1999 World Championships in Athletics Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The
1999 World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the
International Association of Athletics Federations were held at the Olympic Stadium,
Seville,
Spain, between the
August 20 and
August 29.
One of the main highlights of the games was the World Record set in the 200 metre sprint by the outstanding Michael Johnson of the United States of America in a time of 43.18 seconds.
Medal Winners
Medal table by country
| Event:
| Gold:
| Silver:
| Bronze:
|
| 100 m Men
| Maurice Greene, USA
| Bruny Surin, Canada
| Dwain Chambers, Great Britain
|
| 100 m Women
| Marion Jones, USA
| Inger Miller, USA
| Ekaterini Thanou, Greece
|
| 100 m Hurdles Women
| Gail Devers, USA
| Glory Alozie, Nigeria
| Ludmila Engquist, Sweden
|
| 110 m Hurdles Men
| Colin Jackson, Great Britain
| Anier García, Cuba
| Duane Ross, USA
|
| 200 m Men
| Maurice Greene, USA
| Claudinei da Silva, Brazil
| Francis Obikwelu, Nigeria
|
| 200 m Women
| Inger Miller, USA
| Beverly McDonald, Jamaica
| Merlene Frazer, Jamaica & Andrea Philipp, Germany (tied)
|
| 400 m Men
| Michael Johnson, USA
| Sanderlei Parrela, Brazil
| Alejandro Cárdenas, Mexico
|
| 400 m Women
| Cathy Freeman, Australia
| Anja Rücker, Germany
| Lorraine Graham, Jamaica
|
| 400 m Hurdles Men
| Fabrizio Mori, Italy
| Stéphane Diagana, France
| Marcel Schelbert, Switzerland
|
| 400 m Hurdles Women
| Daimí Pernía, Cuba
| Nezha Bidouane, Morocco
| Deon Hemmings, Jamaica
|
| 800 m Men
| Wilson Kipketer, Denmark
| Hezekiél Sepeng, South Africa
| Djabir Saďd Guerni, Algeria
|
| 800 m Women
| Ludmila Formanová, Czech Republic
| Maria Mutola, Mozambique
| Svetlana Masterkova, Russia
|
| 1500 m Men
| Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco
| Noah Ngeny, Kenya
| Reyes Estévez, Spain
|
| 1500 m Women
| Svetlana Masterkova, Russia
| Regina Jacobs, USA
| Kutre Dulecha, Ethiopia
|
| 3,000 m Steeplechase Men
| Christopher Kosgei, Kenya
| Wilson Boit Kipketer, Kenya
| Ali Ezzine, Morocco
|
| 5,000 m Men
| Salah Hissou, Morocco
| Benjamin Limo, Kenya
| Mohammed Mourhit, Belgium
|
| 5,000 m Women
| Gabriela Szabo, Romania
| Zahra Ouaziz, Morocco
| Ayelech Worku, Ethiopia
|
| 10,000 m Men
| Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia
| Paul Tergat, Kenya
| Assefa Mezegebu, Ethiopia
|
| 10,000 m Women
| Gete Wami, Ethiopia
| Paula Radcliffe, Great Britain
| Tegla Loroupe, Kenya
|
| Marathon Men
| Abel Antón, Spain
| Vincenzo Modica, Italy
| Nobuyuki Sato, Japan
|
| Marathon Women
| Jong Song-Ok, North Korea
| Ari Ichihashi, Japan
| Lidia Simon, Romania
|
| 20 km Walk Men
| Ilya Markov, Russia
| Jefferson Pérez, Ecuador
| Daniel García, Mexico
|
| 20 km Walk Women
| Liu Hongyu, China
| Wang Yan, China
| Kerry Saxby-Junna, Australia
|
| 50 km Walk Men
| Ivano Brugnetti, Italy
| Nikolay Matyukhin, Russia
| Curt Clausen, USA
|
| 4 x 100 m Relay Men
| USA
| Great Britain
| Nigeria
|
| 4 x 100 m Women
| Bahamas
| France
| Jamaica
|
| 4 x 400 m Men
| USA
| Poland
| Jamaica
|
| 4 x 400 m Women
| Russia
| USA
| Germany
|
| Event:
| Gold:
| Silver:
| Bronze:
|
| Long Jump Men
| Iván Pedroso, Cuba
| Yago Lamela, Spain
| Gregor Cankar, Slovenia
|
| Long Jump Women
| Niurka Montalvo, Spain
| Fiona May, Italy
| Marion Jones, USA
|
| Triple Jump Men
| Charles Friedek, Germany
| Rostislav Dimitrov, Bulgaria
| Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain
|
| Triple Jump Women
| Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greece
| Yamilé Aldama, Cuba
| Olga Vasdeki, Greece
|
| high jump Men
| Vyacheslav Voronin, Russia
| Mark Boswell, Canada
| Martin Buss, Germany
|
| high jump Women
| Inga Babakova, Ukraine
| Yelena Yelesina, Russia
| Svetlana Lapina, Russia
|
| javelin throw Men
| Aki Parviainen, Finland
| Kostas Gatsioudis, Greece
| Jan Zelezný, Czech Republic
|
| javelin throw Women
| Mirela Tzelili, Greece
| Tatyana Shikolenko, Russia
| Trine Hattestad, Norway
|
| Discus Men
| Anthony Washington, USA
| Jürgen Schult, Germany
| Lars Riedel, Germany
|
| Discus Women
| Franka Dietzsch, Germany
| Anastasia Kelesidou, Greece
| Nicoleta Grasu, Romania
|
| Hammer Men
| Karsten Kobs, Germany
| Zsolt Németh, Hungary
| Vladislav Piskunov, Ukraine
|
| Hammer Women
| Mihaela Melinte, Romania
| Olga Kuzenkova, Russia
| Lisa Misipeka, American Samoa
|
| Shot Put Men
| C.J. Hunter, USA
| Oliver-Sven Buder, Germany
| Aleksandr Bagach, Ukraine
|
| Shot Put Women
| Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany
| Nadine Kleinert, Germany
| Svetlana Krivelyova, Russia
|
| pole vault Men
| Maksim Tarasov, Russia
| Dmitri Markov, Australia
| Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel
|
| pole vault Women
| Stacy Dragila, USA
| Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukraine
| Tatiana Grigorieva, Australia
|
| Heptathlon Women
| Eunice Barber, France
| Denise Lewis, Great Britain
| Ghada Shouaa, Syria
|
| Decathlon Men
| Tomá Dvorák, Czech Republic
| Dean Macey, Great Britain
| Chris Huffins, USA
|
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