1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

7th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Host city Maebashi, Japan
Date(s) 5 March–7 March
Main stadium Green Dome Maebashi
Participation 451 athletes from
115 nations
Events 28


The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the championships as "the greatest ever". There were a total number of 487 participating athletes from 115 countries.

Doping disqualifications

Four medalists were disqualified for doping; Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria was stripped of the triple jump silver, Inger Miller of the USA was stripped of the 60 metre bronze, Vita Pavlysh of the Ukraine was stripped of the shot put gold and Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.[1]

Results

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
  Maurice Greene (USA) 6.42
(CR)		  Tim Harden (USA)6.43
(PB)		  Jason Gardener (GBR)6.46
(AR)
200 m
  Frankie Fredericks (NAM)20.10
(CR)		  Obadele Thompson (BAR)20.26
(AR)		  Kevin Little (USA)20.48
400 m
  Jamie Baulch (GBR)45.73  Milton Campbell (USA)45.99  Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX)46.02
(NR)
800 m
  Johan Botha (RSA)1:45.47  Wilson Kipketer (DEN)1:45.49  Nico Motchebon (GER)1:45.74
1,500 m
  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)3:33.77
(CR)		  Laban Rotich (KEN)3:33.98  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP)3:34.46
3,000 m
  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)7:53.57  Paul Bitok (KEN)7:53.79  Million Wolde (ETH)7:53.85
60 m hurdles
  Colin Jackson (GBR)7.38
(CR)		  Reggie Torian (USA)7.40  Falk Balzer (GER)7.44
4 × 400 m relay
  United States (USA)
Andre Morris
Dameon Johnson
Deon Minor
Milton Campbell		3:02.83
(WR)		  Poland (POL)
Piotr Haczek
Jacek Bocian
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Robert Maćkowiak		3:03.01
(AR)		  Great Britain (GBR)
Allyn Condon
Solomon Wariso
Adrian Patrick
Jamie Baulch		3:03.20
(NR)
High jump
  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)2.36  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS)2.36  Charles Austin (USA)2.33
Pole vault
  Jean Galfione (FRA)6.00
(CR)		  Jeff Hartwig (USA)5.95
(AR)		  Danny Ecker (GER)5.85
Long jump
  Iván Pedroso (CUB)8.62
(CR)		  Yago Lamela (ESP)8.56
(AR)		  Erick Walder (USA)8.30
Triple jump
*		  Charles Friedek (GER)17.18
(PB)		  LaMark Carter (USA)16.98  Zsolt Czingler (HUN)16.98
Shot put
  Aleksandr Bagach (UKR)21.41  John Godina (USA)21.06  Yuriy Bilonog (UKR)20.89
Heptathlon
  Sebastian Chmara (POL)6386
(WL)		  Erki Nool (EST)6374
(NR)		  Roman Šebrle (CZE)6319
(NR)

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
*		  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)6.96  Gail Devers (USA)7.02  Philomena Mensah (CAN) 7.07
200 m
  Ionela Târlea (ROU)22.39  Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS)22.69  Pauline Davis (BAH)22.70
400 m
  Grit Breuer (GER)50.80  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)51.25  Jearl Miles Clark (USA)51.45
800 m
  Ludmila Formanová (CZE)1:56.90
(CR)		  Maria Mutola (MOZ)1:57.17  Natalya Tsyganova (RUS)1:57.47
(NR)
1,500 m
  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)4:03.23
(CR)		  Violeta Beclea (ROU)4:03.53
(PB)		  Lidia Chojecka (POL)4:05.86
(NR)
3,000 m
  Gabriela Szabo (ROU)8:36.42  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)8:38.43
(AR)		  Regina Jacobs (USA)8:39.14
(AR)
60 m hurdles
  Olga Shishigina (KAZ)7.86  Glory Alozie (NGR)7.87  Keturah Anderson (CAN)7.90
4 × 400 m relay
  Russia (RUS)
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Natalya Nazarova 		3:24.25
(WR)		  Australia (AUS)
Susan Andrews
Tania Van Heer
Tamsyn Lewis
Cathy Freeman		3:26.87
(AR)		  United States (USA)
Monique Hennagan
Michelle Collins
Zundra Feagin
Shanelle Porter		3:27.59
(AR)
High jump
  Khristina Kalcheva (BUL)1.99  Zuzana Hlavoňová (CZE)1.96  Tisha Waller (USA)1.96
Pole vault
  Nastja Ryjikh (GER)4.50
(CR)		  Vala Flosadóttir (ISL)4.45
(NR)		  Nicole Rieger (GER)4.35
 Zsuzsanna Szabó (HUN)
Long jump
  Tatyana Kotova (RUS)6.86
(PB)		  Shana Williams (USA)6.82
(PB)		  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)6.78
Triple jump
  Ashia Hansen (GBR)15.02
(WL)		  Iva Prandzheva (BUL)14.94
(NR)		  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE)14.87
(NR)
Shot put
*		  Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS)19.08  Krystyna Danilczyk (POL)19.00  Teri Steer (USA)18.86
Pentathlon
  Le Shundra Nathan (USA)4753  Irina Belova (RUS)4691  Urszula Włodarczyk (POL)4596

Medal table by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 3 8 8 19
2 Russia 3 3 1 7
3 Romania 3 1 0 4
4 Germany 3 0 4 6
5 Great Britain 3 0 2 5
6 Ethiopia 2 0 1 3
7 Cuba 2 0 0 2
8 Poland 1 2 2 5
9 Czech Republic 1 1 2 4
10 Bulgaria 1 1 1 3
11 Ukraine 1 0 1 2
12 France 1 0 0 1
12 Greece 1 0 0 1
12 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
12 Namibia 1 0 0 1
12 South Africa 1 0 0 1
17 Kenya 0 2 0 2
17 Nigeria 0 2 0 2
19 Spain 0 1 1 2
20 Australia 0 1 0 1
20 Barbados 0 1 0 1
20 Denmark 0 1 0 1
20 Estonia 0 1 0 1
20 Iceland 0 1 0 1
20 Morocco 0 1 0 1
20 Mozambique 0 1 0 1
27 Hungary 0 0 2 2
27 Canada 0 0 2 2
29 Bahamas 0 0 1 1
29 Mexico 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015
  2. ↑ Morfey, Alex (2001-10-13). Athletics: Miller failed drug test in 1999. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2010-02-07.

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