1999 World Championships in Athletics

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The 7th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29.

One of the main highlights of the games was the World Record set in the 400 metre sprint by the outstanding Michael Johnson of the United States of America in a time of 43.18 seconds.

1 Men's Results
- 1.1 Track
- 1.2 Field
2 Women's Results
- 2.1 Track
- 2.2 Field
3 Medals Table
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Men's Results

[edit] Track

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Maurice Greene United States	9.80 CR	Bruny Surin Canada	9.84 NR	Dwain Chambers United Kingdom	9.97 PB
200 m	Maurice Greene United States	19.90 SB	Claudinei da Silva Brazil	20.00 PB	Francis Obikwelu Nigeria	20.11
400 m	Michael Johnson United States	43.18 WR	Sanderlei Claro Parrela Brazil	44.29 AR	Alejandro Cárdenas Mexico	44.31 NR
800 m	Wilson Kipketer Denmark	1:43.30	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa	1:43.32	Djabir Saïd Guerni Algeria	1:44.18 NR
1500 m	Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco	3:27.65 CR	Noah Ngeny Kenya	3:28.73 NR	Reyes Estévez Spain	3:30.57 PB
5000 m	Salah Hissou Morocco	12:58.13 CR	Benjamin Limo Kenya	12:58.72	Mohammed Mourhit Belgium	12:58.80
10 000 m	Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	27:57.27	Paul Tergat Kenya	27:58.56	Assefa Mezegebu Ethiopia	27:59.15
Marathon Details	Abel Antón Spain	2:13:36	Vincenzo Modica Italy	2:14:03	Nobuyuki Sato Japan	2:14:07
110 m H	Colin Jackson United Kingdom	13.04 SB	Anier García Cuba	13.07 NR	Duane Ross United States	13.12 PB
400 m H	Fabrizio Mori Italy	47.72 WL	Stéphane Diagana France	48.12 SB	Marcel Schelbert Switzerland	48.13 NR
3000 m St.	Christopher Kosgei Kenya	8:11.76	Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya	8:12.09	Ali Ezzine Morocco	8.12.73
20 km Walk	Ilya Markov Russia	1:23:34	Jefferson Pérez Ecuador	1:24:19	Daniel García Mexico	1:24:31
50 km Walk	Ivano Brugnetti Italy	3:47:54 PB	Nikolay Matyukhin Russia	3:48:18	Curt Clausen United States	3:50:55
4 X 100 m	Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene United States	37.59 WL	Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers United Kingdom	37.73 AR	Raphael de Oliveira, Claudinei da Silva, Edson Luciano Ribeiro, André Domingos da Silva Brazil	38.05 AR
4 X 400 m	Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Michael Johnson United States	2:56.45 WL	Tomasz Czubak, Robert Mackowiak, Jacek Bocian, Piotr Haczek Poland	2:58.91 SB	Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Danny McFarlane, Davian Clarke Jamaica	2:59.34
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

German Skurygin (RUS) originally won the 50 km Walk with a time of 3:44:23, but he was disqualified after testing positive for drugs in November 2001.
The Nigerian 4x100 m relay team (Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong, Deji Aliu), originally finshed third in 37.91, but was disqualified on August 31, 2005 after it was found Innocent Asonze had failed a doping test on June 1999.

[edit] Field

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High jump	Vyacheslav Voronin Russia	2.37 WL	Mark Boswell Canada	2.35 NR	Martin Buß Germany	2.32
Long jump	Iván Pedroso Cuba	8.56	Yago Lamela Spain	8.40	Gregor Cankar Slovenia	8.36 SB
Pole vault	Maksim Tarasov Russia	6.02 CR	Dmitri Markov Australia	5.90	Aleksandr Averbukh Israel	5.80 NR
Triple jump	Charles Friedek Germany	17.59 WL	Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria	17.49 PB	Jonathan Edwards United Kingdom	17.48
Shot put	C.J. Hunter United States	21.79 PB	Oliver-Sven Buder Germany	21.42 SB	Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine	21.26
Discus	Anthony Washington United States	69.08 CR	Jürgen Schult Germany	68.18 SB	Lars Riedel Germany	68.09
Javelin	Aki Parviainen Finland	89.52	Konstadinos Gatsioudis Greece	89.18	Jan Železný Czech Republic	87.67
Hammer	Karsten Kobs Germany	80.24	Zsolt Németh Hungary	79.05	Vladislav Piskunov Ukraine	79.03
Decathlon Details	Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic	8744	Dean Macey United Kingdom	8556 PB	Chris Huffins United States	8547 SB
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Women's Results

