World Athletics Championships 1999

7th World Athletics Championships
The Olympic Stadium in 2011
city	Seville , Spain
Stadion	Olympic Stadium
participating countries	201
Participating athletes	1821
Competitions	46
opening	August 20, 1999
Final day	August 29, 1999
timeline
← Athens 1997	Edmonton 2001 →

Medal table (final result after 46 decisions)
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	United States	10	3	4th	17th
2	Russia	5	4th	3	12
3	Germany	4th	4th	4th	12
4th	Greece	2	2	2	6th
5	Morocco	2	2	1	5
6th	Cuba	2	2	-	4th
	Italy	2	2	-	4th
8th	Spain	2	1	1	4th
9	Ethiopia	2	-	3	5
10	Romania	2	-	2	4th
Complete medal table

The 7th World Athletics Championships (officially: 7th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Seville 1999 ) took place from August 20 to 29, 1999 in the Spanish city ​​of Seville . 1821 athletes from 201 countries took part.

overview

The competitions were held in the Olympic Stadium. The World Championships were held in Spain for the first time, seven years after the last major athletics event in that country, the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona .

Competitions

There were again changes in the competition offer for women:

• Two new disciplines were on the program: the pole vault and the hammer throw .
• In walking the route was extended from ten to twenty kilometers.
• In the javelin throw , as with the men, a new spear was introduced with a forward shifted center of gravity.

For the women there were only a few deficits compared to the men's competitions.

• Run area: The 3000 meter obstacle course , which was only included in the women's World Cup program in 2005, was still missing .
• Walking area: There was no 50 km walking , which was part of the women's World Cup program in 2017 .

Athletic performance

The seventh edition of the World Athletics Championships was also characterized by a high level of performance.

• The highlights were three world records:
  • 400 meter hurdles men - Gail Devers (USA): 12.37 s (final)
  • Pole vault women - Stacy Dragila (USA): 4.60 m (final, record equalized)
  • Javelin women - Mirela Manjani ( Greece ): 67.09 s (final)
• There were ten new world bests for the year in eight disciplines:
  • 400 meters men - Fabrizio Mori ( Italy ): 47.72 s (final)
  • High jump men - Vyacheslav Voronin ( Russia ): 2.37 m (final)
  • Triple jump men - Charles Friedek ( Germany ): 17.59 m (final)
  • 200 meters women - Inger Miller (USA): 21.77 s (final)
  • 100 meter hurdles women - Gail Devers (USA): 12.37 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m women - USA ( Cheryl Taplin , Nanceen Perry , Inger Miller , Gail Devers ): 42.28 s (forward)
  • 4 x 100 meter relay women - Bahamas ( Savatheda Fynes , Chandra Sturrup , Pauline Davis-Thompson , Debbie Ferguson ): 41.92 s (final)
  • 4 × 400 m women - Russia ( Natalja Sharova , Jekaterina Bachwalowa . Tatjana Tschebykina , Swetlana Gontscharenko ): 3: 24.51 min (lead time)
  • 4 x 400 meter relay women - Russia (Tatjana Tschebykina, Swetlana Gontscharenko, Olga Kotlyarova , Natalja Nazarowa ): 3: 21.98 min (final)
  • Triple jump women - Paraskevi Tsiamita (Greece): 15.07 m (qualification)
• Twelve continental records were set or evened out in nine disciplines:
  • 400 meters men - Sanderlei Parrela ( Brazil ): South American record in 44.37 s (semifinals)
  • 400 meters men - Sanderlei Parrela (Brazil): South American record in 44.29 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Great Britain ( Jason Gardener , Darren Campbell , Marlon Devonish , Dwain Chambers ): European record in 37.73 s (final)
  • 4 × 100 m men - Brazil ( Raphael de Oliveira , Claudinei da Silva , Édson Ribeiro , André da Silva ): South American record in 38.05 s (final)
  • High jump men - Abderrahmane Hammad ( Algeria ): African record with 2.29 m (qualification)
  • Pole vault men - Dmitri Markov ( Australia ): Oceania record with 5.90 m (final)
  • Long jump men - Jai Taurima (Australia): Oceania record with 8.35 m (final)
  • 400 meter hurdles women - Nezha Bidouane ( Morocco ): African record in 52.90 s (final)
  • Pole vault women - Anshela Balachonowa ( Ukraine ): European record with 4.55 m (final, record equalized)
  • Discus throw women - Olena Antonowa (Ukraine): Asian record with 63.61 m (final)
  • Javelin women - Wei Jianhua ( People's Republic of China ): Asian record with 61.39 m (qualification)
  • Javelin women - Wei Jianhua (People's Republic of China): Asian record with 62.97 m (final)
• There were fourteen world championship records in twelve disciplines.
• In addition, eighty national records and two national best performances were recorded in 31 disciplines.

