Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	8–10 October
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Medalists
Damayanthi Dharsha    Sri Lanka   K. M. Beenamol    India   Svetlana Bodritskaya    Kazakhstan

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games

The women's 400 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 8–10 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 8 October 2002	10:30	1st round
Thursday, 10 October 2002	15:30	Final

Records

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

World Record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Asian Record	Ma Yuqin (CHN)	49.81	Beijing, China	11 September 1993
Games Record	Ma Yuqin (CHN)	51.17	Hiroshima, Japan	14 October 1994

Results

Legend

• DNF — Did not finish
• DNS — Did not start

1st round

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Chen Yuxiang (CHN)	53.84	Q
2	Jincy Phillip (IND)	53.88	Q
3	Alýona Petrowa (TKM)	54.09	Q
4	Tatyana Roslanova (KAZ)	54.60	q
5	Mayu Kida (JPN)	54.71	q
6	Kim Dong-hyun (KOR)	55.73
7	Saowalee Kaewchuay (THA)	56.16
8	Gretta Taslakian (LIB)	56.43

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	52.25	Q
2	Svetlana Bodritskaya (KAZ)	52.95	Q
3	K. M. Beenamol (IND)	53.21	Q
4	Kazue Kakinuma (JPN)	55.35
5	Hou Jingmei (CHN)	55.92
6	Park Jong-kyong (KOR)	57.47
7	Saipin Kaewsorn (THA)	58.00
—	Nguyễn Bích Vân (VIE)	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	51.13	GR
	K. M. Beenamol (IND)	52.04
	Svetlana Bodritskaya (KAZ)	52.10
4	Jincy Phillip (IND)	53.13
5	Chen Yuxiang (CHN)	54.11
6	Mayu Kida (JPN)	54.13
7	Tatyana Roslanova (KAZ)	54.44
—	Alýona Petrowa (TKM)	DNF

External links

• Results - Heats
• Results - Final