Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	15–17 December
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar    India   Rosa Kutty    India   Wang Yuanping    China

Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men
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	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
10,000 m walk		women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
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
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's 800 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 15–17 December at the Thammasat Stadium.^[1]

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

• Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Ryoko Takezawa (JPN)	2:04.35	Q
2	Wang Yuanping (CHN)	2:05.21	Q
3	Rosa Kutty (IND)	2:05.77	Q
4	Chuang Ko-hsin (TPE)	2:07.54	q
5	Praphaphun Chinwong (THA)	2:10.07	q

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (IND)	2:07.41	Q
2	Lee Ya-hui (TPE)	2:08.78	Q
3	Saipin Patjun (THA)	2:10.15	Q
4	Phạm Đình Khánh Đoan (VIE)	2:10.70
5	Yaznee Nasheeda (MDV)	2:31.50
6	Myadagmaagiin Otgontuyaa (MGL)	2:36.54

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (IND)	2:01.00
	Rosa Kutty (IND)	2:03.34
	Wang Yuanping (CHN)	2:04.45
4	Lee Ya-hui (TPE)	2:04.77
5	Ryoko Takezawa (JPN)	2:05.00
6	Chuang Ko-hsin (TPE)	2:06.85
7	Saipin Patjun (THA)	2:09.86
8	Praphaphun Chinwong (THA)	2:10.01

• Results