2025 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 800 metres

Women's 800 metres at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships
Venue	Gumi Civic Stadium
Location	Gumi, South Korea
Dates	30 May (heats) 31 May (final)
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	2:00.08 CR
Medalists
Wu Hongjiao  [ de ]    China   Rin Kubo    Japan   Pooja Olla    India
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The women's 800 metres event at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 30 and 31 May. ^[1]

Records

Records before the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [2]	Jarmila Kratochvílová  (TCH)	1:53.28	Munich, West Germany	26 July 1983
Asian record [3]	Liu Dong  (CHN)	1:55.54	Beijing, China	9 September 1993
Championship record	Tharushi Karunarathna  (SRI)	2:00.66	Bangkok, Thailand	17 July 2023
World leading [4]	Tsige Duguma  (ETH)	1:56.64	Shaoxing, China	3 May 2025
Asian leading [5]	Rin Kubo  (JPN)	2:00.28	Fukuroi, Japan	3 May 2025

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+8), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
30 May	18:00	Heats
31 May	18:50	Final

Results

Heats

Held on 30 May. First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Shiomi Ayano  [ de; ja ]	Japan	2:04.01	Q, SB
2	Twinkle Chaudhary	India	2:04.21	Q
3	Wu Hongjiao  [ de ]	China	2:04.65	Q, SB
4	Park Na-yeon	South Korea	2:07.67	PB
5	Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà  [ de ]	Vietnam	2:10.04
6	Amal Al-Roumi	Kuwait	2:15.14
7	Walaʼ Mohammad Al-Qawasmi	Jordan	2:19.54
8	Phulmati Rana	Nepal	2:21.13	SB
[6]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Rin Kubo	Japan	2:02.16	Q, SB
2	Pooja Olla	India	2:02.70	Q, PB
3	Shin So-mang	South Korea	2:05.07	Q, PB
4	Li Chunhui	China	2:05.15	q, PB
5	Bejoy Bernalyn	Philippines	2:06.83	q, PB
6	Irina Levina	Uzbekistan	2:12.22
7	Haneen Yaqoub	Palestine	2:21.83	PB
8	Mui I Kei	Macau	2:22.62
[6]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Wu Hongjiao  [ de ]	China	2:00.08	CR
	Rin Kubo	Japan	2:00.42
	Pooja Olla	India	2:01.89	PB
4	Twinkle Chaudhary	India	2:03.33
5	Shiomi Ayano  [ de; ja ]	Japan	2:03.59	SB
6	Li Chunhui	China	2:06.83
7	Bernalyn Bejoy  [ de ]	Philippines	2:07.53
8	Shin So-mang	South Korea	2:08.59
[7]

References

1. "2025 Asian Athletics Championships schedule". 2025gumi.kr. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
2. "800 Metres women - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
3. "800 Metres women - Asian record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
4. "800 Metres women - 2025 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
5. "800 Metres women - 2025 Asian leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
6. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Women's 800 metres heats results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
7. "26th Asian Athletics Championships - Women's 800 metres final results" (PDF). Asian Athletics. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.