1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres

The men's 200 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7–8.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeKevin LittleIván GarcíaFrancis Obikwelu

Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.200 m heats results

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Kevin Little 20.73 Q 2 4 Troy Douglas 20.77 Q, NR 3 1 Rohsaan Griffin 20.85 Q 4 3 Christophe Cheval 20.94 Q, PB 5 2 Sebastián Keitel 20.99 Q 6 2 Ato Boldon 20.99 Q 7 3 Francis Obikwelu 21.01 Q 8 4 Erik Wijmeersch 21.02 Q 9 1 Iván García 21.03 Q 10 4 Gary Ryan 21.13 q, NR 10 6 Geir Moen 21.13 Q 12 2 Angelo Cipolloni 21.15 q 12 3 Patrick van Balkom 21.15 q 14 5 Ivan Šlehobr 21.17 Q, NR 15 6 Julian Golding 21.18 q 16 1 Ahmed Douhou 21.21 q, NR 17 6 Miklós Gyulai 21.29 q 18 1 Prodromos Katsantonis 21.32 18 5 Gaëtan Bernard 21.32 q 20 1 Francisco Navarro 21.33 21 4 Marcelo Brivilati da Silva 21.50 22 2 Claudinei da Silva 21.58 23 5 Han Chaoming 21.61 24 3 Koji Ito 21.68 25 1 Ioannis Nafpliotis 21.76 26 5 Emmanuel Tuffour 21.88 27 4 Douglas Turner 21.90 28 6 Georgios Panagiotopoulos 21.97 29 4 Javier Verme 21.98 NR 30 3 Neil de Silva 22.66 31 3 Doli Aligbane 23.82 6 Giovanni Puggioni 2 Miguel Janssen 2 Eric Nkansah 6 Carlos Santa

Semifinals First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.200 m semifinals results (archived)

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Ato Boldon 20.41 Q, CR 2 2 Kevin Little 20.46 Q 3 3 Iván García 20.48 Q, PB 4 3 Rohsaan Griffin 20.52 Q 5 1 Francis Obikwelu 20.82 Q 6 3 Christophe Cheval 20.83 PB 7 1 Troy Douglas 20.89 Q 8 1 Patrick van Balkom 21.08 9 2 Julian Golding 21.15 10 1 Sebastián Keitel 21.17 11 3 Erik Wijmeersch 21.33 12 1 Ivan Šlehobr 21.61 12 2 Gaëtan Bernard 21.61 14 3 Ahmed Douhou 21.81 15 2 Gary Ryan 21.84 16 3 Angelo Cipolloni 21.87 17 1 Miklós Gyulai 22.13 2 Geir Moen

Final 200 m final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Kevin Little 20.40 CR Iván García 20.46 PB Francis Obikwelu 21.10 4 Troy Douglas 21.22 5 Rohsaan Griffin 21.27 Ato Boldon

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