Swimming at the 1997 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The final of the Men's 200 metres Butterfly event at the European LC Championships 1997 was held on Saturday 23 August 1997 in Seville, Spain.

Finals

RANK	FINAL A	TIME
	Franck Esposito (FRA)	1:57.24
	Denys Sylantyev (UKR)	1:58.48
	Stephen Parry (GBR)	1:58.78
4.	Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)	1:58.86
5.	Vesa Hanski (FIN)	1:59.32
6.	Massimiliano Eroli (ITA)	1:59.81
7.	Alexandre Gorguraki (RUS)	2:00.18
8.	Marcin Kaczmarek (POL)	2:00.73

RANK	FINAL B	TIME
9.	Stefan Aartsen (NED)	1:58.43 [1]
10.	Jorge Pérez (ESP)	2:01.37
11.	Vladan Marković (YUG)	2:01.43
12.	Michael Halika (ISR)	2:02.67
13.	Adrian Andermatt (SUI)	2:02.82
14.	Yoav Meiri (ISR)	2:03.32
15.	Krzysztof Golon (POL)	2:03.46
16.	Chester Marsman (NED)	2:03.88

Qualifying heats

RANK	HEATS RANKING	TIME
1.	Franck Esposito (FRA)	1:58.58
2.	Denys Sylantyev (UKR)	1:59.06
3.	Chris-Carol Bremer (GER)	1:59.88
4.	Vesa Hanski (FIN)	2:00.46
5.	Stephen Parry (GBR)	2:00.56
6.	Alexandre Gorguraki (RUS)	2:00.71
7.	Marcin Kaczmarek (POL)	2:00.90
8.	Massimiliano Eroli (ITA)	2:00.93
9.	Jorge Pérez (ESP)	2:01.08
10.	Stefan Aartsen (NED)	2:01.17
11.	Denis Pankratov (RUS) [2]	2:01.25
12.	Vladan Marković (YUG)	2:01.37
13.	Chester Marsman (NED)	2:01.98
14.	Yoav Meiri (ISR)	2:02.91
15.	Adrian Andermatt (SUI)	2:03.24
16.	Krzysztof Golon (POL)	2:03.56
17.	Michael Halika (ISR)	2:03.65
18.	Oliver Lampe (GER)	2:03.94
19.	Colin Lowth (IRL)	2:03.96
20.	Georgios Popotas (GRE)	2:03.98
21.	Aleksandar Miladinovski (MKD)	2:04.16
22.	Tero Velimaa (FIN)	2:05.75
23.	Mindaugas Bruzas (LTU)	2:05.94
24.	Paul MacCarthy (IRL)	2:06.43
25.	Artion Zaicev (LTU)	2:08.06
26.	Luc Decker (LUX)	2:11.59

Remarks

1. The time set by  Stefan Aartsen (NED) in the B-Final had earned him a silver medal in the A-Final
2.  Denis Pankratov (RUS) scratched B-Final

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 200m Butterfly
• 1997 Men's World Championships (SC) 200m Butterfly

References

• scmsom results
• La Gazetta Archivio
• swimrankings