Most successful athlete

• One athlete won three gold medals:
  • Maurice Greene , ( USA ) - 100 meters , 200 meters , 4 × 100 m
• The following world champions have already been victorious at previous world championships:
  • Michael Johnson , (USA) - 400 meters : 1991 victorious over 200 meters , 1993 victorious over 400 meters / 4 × 400 m , 1995 victorious over 200 meters / 400 meters / 4 × 400 m, 1997 victorious over now eight times world champion
  • Haile Gebrselassie , ( Ethiopia ) - 10,000 meters : fourth victory in a row
  • Maurice Greene , (USA) - 100 meters : second victory in a row, with his further victories here over 200 meters, and 4 × 100 m now four-time world champion
  • Gail Devers , (USA) - 100 meter hurdles , second victory after 1995, also: 1993 gold over 100 meters, 1997 gold over 4 × 100 m, now four times world champion
  • Wilson Kipketer , ( Kenya ) - 800 meters : third win in a row
  • Iván Pedroso , ( Cuba ) - Long jump : third victory in a row
  • Astrid Kumbernuss , ( Germany ) - Shot put: third victory in a row
  • Marion Jones , (USA) - 100 meters: second victory in a row, and in 1997 she was victorious in the 4 × 100 m, making her three-time world champion
  • Hicham El Guerrouj , ( Morocco ) - 1500 meters : second victory in a row
  • Abel Antón , ( Spain ) - Marathon : second victory in a row
  • Colin Jackson , ( Great Britain ) - 110 meter hurdles : second victory after 1993
  • Tomáš Dvořák , ( Czech Republic ) - Decathlon : second victory in a row
  • Cathy Freeman , ( Australia ) - 400 meters: second victory in a row
  • Inger Miller , (USA) - 200 meters: 1995 victorious over 4 × 100 m
  • Gabriela Szabo , ( Romania ) - 5000 meters : second victory in a row

doping

The following seven doping cases occurred at these World Championships:

• Innocent Asonze , Nigeria , 100 meters - eliminated in the preliminary run / 4 × 100 m - initially in third place. In June 1999, Asonze missed a doping test. As a result, his results from these world championships were revoked.
• Davidson Ezinwa , Nigeria, 100 meters - eliminated in the semifinals. His sample of a doping test after the semifinals was positive, the protein hormone HCG was found. Thereupon he was excluded from further participation in these world championships - his assignment was intended as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay, the result of which was ultimately revoked because of the disqualification of his compatriot Innocent Asonze.
• Antonio Pettigrew , USA , 400 meters , initially fifth / 4 × 400 m - initially in first place. He confessed to having obtained doping drugs from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, from 1997, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormone. As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results from these world championships.
• Jerome Young , USA, 400 meters - initially fourth. He has a long history of doping, long after these World Championships. After several violations, including erythropoietin (EPO), numerous medals and results - including those from these world championships - were revoked in 2004 and a life ban was issued.
• Mohamed Ibrahim Aden , Somalia , 1500 meters - eliminated in the semi-finals. He was convicted of taking ephedrine and disqualified.
• German Skurygin , Russia , 50 km walk - first first. He was subsequently disqualified for using gonadotropins and banned for two years, and he had to return his gold medal.
• Hannah Cooper , Liberia , 4 × 400 m - eliminated in the preliminary stages. The Liberian relay team was disqualified for drug abuse of their final runner Hannah Cooper.

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/100 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	09.80 CR
2	Bruny Surin	CAN	09.84 NO
3	Dwain Chambers	GBR	09.97
4th	Obadele Thompson	BAR	10.00
5	Tim Harden	United States	10.02
6th	Tim Montgomery	United States	10.04
7th	Jason Gardener	GBR	10.07
8th	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY	10.24

Final: August 22nd, 9:15 pm

Wind: +0.2 m / s

There were two doped athletes in this competition, both sprinters from Nigeria :

• Innocent Asonze , eliminated in the run-up - In June 1999 he missed a doping test. As a result, his results from these world championships were revoked. Also disqualified the 4 × 100 m of his country, in which Asonze had run. The bronze medal initially won there had to be given back.
• Davidson Ezinwa , eliminated in the semifinals - His sample of a doping test after the semifinals was positive, the protein hormone HCG was found. Thereupon he was excluded from further participation in these world championships - his use as a member of the subsequently disqualified 4 x 100 meter relay was intended.

200 m

Maurice Greene, double world champion over 100 and 200 meters

→ Main article : Men's Athletics World Championships 1999/200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	19.90
2	Claudinei da Silva	BRA	20.00
3	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	20.11
4th	Obadele Thompson	BAR	20.23
5	Marcin Urbaś	POLE	20.30
6th	Kevin Little	United States	20.37
7th	Julian Golding	GBR	20.48
DNS	Kareem Streete-Thompson	CAY

Final: August 27, 8:00 p.m.

