1999 World Championships in Athletics

{{Infobox games

| name = 7th World Championships in Athletics

| logo = Seville IAAF 1999.jpg

| size =

| host_city = Seville, Spain

| caption =

| nations = 201

| athletes = 1821

| events =

| dates = 20–29 August 1999

| opened_by = Juan Carlos I

| stadium = Estadio Olímpico de Sevila

| previous = 1997 Athens

| next = 2001 Edmonton

}}

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, 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 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Maurice Greene|USA}}

9.80
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Bruny Surin|CAN}}

9.84
(=NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Dwain Chambers|GBR}}

9.97
(PB)

200 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Maurice Greene|USA}}

19.90
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Claudinei da Silva|BRA}}

20.00
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Francis Obikwelu|NGA}}

20.11

400 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Michael Johnson|USA}}

43.18
(WR)

|{{flagmedalist|Sanderlei Claro Parrela|BRA}}

44.29
(AR)

|{{flagmedalist|Alejandro Cárdenas|MEX}}

44.31
(NR)

800 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Wilson Kipketer|DEN}}

1:43.30

|{{flagmedalist|Hezekiél Sepeng|RSA}}

1:43.32

|{{flagmedalist|Djabir Saïd-Guerni|ALG}}

1:44.18
(NR)

1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

3:27.65
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Noah Ngeny|KEN}}

3:28.73
(NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Reyes Estévez|ESP}}

3:30.57
(PB)

5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Salah Hissou|MAR}}

12:58.13
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Benjamin Limo|KEN}}

12:58.72

|{{flagmedalist|Mohammed Mourhit|BEL}}

12:58.80

10,000 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Haile Gebrselassie|ETH|1996}}

27:57.27

|{{flagmedalist|Paul Tergat|KEN}}

27:58.56

|{{flagmedalist|Assefa Mezgebu|ETH|1996}}

27:59.15

Marathon
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}

|{{flagmedalist|Abel Antón|ESP}}

2:13:36

|{{flagmedalist|Vincenzo Modica|ITA}}

2:14:03

|{{flagmedalist|Nobuyuki Sato|JPN}}

2:14:07

110 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagmedalist|Colin Jackson|GBR}}

13.04
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Anier García|CUB}}

13.07
(NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Duane Ross|USA}}

13.12
(PB)

400 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagmedalist|Fabrizio Mori|ITA}}

47.72
(WL)

|{{flagmedalist|Stéphane Diagana|FRA}}

48.12
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Marcel Schelbert|SUI}}

48.13
(NR)

3000 m st.
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}

|{{flagmedalist|Christopher Kosgei|KEN}}

8:11.76

|{{flagmedalist|Wilson Boit Kipketer|KEN}}

8:12.09

|{{flagmedalist|Ali Ezzine|MAR}}

8.12.73

20 km walk
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagmedalist|Ilya Markov|RUS}}

1:23:34

|{{flagmedalist|Jefferson Pérez|ECU}}

1:24:19

|{{flagmedalist|Daniel García|MEX}}

1:24:31

50 km walk
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagmedalist|Ivano Brugnetti|ITA}}

3:47:54¹
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Nikolay Matyukhin|RUS}}

3:48:18

|{{flagmedalist|Curt Clausen|USA}}

3:50:55

4 × 100 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|USA}}
Jon Drummond
Tim Montgomery
Brian Lewis
Maurice Greene

37.59
(WL)

|{{flagteam|GBR}}
Jason Gardener
Darren Campbell
Marlon Devonish
Dwain Chambers
Allyn Condon*

37.73
(AR)

|{{flagteam|BRA}}
Raphael de Oliveira
Claudinei da Silva
Édson Ribeiro
André da Silva

38.05²
(AR)

4 × 400 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|POL}}
Tomasz Czubak
Robert Maćkowiak
Jacek Bocian
Piotr Haczek
Piotr Długosielski*

2:58.91³
(SB)

|{{flagteam|JAM}}
Michael McDonald
Greg Haughton
Danny McFarlane
Davian Clarke
Paston Coke*
Omar Brown*

2:59.34

|{{flagteam|RSA}}
Jopie van Oudtshoorn
Hendrick Mokganyetsi
Adriaan Botha
Arnaud Malherbe

3:00.20
(NR)

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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 jump
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}

|{{flagmedalist|Vyacheslav Voronin|RUS}}

2.37
(WL)

|{{flagmedalist|Mark Boswell|CAN}}

2.35
(NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Martin Buß|GER}}

2.32

Pole vault
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}

|{{flagmedalist|Maksim Tarasov|RUS}}

6.02
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Dmitri Markov|AUS}}

5.90

|{{flagmedalist|Aleksandr Averbukh|ISR}}

5.80
(NR)

Long jump
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}

|{{flagmedalist|Iván Pedroso|CUB}}

8.56

|{{flagmedalist|Yago Lamela|ESP}}

8.40

|{{flagmedalist|Gregor Cankar|SLO}}

8.36
(SB)

Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}

|{{flagmedalist|Charles Friedek|GER}}

17.59
(WL)

|{{flagmedalist|Rostislav Dimitrov|BUL}}

17.49
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Jonathan Edwards|GBR}}

17.48

Shot put
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}

|{{flagmedalist|C.J. Hunter|USA}}

21.79
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Oliver-Sven Buder|GER}}

21.42
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Oleksandr Bagach|UKR}}

21.26

Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}

|{{flagmedalist|Anthony Washington|USA}}

69.08
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Jürgen Schult|GER}}

68.18
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Lars Riedel|GER}}

68.09

Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}

|{{flagmedalist|Aki Parviainen|FIN}}

89.52

|{{flagmedalist|Konstadinos Gatsioudis|GRE}}

89.18

|{{flagmedalist|Jan Železný|CZE}}

87.67

Hammer throw
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw}}

|{{flagmedalist|Karsten Kobs|GER}}

80.24

|{{flagmedalist|Zsolt Németh|HUN}}

79.05

|{{flagmedalist|Vladislav Piskunov|UKR}}

79.03

Decathlon
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}

|{{flagmedalist|Tomáš Dvořák|CZE}}

8744

|{{flagmedalist|Dean Macey|GBR}}

8556
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Chris Huffins|USA}}

8547
(SB)

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Women's results

=Track=

1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003

100 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Marion Jones|USA}}

10.70
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Inger Miller|USA}}

10.79

|{{flagmedalist|Ekaterini Thanou|GRE}}

10.84

rowspan="2"|200 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}

|rowspan="2"|{{flagmedalist|Inger Miller|USA}}

rowspan="2"|21.77
(WL)

|rowspan="2"|{{flagmedalist|Beverly McDonald|JAM}}

rowspan="2"|22.22
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Merlene Frazer|JAM}}

rowspan="2"|22.26

400 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Cathy Freeman|AUS}}

49.67
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Anja Rücker|GER}}

49.74
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Lorraine Graham-Fenton|JAM}}

49.92
(PB)

800 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Ludmila Formanová|CZE}}

1:56.68

|{{flagmedalist|Maria Mutola|MOZ}}

1:56.72

|{{flagmedalist|Svetlana Masterkova|RUS}}

1:56.93

1500 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Svetlana Masterkova|RUS}}

3:59.53
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Regina Jacobs|USA}}

4:00.35
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Kutre Dulecha|ETH|1996}}

4:00.96
(SB)

5000 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Gabriela Szabo|ROU}}

14:41.82
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Zahra Ouaziz|MAR}}

14:43.15

|{{flagmedalist|Ayelech Worku|ETH|1996}}

14:44.22
(PB)

10,000 m
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres}}

|{{flagmedalist|Gete Wami|ETH|1996}}

30:24.56
(CR)

|{{flagmedalist|Paula Radcliffe|GBR}}

30:27.13
(NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Tegla Loroupe|KEN}}

30:32.03
(NR)

Marathon
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}

|{{flagmedalist|Jong Song-Ok|PRK}}

2:26:59
(NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Ari Ichihashi|JPN}}

2:27:02
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Lidia Șimon|ROU}}

2:27:41

100 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagmedalist|Gail Devers|USA}}

12.37
(WL)

|{{flagmedalist|Gloria Alozie|NGR}}

12.44
(AR)

|{{flagmedalist|Ludmila Engquist|SWE}}

12.47
(NR)

400 m hurdles
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}

|{{flagmedalist|Daimí Pernía|CUB}}

52.89
(WL)

|{{flagmedalist|Nezha Bidouane|MAR}}

52.90
(AR)

|{{flagmedalist|Deon Hemmings|JAM}}

53.16
(SB)

20 km walk
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}

|{{flagmedalist|Liu Hongyu|CHN}}

1:30:50

|{{flagmedalist|Wang Yan|CHN}}

1:30:52

|{{flagmedalist|Kerry Saxby-Junna|AUS}}

1:31:18
(SB)

4 × 100 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|BAH}}
Savatheda Fynes
Chandra Sturrup
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Debbie Ferguson
Eldece Clarke-Lewis*

41.92
(WL)

|{{flagteam|FRA}}
Patricia Girard
Muriel Hurtis
Katia Benth
Christine Arron
Fabé Dia*

42.06
(NR)

|{{flagteam|JAM}}
Aleen Bailey
Merlene Frazer
Beverly McDonald
Peta-Gaye Dowdie

42.15
(SB)

4 × 400 m relay
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay}}

|{{flagteam|RUS}}
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Natalya Nazarova
Natalya Sharova*
Yekaterina Bakhvalova*

3:21.98
(WL)

|{{flagteam|USA}}
Suziann Reid
Maicel Malone-Wallace
Michelle Collins
Jearl Miles Clark
Andrea Anderson*

