IAAF World Indoor Championships 1999

7th World Indoor Athletics Championships
Green Dome (2013)
city	Maebashi , Japan
Stadion	Green Dome
participating countries	115
Participating athletes	451
Competitions	28
opening	March 5, 1999
Final day	March 7, 1999
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The 7th World Indoor Athletics Championships took place from March 5th to 7th, 1999 in the Japanese city ​​of Maebashi . The competitions were held in the Green Dome .

There were two new world records:

• The US men's 4 x 400 meter relay took 3: 02.83 minutes.
• The Russian women's 4 x 400 meter relay achieved a time of 3: 24.25 minutes.

Men

60 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	6.42 (WMR)
2	Tim Harden	United States	6.43 (PB)
3	Jason Gardener	GBR	6.46 (AR)
4th	Matthew Shirvington	OUT	6.52 (AR)
5	Deji Aliu	NGR	6.58
6th	Donovan Powell	JAM	6.59
7th	Jason Livingston	GBR	6.63
8th	Bruny Surin	CAN	6.64

Date: March 7th, 4:40 pm

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Frank Fredericks	NAM	20.10 (WMR)
2	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.26 (AR)
3	Kevin Little	United States	20.48
4th	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.85
5	Koji Ito	JPN	20.95
6th	Rohsaan Griffin	United States	22.06

Date: March 6th, 3:20 pm

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jamie Baulch	GBR	45.73
2	Milton Campbell	United States	45.99
3	Alejandro Cardenas	MEX	46.02 (NR)
4th	Troy McIntosh	BAH	46.05 (NR)
5	Roxbert Martin	JAM	46.85
6th	Lars Figura	GER	47.06

Date: March 7th, 2:25 pm

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Johan Botha	RSA	1: 45.47
2	Wilson Kipketer	THE	1: 45.49
3	Nico Motchebon	GER	1: 45.74
4th	Balázs Korányi	HUN	1: 46.47 (NR)
5	James Nolan	IRL	1: 47.77
6th	Savieri Ngidhi	ZAM	1: 47.79

Date: March 7th, 4:00 p.m.

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	3: 33.77 (CR)
2	Laban Rotich	KEN	3: 33.98
3	Andrés Manuel Díaz	ESP	3: 34.46
4th	William Tanui	KEN	3: 34.77 (PB)
5	Rui Silva	POR	3: 34.99 (NR)
6th	Ali Hakimi	TO DO	3: 37.88
7th	Adil Kaouch	MAR	3: 38.48
8th	Richard Boulet	United States	3: 39.93

Date: March 7th, 2:50 pm

3000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	7: 53.57
2	Paul Bitok	KEN	7: 53.79
3	Million wolde	ETH	7: 53.85
4th	Gennaro Di Napoli	ITA	7: 55.60
5	Yousef El Nasri	ESP	7: 56.70
6th	Steve Holman	United States	7: 56.96
7th	Darren Lynch	OUT	7: 58.12
8th	Marco Antonio Rufo	ESP	7: 58.24

Date: March 5th, 4:55 pm

60 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Colin Jackson	GBR	7.38 (CR)
2	Reggie Torian	United States	7.40
3	Falk Balzer	GER	7.44
4th	Duane Ross	United States	7.50
5	Tomasz Ścigaczewski	POLE	7.52
6th	Anier García	CUB	7.59
7th	Elmar Lichtenegger	AUT	7.69
8th	Igor Kováč	SVK	7.81

Date: March 9th, 7:00 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	United States	Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell	3: 02.83 (WR)
2	Poland	Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak	3: 03.01 (AR)
3	United Kingdom	Allyn Condon Solomon Wariso Adrian Patrick Jamie Baulch	3: 03.20 (NR)
4th	Jamaica	Michael McDonald Danny McFarlane Linval Laird Roxbert Martin	3: 05.13 (NR)
5	Japan	Kazuhiro Takahashi Jun Osakada Masayoshi Kan Shunji Karube	3: 06.22
6th	France	Marc Foucan Emmanuel Front Bruno Wavelet Fred Mango	3: 06.37 (NR)

Date: March 7th, 5:40 pm

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Javier Sotomayor	CUB	2.36 (WL)
2	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.36 (WL)
3	Charles Austin	United States	2.33
4th	Martin Buss	GER	2.30 (PB)
5	Staffan beach	SWE	2.25
6th	Andrij Sokolowskyj	UKR	2.25
	Tomáš Janků	CZE	2.25
	Stefan Holm	SWE	2.25

Date: March 7th, 1:00 p.m.

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Jean Galfione	FRA	6.00 (CR)
2	Jeff Hartwig	United States	5.95 (AR)
3	Danny Ecker	GER	5.85
4th	José Manuel Arcos	ESP	5.70
	Igor Potapovich	KAZ	5.70
6th	Andrei Tivontchik	GER	5.70
	Romain Mesnil	FRA	5.70
8th	Nick Hysong	United States	5.50

Date: March 6th, 12:30 p.m.

