1999 World Championships in Athletics
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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.
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Medal Winners
Medal table by country
| Position | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1. | USA | 11 | 3 | 4 | 19 |
| 2. | Russia | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 3. | Germany | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 4. | Morocco | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5= | Cuba | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5= | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7. | Greece | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8. | Spain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9. | Ethiopia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10= | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10= | Romania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12. | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 13. | Kenya | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 14. | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15= | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 15= | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17= | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17= | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19= | Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19= | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19= | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19= | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23. | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24. | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 25. | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 26. | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27= | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27= | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27= | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27= | Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27= | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27= | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33. | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34= | American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34= | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Track
| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| 100 m Men | Maurice Greene, USA | Bruny Surin, Canada | Dwain Chambers, Great Britain |
| 100 m Women | Marion Jones, USA | Inger Miller, USA | Ekaterini Thanou, Greece |
| 100 m Hurdles Women | Gail Devers, USA | Glory Alozie, Nigeria | Ludmila Engquist, Sweden |
| 110 m Hurdles Men | Colin Jackson, Great Britain | Anier García, Cuba | Duane Ross, USA |
| 200 m Men | Maurice Greene, USA | Claudinei da Silva, Brazil | Francis Obikwelu, Nigeria |
| 200 m Women | Inger Miller, USA | Beverly McDonald, Jamaica | Merlene Frazer, Jamaica & Andrea Philipp, Germany (tied) |
| 400 m Men | Michael Johnson, USA | Sanderlei Parrela, Brazil | Alejandro Cárdenas, Mexico |
| 400 m Women | Cathy Freeman, Australia | Anja Rücker, Germany | Lorraine Graham, Jamaica |
| 400 m Hurdles Men | Fabrizio Mori, Italy | Stéphane Diagana, France | Marcel Schelbert, Switzerland |
| 400 m Hurdles Women | Daimí Pernía, Cuba | Nezha Bidouane, Morocco | Deon Hemmings, Jamaica |
| 800 m Men | Wilson Kipketer, Denmark | Hezekiél Sepeng, South Africa | Djabir Saïd Guerni, Algeria |
| 800 m Women | Ludmila Formanová, Czech Republic | Maria Mutola, Mozambique | Svetlana Masterkova, Russia |
| 1500 m Men | Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco | Noah Ngeny, Kenya | Reyes Estévez, Spain |
| 1500 m Women | Svetlana Masterkova, Russia | Regina Jacobs, USA | Kutre Dulecha, Ethiopia |
| 3,000 m Steeplechase Men | Christopher Kosgei, Kenya | Wilson Boit Kipketer, Kenya | Ali Ezzine, Morocco |
| 5,000 m Men | Salah Hissou, Morocco | Benjamin Limo, Kenya | Mohammed Mourhit, Belgium |
| 5,000 m Women | Gabriela Szabo, Romania | Zahra Ouaziz, Morocco | Ayelech Worku, Ethiopia |
| 10,000 m Men | Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia | Paul Tergat, Kenya | Assefa Mezegebu, Ethiopia |
| 10,000 m Women | Gete Wami, Ethiopia | Paula Radcliffe, Great Britain | Tegla Loroupe, Kenya |
| Marathon Men | Abel Antón, Spain | Vincenzo Modica, Italy | Nobuyuki Sato, Japan |
| Marathon Women | Jong Song-Ok, North Korea | Ari Ichihashi, Japan | Lidia Simon, Romania |
| 20 km Walk Men | Ilya Markov, Russia | Jefferson Pérez, Ecuador | Daniel García, Mexico |
| 20 km Walk Women | Liu Hongyu, China | Wang Yan, China | Kerry Saxby-Junna, Australia |
| 50 km Walk Men | Ivano Brugnetti, Italy | Nikolay Matyukhin, Russia | Curt Clausen, USA |
| 4 x 100 m Relay Men | USA | Great Britain | Nigeria |
| 4 x 100 m Women | Bahamas | France | Jamaica |
| 4 x 400 m Men | USA | Poland | Jamaica |
| 4 x 400 m Women | Russia | USA | Germany |
Field
References
See Also
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