World Athletics Championships 1999/100 m for women

7th World Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	51 athletes from 37 countries
venue	Seville
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 21 (preliminary / quarter-finals) August 22 (semi-finals / final)
Medalists Marion Jones ( USA )   Inger Miller ( USA )   Ekaterini Thanou ( GRE )

The Olympic Stadium of Seville in 2011

The women's 100-meter run at the 1999 World Athletics Championships was held on August 21 and 22, 1999 in the Olympic Stadium in the Spanish city ​​of Seville .

In this competition, the US sprinters achieved a double victory. The world champion was the defending champion Marion Jones , who had also won gold at the 1997 World Championships with her 4 x 100 meter relay . Here in Seville there was bronze in the long jump one day after the sprint success . Second place went to Inger Miller , who won Olympic gold in 1996 as a member of the 4 x 100 meter relay and here five days later became world champion in the 200 meters . Bronze went to the Greek Ekaterini Thanou .

Records

Existing records

World record	10.49 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Indianapolis , USA	July 16, 1988
World championship record	10.82 s	Gail Devers	World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	August 16, 1993
		Merlene Ottey

Record improvement

The US world champion Marion Jones improved the existing world championship record twice:

• 10.76 s - 4th quarter-finals on August 21 (wind: +0.3 m / s)
• 10.70 s - final on August 22nd (wind: −0.1 m / s)

In addition, three national records were set:

• 12.30 s - Emma Wade ( Belize ), 6th advance on August 21 (wind: +0.4 m / s)
• 10.86 s - Ekaterini Thanou ( Greece ), 1st quarter-finals on August 21 (wind: −0.3 m / s)
• 11.17 s - Natallja Safronnikawa ( Belarus ), 4th quarter-finals on August 21 (wind: +0.3 m / s)

Preliminary round

August 5, 1999, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in seven runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the eleven fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

August 21, 1999, 10:45 a.m.

Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	11.22
2	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.38
3	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.41
4th	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	11.48
5	Christine Bloomfield	Great Britain	11.61
6th	Tan Shieh Li	Singapore	12.40
7th	Anais Oyembo	Gabon	12.46

Forward 2

August 21, 1999, 10:51 a.m.

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christine Arron	France	11.10
2	Irina Privaleova	Russia	11.45
3	Cheryl Taplin	United States	11.45
4th	Wendy Hartmann	South Africa	11.49
5	Aminata Diouf	Senegal	11.65
6th	Monica Twum	Ghana	11.70
7th	Jennifer Caraballo	Puerto Rico	12.43

Forward 3

August 21, 1999, 10:57 a.m.

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Inger Miller	United States	11.21
2	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	11.34
3	Katia Benth	France	11.42
4th	Joice Maduaka	Great Britain	11.43
5	Marion Wagner	Germany	11.57
6th	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	11.65
7th	Joanna Hoareau	Seychelles	12.14
8th	Ekundayo Williams	Sierra Leone	13.08

Forward 4

August 21, 1999, 11:03 a.m.

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	11.32
2	Liliana Allen	Mexico	11.39
3	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Sri Lanka	11.42
4th	Johanna Manninen	Finland	11.52
5	Nova Peris	Australia	11.52
6th	Oksana Ekk	Russia	11.54
7th	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe	Madagascar	11.59

Forward 5

August 21, 1999, 11:09 am

Wind: −0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	11.10
2	Philomena Mensah	Canada	11.24
3	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	11.38
4th	Natallja Safronnikawa	Belarus	11.44
5	Myriam Mani	Cameroon	11.61
6th	Gabi Rockmeier	Germany	11.62
7th	Litiana Miller	Fiji	14.23

Forward 6

August 21, 1999, 11:15 a.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.16
2	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.21
3	Endurance Ojokolo	Nigeria	11.42
4th	Lucimar Aparecida de Moura	Brazil	11.51
5	Martha Adusei	Canada	11.53
6th	Emma Wade	Belize	12.30 NO
7th	Yah Soucko Koïta	Mali	12.48

Forward 7

August 21, 1999, 11:21 a.m.

Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	11.20
2	Gail Devers	United States	11.32
3	Natalia Ignatova	Russia	11.40
4th	Peta-Gaye Dowdie	Jamaica	11.44
5	Motoka Kojima	Japan	11.64
6th	Lyubov Perepelova	Uzbekistan	11.78
7th	Siulolo Liku	Tonga	12.78
8th	Lucy Seiulialii	Samoa	15.61

Quarter finals

From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Quarter-finals 1

August 21, 1999, 6:55 pm

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	10.86 NO
2	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	11.00
3	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	11.09
4th	Gail Devers	United States	11.10
5	Katia Benth	France	11.28
6th	Wendy Hartmann	South Africa	11.46
7th	Oksana Ekk	Russia	11.60
8th	Peta-Gaye Dowdie	Jamaica	12.01

Quarter-finals 2

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  Nova Peris (right, as a politician in 2012) scored 11.36s in seventh of her quarter-finals and was eliminated

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  Johanna Manninen's 11.45 s were not enough to reach the semi-finals

August 21, 1999, 7:01 pm

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Inger Miller	United States	10.86
2	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	10.94
3	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.06
4th	Liliana Allen	Mexico	11.10
5	Endurance Ojokolo	Nigeria	11.14
6th	Joice Maduaka	Great Britain	11.28
7th	Nova Peris	Australia	11.36
8th	Johanna Manninen	Finland	11.45

Quarter-finals 3

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  Marion Wagner (far left) failed with her 11.51s in the quarterfinals

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  Kim Gevaerts 11.54 s were too few to make it to the semi-finals

August 21, 1999, 7:07 pm

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Christine Arron	France	11.00
2	Philomena Mensah	Canada	11.09
3	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.20
4th	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.28
5	Cheryl Taplin	United States	11.33
6th	Natalia Ignatova	Russia	11.39
7th	Marion Wagner	Germany	11.51
8th	Kim Gevaert	Belgium	11.54

Quarter-finals 4

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  Lucimar Aparecida de Moura missed the semi-finals as fifth of their quarter-finals by one place

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  Susanthika Jayasinghe, second over 200 meters at the World Championships two years ago , did not take part in her quarter-finals

August 21, 1999, 7:13 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.76 CR
2	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	11.06
3	Natallja Safronnikawa	Belarus	11.17 NO
4th	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.19
5	Lucimar Aparecida de Moura	Brazil	11.31
6th	Martha Adusei	Canada	11.65
DNS	Irina Privaleova	Russia
	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Sri Lanka

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 22, 1999, 7:15 p.m.

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Inger Miller	United States	10.81
2	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	10.83
3	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	11.02
4th	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	11.11
5	Liliana Allen	Mexico	11.13
6th	Philomena Mensah	Canada	11.26
7th	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11.28
8th	Natallja Safronnikawa	Belarus	11.33

Semi-final run 2

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  Starting line-up for the second semi-final (from left to right): Marion Jones, Debbie Ferguson, Christine Arron, Schanna Pintussewytsch, Andrea Philipp, Lauren Hewitt

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  For Debbie Ferguson it was not enough in the final with 11.12 seconds

August 22, 1999, 7:22 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.83
2	Gail Devers	United States	10.94
3	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	10.98
4th	Christine Arron	France	11.04
5	Debbie Ferguson	Bahamas	11.12
6th	Savatheda Fynes	Bahamas	11.15
7th	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.27
8th	Lauren Hewitt	Australia	11.29

final

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  Defending champion Marion Jones also won here in Seville and won bronze in the long jump the next day 

August 22, 1999, 9:00 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Marion Jones	United States	10.70 CR
2	Inger Miller	United States	10.79
3	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	10.84
4th	Shanna Pinusevych	Ukraine	10.95
5	Gail Devers	United States	10.95
6th	Christine Arron	France	11.05
7th	Chandra Sturrup	Bahamas	11.06
8th	Mercy Nku	Nigeria	11.16

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  For Schanna Pintussewytsch it was not enough to win a medal in fourth place - in 1997 she had won the world championship silver in the 100 meters and gold in the 200 meters

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  At the same time as Shanna Pinusevich, Gail Devers , who was highly decorated at the Olympic Games and World Championships, took fifth place, and six days later she was once again world champion in the 100 m hurdles

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  The reigning European champion Christine Arron reached sixth place, on the final day she won silver in the French sprint relay

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  Chandra Sturrup finished seventh

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  Eighth placed Mercy Nku

Video

• Women's 100m Final - 1999 IAAF World Championships on youtube.com, accessed July 21, 2020

Web links

• 7th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed July 21, 2020
• Women 100m Athletics VII World Championship 1999 Sevilla (ESP) on todor66.com, accessed July 21, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 100 m, Seville 1999, p. 249f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on July 21, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on July 21, 2020