1999 World Championships in Athletics
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| Host city | Seville, Spain | ||
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| Nations participating | 201 | ||
| Athletes participating | 1821 | ||
| Dates | August 20–29, 1999 | ||
| Main venue | Estadio Olímpico | ||
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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 metres by Michael Johnson of the United States in a time of 43.18 seconds.
Men's results
Track
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |
 Maurice Greene (USA) | 9.80 (CR) |
 Bruny Surin (CAN) | 9.84 (=NR) |
 Dwain Chambers (GBR) | 9.97 (PB) |
| 200 m |
Maurice Greene (USA) | 19.90 (SB) |
 Claudinei da Silva (BRA) | 20.00 (PB) |
 Francis Obikwelu (NGR) | 20.11 |
| 400 m |
Michael Johnson (USA) | 43.18 (WR) |
Sanderlei Claro Parrela (BRA) | 44.29 (AR) |
 Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX) | 44.31 (NR) |
| 800 m |
 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) | 1:43.30 |  Hezekiél Sepeng (RSA) | 1:43.32 |  Djabir Saïd-Guerni (ALG) | 1:44.18 (NR) |
| 1500 m |
 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) | 3:27.65 (CR) |
 Noah Ngeny (KEN) | 3:28.73 (NR) |
 Reyes Estévez (ESP) | 3:30.57 (PB) |
| 5000 m |
Salah Hissou (MAR) | 12:58.13 (CR) |
Benjamin Limo (KEN) | 12:58.72 | .svg.png){kind=small} Mohammed Mourhit (BEL) | 12:58.80 |
| 10,000 m |
.svg.png){kind=small} Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 27:57.27 | Paul Tergat (KEN) | 27:58.56 | Assefa Mezgebu (ETH) | 27:59.15 |
| Marathon |
Abel Antón (ESP) | 2:13:36 |  Vincenzo Modica (ITA) | 2:14:03 |  Nobuyuki Sato (JPN) | 2:14:07 |
| 110 m hurdles |
Colin Jackson (GBR) | 13.04 (SB) |
 Anier García (CUB) | 13.07 (NR) |
Duane Ross (USA) | 13.12 (PB) |
| 400 m hurdles |
Fabrizio Mori (ITA) | 47.72 (WL) |
 Stéphane Diagana (FRA) | 48.12 (SB) |
 Marcel Schelbert (SUI) | 48.13 (NR) |
| 3000 m st. |
Christopher Kosgei (KEN) | 8:11.76 | Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) | 8:12.09 | Ali Ezzine (MAR) | 8.12.73 |
| 20 km walk |
 Ilya Markov (RUS) | 1:23:34 |  Jefferson Pérez (ECU) | 1:24:19 | Daniel García (MEX) | 1:24:31 |
| 50 km walk |
Ivano Brugnetti (ITA) | 3:47:541 (PB) |
Nikolay Matyukhin (RUS) | 3:48:18 | Curt Clausen (USA) | 3:50:55 |
| 4 × 100 m relay |
United States (USA) Jon Drummond Tim Montgomery Brian Lewis Maurice Greene | 37.59 (WL) |
Great Britain (GBR) Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers | 37.73 (AR) |
Brazil (BRA) Raphael de Oliveira, Claudinei da Silva Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva | 38.052 (AR) |
| 4 × 400 m relay |
 Poland (POL)Tomasz Czubak Robert Maćkowiak Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek | 2:58.913 (SB) |
 Jamaica (JAM)Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke | 2:59.34 | South Africa (South Africa) Jopie van Oudtshoorn Hendrick Mokganyetsi Adriaan Botha Arnaud Malherbe | 3:00.20 (NR) |
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WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) | 2.37 (WL) |
Mark Boswell (CAN) | 2.35 (NR) |
 Martin Buß (GER) | 2.32 |
| Pole vault |
Maksim Tarasov (RUS) | 6.02 (CR) |
 Dmitri Markov (AUS) | 5.90 |  Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR) | 5.80 (NR) |
| Long jump |
Iván Pedroso (CUB) | 8.56 | Yago Lamela (ESP) | 8.40 |  Gregor Cankar (SLO) | 8.36 (SB) |
| Triple jump |
Charles Friedek (GER) | 17.59 (WL) |
 Rostislav Dimitrov (BUL) | 17.49 (PB) |
Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 17.48 |
| Shot put |
C.J. Hunter (USA) | 21.79 (PB) |
Oliver-Sven Buder (GER) | 21.42 (SB) |
 Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) | 21.26 |
| Discus throw |
Anthony Washington (USA) | 69.08 (CR) |
Jürgen Schult (GER) | 68.18 (SB) |
Lars Riedel (GER) | 68.09 |
| Javelin throw |
 Aki Parviainen (FIN) | 89.52 |  Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) | 89.18 |  Jan Železný (CZE) | 87.67 |
| Hammer throw |
Karsten Kobs (GER) | 80.24 |  Zsolt Németh (HUN) | 79.05 | Vladislav Piskunov (UKR) | 79.03 |
| Decathlon |
Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | 8744 | Dean Macey (GBR) | 8556 (PB) |
Chris Huffins (USA) | 8547 (SB) |
