Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade | |
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Dates | 4–9 July |
Host city | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
Venue | Estadio Son Moix |
Level | Senior |
Events | 45 |
Participation | 998 athletes from 94 nations |
Records set | 5 UR's |
The Athletics Tournament at the 1999 Summer Universiade took place in the new Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from July 4 to July 9, 1999. Five Universiade records were set. A total of 23 men's and 22 women's events were contested (the programme remaining identical to the previous edition with steeplechase being for men only).
The United States topped the athletics medal table (as it did in 1997) with a total of 25 medals, twelve of them gold. and were the next strongest nations, with six and five gold medals respectively. Romania was the only other nation to reach double figures in the medal tally. The host nation, Spain, won six medals. A total of 38 nations reached the medal table.
Among the returning 1997 champions, Cuban Yoelbi Quesada won the men's triple jump for a second time, while three women managed that feat: Olena Shekhovtsova (long jump), Olena Hovorova (triple jump) and Mihaela Melinte (hammer throw). Melinte also went on to win the global title at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held the following month.
Medal summary[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s) |
André Domingos (BRA) | 10.34 | John Capel (USA) | 10.35 | Mathew Quinn (RSA) | 10.42 |
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) |
Coby Miller (USA) | 20.32 | Patrick van Balkom (NED) | 20.57 | (GRE) | 20.70 |
400 metres |
Jerome Davis (USA) | 44.91 | Paston Coke (JAM) | 45.15 | Jopie van Oudtshoorn (RSA) | 45.21 |
800 metres |
Norberto Téllez (CUB) | 1:46.11 | André Bucher (SUI) | 1:46.49 | Derrick Peterson (USA) | 1:46.75 |
1500 metres |
Bernard Lagat (KEN) | 3:40.99 | (POL) | 3:41.81 | Lorenzo Lazzari (ITA) | 3:42.36 |
5000 metres |
Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | 13:37.52 | Roberto García (ESP) | 13:38.59 | (JPN) | 13:39.10 |
10,000 metres |
José Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 29:37.56 | (JPN) | 29:39.14 | (ESP) | 29:47.27 |
Half marathon |
Marílson dos Santos (BRA) | 1:04:05 | Takayuki Nishida (JPN) | 1:04:11 | (KOR) | 1:04:33 |
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) |
Terrence Trammell (USA) | 13.44 | Jonathan Nsenga (BEL) | 13.51 | Dawane Wallace (USA) | 13.59 |
400 metres hurdles |
Paweł Januszewski (POL) | 48.64 | Bayano Kamani (USA) | 48.74 | Marcel Schelbert (SUI) | 48.77 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Giuseppe Maffei (ITA) | 8:33.18 | Khamis Seif Abdullah (QAT) | 8:33.62 | Joël Bourgeois (CAN) | 8:34.20 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Kaaron Conwright Terrence Trammell Coby Miller John Capel |
38.55 | South Africa (RSA) Morné Nagel Lee-Roy Newton Mathew Quinn |
39.08 | Italy (ITA) Luca Verdecchia Alessandro Attene Andrea Colombo |
39.31 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Tony Berrian Brandon Couts Derrick Brew Jerome Davis Derrick Peterson |
3:00.88 | Great Britain (GBR) Chris Rawlinson Jared Deacon |
3:03.95 | Senegal (SEN) Ousmane Niang |
3:05.45 |
20 kilometres walk |
Alejandro López (MEX) | 1:25:12 | Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 1:25:23 | Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN) | 1:26:01 |
High jump |
Ben Challenger (GBR) | 2.30 | Mark Boswell (CAN) | 2.30 | