2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Masters Women's 800 metres

The masters women's 800 metres was an exhibition event for women in the W55 division at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships held on 19 March 2016.[1]

Masters Women's 800 metres
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Lesley Chaplin and Helene Marie Douay at the finish
photo courtesy Ken Stone / masterstrack.com
VenueOregon Convention Center
DatesMarch 19 (final)
Competitors6 from 6 nations
Winning time2:37.30
Medalists
    France
    United States
    Great Britain

Helene Marie Douay led from the gun but it wasn't as simple as that. Lesley Chaplin, Julie Hayden and Karen Brooks were all in close order behind her. On the final lap, Douay put a little bit of a gap on Hayden who was on her shoulder as the lap began, then Chaplin started sprinting from third place. making up almost all of the gap by the finish.

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Helene Marie Douay France2:37.30
2Lesley Chaplin United States2:37.57
3Karen Brooks Great Britain2:40.14
4Julie Hayden United States2:40.70
5Deborah Drennan Australia2:42.69
6Cheryl Bellaire United States2:45.05

References

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