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1999 in sports

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1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

[[Alpine skiing]]

[[American football]]

[[Artistic gymnastics]]

[[Association football]]

[[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]

  • August – 1999 World Championships in Athletics held at Seville
  • Hicham El Guerrouj sets a new world record for the mile.{{cite web|title=Hicham El Guerrouj world record|url=http://jumping-the-gun.com/?p=8920|publisher=Jumping the gun|access-date=August 13, 2015}} He recorded a time of 3:43.13, barely edging out Noah Ngeny who recorded 3:43.40.
  • Michael Johnson sets a new world record in the 400 metres in 43.18.{{cite web|title=Michael Johnson World Record|url=http://athleticpoetics.com/aug-26-1999-michael-johnson-sets-400m-world/|publisher=Athletic Poetics|access-date=August 13, 2015}}

[[Baseball]]

[[Basketball]]

[[Boxing]]

[[Canadian football]]

[[Cricket]]

  • Cricket World Cup Final: Australia beat Pakistan by eight wickets
  • Playing for Himachal Pradesh against Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy, Rajiv Nayyar becomes the first and only player in first-class cricket history to bat for over 1,000 minutes in an innings, scoring 271 in 1,015 minutes.{{cite web|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Abhishek|title=Rajiv Nayyar plays longest First-Class innings, bats 1,015 minutes|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/rajiv-nayyar-the-indian-batsman-who-batted-the-longest-in-all-first-class-history-1015-minutes-19300|website=cricketcountry.com|access-date=January 23, 2015}}

[[Curling]]

[[Cycle sport|Cycling]]

[[Dogsled racing]]

[[Field hockey]]

[[Figure skating]]

[[Floorball]]

[[Gaelic Athletic Association]]

[[Golf]]

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

[[Handball]]

[[Harness racing]]

[[Horse racing]]

Steeplechases

Flat races

[[Ice hockey]]

[[Lacrosse]]

[[Mixed martial arts]]

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1999 in chronological order.

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|January 8

|UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title

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|{{flagicon|USA}} New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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|{{small|This event featured the American debut of Bas Rutten. Who previously fought exclusively for Pancrase in Japan.}}

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|March 5

|UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States

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|{{small|Following the main event, Tito Ortiz insulted the Lion's Den team. This led to a long rivalry between Ortiz and Ken Shamrock.}}

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|April 29

|Pride 5

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Nagoya, Japan

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|{{small|First Pride FC event to be promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment, who took over Kakutougi Revolution Spirits.}}

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|May 7

|UFC 20: Battle for the Gold

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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|July 4

|Pride 6

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama, Japan

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|{{small|Event featured seven MMA bouts and one karate bout between Hiroki Kurosawa and Nobuaki Kakuda.}}

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|July 16

|UFC 21: Return of the Champions

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

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|{{small|UFC rule change, Introduction of five-minute rounds. preliminary bouts consist of two rounds, non-title bouts consist of three rounds, and title bouts consist of five rounds. Introduction of 10-point must system.}}

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|September 12

|Pride 7

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama, Japan

|10,031

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|September 24

|UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion

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|{{flagicon|USA}} Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

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|{{small|Following this event, UFC parent company SEG stopped releasing events on home video until UFC 30 with new owners Zuffa.}}

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|November 19

|UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

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|{{small|This event featured a four man "Japanese" tournament, held to crown the first ever UFC Japan Champion. The tournament was the first in the UFC since UFC 17, and the last tournament held by the UFC.}}

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|November 21

|Pride 8

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|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

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{{See also|1999 in Pancrase}}

[[Motorsport]]

{{main|1999 in motorsport|List of 1999 motorsport champions}}

[[Radiosport]]

[[Rugby league]]

[[Rugby union]]

[[Snooker]]

[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]

[[Taekwondo]]

[[Tennis]]

[[Volleyball]]

[[Water polo]]

[[Multi-sport event]]s

Awards

References

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