1997 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m	men	women
4×200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4×100 m	men	women
v t e

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.

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
	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

• 1996 Women's Olympic Games 200 m Freestyle
• 1997 Women's European LC Championships 200 m Freestyle

• Results^{[permanent dead link]}