Wind: +1.2 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Michael Johnson	United States	43.18 WR
2	Sanderlei Parrela	BRA	44.29 SR
3	Alejandro Cardenas	MEX	44.31 NO
4th	Mark Richardson	GBR	44.65
5	Gregory Haughton	JAM	45.07
6th	Jamie Baulch	GBR	45.18
DOP	Jerome Young	United States
	Antonio Pettigrew	United States

Final: August 26th, 8:45 pm

There were two doped athletes in this competition, in both cases they were runners from the United States :

• Antonio Pettigrew , initially fifth - He confessed to buying doping drugs, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormones from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, in 1997 . As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results from these world championships.
• Jerome Young , first fourth - He has a long history of doping well after these World Championships. After several violations, including erythropoietin (EPO), numerous medals and results - including those from these world championships - were revoked in 2004 and a life ban was issued.

800 m

Wilson Kipketer won his third World Championship title in a row

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/800 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wilson Kipketer	THE	1: 43.30
2	Hezekiél Sepeng	RSA	1: 43.32
3	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	ALG	1: 44.18 NO
4th	Norberto Téllez	CUB	1: 45.03
5	Japheth Kimutai	KEN	1: 45.18
6th	Andrea Longo	ITA	1: 45.33
7th	Kennedy Kimwetich	KEN	1: 46.27
8th	Nils Schumann	GER	1: 46.79

Final: August 29th, 8:30 p.m.

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/1500 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Hicham El Guerrouj	MAR	3: 27.65 CR
2	Noah Ngeny	KEN	3: 28.73 NO
3	Reyes Estévez	ESP	3: 30.57
4th	Fermín Cacho	ESP	3: 31.34
5	Andrés Manuel Díaz	ESP	3: 31.83
6th	Laban Rotich	KEN	3: 33.32
7th	David Lelei	KEN	3: 33.82
8th	Driss Maazouzi	FRA	3: 34.02

Final: August 24th, 9:10 pm

There was one doping case in this competition:
Mohamed Ibrahim Aden , Somalia , eliminated in the semi-finals - he was convicted of taking ephedrine and disqualified.

5000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/5000 m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Salah Hissou	MAR	12: 58.13 CR
2	Benjamin soda	KEN	12: 58.72
3	Mohammed Mourhit	BEL	12: 58.80
4th	Brahim Lahlafi	MAR	12: 59.09
5	Daniel Komen	KEN	13: 04.71
6th	Fita Bayisa	ETH	13: 13.86
7th	Hailu Mekonnen	ETH	13: 18.97
8th	Million wolde	ETH	13: 20.81

Final: August 28, 9:30 p.m.

10,000 m

Haile Gebrselassie achieved his fourth and last World Cup success - medals and an Olympic victory were to follow

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999 / 10,000m men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haile Gebrselassie	ETH	27: 57.27
2	Paul Tergat	KEN	27: 58.56
3	Assefa Mezgebu	ETH	27: 59.15
4th	Girma Tolla	ETH	28: 02.08
5	Antonio Pinto	POR	28: 03.42
6th	Got Jifar	ETH	28: 08.82
7th	Benjamin Maiyo	KEN	28: 14.98
8th	Kamiel Maase	NED	28: 15.58

Date: August 24th, 9:30 p.m.

marathon

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Abel Antón	ESP	2:13:36
2	Vincenzo Modica	ITA	2:14:03
3	Nobuyuki Satō	JPN	2:14:07
4th	Luís Novo	POR	2:14:27
5	Danilo Goffi	ITA	2:14:50
6th	Atsushi Fujita	JPN	2:15:45
7th	Kōji Shimizu	JPN	2:15:50
8th	Martín Fiz	ESP	2:16:17

Date: August 28, 6:45 p.m.

110 m hurdles

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  The three-time European champion Colin Jackson won his second World Cup title after bronze and silver twice

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/110 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.04
2	Anier García	CUB	13.07 NO
3	Duane Ross	United States	13.12
4th	Tony Dees	United States	13.22
5	Falk Balzer	GER	13.26
6th	Yoel Hernández	CUB	13.30
7th	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.39
8th	Jonathan Nsenga	BEL	13.54

Final: August 25, 8:25 p.m.

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m hurdles for men

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fabrizio Mori	ITA	47.72 WL
2	Stéphane Diagana	FRA	48.12
3	Marcel Schelbert	SUI	48.13 NO
4th	Eronilde de Araújo	BRA	48.13
5	Paweł Januszewski	POLE	48.19
6th	Joey Woody	United States	48.77
7th	Dinsdale Morgan	JAM	48.92
8th	Torrance Zellner	United States	49.06

Final: August 27, 9:00 p.m.

