2019 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 21 April.

Women's 400 metres at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	21 April
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning time	51.34
Medalists
Salwa Eid Naser    Bahrain   Elina Mikhina    Kazakhstan   M. R. Poovamma    India
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Records

Records before the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record[1]	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Asian record[2]	Salwa Eid Naser (BHR)	49.08	Fontvieille, Monaco	20 July 2018
Championship record	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	51.05	Jakarta, Indonesia	30 August 2000
World leading[3]	Sharrika Barnett (USA)	50.96	Gainesville, United States	29 March 2019
Asian leading[4]	No times recorded

Results

Heats

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Salwa Naser	Bahrain	52.29	Q, SB
2	2	M. R. Poovamma	India	52.46	Q, SB
3	1	Nadeesha Ramanayaka	Sri Lanka	53.66	Q
4	2	Mae Hirosawa	Japan	53.91	Q
5	2	Kristina Pronzhenko	Tajikistan	54.13	q, NR
6	1	Svetlana Golendova	Kazakhstan	54.26	Q
6	2	Elina Mikhina	Kazakhstan	54.26	q, SB
8	1	Zainab Mohammed	Bahrain	54.37	Q, PB
9	1	Huang Guifen	China	54.44
10	1	Nguyễn Thị Hằng	Vietnam	54.64	SB
11	2	Li Xue	China	55.04
12	1	Tatiana Rybakova	Kyrgyzstan	1:00.48	PB
13	2	Kenza Sosse	Qatar	1:01.88	NR
14	1	Hanin Thabit	Yemen	1:06.37	SB
	1	Hima Das	India	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Salwa Naser	Bahrain	51.34	SB
	3	Elina Mikhina	Kazakhstan	53.19	SB
	5	M. R. Poovamma	India	53.21
4	8	Mae Hirosawa	Japan	53.54
5	6	Svetlana Golendova	Kazakhstan	53.83
6	7	Nadeesha Ramanayaka	Sri Lanka	53.98
7	2	Kristina Pronzhenko	Tajikistan	54.56
8	9	Zainab Mohammed	Bahrain	54.61