1999 world championships in athletics

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

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b>Country:	!align="center" bgcolor="gold"\|Gold:	!align="center" bgcolor="silver"\|Silver:	!align="center" bgcolor="bronze"\|Bronze:	Total:
.	USA	11	3	4	19
.	Russia	5	4	3	12
.	Germany	3	4	4	11
.	Morocco	2	2	1	5
=	Cuba	2	2	0	4
=	Italy	2	2	0	4
.	Greece	2	1	2	5
.	Spain	2	1	1	4
.	Ethiopia	2	0	3	5
0=	Czech Republic	2	0	1	3
0=	Romania	2	0	1	3
2.	Great Britain	1	4	2	7
3.	Kenya	1	4	1	6
4.	France	1	2	0	3
5=	Australia	1	1	2	4
5=	Ukraine	1	1	2	4
7=	Brazil	1	1	0	2
7=	China	1	1	0	2
9=	Bahamas	1	0	0	1
9=	Denmark	1	0	0	1
9=	Finland	1	0	0	1
9=	North Korea	1	0	0	1
3.	Canada	0	2	0	2
4.	Jamaica	0	1	5	6
5.	Nigeria	0	1	2	3
6.	Japan	0	1	1	2
7=	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
7=	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
7=	Hungary	0	1	0	1
7=	Mozambique	0	1	0	1
7=	Poland	0	1	0	1
7=	South Africa	0	1	0	1
3.	Mexico	0	0	2	2
4=	American Samoa	0	0	1	1
4=	Algeria	0	0	1	1
4=	Belgium	0	0	1	1
4=	Israel	0	0	1	1
4=	Norway	0	0	1	1
4=	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
4=	Sweden	0	0	1	1
4=	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
4=	Syria	0	0	1	1

Track

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00 m Men	Maurice Greene, USA	Bruny Surin, Canada	Dwain Chambers, Great Britain
00 m Women	Marion Jones, USA	Inger Miller, USA	Ekaterini Thanou, Greece
00 m Hurdles Women	Gail Devers, USA	Glory Alozie, Nigeria	Ludmila Engquist, Sweden
10 m Hurdles Men	Colin Jackson, Great Britain	Anier Garca, Cuba	Duane Ross, USA
00 m Men	Maurice Greene, USA	Claudinei da Silva, Brazil	Francis Obikwelu, Nigeria
00 m Women	Inger Miller, USA	Beverly McDonald, Jamaica	Merlene Frazer, Jamaica & Andrea Philipp, Germany (tied)
00 m Men	Michael Johnson, USA	Sanderlei Parrela, Brazil	Alejandro Crdenas, Mexico
00 m Women	Cathy Freeman, Australia	Anja Rcker, Germany	Lorraine Graham, Jamaica
00 m Hurdles Men	Fabrizio Mori, Italy	Stphane Diagana, France	Marcel Schelbert, Switzerland
00 m Hurdles Women	Daim Perna, Cuba	Nezha Bidouane, Morocco	Deon Hemmings, Jamaica
00 m Men	Wilson Kipketer, Denmark	Hezekil Sepeng, South Africa	Djabir Sad Guerni, Algeria
00 m Women	Ludmila Formanov, Czech Republic	Maria Mutola, Mozambique	Svetlana Masterkova, Russia
500 m Men	Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco	Noah Ngeny, Kenya	Reyes Estvez, Spain
500 m Women	Svetlana Masterkova, Russia	Regina Jacobs, USA	Kutre Dulecha, Ethiopia
,000 m Steeplechase Men	Christopher Kosgei, Kenya	Wilson Boit Kipketer, Kenya	Ali Ezzine, Morocco
,000 m Men	Salah Hissou, Morocco	Benjamin Limo, Kenya	Mohammed Mourhit, Belgium
,000 m Women	Gabriela Szabo, Romania	Zahra Ouaziz, Morocco	Ayelech Worku, Ethiopia
0,000 m Men	Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia	Paul Tergat, Kenya	Assefa Mezegebu, Ethiopia
0,000 m Women	Gete Wami, Ethiopia	Paula Radcliffe, Great Britain	Tegla Loroupe, Kenya
arathon Men	Abel Antn, Spain	Vincenzo Modica, Italy	Nobuyuki Sato, Japan
arathon Women	Jong Song-Ok, North Korea	Ari Ichihashi, Japan	Lidia Simon, Romania
0 km Walk Men	Ilya Markov, Russia	Jefferson Prez, Ecuador	Daniel Garca, Mexico
0 km Walk Women	Liu Hongyu, China	Wang Yan, China	Kerry Saxby-Junna, Australia
0 km Walk Men	Ivano Brugnetti, Italy	Nikolay Matyukhin, Russia	Curt Clausen, USA
x 100 m Relay Men	USA	Great Britain	Nigeria
x 100 m Women	Bahamas	France	Jamaica
x 400 m Men	USA	Poland	Jamaica
x 400 m Women	Russia	USA	Germany