[edit] Track

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Inger Miller United States	10.79 CR	Ekaterini Thanou Greece	10.84	Zhanna Pintusvich Ukraine	10.95
200 m	Inger Miller United States	21.77 WL	Beverly McDonald Jamaica	22.22 PB	Merlene Frazer Jamaica Andrea Philipp Germany	22.26
400 m	Cathy Freeman Australia	49.67 SB	Anja Rücker Germany	49.74 PB	Lorraine Graham-Fenton Jamaica	49.92 PB
800 m	Ludmila Formanová Czech Republic	1:56.68	Maria Mutola Mozambique	1:56.72	Svetlana Masterkova Russia	1:56.93
1500 m	Svetlana Masterkova Russia	3:59.53 SB	Regina Jacobs United States	4:00.35 PB	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	4:00.96 SB
5000 m	Gabriela Szabo Romania	14:41.82 CR	Zahra Ouaziz Morocco	14:43.15	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia	14:44.22 PB
10 000 m	Gete Wami Ethiopia	30:24.56 CR	Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom	30:27.13 NR	Tegla Loroupe Kenya	30:32.03 NR
Marathon Details	Jong Song-Ok North Korea	2:26:59 NR	Ari Ichihashi Japan	2:27:02 PB	Lidia Simon Romania	2:27:41
100 m H	Gail Devers United States	12.37 WL	Gloria Alozie Nigeria	12.44 AR	Ludmila Engqvist (Narozhilenko) Sweden	12.47 NR
400 m H	Daimí Pernía Cuba	52.89 WL	Nezha Bidouane Morocco	52.90 AR	Deon Hemmings Jamaica	53.16 SB
20 km Walk	Liu Hongyu China	1:30:50	Wang Yan China	1:30:52	Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia	1:31:18 SB
4 X 100 m	Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson Bahamas	41.92 WL	Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis, Katia Benth, Christine Arron France	42.06 NR	Aleen Bailey, Merlene Frazer, Beverly McDonald, Peta-Gaye Dowdie Jamaica	42.15 SB
4 X 400 m	Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova Russia	3:21.98 WL	Suziann Reid, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Michelle Collins, Jearl Miles-Clark United States	3:22.09 SB	Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer Germany	3:22.43 SB
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Field

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High jump	Inha Babakova Ukraine	1.99	Yelena Yelesina Russia	1.99	Svetlana Lapina Russia	1.99 PB
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila United States	4.60 WR	Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine	4.55 AR	Tatiana Grigorieva Australia	4.45
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo Spain	7.06 NR	Fiona May Italy	6.94	Marion Jones United States	6.83
Triple jump	Paraskevi Tsiamita Greece	14.88	Yamilé Aldama Cuba	14.61	Olga Vasdeki Greece	14.61
Shot put	Astrid Kumbernuss Germany	19.85 SB	Nadine Kleinert Germany	19.61 PB	Svetlana Krivelyova Russia	19.43
Discus	Franka Dietzsch Germany	68.14	Anastasia Kelesidou Greece	66.05	Nicoleta Grasu Romania	65.35
Hammer	Mihaela Melinte Romania	75.20	Olga Kuzenkova Russia	72.56	Lisa Misipeka American Samoa	66.06
Javelin	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili Greece	67.09 PB	Tatyana Shikolenko Russia	66.37 PB	Trine Hattestad Norway	66.06
Heptathlon	Eunice Barber France	6861 PB	Denise Lewis United Kingdom	6724	Ghada Shouaa Syria	6500
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

[edit] Medals Table

Position:	Nation:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	United States	11	3	4	18
2.	Russia	5	4	3	12
3.	Germany	4	4	4	12
4.	Greece	2	2	2	6
5.	Morocco	2	2	1	5
6=	Cuba	2	2	0	4
6=	Italy	2	2	0	4
8.	Spain	2	1	1	4
9.	Ethiopia	2	0	3	5
10.	Romania	2	0	2	4
11.	Czech Republic	2	0	1	3
12.	United Kingdom	1	4	2	7
13.	Kenya	1	4	1	6
14.	France	1	2	0	3
15=	Australia	1	1	2	4
15=	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
17.	China	1	1	0	2
18=	Bahamas	1	0	0	1
18=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
18=	Finland	1	0	0	1
18=	North Korea	1	0	0	1
22.	Brazil	0	2	1	3
23.	Canada	0	2	0	2
24.	Jamaica	0	1	5	6
25=	Japan	0	1	1	2
25=	Nigeria	0	1	1	2
27=	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
27=	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
27=	Hungary	0	1	0	1
27=	Mozambique	0	1	0	1
27=	Poland	0	1	0	1
27=	South Africa	0	1	0	1
33.	Mexico	0	0	2	2
34=	Algeria	0	0	1	1
34=	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
34=	Belgium	0	0	1	1
34=	Israel	0	0	1	1
34=	Norway	0	0	1	1
34=	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
34=	Sweden	0	0	1	1
34=	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
34=	Syria	0	0	1	1

[edit] See also

1999 in athletics (track and field)

[edit] References

IAAF 1999

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[edit] Men's Results

[edit] Track

[edit] Field

[edit] Women's Results

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[edit] Medals Table

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