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/3000 m obstacle men

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Christopher Koskei	KEN	8: 11.76
2	Wilson Boit Kipketer	KEN	8: 12.09
3	Ali Ezzine	MAR	8: 12.73
4th	Damian Kallabis	GER	8: 13.11
5	Bernard Barmasai	KEN	8: 13.51
6th	Eliseo Martín	ESP	8: 16.09
7th	Paul Malakwen Kosgei	KEN	8: 17.55
8th	Florin Ionescu	ROME	8: 18.17

Final: August 23, 9:10 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / men's 4 × 100 m

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Jon Drummond Tim Montgomery Brian Lewis Maurice Greene	37.59 WL
2	Great Britain	Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish (final) Dwain Chambers in the run-up also: Allyn Condon	37.73 ER
3	Brazil	Raphael de Oliveira Claudinei da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva	38.05 SR
4th	Cuba	Alfredo García-Baró Iván García Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Yoel Hernández	38.63
5	Poland	Marcin Krzywański Marcin Urbaś Piotr Balcerzak Marcin Nowak	38.70
6th	South Africa	Morne Nagel Marcus La Grange Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn	38.74 NO
7th	Hungary	Viktor Kovács Gábor Dobos Roland Németh Zsolt Szeglet (final) in the preliminary run also: Miklos Gyulai	38.83
DOP	Nigeria	Innocent Asonze (final) Francis Obikwelu Daniel Effiong Deji Aliu in the preliminary also: Sunday Emmanuel

Final: August 29, 7:50 p.m.

Doping: Innocent Asonze , who was also disqualified over 100 meters, was involved
in the originally won bronze medal of the Nigerian relay . He had missed a doping test in June 1999. As a result, his results from these world championships were withdrawn and the team from Nigeria lost the medal.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/4 × 400 men

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Poland	Tomasz Czubak (final) Robert Maćkowiak Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek in the preliminary run also: Piotr Długosielski	2: 58.91
2	Jamaica	Michael McDonald Gregory Haughton (final) Danny McFarlane (final) Davian Clarke in the run-up also: Paxton Coke Omar Brown	2: 59.34
3	South Africa	Jopie van Oudtshoorn Hendrik Mokganyetsi Adriaan Botha Arnaud Malherbe	3: 00.20 NO
4th	France	Pierre-Marie Hilaire Marc Foucan Marc Raquil Fred Mango	3: 00.59
5	Russia	Daniil Schekin Andrei Semjonow Valentin Kulbazki Dmitri Golowastow	3: 00.98
6th	Bahamas	Timothy Munnings Troy McIntosh Carl Oliver Chris Brown	3: 02.74
7th	Senegal	Ousmane Niang Assane Diallo (final) Ibou Faye Ibrahima Wade in the preliminary run also: Babacar SallAlpha	3: 03.80
DOP	United States	Jerome Davis Antonio Pettigrew (final) Angelo Taylor Michael Johnson (final) in the run-up also: Joey Woody Danny McCray

Final: August 29th, 9:10 pm

Doping:
The USA team, which initially won , was subsequently disqualified. Antonio Pettigrew , a member of the squadron, later confessed to buying doping drugs, including erythropoietin , also known as EPO, and growth hormones from Angel Heredia, a Mexican dealer, from 1997 onwards . As a result, he was stripped of some results, including his two results in the 400 meters and 4 × 400 m from these world championships. The gold medal had to be returned.

20 km walking

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  Gold for the 1996 Olympic runner-up and reigning European champion Ilya Markov

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/20 km walking men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ilya Markov	RUS	1:23:34
2	Jefferson Perez	ECU	1:24:19
3	Daniel García	MEX	1:24:31
4th	Li Zewen	CHN	1:24:43
5	Alessandro Gandellini	ITA	1:24:51
6th	Igor Kollár	SVK	1:25:15
7th	Nathan Deakes	OUT	1:25:26
8th	Giovanni De Benedictis	ITA	1:25:33

Date: August 21, 6:45 p.m.

50 km of walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/50 km men's walk

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Ivano Brugnetti	ITA	3:47:54
2	Nikolai Matyukhin	RUS	3:48:18
3	Curt Clausen	United States	3:50:55
4th	Valentí Massana	ESP	3:51:55
5	Robert Ihly	GER	3:53:47
6th	Arturo Di Mezza	ITA	3:53:50
7th	Craig Barrett	NZL	3:54:38
8th	Yang Yongjian	CHN	3:55:23

Date: August 25, 7:45 a.m.