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.62 (CR)
2	Yago Lamela	ESP	8.56 (AR)
3	Erick Walder	United States	8.30
4th	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.28 (NR)
5	James Beckford	JAM	8.16
6th	Bogdan Țăruş	ROU	8.15
7th	Masaki Morinaga	JPN	8.07 (NR)
8th	Bogdan Tudor	ROU	7.88

Date: March 7th, 3:30 p.m.

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Charles Friedek	GER	17.18 (PB)
2	LaMark Carter	United States	16.98
3	Zsolt Czingler	HUN	16.98
4th	Yoelbi Quesada	CUB	16.92
5	Ionuţ Punga	ROU	16.87
6th	Poor Martirosjan	POOR	16.83
7th	Rogel Nachum	ISR	16.24
8th	Takanori Sugibayashi	JPN	15.97

Date: March 5, 11:00 a.m.

The Bulgarian Rostislaw Dimitrov took second place with 17.05 m, but was disqualified for taking ephedrine .

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	21.41
2	John Godina	United States	21.06
3	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	20.89
4th	Manuel Martínez	ESP	20.79 (NR)
5	Arsi Harju	FIN	20.38
6th	Paolo Dal Soglio	ITA	20.10
7th	Pavel Chumachenko	RUS	19.82
8th	Andrei Michnewitsch	BLR	19.44

Date: March 5th, 3:30 p.m.

Heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Sebastian Chmara	POLE	6386 (WL)
2	Erki Nool	EST	6374 (NR)
3	Roman Šebrle	CZE	6319 (NR)
4th	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	6309 (PB)
5	Jón Arnar Magnússon	ISL	6293 (NR)
6th	Lev Lobodin	RUS	6153
7th	Dezső Szabó	HUN	6029

Date: 6./7. March

The heptathlon consisted of a 60-meter run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdle run, pole vault and 1000-meter run.

Women

60 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ekaterini Thanou	GRE	6.96 (WL)
2	Gail Devers	United States	7.02
3	Philomena Mensah	CAN	7.07
4th	Savatheda Fynes	BAH	7.09
5	Joan Uduak Ekah	NGR	7.10
6th	Petya Pendareva	BUL	7.12
7th	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	7.19
	Inger Miller	United States	DQ

Date: March 7th, 4:55 pm

Inger Miller, who finished third with a time of 7.06 s, was disqualified because of high caffeine levels.

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ionela Târlea	ROU	22.39 (WL)
2	Svetlana Goncharenko	RUS	22.69
3	Pauline Davis	BAH	22.70
4th	Oxana Eck	RUS	23.03
5	Juliet Campbell	JAM	23.11
6th	Birgit Rockmeier	GER	23.74

Date: March 6, 3:05 p.m.

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Grit Breuer	GER	50.80 (WL)
2	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	51.25 (PB)
3	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	51.45
4th	Ana Guevara	MEX	51.55
5	Sandie Richards	JAM	51.75
6th	Deon Hennings	JAM	52.04

Date: March 7th, 2:15 pm

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ludmila Formanová	CZE	1: 56.90 CR
2	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 57.17
3	Natalia Zyganova	RUS	1: 57.47 NO
4th	Meredith Rainey Valmon	United States	1: 59.11
5	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	1: 59.57
6th	Stephanie Graf	AUT	2: 04.39

Date: March 7th, 3:40 pm

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROU	4: 03.23 (CR)
2	Violeta Szekely	ROU	4: 03.53 (PB)
3	Lidia Chojecka	POLE	4: 05.86 (NR)
4th	Olga Komjagina	RUS	4: 06.18 (PB)
5	Svetlana Kanatova	RUS	4: 06.20 (PB)
6th	Andrea Suldesová	CZE	4: 06.37 (PB)
7th	Rocío Rodríguez	ESP	4: 10.17 (PB)
8th	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4: 11.91

Date: March 6, 2:55 p.m.

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROU	8: 36.42
2	Zahra Ouaziz	MAR	8: 38.43 (AR)
3	Regina Jacobs	United States	8: 39.14 (AR)
4th	Yamna Oubouhou-Belkacem	FRA	8: 41.63 (NR)
5	Violeta Szekely	ROU	8: 47.80 (PB)
6th	Olga Yegorova	RUS	8: 49.34 (PB)
7th	Maria Cristina Petite	ESP	8: 52.85 (PB)
8th	Wang Chunmei	CHN	8: 53.44 (AR)

Date: March 7th, 2:35 pm

60 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olga Schischigina	KAZ	7.86
2	Glory alozie	NGR	7.87
3	Keturah Anderson	CAN	7.90 (NR)
4th	Brigita Bukovec	SLO	7.92
5	Linda Ferga	FRA	7.95 (PB)
6th	Melissa Morrison	United States	7.97
7th	Dionne Rose	JAM	8.05
8th	Irina Korotja	RUS	8.09

Date: March 5th, 6:30 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Svetlana Gontscharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalja Nazarowa	3: 24.25 (WR)
2	Australia	Susan Andrews Tania Van Heer Tamsyn Lewis Cathy Freeman	3: 26.87 (AR)
3	United States	Monique Hennagan Michelle Collins Zundra Feagin-Alexander Shanelle Porter	3: 27.59 (AR)
4th	Germany	Anja Knippel Anja Rücker Ulrike Urbansky Grit Breuer	3: 29.06
5	Jamaica	Lorraine Graham Deon Hemmings Beverly Grant Sandie Richards	3: 30.16 (NR)
6th	Japan	Sachiko Kiso Sakie Nobuoka Miho Sugimori Mariko Miura	3: 41.47

Date: March 7th, 5:15 pm

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Christina Kaltschewa	BUL	1.99 (PB)
2	Zuzana Hlavoňová	CZE	1.96
3	Tisha Waller	United States	1.96
4th	Monica Iagăr-Dinescu	ROU	1.93
5	Maria Melová	SVK	1.93
6th	Yulia Lyachova	RUS	1.90
7th	Viktoria Seryogina	RUS	1.90
8th	Miki Imai	JPN	1.85

Date: March 5, 3:20 p.m.

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Nastya Ryjikh	GER	4.50 (CR)
2	Vala Flosadóttir	ISL	4.45 (NR)
3	Nicole Humbert	GER	4.35
	Zsuzsanna Szabó	HUN	4.35
5	Melissa Mueller	United States	4.35
6th	Emma George	OUT	4.35
7th	Pavla Hamáčková	CZE	4.35
8th	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.35

Date: March 5, 8:30 a.m.

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tatiana Kotova	RUS	6.86 (PB)
2	Shana Williams	United States	6.82 (PB)
3	Iwa Prandschewa	BUL	6.78
4th	Niki Xanthou	GRE	6.65
5	Do Vaszi	HUN	6.59
6th	Guan Yingnan	CHN	6.59
7th	Magdalena Christowa	BUL	6.55
8th	Dawn Burrell	United States	6.49

Date: March 6th, 1:30 p.m.

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ashia Hansen	GBR	15.02 (WL)
2	Iwa Prandschewa	BUL	14.94 (NR)
3	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	14.87 (NR)
4th	Teresa Marinova	BUL	14.76 (PB)
5	Paraskevi Tsiamita	GRE	14.63 (NR)
6th	Jelena Lebedenko	RUS	14.59
7th	Yamilé Aldama	CUB	14.47 (AR)
8th	Jelena Donkina	RUS	14.30

Date: March 7th, 1:00 p.m.

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Svetlana Kriweljowa	RUS	19.08
2	Krystyna Zabawska	POLE	19.00
3	Teri Steer Tunks	United States	18.86
4th	Connie Price-Smith	United States	18.82
5	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.51
6th	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	17.80
7th	Li Meisu	CHN	16.63
8th	Yoko Toyonaga	JPN	15.73

Date: March 6, 2:30 p.m.

The two first-placed Wita Pawlysch from Ukraine (21.43 m) and Irina Korschanenko from Russia (20.56 m) were disqualified because of positive doping tests .

Pentathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Le Shundra Nathan	United States	4753 (WL)
2	Irina Belowa	RUS	4691
3	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	4596
4th	Remigija Nazarovienė	LTU	4505
5	Jane Jamieson	OUT	4490 (AR)
6th	Nathalie Teppe	FRA	4472 (NR)
7th	Natalia Roschtschupkina	RUS	4382
8th	Mona Steigauf	GER	4380

Date: March 5th

The pentathlon consisted of a 60-meter hurdle, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800-meter run.

Explanations

• WR: world record
• WMR: world championship record
• AR: continental record
• NR: national record
• WL: world annual best
• PB: personal best

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	3	8th	8th	19th
2	Russia	3	3	1	7th
3	Romania	3	1	-	4th
4th	Germany	3	-	4th	7th
5	United Kingdom	3	-	2	5
6th	Ethiopia	2	-	1	3
7th	Cuba	2	-	-	2
8th	Poland	1	2	2	5
9	Czech Republic	1	1	2	4th
10	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
11	Ukraine	1	-	1	2
12	France	1	-	-	1
	Greece	1	-	-	1
	Kazakhstan	1	-	-	1
	Namibia	1	-	-	1
	South Africa	1	-	-	1
17th	Kenya	-	2	-	2
	Nigeria	-	2	-	2
19th	Spain	-	1	1	2
20th	Australia	-	1	-	1
	Barbados	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1
	Estonia	-	1	-	1
	Iceland	-	1	-	1
	Morocco	-	1	-	1
	Mozambique	-	1	-	1
27	Hungary	-	-	2	2
	Canada	-	-	2	2
29	Bahamas	-	-	1	1
	Mexico	-	-	1	1

Web links

• World Cup website of the world association IAAF