Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles
# Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September – 1 October.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 30 September 2014 | 10:25 | Round 1 |
| Wednesday, 1 October 2014 | 20:25 | 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

### 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 | Kemi Adekoya (BRN) | 55.09 | Q, GR |
| 2 | Ashwini Akkunji (IND) | 57.67 | Q |
| 3 | Cai Minjia (CHN) | 59.22 | Q |
| 4 | Natalya Asanova (UZB) | 59.73 | q |
| 5 | Jo Eun-ju (KOR) | 59.93 | q |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Xiao Xia (CHN) | 58.13 | Q |
| 2 | Satomi Kubokura (JPN) | 58.46 | Q |
| 3 | Marina Zaiko (KAZ) | 59.18 | Q |
| 4 | Son Kyeong-mi (KOR) | 1:01.01 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Kemi Adekoya (BRN) | 55.77 |
| | Satomi Kubokura (JPN) | 56.21 |
| | Xiao Xia (CHN) | 56.59 |
| 4 | Ashwini Akkunji (IND) | 57.52 |
| 5 | Marina Zaiko (KAZ) | 58.55 |
| 6 | Cai Minjia (CHN) | 59.78 |
| 7 | Jo Eun-ju (KOR) | 59.89 |
| 8 | Natalya Asanova (UZB) | 1:00.42 |
