1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
These are the results of the Men's 200 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece.
Medalists
Results
Heats
First 3 of each Heat and the next 5 fastest qualified for the [|quarterfinals].| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | Iván García | 20.41 | Q | ||
| 4 | Patrick Stevens | 20.45 | Q | ||
| 9 | Troy Douglas | 20.46 | Q | ||
| 9 | Anninos Marcoullides | 20.47 | Q | ||
| 1 | Ato Boldon | 20.48 | Q | ||
| 1 | Douglas Walker | 20.49 | Q, PB | ||
| 4 | Julian Golding | 20.49 | Q | ||
| 9 | Sergey Osovich | 20.56 | q | ||
| 7 | Claudinei da Silva | 20.59 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | 20.60 | Q | |
| 11 | 1 | Deji Aliu | 20.60 | q | |
| 12 | 6 | Kevin Little | 20.68 | Q | |
| 13 | 6 | Gary Ryan | 20.69 | Q, NR | |
| 14 | 6 | Owusu Dako | 20.70 | Q, SB | |
| 15 | 1 | O'Brian Gibbons | 20.71 | q, SB | |
| 15 | 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | 20.71 | Q, SB | |
| 17 | 1 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 20.72 | q, SB | |
| 17 | 3 | Sergejs Inšakovs | 20.72 | Q, SB | |
| 17 | 9 | Sebastián Keitel | 20.72 | q | |
| 20 | 5 | Giovanni Puggioni | 20.73 | Q | |
| 21 | 2 | Frankie Fredericks | 20.74 | Q | |
| 22 | 3 | Obadele Thompson | 20.75 | Q | |
| 22 | 5 | Joseph Loua | 20.75 | Q | |
| 22 | 6 | Steve Brimacombe | 20.75 | ||
| 22 | 7 | Chris Donaldson | 20.75 | Q | |
| 26 | 5 | Jon Drummond | 20.76 | Q | |
| 27 | 3 | Prodromos Katsantonis | 20.77 | Q | |
| 27 | 5 | Christoph Postinger | 20.77 | ||
| 29 | 5 | Antoine Boussombo | 20.79 | NR | |
| 29 | 8 | Geir Moen | 20.79 | Q | |
| 31 | 8 | Gentry Bradley | 20.80 | Q | |
| 31 | 5 | Thierry Lubin | 20.80 | ||
| 33 | 3 | Koji Ito | 20.82 | ||
| 34 | 7 | Ioannis Nafpliotis | 20.84 | Q | |
| 35 | 8 | Carlos Gats | 20.86 | Q | |
| 36 | 2 | Sayon Cooper | 20.88 | Q | |
| 36 | 2 | Phillip Mukomana | 20.88 | SB | |
| 36 | 7 | Andrey Fedoriv | 20.88 | ||
| 39 | 4 | Carlo Occhiena | 20.90 | Q | |
| 40 | 6 | Alessandro Attene | 20.92 | ||
| 41 | 4 | Gilles Quénéhervé | 20.93 | ||
| 42 | 8 | Thomas Sbokos | 20.94 | ||
| 43 | 8 | Oumar Loum | 20.95 | ||
| 44 | 2 | Justice Dipeba | 20.96 | SB | |
| 45 | 4 | Ryszard Pilarczyk | 20.98 | ||
| 46 | 7 | Jordi Mayoral | 20.99 | ||
| 47 | 6 | Andrew Tynes | 21.00 | ||
| 48 | 3 | Juan Pedro Toledo | 21.03 | ||
| 49 | 8 | Ahmed Douhou | 21.08 | ||
| 50 | 3 | Lars Hedner | 21.30 | ||
| 51 | 9 | Malik-Khaled Louahla | 21.31 | ||
| 52 | 1 | Hamoud Abdallah Al-Dalhami | 21.45 | ||
| 52 | 2 | Patrick Johnson | 21.45 | ||
| 52 | 8 | Benjamin Sirimou | 21.45 | ||
| 55 | 4 | Pascal Dangbo | 21.58 | ||
| 56 | 8 | Djaffar Hadhari | 21.59 | NR | |
| 57 | 4 | Kendon Maynard | 21.64 | ||
| 58 | 3 | Tao Wu-Shiun | 21.85 | ||
| 59 | 5 | Arif Ahundov | 22.08 | ||
| 60 | 6 | Mohammad Bin Haji | 22.37 | ||
| 61 | 7 | Kwame Galloway | 22.45 | ||
| 62 | 9 | Khongdy Amnouayphone | 22.86 | ||
| 63 | 9 | Mohd Mahbub Alam | 23.54 | ||
| 2 | Christophe Cheval | ||||
