Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24–25 November.

Women's 800 metres at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Main Stadium
Dates	24–25 November
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Medalists
Margarita Matsko    Kazakhstan   Trương Thanh Hằng    Vietnam   Tintu Lukka    India

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Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 24 November 2010	18:25	Round 1
Thursday, 25 November 2010	17:25	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

• DNS — Did not start

Round 1

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Margarita Matsko (KAZ)	2:03.23	Q
2	Trương Thanh Hằng (VIE)	2:03.28	Q
3	Sinimole Paulose (IND)	2:03.83	q
4	Akari Kishikawa (JPN)	2:04.20	q
5	Leila Ebrahimi (IRI)	2:13.34
—	Suzana Zukhairi (YEM)	DNS

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Tintu Lukka (IND)	2:03.85	Q
2	Genzeb Shumi (BRN)	2:04.09	Q
3	Viktoriya Yalovtseva (KAZ)	2:04.27
4	Huh Yeon-jung (KOR)	2:07.99
5	Aye Aye Than (MYA)	2:12.82
6	Luiza Kutueva (KGZ)	2:13.07

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN)	2:04.54	Q
2	Ruriko Kubo (JPN)	2:05.09	Q
3	Zhang Liqiu (CHN)	2:07.04
4	Inam Khazaal (IRQ)	2:09.62
5	Betlhem Desalegn (UAE)	2:10.80

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Margarita Matsko (KAZ)	2:00.29
	Trương Thanh Hằng (VIE)	2:00.91
	Tintu Lukka (IND)	2:01.36
4	Akari Kishikawa (JPN)	2:03.73
5	Ruriko Kubo (JPN)	2:04.52
6	Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN)	2:06.07
7	Sinimole Paulose (IND)	2:06.95
8	Genzeb Shumi (BRN)	2:08.38

References

• Results