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1999 in the sport of athletics

{{Infobox Years in Athletics

|Title = 1999 in athletics

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|Major world competitions = {{nowrap|World Championships}}
{{nowrap|World Indoor Championships}}

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|IAAF Athletes of the Year = Michael Johnson
Gabriela Szabo

|Previous = 1998

|Next = 2000

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This page shows the main events during the 1999 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.

International Events

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World records

=Men=

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Event

! Athlete

! Nation

! Performance

! Meeting

! Place

! Date

100 metres

|Maurice Greene

|{{flagu|United States}}

|9.79

|

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Athens, Greece

|16 June

400 metres

|Michael Johnson

|{{flagu|United States}}

|43.18

|

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Seville, Spain

|26 August

1000 metres

|Noah Ngeny

|{{KEN}}

|2:11.96

|

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rieti, Italy

|5 September

Mile

|Hicham El Guerrouj

|{{MAR}}

|3:43.13

|

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome, Italy

|7 July

2,000 metres

|Hicham El Guerrouj

|{{MAR}}

|4:44.79

|

|{{flagicon|GER}} Berlin, Germany

|7 September

Decathlon

|Tomáš Dvořák

|{{CZE}}

|8,994

|

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Prague, Czech republic

|3-4 July

=Women=

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Event

! Athlete

! Nation

! Performance

! Meeting

! Place

! Date

3000 m steeplechase

|Yelena Motalova

|{{flagu|Russia}}

|9:48.88

|

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Tula, Russia

|31 July

Pole vault

|Emma George

|{{flagu|Australia}}

|4.60 m

|

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Sydney, AUS

|20 February

Pole vault

|Stacy Dragila

|{{flagu|United States}}

|4.60 m

|

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Seville, Spain

|21 August

Awards

=Men=

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!align="center" style="width: 20em"|1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS

!align="center" style="width: 20em"|ATHLETE

align="center"|IAAF World Athlete of the Year

|{{flagathlete|Michael Johnson|USA}}

align="center"|Track & Field Athlete of the Year

|{{flagathlete|Hicham El Guerrouj|MAR}}

align="center"|European Athlete of the Year Award

|{{flagathlete|Tomáš Dvořák|CZE}}

align="center"|Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award

|{{flagathlete|Maurice Greene|USA}}

=Women=

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!align="center" style="width: 20em"|1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS

!align="center" style="width: 20em"|ATHLETE

align="center"|IAAF World Athlete of the Year

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

align="center"|Track & Field Athlete of the Year

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

align="center"|European Athlete of the Year Award

|{{flagathlete|Gabriela Szabo|ROM}}

align="center"|Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award

|{{flagathlete|Marion Jones|USA}}

Men's Best Year Performances

=[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Fabrizio Mori|ITA}}

|align="center" |47.72

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Llewellyn Herbert|RSA}}

|align="center" |47.83

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Samuel Matete|ZAM}}

|align="center" |47.91

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Stéphane Diagana|FRA}}

|align="center" |48.12

rowspan=2 align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Marcel Schelbert|SUI}}

|rowspan=2 align="center" |48.13

{{flagathlete|Eronilde de Araújo|BRA}}

=[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Bernard Barmasai|KEN}}

|align="center" |7:58.98

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Christopher Kosgei|KEN}}

|align="center" |8:05.43

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Ali Ezzine|MAR}}

|align="center" |8:06.70

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Wilson Boit Kipketer|KEN}}

|align="center" |8:07.10

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Paul Kosgei|KEN}}

|align="center" |8:07.13

=[[Pole vault]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Maksim Tarasov|RUS}}

|align="center" |6.05 m

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Jeff Hartwig|USA}}

|align="center" |6.02 m

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Tim Lobinger|GER}}

|align="center" |6.00 m

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Jean Galfione|FRA}}

|align="center" |5.98 m

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Dmitriy Markov|AUS}}

|align="center" |5.95 m

=[[Hammer throw]]=

{{main|1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking}}

=[[Decathlon]]=

{{main|1999 Decathlon Year Ranking}}

Women's Best Year Performances

=[[60 metres]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Ekateríni Thánou|GRE}}

|align="center" |6.96

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|align="center" |6.98

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Merlene Ottey|JAM}}

|align="center" |7.01

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Savatheda Fynes|BAH}}

|align="center" |7.01

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Philomena Mensah|CAN}}

|align="center" |7.02

=[[100 metres]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Marion Jones|USA}}

|align="center" |10.70

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Inger Miller|USA}}

|align="center" |10.79

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Ekateríni Thánou|GRE}}

|align="center" |10.83

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Glory Alozie|NGR}}

|align="center" |10.90

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Savatheda Fynes|BAH}}

|align="center" |10.91

=[[200 metres]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Inger Miller|USA}}

|align="center" |21.77

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Marion Jones|USA}}

|align="center" |21.81

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Merlene Frazer|JAM}}

|align="center" |22.18

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Debbie Ferguson|BAH}}

|align="center" |22.19

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Beverly McDonald|JAM}}

|align="center" |22.22

=[[Half marathon]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Elana Meyer|RSA}}

|align="center" |1:06:44

=[[Hurdles|60 metres]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Brigita Bukovec|SVN}}

|align="center" |7.78

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Glory Alozie|NGR}}

|align="center" |7,82

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Olga Shishigina|KAZ}}

|align="center" |7.82

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Melissa Morrison|USA}}

|align="center" |7.85

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Katie Anderson|CAN}}

|align="center" |7.90

=[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|align="center" |12.37

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Glory Alozie|NGR}}

|align="center" |12.44

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Olga Shishigina|KAZ}}

|align="center" |12.47

align="center"|—

|{{flagathlete|Ludmila Engquist|SWE}}

|align="center" |12.47

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Katie Anderson|CAN}}

|align="center" |12.61


=[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Daimí Pernía|CUB}}

|align="center" |52.89

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Nezha Bidouane|MAR}}

|align="center" |52.90

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Deon Hemmings|JAM}}

|align="center" |53.16

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Ionela Târlea|ROM}}

|align="center" |53.25

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Andrea Blackett|BAR}}

|align="center" |53.36

=[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Motalova|RUS}}

|align="center" |9:48.88

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Laurence Duquénoy|FRA}}

|align="center" |9:55.69

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Daniela Petrescu|ROM}}

|align="center" |9:58.44

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Justyna Bąk|POL}}

|align="center" |9:58.77

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Alina Cucerzan|ROM}}

|align="center" |10:03.68

=[[High jump]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Hestrie Cloete|RSA}}

|align="center" |2.04 m

rowspan=3 align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Monica Iagăr|ROM}}

|rowspan=3 align="center" |2.01 m

{{flagathlete|Yelena Yelesina|RUS}}
{{flagathlete|Inga Babakova|UKR}}
align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Tisha Waller|USA}}

|align="center" |2.00 m

=[[Shot put]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Krivelyova|RUS}}

|align="center" |20.26 m

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Ivanenko|BLR}}

|align="center" |19.13 m

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Yuliya Zaginay|RUS}}

|align="center" |19.06 m

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Tressa Thompson|USA}}

|align="center" |18.88 m

=[[Pole vault]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT

rowspan=2 align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Emma George|AUS}}

|rowspan=2 align="center" |4.60 m

{{flagathlete|Stacy Dragila|USA}}
align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Anzhela Balakhonova|UKR}}

|align="center" |4.55 m

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Tatiana Grigorieva|AUS}}

|align="center" |4.50 m

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Yelena Belyakova|RUS}}

|align="center" |4.46 m

=[[Hammer throw]]=

{{main|1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking}}

=[[Heptathlon]]=

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!RANK

!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS

!align="center" style="width: 5em"|POINTS

align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Eunice Barber|FRA}}

|align="center" |6861

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Denise Lewis|GBR}}

|align="center" |6724

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|DeDee Nathan|USA}}

|align="center" |6577

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Ghada Shouaa|SYR}}

|align="center" |6500

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Sabine Braun|GER}}

|align="center" |6497

Marathon

=Men's competition=

==Pan American Games==

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETEalign="left" style="width: 7em"|TIME
align="center"|Image:Med 1.png