| 7 | Ivan Šlehobr |
Quarterfinals
First 3 of each Heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the [|semifinals].| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Frankie Fredericks | 20.13 | Q | ||
| 3 | Claudinei da Silva | 20.27 | Q, PB | ||
| 2 | Ato Boldon | 20.28 | Q | ||
| 3 | Kevin Little | 20.38 | Q | ||
| 4 | Iván García | 20.48 | Q | ||
| 3 | Sergey Osovich | 20.54 | Q, SB | ||
| 3 | Douglas Walker | 20.56 | q | ||
| 3 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | 20.57 | q | ||
| 2 | Jon Drummond | 20.59 | Q | ||
| 10 | 4 | Obadele Thompson | 20.62 | Q | |
| 11 | 3 | Deji Aliu | 20.65 | q | |
| 12 | 2 | Julian Golding | 20.69 | q | |
| 13 | 2 | Erik Wijmeersch | 20.73 | ||
| 14 | 1 | Patrick Stevens | 20.77 | Q | |
| 14 | 3 | Prodromos Katsantonis | 20.77 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Troy Douglas | 20.78 | Q | |
| 16 | 2 | O'Brian Gibbons | 20.78 | ||
| 18 | 2 | Anninos Marcoullides | 20.83 | ||
| 18 | 3 | Gary Ryan | 20.83 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Carlos Gats | 20.87 | Q | |
| 21 | 4 | Joseph Loua | 20.91 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Ioannis Nafpliotis | 20.94 | ||
| 23 | 4 | Sebastián Keitel | 20.96 | ||
| 24 | 1 | Chris Donaldson | 21.04 | Q | |
| 25 | 1 | Gentry Bradley | 21.08 | ||
| 26 | 2 | Carlo Occhiena | 21.14 | ||
| 27 | 1 | Sergejs Inšakovs | 21.22 | ||
| 28 | 1 | Emmanuel Tuffour | 21.25 | ||
| 29 | 1 | Sayon Cooper | 21.39 | ||
| 30 | 1 | Owusu Dako | 21.52 | ||
| 31 | 4 | Giovanni Puggioni | 22.77 | ||
| 4 | Geir Moen |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly for the [|final].| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 2 | Ato Boldon | 20.09 | Q | ||
| 2 | Frankie Fredericks | 20.18 | Q | ||
| 2 | Jon Drummond | 20.29 | Q | ||
| 1 | Claudinei da Silva | 20.35 | Q | ||
| 1 | Iván García | 20.39 | Q | ||
| 2 | Patrick Stevens | 20.42 | Q | ||
| 1 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | 20.43 | Q, PB | ||
| 2 | Troy Douglas | 20.43 | SB | ||
| 1 | Obadele Thompson | 20.46 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | Sergey Osovich | 20.51 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Kevin Little | 20.57 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Julian Golding | 20.61 | ||
| 12 | 2 | Douglas Walker | 20.61 | ||
| 14 | 2 | Deji Aliu | 20.78 | ||
| 15 | 2 | Chris Donaldson | 20.92 | ||
| 16 | 1 | Carlos Gats | 21.44 |
Final
Wind: 2.3 m/s| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 3 | Ato Boldon | 20.03 | |||
| 4 | Frankie Fredericks | 20.23 | |||
| 5 | Claudinei da Silva | 20.26 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Iván García | 20.31 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Georgios Panagiotopoulos | 20.32 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Obadele Thompson | 20.37 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Jon Drummond | 20.44 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Patrick Stevens | 20.44 |