There was a doping case in this competition:
The original winner German Skurygin from Russia was subsequently disqualified for the use of gonadotropins and banned for two years.

high jump

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Vyacheslav Voronin	RUS	2.37 WL
2	Mark Boswell	CAN	2.35 NO
3	Martin Buss	GER	2.32
4th	Dragutin Topić	YUG	2.32
5	Staffan beach	SWE	2.29
6th	Kwaku Boateng	CAN	2.29
	Lee Jin-taek	COR	2.29
8th	Charles Austin	United States	2.29
	Brendan Reilly	IRL	2.29 NO

Final: August 23, 7:25 p.m.

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Maxim Tarasov	RUS	6.02 CR
2	Dmitri Markov	OUT	5.90 OZ
3	Alexander Awerbuch	ISR	5.80 NO
4th	Danny Ecker	GER	5.70
	Nick Hysong	United States	5.70
6th	Tim Lobinger	GER	5.70
7th	Michael Stolle	GER	5.70
	Igor Potapovich	KAZ	5.70

Final: August 26th, 7:10 pm

Long jump

Iván Pedroso, the dominant long jumper of these years, won the competition for the third time in a row

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's Long Jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iván Pedroso	CUB	8.56
2	Yago Lamela	ESP	8.40
3	Gregor Cankar	SLO	8.36
4th	Jai Taurima	OUT	8.35 OZ
5	Shane Hair	OUT	8.24
6th	Huang Le	CHN	8.01
7th	Kevin Dilworth	United States	8.00
8th	Younés Moudrik	MAR	7.99

Final: August 28, 7:05 p.m.

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Charles Friedek	GER	17.59 WL
2	Rostislav Dimitrov	BUL	17.49
3	Jonathan Edwards	GBR	17.48
4th	Andrew Murphy	OUT	17.32
5	Paolo Camossi	ITA	17.29 NO
6th	LaMark Carter	United States	17.10
7th	Jérôme Romain	FRA	17.10
8th	Jirí Kuntoš	CZE	17.00

Final: August 25, 8:05 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's Shot Put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Cottrell J. Hunter	United States	21.79
2	Oliver-Sven Buder	GER	21.42
3	Oleksandr Bahach	UKR	21.26
4th	Andy Bloom	United States	20.95
5	Jurij Bilonoh	UKR	20.60
6th	Dragan Peric	YUG	20.35
7th	John Godina	United States	20.35
8th	Ville Tiisanoja	FIN	19.93

Final: August 21, 7:50 p.m.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Anthony Washington	United States	69.08 CR
2	Jürgen Schult	GER	68.18
3	Lars Riedel	GER	68.09
4th	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.53
5	Vaclavas Kidykas	LTU	65.05
6th	Michael Möllenbeck	GER	64.90
7th	Uladsimir Dubrouschtschyk	BLR	64.00
8th	Alexandr Boritschewski	RUS	63.59

Final: August 24th, 8:30 p.m.

Hammer throw

Karsten Kobs - third in the European Championship last year and now world champion

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Karsten Kobs	GER	80.24
2	Zsolt Németh	HUN	79.05
3	Wladyslaw Piskunow	UKR	79.03
4th	Tibor Gécsek	HUN	78.95
5	Andrij Skwaruk	UKR	78.80
6th	Christos Polychroniou	GRE	78.31
7th	Nicola Vizzoni	ITA	78.31
8th	Vadim Khersontsev	RUS	76.96

Final: August 22nd, 9:45 pm

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's javelin

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Aki Parviainen	FIN	89.52
2	Konstandinos Gatsioudis	GRE	89.18
3	Jan Železný	CZE	87.67
4th	Pål Arne Fagernes	NOR	86.24 NO
5	Raymond Hecht	GER	85.92
6th	Boris Henry	GER	85.43
7th	Emeterio González	CUB	84.32 NO
8th	Steve Backley	GBR	83.84

Final: August 29, 6:55 p.m.

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  Tomáš Dvořák won his third of four World Cup victories

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Men's Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	8744
2	Dean Macey	GBR	8556
3	Chris Huffins	United States	8547
4th	Sébastien Levicq	FRA	8524
5	Lev Lobodin	RUS	8494
6th	Wilfrid Boulineau	FRA	8154
7th	Henrik Dagård	SWE	8150
8th	Dan Steele	United States	8130

Date: August 24th and 25th

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/100 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.70 CR
2	Inger Miller	United States	10.79
3	Ekaterini Thanou	GRE	10.84
4th	Shanna Pinusevych	UKR	10.95
5	Gail Devers	United States	10.95
6th	Christine Arron	FRA	10.97
7th	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.06
8th	Mercy Nku	NGR	11.16

Final: August 22nd, 9:00 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : Women's World Athletics Championships 1999/200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Inger Miller	United States	21.77 WL
2	Beverly McDonald	JAM	22.22
3	Merlene Frazer	JAM	22.26
	Andrea Philipp	GER	22.26
5	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	22.28
6th	Fatima Yusuf	NGR	22.42
7th	Lauren Hewitt	OUT	22.53
8th	Juliet Campbell	JAM	22.64

Final: August 27, 7:45 p.m.