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WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Women's results
Track
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |
Marion Jones (USA) | 10.70 (CR) |
Inger Miller (USA) | 10.79 | Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) | 10.84 |
| 200 m |
Inger Miller (USA) | 21.77 (WL) |
Beverly McDonald (JAM) | 22.22 (PB) |
Merlene Frazer (JAM) | 22.26 |
| 400 m |
Cathy Freeman (AUS) | 49.67 (SB) |
Anja Rücker (GER) | 49.74 (PB) |
Lorraine Graham-Fenton (JAM) | 49.92 (PB) |
| 800 m |
Ludmila Formanová (CZE) | 1:56.68 |  Maria Mutola (MOZ) | 1:56.72 | Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | 1:56.93 |
| 1500 m |
Svetlana Masterkova (RUS) | 3:59.53 (SB) |
Regina Jacobs (USA) | 4:00.35 (PB) |
Kutre Dulecha (ETH) | 4:00.96 (SB) |
| 5000 m |
 Gabriela Szabo (ROU) | 14:41.82 (CR) |
Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) | 14:43.15 | Ayelech Worku (ETH) | 14:44.22 (PB) |
| 10,000 m |
Gete Wami (ETH) | 30:24.56 (CR) |
Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 30:27.13 (NR) |
Tegla Loroupe (KEN) | 30:32.03 (NR) |
| Marathon |
 Jong Song-Ok (PRK) | 2:26:59 (NR) |
Ari Ichihashi (JPN) | 2:27:02 (PB) |
Lidia Șimon (ROU) | 2:27:41 |
| 100 m hurdles |
Gail Devers (USA) | 12.37 (WL) |
Gloria Alozie (NGR) | 12.44 (AR) |
 Ludmila Engquist (SWE) | 12.47 (NR) |
| 400 m hurdles |
Daimí Pernía (CUB) | 52.89 (WL) |
Nezha Bidouane (MAR) | 52.90 (AR) |
Deon Hemmings (JAM) | 53.16 (SB) |
| 20 km walk |
 Liu Hongyu (CHN) | 1:30:50 | Wang Yan (CHN) | 1:30:52 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 1:31:18 (SB) |
| 4 × 100 m relay |
Savatheda 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 × 400 m relay |
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) |
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WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) | ||||||
Field
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High jump |
Inha Babakova (UKR) | 1.99 | Yelena Yelesina (RUS) | 1.99 | Svetlana Lapina (RUS) | 1.99 (PB) |
| Pole vault |
Stacy Dragila (USA) | 4.60 (WR) |
Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR) | 4.55 (AR) |
Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) | 4.45 |
| Long jump |
Niurka Montalvo (ESP) | 7.06 (NR) |
Fiona May (ITA) | 6.94 | Marion Jones (USA) | 6.83 |
| Triple jump |
Paraskevi Tsiamita (GRE) | 14.88 | Yamilé Aldama (CUB) | 14.61 | Olga Vasdeki (GRE) | 14.61 |
| Shot put |
Astrid Kumbernuss (GER) | 19.85 (SB) |
Nadine Kleinert (GER) | 19.61 (PB) |
Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) | 19.43 |
| Discus throw |
Franka Dietzsch (GER) | 68.14 | Anastasia Kelesidou (GRE) | 66.05 | Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) | 65.35 |
| Hammer throw |
Mihaela Melinte (ROU) | 75.20 | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 72.56 |  Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | 66.06 |
| Javelin throw |
Mirela Manjani (GRE) | 67.09 (PB) |
Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 66.37 (PB) |
 Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 66.06 |
| Heptathlon |
Eunice Barber (FRA) | 6861 (PB) |
Denise Lewis (GBR) | 6724 |  Ghada Shouaa (SYR) | 6500 |
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Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | United States |
10 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 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. | Great Britain |
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 |
| 18. | Poland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23. | Jamaica |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 24. | Brazil |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25. | Canada |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26. | Japan |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26. | Nigeria |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 26. | South Africa |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29. | Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29. | Ecuador |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29. | Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29. | Mozambique |
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 |