| Events at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 8 July.
Before this competition, the world and championship records in this event were as follows
| Rank | Lane | Team | Name | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rima Kashafutdinova, Viktoriya Zyabkina, Merjen Ishanguliyeva, Olga Safronova | 43.53 | |||
| 4 | Sun Fengyan, Kong Lingwei, Lin Huijun, Feng Lulu | 44.50 | |||
| 5 | Merlin Joseph, Himashree Roy, Srabani Nanda, Dutee Chand | 44.57 | |||
| 4 | 7 | On-Uma Chattha, Kanyarat Pakdee, Tassaporn Wannakit, Supawan Thipat | 44.74 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Nurul Faizah Asma, Siti Fatima, Komalam Shally, Zaidatul Husniah | 45.18 | NR | |
| 6 | 3 | Miyu Maeyama, Mizuki Nakamura, Seika Aoyama, Kaho Nishio | 45.40 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Wendy Enn, Shanti Pereira, Kugapriya Chandran, Nur Izlyn Zaini | 45.97 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Susmita Ghosh, Jesmin Akter, Sumi Akter, Shohagi Akter | 50.39 |