title: 2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's 400 metres
text: # 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 | |
  