Wind: +0.6 m / s

400 m

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  Cathy Freeman successfully defended her title and became Olympic champion the following year 

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Cathy Freeman	OUT	49.67
2	Anja Rücker	GER	49.74
3	Lorraine Graham	JAM	49.92
4th	Falilat Ogunkoya	NGR	50.03
5	Katharine Merry	GBR	50.52
6th	Natalia Nazarova	RUS	50.61
7th	Grit Breuer	GER	50.67
8th	Olga Kotlyarova	RUS	50.72

Final: August 26th, 8:30 p.m.

800 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/800 m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ludmila Formanová	CZE	1: 56.68
2	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	1: 56.72
3	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	1: 56.93
4th	Jearl Miles Clark	United States	1: 57.40
5	Natalia Zyganova	RUS	1: 57.81
6th	Natalia Gorelova	RUS	1: 57.90
7th	Stephanie Graf	AUT	1: 57.92
8th	Natallja Duchnowa	BLR	1: 58.69

Final: August 24th, 9:00 p.m.

1500 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/1500 m for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Svetlana Masterkova	RUS	3: 59.53
2	Regina Jacobs	United States	4: 00.35
3	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4: 00.96
4th	Violeta Szekely	ROME	4: 00.98
5	Carla Sacramento	POR	4: 01.29
6th	Elena Buhăianu	ROME	4: 04.27
7th	Anna Jakubczak	POLE	4: 04.40
8th	Ana Amelia Menéndez	ESP	4: 04.72

Final: August 29th, 8:10 pm

5000 m

Gabriela Szabo ran for her second World Cup victory on this route - it was not her last title

→ Main article : Women's Athletics World Championships 1999/5000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gabriela Szabo	ROME	14: 41.82 CR
2	Zahra Ouaziz	MAR	14: 43.15
3	Ayelech Worku	ETH	14: 44.22
4th	Irina Mikitenko	GER	14: 50.17 DR
5	Ebru Kavaklioglu	DOOR	14: 51.69 NO
6th	Julia Vaquero	ESP	14: 56.00
7th	Maria Panyukhova	RUS	14: 58.60
8th	Yamna Belkacem	FRA	15: 03.47 NO

Final: August 27, 9:15 p.m.

10,000 m

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999 / 10,000m women

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gete Wami	ETH	30: 24.56 CR
2	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	30: 27.13 NO
3	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	30: 32.03 NO
4th	Harumi Hiroyama	JPN	31: 26.84
5	Chiemi Takahashi	JPN	31: 27.62
6th	Merima Hashim	ETH	31: 32.06
7th	Berhane Adere	ETH	31: 32.51
8th	Teresa Recio	ESP	31: 43.80

Final: August 26th, 9:00 p.m.

marathon

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's marathon

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Jong Song-ok	PRK	2:26:59 NB
2	Ari Ichihashi	JPN	2:27:02
3	Lidia Șimon	ROME	2:27:41
4th	Fatuma Roba	ETH	2:28:04
5	Elfenesh Alemu	ETH	2:28:52
6th	Sonja Oberem	GER	2:28:55
7th	Maria Manuela Machado	POR	2:29:11
8th	Kayoko Obata	JPN	2:29:11

Date: August 29, 9:05 a.m.

Marathon cup

→ Main article : 1997 World Athletics Championships / Men's marathon

space	country	Athletes	Time (h)
1	Japan	Ari Ichihashi Kayoko Obata Junko Asari	7:27:52
2	Romania	Lidia Șimon Florina Pană Constantina Diță	7:34:37
3	Germany	Sonja Krolik Claudia Dreher Manuela Veith	7:45:41
4th	Ethiopia	Fatuma Roba Elfenesh Alemu Gadissie Edatto	7:36:59
5	Spain	Ana Isabel Alonso Mónica Pont Angelines Rodríguez	7:48:45
6th	United States	Marie Boyd Maria Trujillo Mary Lynn Currier	8:18:57

Date: August 10, 8:05 a.m.

There was also a team ranking in the marathon. Five runners per nation were allowed, and the times of the best three were added together. However, the competition was not part of the official medal table.