3:22.09
(SB)

|{{flagteam|GER}}
Anke Feller
Uta Rohländer
Anja Rücker
Grit Breuer
Anja Knippel*

3:22.43
(SB)

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Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

=Field=

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

High jump
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}

|{{flagmedalist|Inha Babakova|UKR}}

1.99

|{{flagmedalist|Yelena Yelesina|RUS}}

1.99

|{{flagmedalist|Svetlana Lapina|RUS}}

1.99
(PB)

Pole vault
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault}}

|{{flagmedalist|Stacy Dragila|USA}}

4.60
(WR)

|{{flagmedalist|Anzhela Balakhonova|UKR}}

4.55
(AR)

|{{flagmedalist|Tatiana Grigorieva|AUS}}

4.45

Long jump
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}

|{{flagmedalist|Niurka Montalvo|ESP}}

7.06
(NR)

|{{flagmedalist|Fiona May|ITA}}

6.94

|{{flagmedalist|Marion Jones|USA}}

6.83

Triple jump
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump}}

|{{flagmedalist|Paraskevi Tsiamita|GRE}}

14.88

|{{flagmedalist|Yamilé Aldama|CUB}}

14.61

|{{flagmedalist|Olga Vasdeki|GRE}}

14.61

Shot put
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}

|{{flagmedalist|Astrid Kumbernuss|GER}}

19.85
(SB)

|{{flagmedalist|Nadine Kleinert|GER}}

19.61
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Svetlana Krivelyova|RUS}}

19.43

Discus throw
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}

|{{flagmedalist|Franka Dietzsch|GER}}

68.14

|{{flagmedalist|Anastasia Kelesidou|GRE}}

66.05

|{{flagmedalist|Nicoleta Grasu|ROU}}

65.35

Hammer throw
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw}}

|{{flagmedalist|Mihaela Melinte|ROU}}

75.20

|{{flagmedalist|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

72.56

|{{flagmedalist|Lisa Misipeka|ASA}}

66.06

Javelin throw
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}

|{{flagmedalist|Mirela Manjani|GRE}}

67.09
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Tatyana Shikolenko|RUS}}

66.37
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Trine Hattestad|NOR}}

66.06

Heptathlon
{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}

|{{flagmedalist|Eunice Barber|FRA}}

6861
(PB)

|{{flagmedalist|Denise Lewis|GBR}}

6724

|{{flagmedalist|Ghada Shouaa|SYR}}

6500

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Medal table

{{Medals table

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| gold_USA = 10 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 4

| gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 4 | bronze_RUS = 3

| gold_GER = 4 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 4

| gold_GRE = 2 | silver_GRE = 2 | bronze_GRE = 2

| gold_MAR = 2 | silver_MAR = 2 | bronze_MAR = 1

| gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 2 | bronze_CUB = 0

| gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 0

| gold_ESP = 2 | silver_ESP = 1 | bronze_ESP = 1 | host_ESP = yes

| gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 0 | bronze_ETH = 3 | name_ETH = {{flagteam|ETH|1996}}

| gold_ROU = 2 | silver_ROU = 0 | bronze_ROU = 2

| gold_CZE = 2 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 1

| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 4 | bronze_GBR = 2

| gold_KEN = 1 | silver_KEN = 4 | bronze_KEN = 1

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_AUS = 1 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 2

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 2

| gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 0

| gold_BAH = 1 | silver_BAH = 0 | bronze_BAH = 0

| gold_DEN = 1 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 0

| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 0

| gold_PRK = 1 | silver_PRK = 0 | bronze_PRK = 0

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 0

| gold_JAM = 0 | silver_JAM = 2 | bronze_JAM = 4

| gold_BRA = 0 | silver_BRA = 2 | bronze_BRA = 1

| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 0

| gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 1 | bronze_NGR = 1

| gold_SAF = 0 | silver_SAF = 1 | bronze_SAF = 1

| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0

| gold_ECU = 0 | silver_ECU = 1 | bronze_ECU = 0

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0

| gold_MOZ = 0 | silver_MOZ = 1 | bronze_MOZ = 0

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 2

| gold_ALG = 0 | silver_ALG = 0 | bronze_ALG = 1

| gold_ASA = 0 | silver_ASA = 0 | bronze_ASA = 1

| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1

| gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 0 | bronze_ISR = 1

| gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 0 | bronze_NOR = 1

| gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 1

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 0 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1

| gold_SYR = 0 | silver_SYR = 0 | bronze_SYR = 1

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References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20140310195631/http://www2.iaaf.org/sevilla99/results/ IAAF 1999]
[http://osaka2007.iaaf/history/index.html History of the IAAF World Championships]{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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1999 World Championships in Athletics

Men's results

=Track=

=Field=

Women's results

=Track=

=Field=

Medal table

See also

References