1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics

1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Dates	16–18 July
Host city	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Venue	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium
Level	Youth (under 18)
Events	39
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The 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the first edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 16 to July 18, 1999.

Results[]

Boys[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain	10.40	Bryan Sears  United States	10.42	Omar Brown  Jamaica	10.43
200 m	Timothy Benjamin  Great Britain	20.72	Omar Brown  Jamaica	21.09	Bryan Sears  United States	21.16
400 m	South Africa	46.94	Cuba	47.00	South Africa	47.19
800 m	Nicholas Wachira  Kenya	1:50.70	Berhanu Alemu  Ethiopia	1:50.79	Mohammad M. Al Azemi  Kuwait	1:51.24
1500 m	Cornelius Chirchir  Kenya	3:44.02	Kenya	3:44.70	Saudi Arabia	3:45.53
3000 m	Kenya	8:08.16	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	8:09.89	Morocco	8:13.54
2000 m St.	Stephen Cherono  Kenya	5:31.89	Luleseged Wale  Ethiopia	5:32.61	Kenya	5:41.77
110 m H 91.4 cm	Ladji Doucouré  France	13.26	Qatar	13.36	Canada	13.59
400 m H 84.0 cm	South Africa	49.86	Sergio Hierrezuelo  Cuba	49.95	Vincent Mumo Kiilu  Kenya	51.50
10,000 m track walk	Russia	42:26.07	Russia	42:36.52	Takayuki Tanii  Japan	42:40.86
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Winston Smith Michael Frater Omar Brown	40.03	Japan Yusuke Omae	40.14	Germany	41.13
Medley relay	United States Bryan Sears	1:51.29	South Africa	1:52.49	Japan Tsutomu Takahashi	1:54.10
High jump	Jacques Freitag  South Africa	2.16	Cui Kai  China	2.13	Andrei Chubsa  Belarus	2.13
Pole vault	France	5.20	Oleksandr Korchmyd  Ukraine	5.10	Germany	5.00
Long jump	China	7.80	Yoelmis Pacheco  Cuba	7.62	South Africa	7.59
Triple jump	Ibrahim Mahmedin  Qatar	15.96	Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba	15.83	Viktor Yastrebov  Ukraine	15.74
Shot put 5 kg	Robert Häggblom  Finland	19.76	Russia	19.69	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi  Qatar	19.44
Discus 1.500 kg	Ming-Huang Chang  Chinese Taipei	64.14	China	58.36	Finland	56.52
Hammer 5 kg	Krisztián Pars  Hungary	74.76	Ukraine	73.68	Russia	73.68
Javelin 700g	Joachim Kiteau  France	79.65	Finland	78.73	Alexandr Ivanov  Russia	78.65
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)

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Veronica Campbell  Jamaica	11.49	Jamaica	11.52	Adriana Lamalle  France	11.66
200 m	LaShauntea Moore  United States	23.38	Melaine Walker  Jamaica	23.72	Ana López  Cuba	23.97
400 m	Monique Henderson  United States	52.28	Nigeria	52.38	Norma González  Colombia	52.39
800 m	Georgina Clarke  Australia	2:05.90	Tetyana Petlyuk  Ukraine	2:06.97	Romania	2:08.20
1500 m	South Africa	4:23.06	Chibiwott Kibet  Kenya	4:24.43	South Africa	4:24.59
3000 m	Alice Timbilil  Kenya	9:01.99	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia	9:02.08	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	9:04.42
100 m H 76.2 cm	Adrianna Lamalle  France	13.08	Germany	13.42	Anay Tejeda  Cuba	13.45
400 m H	Jana Pittman  Australia	57.87	China	58.32	Patricia Hall  Jamaica	58.67
5000 m track walk	Tatiana Kozlova  Russia	22:31.93	Belarus	22:37.54	Russia	22:54.59
4 x 100 metres relay	Jamaica Melaine Walker Veronica Campbell	44.30	United States Ginnie Powell Ashley Mitchell Raasin McIntosh Stephanie Durst	45.40	Poland Dorota Dydo	45.49
Medley Relay	United States Stephanie Durst LaShauntea Moore Monique Henderson	2:07.71	Poland	2:09.19	Ukraine Maryna Maydanova Tetyana Petlyuk	2:11.13
High jump	Anna Chicherova  Russia	1.89	Renáta Medgyesová  Slovakia	1.83	France	1.79
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia	4.10	Floe Kuhnert  Germany	4.05	Vanessa Boslak  France	4.00
Long jump	China	6.29	Finland	6.24	Alina Militaru  Romania	6.22
Triple jump	Mabel Gay  Cuba	13.82	Anastasiya Ilyina  Russia	13.59	Yusmay Bicet  Cuba	13.58
Shot put	Hong Mei  China	15.57	Natallia Kharaneka  Belarus	15.57	Chiara Rosa  Italy	14.64
Discus	Hong Mei  China	52.18	Germany	51.83	Deborah Lovely  Australia	49.14
Hammer	Kamila Skolimowska  Poland	63.94	Yunaika Crawford  Cuba	57.56	Ivana Brkljacic  Croatia	55.69
Javelin	Olivia Norris  Germany	52.03	Hungary	49.76	Belarus	49.62
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)

Medal table[]

Ladji Doucoure of France was triumphant in the 110 metres hurdles.

Kamila Skolimowska won the hammer throw gold for the host nation.

  *   Host nation (Poland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	5	2	3	10
2	Russia	4	3	3	10
3	China	4	3	0	7
4	United States	4	2	1	7
5	South Africa	4	1	3	8
6	France	4	0	3	7
7	Jamaica	3	3	2	8
8	Australia	2	0	1	3
9	Great Britain	2	0	0	2
10	Cuba	1	5	3	9
11	Germany	1	3	2	6
12	Finland	1	2	1	4
13	Poland*	1	1	1	3
	Qatar	1	1	1	3
15	Hungary	1	1	0	2
16	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
17	Ethiopia	0	4	0	4
18	Ukraine	0	3	2	5
19	Belarus	0	2	2	4
20	Japan	0	1	2	3
21	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
23	Romania	0	0	2	2
24	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 nations)		39	39	39	117

External links[]

• Official results
• Official site