100 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/100 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	12.37 WL
2	Glory alozie	NGR	12.44 AF
3	Ludmila Engquist	SWE	12.47 NO
4th	Olga Schischigina	KAZ	12.51
5	Svetla Pishtikova	BUL	12.75
6th	Dionne Rose	JAM	12.80
7th	Delloreen Ennis-London	JAM	12.87
8th	Patricia Girard	FRA	12.97

Final: August 28, 8:05 p.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/400 m hurdles for women

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Daimí Pernía	CUB	52.89 WL
2	Nezha Bidouane	MAR	52.90 AF
3	Deon Hemmings	JAM	53.16
4th	Andrea Blackett	BAR	53.36 NO
5	Sandra Glover	United States	53.65
6th	Michelle Johnson	United States	54.23
7th	Tetiana Tereshchuk	UKR	54.33
8th	Debbie-Ann Parris	JAM	56.24

Final: August 25, 8:45 p.m.

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / 4 × 100 m women

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Bahamas	Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson (final) in the preliminary also: Eldece Clarke-Lewis	41.92 WL
2	France	Patricia Girard (final) Muriel Hurtis Katia Benth Christine Arron in the preliminary run also: Fabé Dia	42.06 NO
3	Jamaica	Aleen Bailey Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie	42.15
4th	United States	Cheryl Taplin Nanceen Perry Inger Miller Gail Devers	42.30
5	Germany	Andrea Philipp Gabi Rockmeier Esther Möller Marion Wagner	42.63
6th	Canada	Angela Bailey Philomina Mensah Tarama Perry Martha Adusei	43.39
7th	Poland	Zuzanna Radecka Irena Sznajder (final) Monika Borejza Joanna Nielacna in the preliminary also: Marzena Pawlak	43.51
8th	Great Britain	Marcia Richardson Shani Anderson Christine Bloomfield Joice Maduaka	43.52

Final: August 29th, 7:30 p.m.

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/4 × 400 m women

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Russia	Tatiana Tschebykina Svetlana Gontscharenko Olga Kotlyarova (final) Natalja Nazarowa (final) in the run-up also: Natalja Sharova Ekaterina Bachvalova	3: 21.98 WL
2	United States	Suziann Reid Maicel Malone-Wallace Michelle Collins Jearl Miles Clark (final) in the preliminary also: Andrea Anderson	3: 22.09
3	Germany	Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Anja Rücker Grit Breuer (final) in the preliminary run also: Anja Knippel	3: 22.43
4th	Czech Republic	Jitka Burianová Hana Benešová Ludmila Formanová Helena Fuchsová	3: 23.82
5	Jamaica	Beverly Grant Lorraine Graham (final) Claudine Williams Deon Hemmings (final) in the preliminary run also: Charmaine Howell Tracey Barnes	3: 24.83
6th	Australia	Tania van Heer (final) Lee Naylor Susan Andrews Cathy Freeman in the preliminary also: Tamsyn Lewis	3: 28.04
7th	Cuba	Julia Duporty Zulia Calatayud Yupalis Diaz Idalmis Bonne	3: 29.19
8th	Italy	Virna De Angeli Patrizia Spuri Francesca Carbone (final) Monika Niederstätter in the preliminary run also: Danielle Perpoli	3: 29.56

Final: August 29, 8:50 p.m.

There was a doping case in this competition:
The Liberia relay , which had been eliminated in the run-up - initially with a national record - was disqualified for doping abuse of its last runner Hannah Cooper .

20 km walking

→ Main article : World Athletics Championships 1999/20 km walking women

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Liu Hongyu	CHN	1: 30.50
2	Wang Yan	CHN	1:30:52
3	Kerry Saxby-Junna	OUT	1: 31.18
4th	Susana Feitor	POR	1:31:23
5	Katarzyna Radtke	POLE	1:31:34
6th	Erica Alfridi	ITA	1:32:04
7th	Jane Saville	OUT	1:32:13
8th	Maya Sasonova	KAZ	1:32:19

Date: August 27, 6:50 p.m.

high jump

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Inha Babakowa	UKR	1.99
2	Jelena Jelessina	RUS	1.99
3	Svetlana Lapina	RUS	1.99
4th	Tisha Waller	United States	1.96
	Kajsa Bergqvist	SWE	1.96
	Zuzana Hlavonová	CZE	1.96
7th	Wita Stjopina	UKR	1.96
8th	Svetlana Zalevskaya	KAZ	1.93

Final: August 29, 6:45 p.m.

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  Stacy Dragila became the first world champion in pole vault

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.60 WRe
2	Anshela Balachonova	UKR	4.55 ERe
3	Tatiana Grigorieva	OUT	4.45
4th	Zsuzsanna Szabó	HUN	4.40 NO
5	Nicole Humbert	GER	4.40
6th	Pavla Hamáčková	CZE	4.40
	Daniela Bártová	CZE	4.40
8th	Elena Belyakova	RUS	4.35

Date: August 21, 7:05 p.m.

