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

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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.

Contents

Schedule

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

Records

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

Results

Legend
  • DNF — Did not finish

    • 1st round

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

    • Final

  • Santhi Soundarajan of India originally won the silver medal, However, she underwent a sex test shortly afterwards, and the results indicated that she "does not possess the sexual characteristics of a woman". Soon after the results of the sex test came out, she was stripped of her silver medal.

    • References

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