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{{Short description|1999 IAAF athletics competition}}

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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 la Cartuja, 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{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres}}Maurice Greene (athlete)>USA}}9.80(CR)Bruny Surin|9.84(=NR)Dwain Chambers|9.97(PB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres}}Maurice Greene (athlete)>USA}}19.90(SB)Claudinei da Silva|20.00(PB)Francis Obikwelu|20.111999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres}}Michael Johnson (athlete)>USA}}43.18(WR)Sanderlei Claro Parrela|44.29(AR)Alejandro Cárdenas|44.31(NR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres}}Wilson Kipketer|1:43.30Hezekiél Sepeng|1:43.32Djabir Saïd-Guerni|1:44.18(NR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres}}Hicham El Guerrouj|3:27.65(CR)Noah Ngeny|3:28.73(NR)Reyes Estévez|3:30.57(PB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres}}Salah Hissou|12:58.13(CR)Benjamin Limo|12:58.72Mohammed Mourhit|12:58.801999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres}}Haile Gebrselassie1996}}27:57.27Paul Tergat|27:58.56Assefa Mezgebu1996}}27:59.151999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's Marathon}}Abel Antón|2:13:36Vincenzo Modica|2:14:03Nobuyuki Sato|2:14:071999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles}}Colin Jackson|13.04(SB)Anier García|13.07(NR)Duane Ross|13.12(PB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles}}Fabrizio Mori|47.72(WL)Stéphane Diagana|48.12(SB)Marcel Schelbert|48.13(NR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase}}Christopher Kosgei|8:11.76Wilson Boit Kipketer|8:12.09Ali Ezzine|8.12.731999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk}}Ilya Markov|1:23:34Jefferson Pérez|1:24:19Daniel García (racewalker)>MEX}}1:24:311999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 50 kilometres walk}}Ivano Brugnetti|3:47:541(PB)Nikolay Matyukhin|3:48:18Curt Clausen|3:50:551999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay}}USA}}Jon DrummondTim MontgomeryBrian M. LewisMaurice Greene (athlete)>Maurice Greene37.59(WL)GBR}}Jason GardenerDarren CampbellMarlon DevonishDwain ChambersAllyn Condon*37.73(AR)BRA}}Raphael de OliveiraClaudinei da SilvaÉdson RibeiroAndré da Silva38.052(AR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 x 400 metres relay}}POL}}Tomasz CzubakRobert MaćkowiakJacek BocianPiotr HaczekPiotr DÅ‚ugosielski*2:58.913(SB)JAM}}Michael McDonald (athlete)Greg HaughtonDanny McFarlaneDavian ClarkePaston Coke*Omar Brown (sprinter)>Omar Brown*2:59.34RSA}}Jopie van OudtshoornHendrick MokganyetsiAdriaan Botha (sprinter)Arnaud Malherbe>|3:00.20 (NR) bgcolor= e8e8e8{{Sports record codes}}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{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump}}Vyacheslav Voronin|2.37(WL)Mark Boswell (athlete)>CAN}}2.35(NR)Martin Buß|2.321999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault}}Maksim Tarasov|6.02(CR)Dmitri Markov|5.90Aleksandr Averbukh|5.80(NR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump}}Iván Pedroso|8.56Yago Lamela|8.40Gregor Cankar|8.36(SB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump}}Charles Friedek|17.59(WL)Rostislav Dimitrov|17.49(PB)Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)>GBR}}17.481999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put}}C.J. Hunter|21.79(PB)Oliver-Sven Buder|21.42(SB)Oleksandr Bagach|21.261999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw}}Anthony Washington|69.08(CR)Jürgen Schult|68.18(SB)Lars Riedel|68.091999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw}}Aki Parviainen|89.52Konstadinos Gatsioudis|89.18Jan Železný|87.671999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw}}Karsten Kobs|80.24Zsolt Németh (athlete)>HUN}}79.05Vladislav Piskunov|79.031999 World Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon}}Tomáš Dvořák|8744Dean Macey|8556(PB)Chris Huffins|8547(SB) bgcolor= e8e8e8{{Sports record codes}}

