1999 World Championships in Athletics
Estadio Olímpico de la Cartuja | |
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The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a
One of the main highlights of the games was the
Men's results
Track
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
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
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump |
Vyacheslav Voronin Russia |
2.37 (WL) |
Mark Boswell Canada |
2.35 (NR) |
Martin Buß Germany |
2.32 |
Pole vault |
Maksim Tarasov Russia |
6.02 (CR) |
Dmitri Markov Australia |
5.90 | Aleksandr Averbukh Israel |
5.80 (NR) |
Long jump |
Iván Pedroso Cuba |
8.56 | Yago Lamela Spain |
8.40 | Gregor Cankar Slovenia |
8.36 (SB) |
Triple jump |
Charles Friedek Germany |
17.59 (WL) |
Rostislav Dimitrov Bulgaria |
17.49 (PB) |
Jonathan Edwards Great Britain |
17.48 |
Shot put |
21.79 (PB) |
Oliver-Sven Buder Germany |
21.42 (SB) |
Oleksandr Bagach Ukraine |
21.26 | |
Discus throw |
Anthony Washington United States |
69.08 (CR) |
Jürgen Schult Germany |
68.18 (SB) |
Lars Riedel Germany |
68.09 |
Javelin throw |
Aki Parviainen Finland |
89.52 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis Greece |
89.18 | Jan Železný Czech Republic |
87.67 |
Hammer throw |
Karsten Kobs Germany |
80.24 | 79.05 | 79.03 | ||
Decathlon |
Tomáš Dvořák Czech Republic |
8744 | Dean Macey Great Britain |
8556 (PB) |
Chris Huffins United States |
8547 (SB) |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
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Women's results
Track
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
Field
Medal table
* Host nation (Spain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Spain (ESP)* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
13 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
14 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
15 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
17 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
18 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
24 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
25 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
South Africa (SAF) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
29 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
34 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
American Samoa (ASA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (42 entries) | 46 | 46 | 47 | 139 |
See also
- 1999 in athletics (track and field)