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

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
Venue	Oregon Convention Center
Dates	March 19 (final)
Competitors	6 from 6 nations
Winning time	2:37.30
Medalists
Helene Marie Douay    France   Lesley Chaplin    United States   Karen Brooks    Great Britain

Events at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m		men		women

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]

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Helene Marie Douay	France	2:37.30
2	Lesley Chaplin	United States	2:37.57
3	Karen Brooks	Great Britain	2:40.14
4	Julie Hayden	United States	2:40.70
5	Deborah Drennan	Australia	2:42.69
6	Cheryl Bellaire	United States	2:45.05

References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/results/women/800m-masters/final/startlist#resultheader