  | 16. | Carrie Burgoyne (CAN) | 2:16.70 |
  | 17. | Nataša Kejžar (SLO) | 2:16.74 |
  | 18. | Hitomi Kashima (JPN) | 2:16.91 |
  | 19. | Malin Svahnström (SWE) | 2:17.26 |
  | 20. | María Santos (POR) | 2:17.51 |
  | 21. | Pavla Chrástová (CZE) | 2:17.57 |
  | 22. | Amanda Clegg (RSA) | 2:19.22 |
  | 23. | Praphalsai Minpraphal (THA) | 2:19.81 |
  | 24. | Aikaterina Sarakatsani (GRE) | 2:20.06 |
  | 25. | Dagmar Majerová (CZE) | 2:20.26 |
  | 26. | Mirjana Boševska (MKD) | 2:20.36 |
  | 27. | Martina Nemec (AUT) | 2:20.86 |
  | 28. | Isabel Ceballos (COL) | 2:21.46 |
  | 29. | Petra Chaves (POR) | 2:21.57 |
  | 30. | Daniela Hornaková (SVK) | 2:21.60 |
  