| Final 18:45 | time |   | L | React. | Q, | bib |  | 1. Kemi Adekoya |   Bahrain | 54.48s | GR | 6 | 0.180 | 1. | 103 |  | 2. Quach Thi Lan |   Vietnam | 55.30s | PB | 5 | 0.162 | 2. | 845 |  | 3. Aminat Jamal |   Bahrain | 55.65s |   | 3 | 0.174 | 4. | 110 |  | 4. Anu Raghavan |   India | 56.92s |   | 7 | 0.156 | 3. | 313 |  | =5. Huang Yan |   China | 57.48s | =SB | 1 | 0.174 | 6.q | 159 |  | =5. Jauna Murmu |   India | 57.48s |   | 2 | 0.162 | 8.q | 308 |  | 7. Eri Utsunomiya |   Japan | 58.97s |   | 4 | 0.162 | 5. | 456 |  | 8. Dipna Lim Prasad |   Singapore | 59.68s |   | 8 | 0.194 | 7. | 718 |   
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| Venue: Gelora Brung Karno Stadium |  | Indonesian Western Standard Time (UTC) +7. |  | Heats |   
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| World Record: Yuliya Pechonkina (RUS)s 52.34s Tula, Russia, 8 August 2003 |  | Asian Record: Han Qin (CHN) 53.96s Beijing, China, 9 September 1993 |  | Games Record: Kemi Adekoya (BRN) 55.09s Incheon, South Korea, 30 September 2014 |   
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  Heats - Sunday 26 August 10:30 |  | First 3 and best 2 advanced to Final. 2 Heats with 13 athletes. |   
| Ranking | time |   | L | Rk. |  | 1. Aminat Jamal |   Bahrain | 57.01s | Q |   | 4. |  | 2. Eri Utsunomiya |   Japan | 57.99s | Q |   | 5. |  | 3. Dipna Lim Prasad |   Singapore | 58.93s | Q, PB |   | 7. |  | 4. Jauna Murmu |   India | 59.20s | q |   | 8. |  | 5. Adelina Akhmetova |   Kazakhstan | 1:00.08 |   |   | 10. |  | 6. Mo Jiadie |   China | 1:00.62 |   |   | 11. |  | 7. Kristina Pronzhenko |   Tajikistan | 1:01.21 |   |   | 12. |   
| Ranking | time |   | L | Rk. |  | 1. Kemi Adekoya |   Bahrain | 54.87s | Q, GR |   | 1. |  | 2. Quach Thi Lan |   Vietnam | 55.74s | Q, PB |   | 2. |  | 3. Anu Raghavan |   India | 56.77s | Q |   | 3. |  | 4. Huang Yan |   China | 58.31s | q |   | 6. |  | 5. Merjen Ishangulyyeva |   Kazakhstan | 59.32s |   |   | 9. |  | 6. Mariam Farid |   Qatar | 1:13.27 |   |   | 13. |   
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