Women's results

Track

1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres}}Marion Jones|10.70(CR)Inger Miller|10.79Ekaterini Thanou|10.84200 m{{DetailsLink|1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres}}{{flagmedalistInger Miller>USA}}rowspan="2"|21.77(WL){{flagmedalistBeverly McDonald>JAM}}rowspan="2"|22.22(PB)Merlene Frazer22.26Andrea Philipp|GER}}1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres}}Cathy Freeman|49.67(SB)Anja Rücker|49.74(PB)Lorraine Graham>JAM}}49.92(PB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres}}Ludmila Formanová|1:56.68Maria Mutola|1:56.72Svetlana Masterkova|1:56.931999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres}}Svetlana Masterkova|3:59.53(SB)Regina Jacobs|4:00.35(PB)Kutre Dulecha1996}}4:00.96(SB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres}}Gabriela Szabo|14:41.82(CR)Zahra Ouaziz|14:43.15Ayelech Worku1996}}14:44.22(PB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres}}Gete Wami1996}}30:24.56(CR)Paula Radcliffe|30:27.13(NR)Tegla Loroupe|30:32.03(NR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon}}Jong Song-Ok|2:26:59(NR)Ari Ichihashi|2:27:02(PB)Lidia Șimon|2:27:411999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles}}Gail Devers|12.37(WL)Gloria Alozie|12.44(AR)Ludmila Engquist|12.47(NR)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles}}Daimí Pernía|52.89(WL)Nezha Bidouane|52.90(AR)Deon Hemmings|53.16(SB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk}}Liu Hongyu|1:30:50Wang Yan (racewalker)>CHN}}1:30:52Kerry Saxby-Junna|1:31:18(SB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 100 metres relay}}BAH}}Savatheda FynesChandra SturrupPauline Davis-ThompsonDebbie FergusonEldece Clarke-Lewis*41.92(WL)FRA}}Patricia GirardMuriel HurtisKatia BenthChristine ArronFabé Dia*42.06(NR)JAM}}Aleen BaileyMerlene FrazerBeverly McDonaldPeta-Gaye Dowdie42.15(SB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay}}RUS}}Tatyana ChebykinaSvetlana GoncharenkoOlga KotlyarovaNatalya NazarovaNatalya Sharova*Yekaterina Bakhvalova*3:21.98(WL)USA}}Suziann ReidMaicel Malone-WallaceMichelle Collins (athlete)Jearl Miles ClarkAndrea Anderson*>|3:22.09(SB)GER}}Anke FellerUta RohländerAnja RückerGrit BreuerAnja Knippel*3:22.43(SB) bgcolor= e8e8e8{{Sports record codes}}Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump}}Inha Babakova|1.99Yelena Yelesina|1.99Svetlana Lapina|1.99(PB)1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault}}Stacy Dragila|4.60(WR)Anzhela Balakhonova|4.55(AR)Tatiana Grigorieva|4.451999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump}}Niurka Montalvo|7.06(NR)Fiona May|6.94Marion Jones|6.831999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump}}Paraskevi Tsiamita|14.88Yamilé Aldama|14.61Olga Vasdeki|14.611999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put}}Astrid Kumbernuss|19.85(SB)Nadine Kleinert|19.61(PB)Svetlana Krivelyova|19.431999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw}}Franka Dietzsch|68.14Anastasia Kelesidou|66.05Nicoleta Grasu|65.351999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw}}Mihaela Melinte|75.20Olga Kuzenkova|72.56Lisa Misipeka|66.061999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw}}Mirela Manjani|67.09(PB)Tatyana Shikolenko|66.37(PB)Trine Hattestad|66.061999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon}}Eunice Barber|6861(PB)Denise Lewis|6724Ghada Shouaa|6500 bgcolor= e8e8e8{{Sports record codes}}

Medal table

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See also

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140310195631weblink">IAAF 1999
• History of the IAAF World Championships{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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