Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres
# Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 8 and 9 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Friday, 8 December 2006 | 16:05 | 1st round |
| Saturday, 9 December 2006 | 16:30 | 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

* DNF — Did not finish

### 1st round

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

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Santhi Soundarajan (IND) | 2:08.62 | Q |
| 2 | Đỗ Thị Bông (VIE) | 2:08.64 | Q |
| 3 | Miho Sugimori (JPN) | 2:08.69 | q |
| 4 | Anna Kliushkina (KGZ) | 2:09.31 | |
| 5 | Sana Abu-Bakheet (PLE) | 2:31.50 | |
| 6 | Danah Al-Nasrallah (KUW) | 2:40.60 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) | 2:08.87 | Q |
| 2 | Sinimole Paulose (IND) | 2:10.16 | Q |
| 3 | Trương Thanh Hằng (VIE) | 2:10.95 | |
| 4 | Leila Ebrahimi (IRI) | 2:17.16 | |
| — | Tatyana Borisova (KGZ) | DNF | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Viktoriya Yalovtseva (KAZ) | 2:04.70 | Q |
| 2 | Zamira Amirova (UZB) | 2:06.57 | Q |
| 3 | Liu Qing (CHN) | 2:07.34 | q |
| 4 | Bushra Parveen (PAK) | 2:15.17 | |
| 5 | Mina Pourseifi (IRI) | 2:18.35 | |
| 6 | Leong Ka Man (MAC) | 2:26.51 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) | 2:01.79 |
| | Viktoriya Yalovtseva (KAZ) | 2:03.19 |
| | Zamira Amirova (UZB) | 2:03.56 |
| 4 | Sinimole Paulose (IND) | 2:03.76 |
| 5 | Miho Sugimori (JPN) | 2:05.28 |
| 6 | Đỗ Thị Bông (VIE) | 2:07.75 |
| 7 | Liu Qing (CHN) | 2:09.39 |
| DQ | Santhi Soundarajan (IND) | 2:03.16 |

* Santhi Soundarajan of India originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a sex test indicated that she "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman".
