| Incheon Asiad Main Stadium - Track. Start time: 19:10 |
| Final | time | | L | Birth | bib | | 1. Margarita Mukasheva |  KAZ | 1:59.02 | GR | 7 | 04 Jan 1986 | 1131 | | 2. Lukka Tintu |  IND | 1:59.19 | SB | 4 | 26 Apr 1989 | 1076 | | 3. Jing Zhao |  CHN | 1:59.48 | PB | 5 | 09 Jul 1988 | 1020 | | 4. Devi Sushma | IND | 2:01.92 | PB | 6 | 07 May 1984 | 1075 | | 5. Genzeb Shumi Regasa |  BRN | 2:03.83 | | 3 | 29 Jan 1991 | 1005 | | 6. Mei Wang | CHN | 2:05.80 | | 9 | 22 Dec 1993 | 1021 | | 7. Gayanthika T. Artigala Aberathna |  SRI | 2:06.21 | | 8 | 23 Dec 1986 | 1214 | | 8. Rajaa Lemmadi | BRN | 2:08.75 | | 2 | 24 Jul 1989 | 1004 |
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| Records | | WR | Jarmila Kratochvilova |  TCH | 1:53.28 | Munich (FRG) | | 26 Jul 1983 | | AS | Dong Liu | CHN | 1:55.54 | Beijing (CHN) | | 09 Sep 1993 | | GR | Yunxia Qu | CHN | 1:59.85 | Hiroshima (JPN) | Asian Games | 12 Oct 1994 |
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| | | First 3 and Best 2 progress to the Final. 2 Heats, 16 Athletes. | Heat 1 20:15 |
| Ranking | time | | L | Birth | bib | | 1. Lukka Tintu | IND | 2:04.28 | Q | 4 | 26 Apr 1989 | 1076 | | 2. Gayanthika T. Artigala Aberathna | SRI | 2:04.41 | PB | 5 | 23 Dec 1986 | 1214 | | 3. Mei Wang | CHN | 2:04.49 | PB | 7 | 22 Dec 1993 | 1021 | | 4. Rajaa Lemmadi | BRN | 2:07.22 | | 3 | 24 Jul 1989 | 1004 | | 5. Youngsun Park |  KOR | 2:10.48 | | 8 | 03 Jun 1997 | 1153 | | 6. Gulshanoi Satarova |  KGZ | 2:12.25 | | 6 | 01 Sep 1992 | 1142 | | 7. Si Teng Iao |  MAC | 2:20.77 | PB | 2 | 02 Jan 1994 | 1183 | | -. Salma Sandra S M Jalayta |  PLE | DQ R 163.3a | 9 | 26 Apr 1996 | 1198 |
| Ranking | time | | L | Birth | bib | | 1. Margarita Mukasheva | KAZ | 2:02.83 | | 5 | 04 Jan 1986 | 1131 | | 2. Jing Zhao | CHN | 2:02.98 | | 3 | 09 Jul 1988 | 1020 | | 3. Devi Sushma | IND | 2:03.54 | | 2 | 07 May 1984 | 1075 | | 4. Genzeb Shumi Regasa | BRN | 2:04.35 | | 8 | 29 Jan 1991 | 1005 | | 5. Thi Thao Do |  VIE | 2:08.66 | | 7 | 30 Sep 1992 | 1274 | | 6. Kseniia Faiskanova | KGZ | 2:11.62 | | 6 | 28 May 1995 | 1143 | | 7. Shinetsetseg Chuluunkhuu |  MGL | 2:18.67 | | 9 | 15 Oct 1987 | 1186 | | 8. Hanin Wakil Ghaleb Thabit |  YEM | 2:50.20 | | 4 | 06 Jun 1998 | 1280 |
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