Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metres

The women's 800 metres competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 8 and 9 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Women's 800 metres
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates8–9 December
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Bahrain
silver medal    Kazakhstan
bronze medal    Uzbekistan
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Schedule

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All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date Time Event
Friday, 8 December 2006 16:05 1st round
Saturday, 9 December 2006 16:30 Final

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record   Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:53.28 Munich, West Germany 26 July 1983
Asian Record   Liu Dong (CHN) 1:55.54 Beijing, China 9 September 1993
Games Record   Qu Yunxia (CHN) 1:59.85 Hiroshima, Japan 12 October 1994

Results

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Legend
  • DNF — Did not finish

1st round

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

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Santhi Soundarajan (IND) 2:08.62 Q
2   Đỗ Thị Bông (VIE) 2:08.64 Q
3   Miho Sugimori (JPN) 2:08.69 q
4   Anna Kliushkina (KGZ) 2:09.31
5   Sana Abu-Bakheet (PLE) 2:31.50
6   Danah Al-Nasrallah (KUW) 2:40.60

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) 2:08.87 Q
2   Sinimole Paulose (IND) 2:10.16 Q
3   Trương Thanh Hằng (VIE) 2:10.95
4   Leila Ebrahimi (IRI) 2:17.16
  Tatyana Borisova (KGZ) DNF

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
1   Viktoriya Yalovtseva (KAZ) 2:04.70 Q
2   Zamira Amirova (UZB) 2:06.57 Q
3   Liu Qing (CHN) 2:07.34 q
4   Bushra Parveen (PAK) 2:15.17
5   Mina Pourseifi (IRI) 2:18.35
6   Leong Ka Man (MAC) 2:26.51

Final

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Rank Athlete Time Notes
    Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BRN) 2:01.79
    Viktoriya Yalovtseva (KAZ) 2:03.19
    Zamira Amirova (UZB) 2:03.56
4   Sinimole Paulose (IND) 2:03.76
5   Miho Sugimori (JPN) 2:05.28
6   Đỗ Thị Bông (VIE) 2:07.75
7   Liu Qing (CHN) 2:09.39
DQ   Santhi Soundarajan (IND) 2:03.16
  • Santhi Soundarajan of India originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified after a sex test indicated that she "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman".[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Indian athlete fails gender test". BBC News. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Indian silver medalist female runner at Asian Games fails gender test". International Herald Tribune. 18 December 2006.
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