Field

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a href="/encyclopedia/Long-Jump" title="Long Jump">Long Jump Men	Ivn Pedroso, Cuba	Yago Lamela, Spain	Gregor Cankar, Slovenia
a href="/encyclopedia/Long-Jump" title="Long Jump">Long Jump Women	Niurka Montalvo, Spain	Fiona May, Italy	Marion Jones, USA
a href="/encyclopedia/Triple-Jump" title="Triple Jump">Triple Jump Men	Charles Friedek, Germany	Rostislav Dimitrov, Bulgaria	Jonathan Edwards, Great Britain
a href="/encyclopedia/Triple-Jump" title="Triple Jump">Triple Jump Women	Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greece	Yamil Aldama, Cuba	Olga Vasdeki, Greece
a href="/encyclopedia/high-jump" title="high jump">high jump Men	Vyacheslav Voronin, Russia	Mark Boswell, Canada	Martin Buss, Germany
a href="/encyclopedia/high-jump" title="high jump">high jump Women	Inga Babakova, Ukraine	Yelena Yelesina, Russia	Svetlana Lapina, Russia
a href="/encyclopedia/javelin-throw" title="javelin throw">javelin throw Men	Aki Parviainen, Finland	Kostas Gatsioudis, Greece	Jan Zelezn, Czech Republic
a href="/encyclopedia/javelin-throw" title="javelin throw">javelin throw Women	Mirela Tzelili, Greece	Tatyana Shikolenko, Russia	Trine Hattestad, Norway
a href="/encyclopedia/Discus" title="Discus">Discus Men	Anthony Washington, USA	Jrgen Schult, Germany	Lars Riedel, Germany
a href="/encyclopedia/Discus" title="Discus">Discus Women	Franka Dietzsch, Germany	Anastasia Kelesidou, Greece	Nicoleta Grasu, Romania
ammer Men	Karsten Kobs, Germany	Zsolt Nmeth, Hungary	Vladislav Piskunov, Ukraine
ammer Women	Mihaela Melinte, Romania	Olga Kuzenkova, Russia	Lisa Misipeka, American Samoa
a href="/encyclopedia/Shot-Put" title="Shot Put">Shot Put Men	C.J. Hunter, USA	Oliver-Sven Buder, Germany	Aleksandr Bagach, Ukraine
a href="/encyclopedia/Shot-Put" title="Shot Put">Shot Put Women	Astrid Kumbernuss, Germany	Nadine Kleinert, Germany	Svetlana Krivelyova, Russia
a href="/encyclopedia/pole-vault" title="pole vault">pole vault Men	Maksim Tarasov, Russia	Dmitri Markov, Australia	Aleksandr Averbukh, Israel
a href="/encyclopedia/pole-vault" title="pole vault">pole vault Women	Stacy Dragila, USA	Anzhela Balakhonova, Ukraine	Tatiana Grigorieva, Australia
a href="/encyclopedia/Heptathlon" title="Heptathlon">Heptathlon Women	Eunice Barber, France	Denise Lewis, Great Britain	Ghada Shouaa, Syria
a href="/encyclopedia/Decathlon" title="Decathlon">Decathlon Men	Tom Dvork, Czech Republic	Dean Macey, Great Britain	Chris Huffins, USA

References

http://www2.iaaf.org/sevilla99/results/

1999 World Championships In Athletics

Medal Winners

Medal table by country

Track

Field

References

See Also