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

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.

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