2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres
# 2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres event at the 2002 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 11–12 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Miho Sato Japan | Tatyana Borisova Kyrgyzstan | Zamira Amirova Uzbekistan |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Tomoko Matsushima | Japan | 2:09.25 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Zamira Amirova | Uzbekistan | 2:09.29 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Pham Dinh Khanh Doan | Vietnam | 2:09.41 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Sunita Rani | India | 2:09.62 | q |
| 5 | 1 | K.L.L. Gunawardana | Sri Lanka | 2:10.61 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Tatyana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:11.40 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Miho Sato | Japan | 2:11.51 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Myint Myint Aye | Myanmar | 2:11.53 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Sunita Dahiya | India | 2:11.56 | |
| 10 | 1 | Ryu Su-Hee | South Korea | 2:14.50 | |
| 11 | 2 | Sanjeewani Niluka | Sri Lanka | 2:16.34 | SB |
| | 2 | Anusha Athapattu | Sri Lanka | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Miho Sato | Japan | 2:03.59 | |
| | Tatyana Borisova | Kyrgyzstan | 2:03.67 | |
| | Zamira Amirova | Uzbekistan | 2:04.48 | |
| 4 | Myint Myint Aye | Myanmar | 2:06.07 | SB |
| 5 | Sunita Kanojia | India | 2:06.67 | |
| 6 | Tomoko Matsushima | Japan | 2:07.85 | |
| 7 | Pham Dinh Khanh Doan | Vietnam | 2:10.65 | |
| 8 | K.L.L. Gunawardana | Sri Lanka | 2:12.56 | |
