Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 200 metres
# Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 200 metres

The women's 200 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10 and 11 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

## Schedule

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

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 10 December 2006 | 09:20 | 1st round |
| Monday, 11 December 2006 | 16:10 | Final |

## Records

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

| World Record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 21.34 | Seoul, South Korea | 29 September 1988 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Li Xuemei (CHN) | 22.01 | Shanghai, China | 22 October 1997 |
| Games Record | Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI) | 22.48 | Bangkok, Thailand | 18 December 1998 |

## Results

### Legend

* DNS — Did not start

### 1st round

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

**Heat 1**

* Wind: +0.9 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Guzel Khubbieva (UZB) | 23.54 | Q |
| 2 | Sakie Nobuoka (JPN) | 24.26 | Q |
| 3 | Sujani Buddika (SRI) | 24.68 | |
| 4 | Chitra Soman (IND) | 24.74 | |
| 5 | Dana Hussein (IRQ) | 25.61 | |
| 6 | Alaa Al-Saffar (KUW) | 28.37 | |

**Heat 2**

* Wind: +0.4 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) | 23.53 | Q |
| 2 | Han Ling (CHN) | 23.82 | Q |
| 3 | Vũ Thị Hương (VIE) | 23.96 | q |
| 4 | Maryam Tousi (IRI) | 25.23 | |
| 5 | Faten Abdulnabi (BRN) | 25.69 | |
| 6 | Philippa Armentrout (HKG) | 26.28 | |

**Heat 3**

* Wind: +0.9 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ruqaya Al-Ghasra (BRN) | 23.42 | Q |
| 2 | Takarako Nakamura (JPN) | 23.89 | Q |
| 3 | Chen Jue (CHN) | 24.19 | q |
| 4 | Gretta Taslakian (LIB) | 25.02 | |
| 5 | Leung Hau Sze (HKG) | 25.18 | |
| 6 | Supavadee Khawpeag (THA) | 25.36 | |

### Final

* Wind: −0.7 m/s

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Ruqaya Al-Ghasra (BRN) | 23.19 |
| | Guzel Khubbieva (UZB) | 23.30 |
| | Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) | 23.42 |
| 4 | Han Ling (CHN) | 23.66 |
| 5 | Takarako Nakamura (JPN) | 23.89 |
| 6 | Sakie Nobuoka (JPN) | 23.98 |
| 7 | Chen Jue (CHN) | 24.17 |
| — | Vũ Thị Hương (VIE) | DNS |
