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

Masters Men's 800 metres
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships

David Roy Wilcock and Joe Gough (about to fall) at the finish
photo courtesy Ken Stone / masterstrack.com
Venue Oregon Convention Center
Dates March 19 (final)
Competitors 6 from 6 nations
Winning time 2:15.90
Medalists
    Great Britain
    Ireland
    Ukraine
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 men's 800 metres was an exhibition event for men in the M60 division at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships held on 19 March, 2016.[1]

Joe Gough held the lead and the inside lane going into the last lap, only David Roy Wilcock followed as they separated from the pack. Coming off the final turn, Wilcock went wide into lane 2 and outsprinted Gough. As he saw Wilcock passing him, Gough gave it all he had and dove for the finish line, dramatically falling to the track in second place. Oleksandr Lysenko was able to gain a slight edge on the final lap to get bronze out of a tight finish for third.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 David Roy Wilcox  Great Britain 2:15.90
2 Joe Gough  Ireland 2:16.01
3 Oleksandr Lysenko  Ukraine 2:17.38
4 Pierre Faucheur  France 2:18.23
5 Marcellus Jacobus Scholten  Netherlands 2:18.53
6 Fiorio Cloki  Uruguay 2:18.66

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/5/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.