1999 World Championships in Athletics

Athletics competition in Seville, Spain 7th World Championships in Athletics Seville IAAF 1999.jpg Seville, Spain 201 1821 20–29 August 1999 Juan Carlos I Primo Nebiolo Estadio Olímpico de Sevila 1997 Athens 2001 Edmonton The 7th World Championships in Athletics (es Campeonato Mundial de Atletismo de 1999), a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, 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 metres by Michael Johnson of the United States in a time of 43.18 seconds. Men's results Track 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 100 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metresMaurice Greene USA9.80(CR)Bruny Surin CAN9.84(=NR)Dwain Chambers GBR9.97(PB)200 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metresMaurice Greene USA19.90(SB)Claudinei da Silva BRA20.00(PB)Francis Obikwelu NGA20.11400 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metresMichael Johnson USA43.18(WR)Sanderlei Claro Parrela BRA44.29(AR)Alejandro Cárdenas MEX44.31(NR)800 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metresWilson Kipketer DEN1:43.30Hezekiél Sepeng RSA1:43.32Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG1:44.18(NR)1500 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metresHicham El Guerrouj MAR3:27.65(CR)Noah Ngeny KEN3:28.73(NR)Reyes Estévez ESP3:30.57(PB)5000 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metresSalah Hissou MAR12:58.13(CR)Benjamin Limo KEN12:58.72Mohammed Mourhit BEL12:58.8010,000 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metresHaile Gebrselassie ETH 199627:57.27Paul Tergat KEN27:58.56Assefa Mezgebu ETH 199627:59.15Marathon1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's MarathonAbel Antón ESP2:13:36Vincenzo Modica ITA2:14:03Nobuyuki Sato JPN2:14:07110 m hurdles1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdlesColin Jackson GBR13.04(SB)Anier García CUB13.07(NR)Duane Ross USA13.12(PB)400 m hurdles1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdlesFabrizio Mori ITA47.72(WL)Stéphane Diagana FRA48.12(SB)Marcel Schelbert SUI48.13(NR)3000 m st.1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechaseChristopher Kosgei KEN8:11.76Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN8:12.09Ali Ezzine MAR8.12.7320 km walk1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walkIlya Markov RUS1:23:34Jefferson Pérez ECU1:24:19Daniel García MEX1:24:3150 km walk1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walkIvano Brugnetti ITA3:47:541(PB)Nikolay Matyukhin RUS3:48:18Curt Clausen USA3:50:554 × 100 m relay1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relayUSAJon DrummondTim MontgomeryBrian LewisMaurice Greene37.59(WL)GBRJason GardenerDarren CampbellMarlon DevonishDwain ChambersAllyn Condon*37.73(AR)BRARaphael de OliveiraClaudinei da SilvaÉdson RibeiroAndré da Silva38.052(AR)4 × 400 m relay1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relayPOLTomasz CzubakRobert MaćkowiakJacek BocianPiotr HaczekPiotr Długosielski*2:58.913(SB)JAMMichael McDonaldGreg HaughtonDanny McFarlaneDavian ClarkePaston Coke*Omar A. Brown*2:59.34RSAJopie van OudtshoornHendrick MokganyetsiAdriaan BothaArnaud Malherbe3:00.20 (NR) Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. 1 German Skurygin of Russia originally won the gold medal in the 50 km walk in 3:44:23, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs in November 2001. 2 Nigeria (Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong, Deji Aliu) originally won the bronze medal in 37.91, but were disqualified on August 31, 2005 after it was found Asonze had failed a doping test in June 1999. 3 The United States (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Michael Johnson) originally won the gold medal in 2:56.45, but were disqualified in 2008 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003. Field 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 High jump1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jumpVyacheslav Voronin RUS2.37(WL)Mark Boswell CAN2.35(NR)Martin Buß GER2.32Pole vault1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vaultMaksim Tarasov RUS6.02(CR)Dmitri Markov AUS5.90Aleksandr Averbukh ISR5.80(NR)Long jump1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jumpIván Pedroso CUB8.56Yago Lamela ESP8.40Gregor Cankar SLO8.36(SB)Triple jump1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jumpCharles Friedek GER17.59(WL)Rostislav Dimitrov BUL17.49(PB)Jonathan Edwards GBR17.48Shot put1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot putC.J. Hunter USA21.79(PB)Oliver-Sven Buder GER21.42(SB)Oleksandr Bagach UKR21.26Discus throw1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throwAnthony Washington USA69.08(CR)Jürgen Schult GER68.18(SB)Lars Riedel GER68.09Javelin