2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2000 Asian Athletics Championships was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 28–30 August.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Damayanthi Dharsha Sri Lanka	K. M. Beenamol India	Chen Yuxiang China

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Damayanthi Dharsha	Sri Lanka	51.87	Q
2	2	K. M. Beenamol	India	52.79	Q
3	1	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	53.56	Q
4	2	Chen Yuxiang	China	53.60	Q
5	1	Paramjeet Kaur	India	53.75	Q
6	2	Kazue Kakinuma	Japan	54.44	Q
7	1	Yelena Piskunova	Uzbekistan	55.14	q
8	2	Alyona Petrova	Turkmenistan	55.42	q
9	1	Miho Sugimori	Japan	55.51
10	1	Jeon Mi-Young	South Korea	57.65
11	2	Kim Dong-Hyun	South Korea	57.92
12	1	Raquel Perera Soselisa	Indonesia	59.87
13	2	Beauty Nazmun Nahar	Bangladesh	60.75
14	2	Yaznee Nasheeda	Maldives	62.43	NR

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Damayanthi Dharsha	Sri Lanka	51.05	CR, NR
	K. M. Beenamol	India	51.41
	Chen Yuxiang	China	52.81
4	Paramjeet Kaur	India	53.08
5	Oksana Luneva	Kyrgyzstan	53.93
6	Kazue Kakinuma	Japan	54.05
7	Alyona Petrova	Turkmenistan	54.40
8	Yelena Piskunova	Uzbekistan	54.96