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| Masters Women's 800 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Oregon Convention Center | |||||||||
| Dates | March 19 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:37.30 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships | ||
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| 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.
