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

None March 2016 Masters Men's 800 metres 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships WilcockGough.jpg David Roy Wilcock and Joe Gough (about to fall) at the finishphoto courtesy Ken Stone / masterstrack.com Oregon Convention Center March 19 (final) 6 6 2:15.90 David Roy Wilcox GBR Joe Gough IRL Oleksandr Lysenko UKR 2014 2018 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.https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-5681/results/men/800m-masters/final/result 800m Masters Result - IAAF World Indoor Championships - iaaf.org www.iaaf.org 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 01 1 David Roy Wilcox Great Britain 2:15.90 02 2 Joe Gough Ireland 2:16.01 03 3 Oleksandr Lysenko Ukraine 2:17.38 04 4 Pierre Faucheur France 2:18.23 05 5 Marcellus Jacobus Scholten Netherlands 2:18.53 06 6 Fiorio Cloki Uruguay 2:18.66 References 800 metres 800 metres Category:800 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships