Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres
at the 2014 Asian Games
VenueIncheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates30 September – 1 October
Competitors16 from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Kazakhstan
silver medal    India
bronze medal    China

The women's 800 metres event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September – 1 October.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 30 September 2014 20:15 Round 1
Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:10 Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record  Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 Munich, West Germany 26 July 1983
Asian Record  Liu Dong (CHN) 1:55.54 Beijing, China 9 September 1993
Games Record  Qu Yunxia (CHN) 1:59.85 Hiroshima, Japan 12 October 1994

Results

Legend
  • DSQ — Disqualified

Round 1

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

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1  Tintu Lukka (IND) 2:04.28 Q
2  Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI) 2:04.41 Q
3  Wang Mei (CHN) 2:04.49 Q
4  Rajaa Lemmadi (BRN) 2:07.22 q
5  Park Young-sun (KOR) 2:10.48
6  Gulshanoi Satarova (KGZ) 2:12.25
7  Iao Si Teng (MAC) 2:20.77
 Sandra Jalayta (PLE) DSQ

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1  Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ) 2:02.83 Q
2  Zhao Jing (CHN) 2:02.98 Q
3  Sushma Devi (IND) 2:03.54 Q
4  Genzeb Shumi (BRN) 2:04.35 q
5  Đỗ Thị Thảo (VIE) 2:08.66
6  Kseniia Faiskanova (KGZ) 2:11.62
7  Chuluunkhüügiin Shinetsetseg (MGL) 2:18.67
8  Hanin Thabit (YEM) 2:50.20

Final

Rank Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ) 1:59.02 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Tintu Lukka (IND) 1:59.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zhao Jing (CHN) 1:59.48
4  Sushma Devi (IND) 2:01.92
5  Genzeb Shumi (BRN) 2:03.83
6  Wang Mei (CHN) 2:05.80
7  Gayanthika Abeyratne (SRI) 2:06.21
8  Rajaa Lemmadi (BRN) 2:08.75

References