Long jump

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's Long Jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Niurka Montalvo	ESP	7.06 NO
2	Fiona May	ITA	6.94
3	Marion Jones	United States	6.83
4th	Lyudmila Galkina	RUS	6.82
5	Joanne Wise	GBR	6.75
6th	Dawn Burrell	United States	6.74
7th	Susen Tiedtke	GER	6.68
8th	Maurren Higa Maggi	BRA	6.68

Final: August 23, 8:05 p.m.

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Paraskevi Tsiamita	GRE	14.88
2	Yamilé Aldama	CUB	14.61
3	Olga Vasdeki	GRE	14.61
4th	Tatiana Lebedeva	RUS	14.55
5	Iwa Prandschewa	BUL	14.54
6th	Šárka Kašpárková	CZE	14.54
7th	Olena Howorova	UKR	14.47
8th	Cristina Nicolau	ROME	14.38

Final: August 24, 7:45 p.m.

Shot put

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Astrid Kumbernuss	GER	19.85
2	Nadine Kleinert	GER	19.61
3	Svetlana Kriweljowa	RUS	19.43
4th	Janina Karoltschyk	BLR	19.17
5	Cheng Xiaoyan	CHN	18.67
6th	Yumileidi Cumbá	CUB	18.44
7th	Valentina Fedyushina	AUT	18.17
8th	Krystyna Zabawska	POLE	18.12

Final: August 25, 8:15 p.m.

Discus throw

Franka Dietzsch won after EM -Sieg in the previous year and the World Cup -Titel

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Franka Dietzsch	GER	68.14
2	Anastasía Kelesídou	GRE	66.05
3	Nicoleta Grasu	ROME	65.35
4th	Natalia Sadova	RUS	64.98
5	Beatrice Faumuina	NZL	64.62
6th	Seilala Sua	United States	63.73
7th	Olena Antonova	UKR	63.61 AS
8th	Styliani Tsikouna	GRE	63.43

Final: August 23, 7:15 p.m.

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mihaela Melinte	ROME	75.20 WL
2	Olga Kusenkova	RUS	72.56
3	Lisa Misipeka	ASA	66.06
4th	Katalin Divós	HUN	65.86
5	Deborah Sosimenko	OUT	65.52
6th	Lyudmila Hubkina	BLR	65.44
7th	Simone Mathes	GER	64.93
8th	Kirsten Münchow	GER	64.03

Final: August 24th, 6:00 p.m.

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's javelin

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mirela Manjani	GRE	67.09 WR
2	Tatiana Schikolenko	RUS	66.37
3	Trine Hattestad	NOR	66.06
4th	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	64.61
5	Louise Currey	OUT	64.38
6th	Sonia Bisset	CUB	63.52
7th	Wei Jianhua	CHN	62.97 AS
8th	Oksana Makarova	RUS	62.67

Final: August 28, 7:10 p.m.

Heptathlon

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  Heptathlon world champion Eunice Barber - she was also in the long jump to the world elite

→ Main article : 1999 World Athletics Championships / Women's Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Eunice Barber	FRA	6861
2	Denise Lewis	GBR	6724
3	Ghada Shouaa	SYR	6500
4th	Sabine Braun	GER	6497
5	Tiia Hautala	FIN	6369
6th	Karin Ertl	GER	6317
7th	Urszula Włodarczyk	POLE	6287
8th	Remigija Nazarovienė	LTU	6262

Date: August 21st and 22nd

Web links

• 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics on the website of the world association IAAF , accessed on July 16, 2020
• Athletics VI World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com, accessed July 16, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Seville 1999 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 16, 2020
• Results of all Athletics World Championships Seville 1999 on sportschau.de, accessed on July 16, 2020
• Athletics. World Champion - Medal Winner on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 16, 2020
• World Athletics Championships 1999 in Seville, Spain ifosta.de, accessed on July 16, 2020
• REVIEW OF THE YEAR 1999 - SPORT - LEICHTATHLETIK-WM + Medalhamster , Focus Online December 18, 1999 at focus.de, accessed on July 16, 2020

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Innocent Asonze on peoplepill.com (English), accessed on July 16, 2020
2. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF suspend Davidson Ezinwa (NGR) and disqualify Mohamed Ibrahim Aden (SOM) on worldathletics.org August 24, 1999, accessed on July 16, 2020
3. ↑ ^{a b c} US runner Pettigrew faces severe punishment , Handelsblatt November 21, 2008, accessed July 16, 2020
4. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF strips Young of more medals on espn.com February 26, 2009, accessed July 16, 2020
5. ↑ ^{a b} Two doping cases at the World Cup on spiegel.de August 25, 1999, accessed on July 16, 2020
6. ↑ ^{a b} Winner under suspicion , Der Tagesspiegel September 1, 2003, accessed on July 16, 2020
7. ↑ ^{a b} Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Doping Violations at IAAF World Championships (PDF 10.3 MB), p. 80 in English, accessed on July 28, 2020