1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
7th IAAF World Indoor Championships | |
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Dates | 5 March–7 March |
Host city | Maebashi, Japan |
Venue | Green Dome Maebashi |
Events | 28 |
Participation | 451 athletes from 115 nations |
The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the championships as "the greatest ever". There were a total number of 487 participating athletes from 115 countries.
Doping disqualifications[]
Four medalists were disqualified for doping; Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria was stripped of the triple jump silver, Inger Miller of the USA was stripped of the 60 metre bronze, Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine was stripped of the shot put gold and Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.[1]
Results[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 m |
Maurice Greene![]() |
6.42 (CR) |
Tim Harden![]() |
6.43 (PB) |
Jason Gardener![]() |
6.46 (AR) |
200 m |
Frankie Fredericks![]() |
20.10 (CR) |
Obadele Thompson![]() |
20.26 (AR) |
Kevin Little![]() |
20.48 |
400 m |
Jamie Baulch![]() |
45.73 | Milton Campbell![]() |
45.99 | Alejandro Cárdenas![]() |
46.02 (NR) |
800 m |
Johan Botha![]() |
1:45.47 | Wilson Kipketer![]() |
1:45.49 | Nico Motchebon![]() |
1:45.74 |
1,500 m |
Haile Gebrselassie![]() |
3:33.77 (CR) |
Laban Rotich![]() |
3:33.98 | Andrés Manuel Díaz![]() |
3:34.46 |
3,000 m |
Haile Gebrselassie![]() |
7:53.57 | Paul Bitok![]() |
7:53.79 | Million Wolde![]() |
7:53.85 |
60 m hurdles |
Colin Jackson![]() |
7.38 (CR) |
Reggie Torian![]() |
7.40 | Falk Balzer![]() |
7.44 |
4 × 400 m relay |
![]() Andre Morris Dameon Johnson Deon Minor Milton Campbell |
3:02.83 (WR) |
![]() Piotr Haczek Jacek Bocian Piotr Rysiukiewicz Robert Maćkowiak |
3:03.01 (AR) |
![]() Allyn Condon Solomon Wariso Adrian Patrick Jamie Baulch |
3:03.20 (NR) |
High jump |
Javier Sotomayor![]() |
2.36 | Vyacheslav Voronin![]() |
2.36 | Charles Austin![]() |
2.33 |
Pole vault |
Jean Galfione![]() |
6.00 (CR) |
Jeff Hartwig![]() |
5.95 (AR) |
Danny Ecker![]() |
5.85 |
Long jump |
Iván Pedroso![]() |
8.62 (CR) |
Yago Lamela![]() |
8.56 (AR) |
Erick Walder![]() |
8.30 |
Triple jump |
Charles Friedek![]() |
17.18 (PB) |
LaMark Carter![]() |
16.98 | Zsolt Czingler![]() |
16.98 |
Shot put |
Aleksandr Bagach![]() |
21.41 | John Godina![]() |
21.06 | Yuriy Bilonog![]() |
20.89 |
Heptathlon |
Sebastian Chmara![]() |
6386 (WL) |
Erki Nool![]() |
6374 (NR) |
Roman Šebrle![]() |
6319 (NR) |
1 Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified for doping.[1]
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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60 m * |
Ekaterini Thanou![]() |
6.96 | Gail Devers![]() |
7.02 | Philomena Mensah![]() |
7.07 |
200 m |
Ionela Târlea![]() |
22.39 | Svetlana Goncharenko![]() |
22.69 | Pauline Davis![]() |
22.70 |
400 m |
Grit Breuer![]() |
50.80 | Falilat Ogunkoya![]() |
51.25 | Jearl Miles Clark![]() |
51.45 |
800 m |
Ludmila Formanová![]() |
1:56.90 (CR) |
Maria Mutola![]() |
1:57.17 | Natalya Tsyganova![]() |
1:57.47 (NR) |
1,500 m |
Gabriela Szabo![]() |
4:03.23 (CR) |
Violeta Beclea![]() |
4:03.53 (PB) |
Lidia Chojecka![]() |
4:05.86 (NR) |
3,000 m |
Gabriela Szabo![]() |
8:36.42 | Zahra Ouaziz![]() |
8:38.43 (AR) |
Regina Jacobs![]() |
8:39.14 (AR) |
60 m hurdles |
Olga Shishigina![]() |
7.86 | Glory Alozie![]() |
7.87 | Keturah Anderson![]() |
7.90 |
4 × 400 m relay |
![]() Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarova |
3:24.25 (WR) |
![]() Susan Andrews Tania Van Heer Tamsyn Lewis Cathy Freeman |
3:26.87 (AR) |
