Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 9 and 10 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Saturday, 9 December 2006 | 09:20 | 1st round |
| Sunday, 10 December 2006 | 16:25 | 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 | Ma Yuqin (CHN) | 49.81 | Beijing, China | 11 September 1993 |
| Games Record | Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI) | 51.13 | Busan, South Korea | 10 October 2002 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### 1st round

* Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Olga Tereshkova (KAZ) | 53.30 | Q |
| 2 | Pinki Pramanik (IND) | 53.90 | Q |
| 3 | Tang Xiaoyin (CHN) | 54.19 | Q |
| 4 | Mayu Kida (JPN) | 54.58 | q |
| 5 | Menaka Wickramasinghe (SRI) | 57.73 | |
| 6 | Leong Ka Man (MAC) | 1:03.28 | |
| — | Olga Gerasimova (TJK) | DNS | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Asami Tanno (JPN) | 53.94 | Q |
| 2 | Manjeet Kaur (IND) | 53.95 | Q |
| 3 | Marina Maslyonko (KAZ) | 54.32 | Q |
| 4 | Chandrika Subashini (SRI) | 56.50 | q |
| 5 | Jiang Xuanxuan (CHN) | 57.16 | |
| 6 | Maryam Tousi (IRI) | 57.83 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Olga Tereshkova (KAZ) | 51.86 |
| | Manjeet Kaur (IND) | 52.17 |
| | Asami Tanno (JPN) | 53.04 |
| 4 | Pinki Pramanik (IND) | 53.06 |
| 5 | Tang Xiaoyin (CHN) | 53.66 |
| 6 | Marina Maslyonko (KAZ) | 53.99 |
| 7 | Mayu Kida (JPN) | 54.27 |
| 8 | Chandrika Subashini (SRI) | 56.57 |
