Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Stadium
Dates	13–14 December
Competitors	14 from 8 nations
Medalists
Damayanthi Dharsha    Sri Lanka   Chen Yuxiang    China   Svetlana Bodritskaya    Kazakhstan

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games

The women's 400 metres competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand was held on 13–14 December at the Thammasat Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 13 December 1998	15:00	Heats
Monday, 14 December 1998	14:30	Final

Results

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Rosa Kutty (IND)	54.06	Q
2	Chen Yuxiang (CHN)	54.13	Q
3	Svetlana Badrankova (KAZ)	54.59	Q
4	Satomi Kasashima (JPN)	54.94	q
5	Nimmi de Zoysa (SRI)	55.22
6	Yoawaluk Nakdilok (THA)	56.93
7	Dalivanh Detthongthip (LAO)	1:01.90

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
1	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	52.48	Q
2	Svetlana Bodritskaya (KAZ)	53.47	Q
3	Zhang Hengyun (CHN)	54.37	Q
4	P. T. Usha (IND)	54.63	q
5	Mitsuko Katayama (JPN)	55.16
6	Lee Ya-hui (TPE)	55.62
7	Sayrung Conpang (THA)	56.52

Final

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Damayanthi Dharsha (SRI)	51.57
	Chen Yuxiang (CHN)	52.50
	Svetlana Bodritskaya (KAZ)	53.00
4	Rosa Kutty (IND)	53.55
5	Zhang Hengyun (CHN)	53.92
6	P. T. Usha (IND)	54.37
7	Svetlana Badrankova (KAZ)	54.63
8	Satomi Kasashima (JPN)	55.20

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