1997 FINA Short Course World Championships – Men's 200m Backstroke

Swimming events at the
1997 FINA SC World Championships
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

The finals and the qualifying heats of the Men's 200 metres Backstroke event at the 1997 FINA Short Course World Championships were held on the second day of the competition, on Friday 18 April 1997 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Finals

RANK FINAL A TIME
 Neisser Bent (CUB) 1:54.21
 Wei Wang (CHN) 1:54.82
 Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 1:55.15
4.  Adam Ruckwood (GBR) 1:55.55
5.  Adrian Radley (AUS) 1:55.67
6.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 1:55.92
7.  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 1:57.63
8.  Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS) 1:57.79


RANK FINAL B TIME
9.  Brian Retterer (USA) 1:56.83
10.  Rogério Romero (BRA) 1:57.60
11.  Mark Versfeld (CAN) 1:58.07
12.  Nicolae Butacu (ROM) 1:58.18
13.  Miroslav Machovic (SVK) 1:58.59
14.  Arūnas Savickas (LTU) 1:59.35
15.  Nate Dusing (USA) 2:00.28
16.  Mattias Ohlin (SWE) 2:01.49

Qualifying heats

RANK HEATS RANKING TIME
1.  Wei Wang (CHN) 1:55.13
2.  Adam Ruckwood (GBR) 1:55.63
3.  Vladimir Selkov (RUS) 1:56.21
4.  Emanuele Merisi (ITA) 1:56.55
5.  Neisser Bent (CUB) 1:56.85
6.  Adrian Radley (AUS) 1:57.10
7.  Keitaro Konnai (JPN) 1:57.16
8.  Sergey Ostapchuk (RUS) 1:57.89
9.  Brian Retterer (USA) 1:57.96
10.  Rogério Romero (BRA) 1:57.98
11.  Mark Versfeld (CAN) 1:58.00
12.  Nicolae Butacu (ROM) 1:58.67
13.  Arūnas Savickas (LTU) 1:58.75
14.  Miroslav Machovic (SVK) 1:59.02
15.  Stev Theloke (GER) [1] 1:59.25
16.  Nate Dusing (USA) 1:59.43
17.  Mattias Ohlin (SWE) 1:59.99
18.  Josh Watson (AUS) 2:00.08
19.  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 2:00.46
20.  Nuno Laurentino (POR) 2:00.72
21.  Leonardo Costa (BRA) 2:00.84
22.  Nicolas Rajcevich (CHI) 2:01.03
23.  Jan Vitazka (CZE) 2:01.20
24.  Greg Main-Baillie (RSA) 2:01.78
25.  Peter Mankoč (SLO) 2:02.32
26.  Darius Grigalionis (LTU) 2:02.45
27.  Jean-Yves Faure (FRA) 2:03.11
28.  Alexis Perdomo (VEN) 2:03.77
29.  Kim Henriksen (NOR) 2:03.83
30.  Luis Díaz (ARG) 2:04.00
31.  Marko Milenkovič (SLO) 2:04.21
32.  Allan Jørgensen (NOR) 2:04.40
33.  Mark Kwok (HKG) 2:05.13
34.  Enzo Marzullo (CHI) 2:06.46

Remarks

  1.  Stev Theloke (GER) scratched B-Final

See also

References

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