|{{flagathlete|Vanderlei de Lima|BRA}}

|align="center"|2:17:20

align="center"|Image:Med 2.png

|{{flagathlete|Raúl Maza|VEN|1930}}

|align="center"|2:19:56

align="center"|Image:Med 3.png

|{{flagathlete|Éder Fialho|BRA}}

|align="center"|2:20:09

==Best Year Performances==

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 17em"|NAME ATHLETEalign="left" style="width: 7em"|TIMEalign="left" style="width: 12em"|EVENT
align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Khalid Khannouchi|MAR}}

|align="center"|2:05:42

|Chicago Marathon

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Moses Tanui|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:06:16

|Chicago Marathon

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Gert Thys|RSA}}

|align="center"|2:06:33

|Tokyo Marathon

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Josephat Kiprono|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:06:44

|Berlin Marathon

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Fred Kiprop|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:06:46

|Amsterdam Marathon

align="center"|6.

|{{flagathlete|Tesfaye Jifar|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|2:06:48

|Amsterdam Marathon

align="center"|7.

|{{flagathlete|William Kiplagat|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:06:49

|Amsterdam Marathon

align="center"|8.

|{{flagathlete|Tesfaye Tola|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|2:06:56

|Amsterdam Marathon

align="center"|9.

|{{flagathlete|Takayuki Inubushi|JPN}}

|align="center"|2:06:57

|Berlin Marathon

align="center"|10.

|{{flagathlete|Japhet Kosgei|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:07:09

|Rotterdam Marathon

=Women's competition=

==Pan American Games==

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETEalign="left" style="width: 7em"|TIME
align="center"|Image:Med 1.png

|{{flagathlete|Érika Olivera|CHI}}

|align="center"|2:37:41

align="center"|Image:Med 2.png

|{{flagathlete|Iglandini González|COL}}

|align="center"|2:40:06

align="center"|Image:Med 3.png

|{{flagathlete|Viviany Anderson|BRA}}

|align="center"|2:40:55

==Best Year Performances==

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 17em"|NAME ATHLETEalign="left" style="width: 7em"|TIMEalign="left" style="width: 12em"|EVENT
align="center"|1.

|{{flagathlete|Tegla Loroupe|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:20:43

|Berlin Marathon

align="center"|2.

|{{flagathlete|Eri Yamaguchi|JPN}}

|align="center"|2:22:12

|Tokyo Marathon

align="center"|3.

|{{flagathlete|Tegla Loroupe|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:22:48

|Rotterdam Marathon

align="center"|4.

|{{flagathlete|Joyce Chepchumba|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:23:22

|London Marathon

align="center"|5.

|{{flagathlete|Lidia Șimon|ROM}}

|align="center"|2:23:24

|Osaka International Ladies Marathon

align="center"|6.

|{{flagathlete|Fatuma Roba|ETH|1996}}

|align="center"|2:23:25

|Boston Marathon

align="center"|7.

|{{flagathlete|Tegla Loroupe|KEN}}

|align="center"|2:23:46

|Osaka International Ladies Marathon

align="center"|8.

|{{flagathlete|Marleen Renders|BEL}}

|align="center"|2:23:58

|Berlin Marathon

align="center"|9.

|{{flagathlete|Adriana Fernández|MEX}}

|align="center"|2:24:06

|London Marathon

align="center"|10.

|{{flagathlete|Katrin Dörre|GER}}

|align="center"|2:24:35

|Hamburg Marathon

Deaths

References

  • [https://arrs.run/MaraRank/ATM_Mara1999.htm ARRS]

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