2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's masters 800 metres

Men's Masters 800 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 29 August (final)
Competitors 9 from 8 nations
Winning time 2:00.92
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Sweden
   Canada
Events at the
2015 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

The men's masters 800 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was a special demonstration event held at the Beijing National Stadium on 29 August.[1]

From the gun WMA M55 Champion Anselm Lebourne, the oldest athlete in the field,[2] seemed to go out slightly faster than everybody else, but a last moment burst at the break line put home town favorite Chunsheng Wang into the early lead. By the end of the straightaway, he was overtaken by new M50 1500 metres world record holder David Heath. Through the turn Michael Sherar was able to work his way around Wang and Lebourne tried to follow, but tripped and spent several strides trying to regain his balance. Wang entered the home stretch a bit wide giving Lebourne an opening to squeeze through. Heath hit the bell at 59.73 two seconds up, with Lebourne just passing Sherar to take over second place. 1988 Olympian Paul Osland led the rest of the field past Wang along the back stretch while Lebourne separated from pack now more than 20 metres behind Heath who hit 600 metres at 1:28.57. Onto the home stretch, Heath looked powerful way ahead of the field. Lebourne began to struggle, ten metres out from the finish line, Gunnar Rune Durén went by, then Sherar dipped by a step before the finish line for bronze.

Lebourne's time of 2:03.75 fully automatic time is technically better than Stan Immelmann's hand timed 2:03.7 M55 world record from January 2001. Lebrun ran 2:02.16, a significantly faster time, indoors in February. As of December 2015, WMA has not ratified Lebourne for the world record, USATF ratified his 2:04.79 performance in Lyon as the American record.

Schedule

Date Time Round
29 August 2015 17:50 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Rank Lane Bib Name (division) Nationality Time Notes
1st 7 1106 David Heath M50  Great Britain (GBR) 2:00.92
2nd 6 1101 Gunnar Rune Durén M50  Sweden (SWE) 2:03.41
3rd 9 1102 Michael Sherar M50  Canada (CAN) 2:03.61
4 5 1107 Anselm Lebourne M55  United States (USA) 2:03.75
5 8 1110 Benoït Zavattero M55  France (FRA) 2:04.47
6 3 1105 Peter Oberliessen M50  Germany (GER) 2:05.08
7 8 1108 Allan Francis Cook M50  Australia (AUS) 2:05.59
8 2 1104 Giuseppe Romeo M50  Italy (ITA) 2:07.32
9 1 1109 Chunsheng Wang M50  China (CHN) 2:08.78
10 4 1103 Paul George Osland M50  Canada (CAN) 2:10.60

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References

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