Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles 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 | 09:25 | Round 1 |
| Thursday, 25 November 2010 | 18:50 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS) | 52.34 | Tula, Russia | 8 August 2003 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Han Qing (CHN) Song Yinglan (CHN) | 53.96 | Beijing, China Guangzhou, China | 9 September 1993 22 November 2001 |
| Games Record | Leng Xueyan (CHN) | 55.26 | Hiroshima, Japan | 14 October 1994 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### 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 | Ashwini Akkunji (IND) | 56.43 | Q |
| 2 | Miyabi Tago (JPN) | 57.07 | Q |
| 3 | Wang Xing (CHN) | 57.14 | Q |
| 4 | Natalya Asanova (UZB) | 57.16 | q |
| — | Fatima Dahman (YEM) | DNS | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jauna Murmu (IND) | 57.17 | Q |
| 2 | Satomi Kubokura (JPN) | 57.29 | Q |
| 3 | Yang Qi (CHN) | 57.71 | Q |
| 4 | Noraseela Mohd Khalid (MAS) | 58.16 | q |
| 5 | Nguyễn Thị Bắc (VIE) | 1:01.17 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Ashwini Akkunji (IND) | 56.15 |
| | Wang Xing (CHN) | 56.76 |
| | Satomi Kubokura (JPN) | 56.83 |
| 4 | Jauna Murmu (IND) | 56.88 |
| 5 | Noraseela Mohd Khalid (MAS) | 57.22 |
| 6 | Natalya Asanova (UZB) | 57.25 |
| 7 | Miyabi Tago (JPN) | 57.35 |
| 8 | Yang Qi (CHN) | 58.67 |
