| Final 19:30 | time | | L | Q | bib | | 1. Wang Chunyu |  China | 2:01.80 | SB | 4 | 8. | 174 | | 2. Margarita Mukasheva |  Kazakhstan | 2:02.40 | | 7 | 3.q | 498 | | 3. Manal El Bahraoui |  Bahrain | 2:02.69 | | 2 | 4. | 109 | | 4. Yume Kitamura |  Japan | 2:03.88 | | 3 | 5. | 446 | | 5. Ayano Shiomi | Japan | 2:04.57 | | 6 | 2. | 454 | | 6. Gayanthika Abeyratne |  Sri Lanka | 2:05.50 | | 1 | 6.q | 936 | | 7. Marta Yota | Bahrain | 2:08.12 | | 8 | 1. | 119 | | 8. Vu Thi Ly |  Vietnam | 2:12.41 | | 5 | 11. | 847 |
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| Venue: Gelora Brung Karno Stadium | | Indonesian Western Standard Time (UTC) +7. | | Heats |
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| 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: Margarita Mukasheva (KAZ) 1:59.02 Incheon, South Korea, 1 October 2014 |
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Heats - Monday 27 August 10:00 | | First 2 and Best 2 advanced to Final. 3 Heats with 20 athletes. |
| Ranking | time | | L | Rk. | | 1. Marta Yota | Bahrain | 2:04.35 | Q | | 1. | | 2. Ayano Shiomi | Japan | 2:04.46 | Q | | 2. | | 3. Margarita Mukasheva | Kazakhstan | 2:04.52 | q | | 3. | | 4. Nimali Liyanarachchi | Sri Lanka | 2:06.74 | | | 7. | | 5. Kim Gak-yeong |  South Korea | 2:15.09 | | | 14. | | 6. Lodkeo Inthakoumman |  Laos | 2:16.09 | PB | | 16. | | 7. Sumi Aktar | Bangladesh | 2:26.59 | PB | | 18. |
| Ranking | time | | L | Rk. | | 1. Wang Chunyu | China | 2:08.99 | Q | | 8. | | 2. Vu Thi Ly | Vietnam | 2:10.50 | Q | | 11. | | 3. Gulshanoi Satarova |  Kyrgyzstan | 2:11.22 | | | 12. | | 4. Shinetsetseg Chuluukhuu |  Mongolia | 2:15.91 | SB | | 15. | | 5. Rabia Ashiq |  Pakistan | 2:22.56 | | | 17. | | 6. Miznah Al-Nassar |  Saudi Arabia | 2:46.62 | | | 20. |
| Ranking | time | | L | Rk. | | 1. Manal El Bahraoui | Bahrain | 2:05.23 | Q | | 4. | | 2. Yume Kitamura | Japan | 2:05.31 | Q | | 5. | | 3. Gayanthika Abeyratne | Sri Lanka | 2:06.31 | q | | 6. | | 4. Angela Freitas de Fatima Araujo |  East Timor | 2:10.02 | | | 9. | | 5. Agustina Mardika Manik |  Indonesia | 2:10.21 | PB | | 10. | | 6. Saraswati Bhattarai |  Nepal | 2:12.85 | SB | | 13. | | 7. Juneez Aminath Jaaisha |  Maldives | 2:34.54 | | | 19. |
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