2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The wen's 400 metres hurdles at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium on 8 and 9 July.^[1]

Gold	Satomi Kubokura  Japan
Silver	Qi Yang  China
Bronze	Christine Merril  Sri Lanka

2011 Asian Athletics Championships
World record	Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)	52.34	Tula, Russia	8 August 2003
Asian record	Han Qing (CHN)	53.96	Beijing, China	26 September 1993
Championship record	Huang Xiaoxiao (CHN)	55.63	Incheon, South Korea	2005

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advanced to the finals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Satomi Kubokura	Japan	56.66	Q
2	1	Qi Yang	China	56.77	Q SB
3	1	Christine Merril	Sri Lanka	56.83	Q, NR
4	2	Miyabi Tago	Japan	57.77	Q
5	2	Shiori Miki	Japan	58.11	Q
6	2	Alexandra Kuzina	Kazakhstan	58.21	Q
7	2	Nataliya Asanova	Uzbekistan	58.45	q
8	1	Noraseela Mohd Khalid	Malaysia	58.91	q
9	2	Alaa Al-Qaysi	Iraq	1:00.36	SB
10	1	Iuliia Khodykina	Kyrgyzstan	1:03.35

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Satomi Kubokura	Japan	56.52
	6	Qi Yang	China	56.69	SB
	9	Christine Merril	Sri Lanka	57.30
4	7	Miyabi Tago	Japan	57.35
5	4	Shiori Miki	Japan	57.52
6	8	Alexandra Kuzina	Kazakhstan	57.86
7	2	Noraseela Mohd Khalid	Malaysia	58.53
8	3	Nataliya Asanova	Uzbekistan	59.72