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

## 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 |
| - | - | - |
| | 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 |
