Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 25 and 26 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 25 August 2018 | 20:35 | Round 1 |
| Sunday, 26 August 2018 | 19:00 | 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 | Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) | 49.08 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| Games Record | Kemi Adekoya (BRN) | 51.11 | Incheon, South Korea | 27 September 2014 |

## Results

### 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 | Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) | 50.86 | Q, GR |
| 2 | Hima Das (IND) | 51.00 | Q |
| 3 | Elina Mikhina (KAZ) | 53.75 | q |
| 4 | Dewi Ayu Agung Kurniayanti (INA) | 56.09 | |
| 5 | Supanich Poolkerd (THA) | 56.62 | |
| 6 | Aishath Himna Hassan (MDV) | 1:00.59 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iman Essa Jassim (BRN) | 54.10 | Q |
| 2 | Huang Guifen (CHN) | 54.30 | Q |
| 3 | Nguyễn Thị Hằng (VIE) | 54.99 | q |
| 4 | Lyubov Ushakova (KAZ) | 56.00 | |
| 5 | Kristina Pronzhenko (TJK) | 56.59 | |
| 6 | Dana Al-Shehri (KSA) | 1:06.33 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nirmala Sheoran (IND) | 54.09 | Q |
| 2 | Tong Zenghuan (CHN) | 54.29 | Q |
| 3 | Sri Maya Sari (INA) | 56.47 | |
| 4 | Sumi Aktar (BAN) | 57.16 | |
| 5 | Rawiwan Pratike (THA) | 1:00.78 | |
| 6 | Hanin Thabit (YEM) | 1:05.79 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) | 50.09 | GR |
| | Hima Das (IND) | 50.79 | |
| | Elina Mikhina (KAZ) | 52.63 | |
| 4 | Huang Guifen (CHN) | 53.89 | |
| 5 | Tong Zenghuan (CHN) | 53.95 | |
| 6 | Iman Essa Jassim (BRN) | 54.19 | |
| 7 | Nguyễn Thị Hằng (VIE) | 54.30 | |
| DQ | Nirmala Sheoran (IND) | 52.96 | |

* Nirmala Sheoran of India originally finished 4th, but due to the positive result of the test for Drostanolone and Metenolone, the Athletics Integrity Unit declared to invalidate all results achieved from 15 August 2016 by her.