![]() Monique Hennagan Michelle Collins Zundra Feagin Shanelle Porter |
3:27.59 (AR) |
High jump |
Khristina Kalcheva![]() |
1.99 | Zuzana Hlavoňová![]() |
1.96 | Tisha Waller![]() |
1.96 |
Pole vault |
Nastja Ryjikh![]() |
4.50 (CR) |
Vala Flosadóttir![]() |
4.45 (NR) |
Nicole Rieger![]() |
4.35 |
Zsuzsanna Szabó![]() | ||||||
Long jump |
Tatyana Kotova![]() |
6.86 (PB) |
Shana Williams![]() |
6.82 (PB) |
Iva Prandzheva![]() |
6.78 |
Triple jump |
Ashia Hansen![]() |
15.02 (WL) |
Iva Prandzheva![]() |
14.94 (NR) |
Šárka Kašpárková![]() |
14.87 (NR) |
Shot put * |
Svetlana Krivelyova![]() |
19.08 | Krystyna Danilczyk![]() |
19.00 | Teri Steer![]() |
18.86 |
Pentathlon |
Le Shundra Nathan![]() |
4753 | Irina Belova![]() |
4691 | Urszula Włodarczyk![]() |
4596 |
- American sprinter Inger Miller won the bronze but failed a post-race drug test (excessive caffeine) and was stripped of the medal.[1][2]
- Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine failed a drug test and was stripped of her shot put gold medal.[1]
- Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.[1]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
27 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
29 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (30 nations) | 28 | 28 | 29 | 85 |
Participating nations[]
Algeria (4)
Andorra (1)
Anguilla (1)
Antigua and Barbuda (1)
Argentina (1)
Armenia (1)
Australia (12)
Austria (6)
Bahamas (5)
Bahrain (1)
Barbados (1)
Belarus (2)
Belgium (2)
Benin (1)
Bermuda (1)
Bhutan (1)
Bolivia (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Botswana (1)
Brazil (1)
Bulgaria (10)
Burundi (2)
Canada (4)
Central African Republic (1)
Chad (2)
China (10)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Ivory Coast (1)
Croatia (1)
Cuba (9)
Cyprus (1)
Czech Republic (10)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
Denmark (1)
Dominica (1)
Dominican Republic (1)
Egypt (1)
Equatorial Guinea (1)
Eritrea (1)
Estonia (1)
Ethiopia (2)
Finland (1)
France (17)
Gabon (1)
Georgia (1)
Germany (24)
Ghana (1)
Great Britain (24)
(GRE) (8)
Guatemala (1)
Guinea (1)
Guyana (1)
Haiti (1)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (7)
Iceland (3)
Ireland (3)
Israel (2)
Italy (7)
Jamaica (15)
Japan (30)
Kazakhstan (4)
Kenya (5)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Laos (1)
Latvia (1)
Lesotho (1)
Liberia (1)
Lithuania (2)
Madagascar (1)
Malawi (1)
Malaysia (1)
Maldives (1)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (4)
Montserrat (1)
Morocco (3)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (1)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (3)
Nigeria (8)
Oman (1)
Papua New Guinea (1)
Philippines (1)
Poland (20)
Portugal (1)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Romania (10)
Russia (26)
Rwanda (1)
El Salvador (1)
Sierra Leone (1)
Singapore (1)
Slovakia (2)
Slovenia (8)
Solomon Islands (1)
South Africa (2)
Spain (18)
Suriname (1)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (4)
Switzerland (4)
Tanzania (1)
Togo (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Tunisia (1)
Turkmenistan (1)
Uganda (1)
Ukraine (7)
United States (46)
Uzbekistan (1)
Yugoslavia (1)
Zambia (1)
Zimbabwe (1)
See also[]
- 1999 in athletics (track and field)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 2015
- ^ Morfey, Alex (2001-10-13). Athletics: Miller failed drug test in 1999. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
External links[]
- 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
- 1999 in athletics (track and field)
- 1999 in Japanese sport
- World Athletics Indoor Championships
- International athletics competitions hosted by Japan