throw1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throwAki Parviainen FIN89.52Konstadinos Gatsioudis GRE89.18Jan Železný CZE87.67Hammer throw1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throwKarsten Kobs GER80.24Zsolt Németh HUN79.05Vladislav Piskunov UKR79.03Decathlon1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlonTomáš Dvořák CZE8744Dean Macey GBR8556(PB)Chris Huffins USA8547(SB) Women's results Track 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 100 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metresMarion Jones USA10.70(CR)Inger Miller USA10.79Ekaterini Thanou GRE10.84200 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metresInger Miller USA21.77(WL)Beverly McDonald JAM22.22(PB)Merlene Frazer JAM22.26Andrea Philipp GER400 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metresCathy Freeman AUS49.67(SB)Anja Rücker GER49.74(PB)Lorraine Graham-Fenton JAM49.92(PB)800 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metresLudmila Formanová CZE1:56.68Maria Mutola MOZ1:56.72Svetlana Masterkova RUS1:56.931500 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metresSvetlana Masterkova RUS3:59.53(SB)Regina Jacobs USA4:00.35(PB)Kutre Dulecha ETH 19964:00.96(SB)5000 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metresGabriela Szabo ROU14:41.82(CR)Zahra Ouaziz MAR14:43.15Ayelech Worku ETH 199614:44.22(PB)10,000 m1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metresGete Wami ETH 199630:24.56(CR)Paula Radcliffe GBR30:27.13(NR)Tegla Loroupe KEN30:32.03(NR)Marathon1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's MarathonJong Song-Ok PRK2:26:59(NR)Ari Ichihashi JPN2:27:02(PB)Lidia Șimon ROU2:27:41100 m hurdles1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdlesGail Devers USA12.37(WL)Gloria Alozie NGR12.44(AR)Ludmila Engquist SWE12.47(NR)400 m hurdles1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdlesDaimí Pernía CUB52.89(WL)Nezha Bidouane MAR52.90(AR)Deon Hemmings JAM53.16(SB)20 km walk1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walkLiu Hongyu CHN1:30:50Wang Yan CHN1:30:52Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS1:31:18(SB)4 × 100 m relay1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relayBAHSavatheda FynesChandra SturrupPauline Davis-ThompsonDebbie FergusonEldece Clarke-Lewis*41.92(WL)FRAPatricia GirardMuriel HurtisKatia BenthChristine ArronFabé Dia*42.06(NR)JAMAleen BaileyMerlene FrazerBeverly McDonaldPeta-Gaye Dowdie42.15(SB)4 × 400 m relay1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relayRUSTatyana ChebykinaSvetlana GoncharenkoOlga KotlyarovaNatalya NazarovaNatalya Sharova*Yekaterina Bakhvalova*3:21.98(WL)USASuziann ReidMaicel Malone-WallaceMichelle CollinsJearl Miles ClarkAndrea Anderson*3:22.09(SB)GERAnke FellerUta RohländerAnja RückerGrit BreuerAnja Knippel*3:22.43(SB) Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds. Field 1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003 High jump1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jumpInha Babakova UKR1.99Yelena Yelesina RUS1.99Svetlana Lapina RUS1.99(PB)Pole vault1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vaultStacy Dragila USA4.60(WR)Anzhela Balakhonova UKR4.55(AR)Tatiana Grigorieva AUS4.45Long jump1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jumpNiurka Montalvo ESP7.06(NR)Fiona May ITA6.94Marion Jones USA6.83Triple jump1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jumpParaskevi Tsiamita GRE14.88Yamilé Aldama CUB14.61Olga Vasdeki GRE14.61Shot put1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot putAstrid Kumbernuss GER19.85(SB)Nadine Kleinert GER19.61(PB)Svetlana Krivelyova RUS19.43Discus throw1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throwFranka Dietzsch GER68.14Anastasia Kelesidou GRE66.05Nicoleta Grasu ROU65.35Hammer throw1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throwMihaela Melinte ROU75.20Olga Kuzenkova RUS72.56Lisa Misipeka ASA66.06Javelin throw1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throwMirela Manjani GRE67.09(PB)Tatyana Shikolenko RUS66.37(PB)Trine Hattestad NOR66.06Heptathlon1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlonEunice Barber FRA6861(PB)Denise Lewis GBR6724Ghada Shouaa SYR 19806500 Medal table ESP 10 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 yes 2 0 3 ETH 1996 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 SYR 1980 See also 1999 in athletics (track and field) References IAAF 1999 History of the IAAF World ChampionshipsSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:World Athletics Championships World Championships in Athletics Category:Sports competitions in Seville World Championships in Athletics World Championships in Athletics World Championships in Athletics Category:1999 in Seville Category:1999 in international sports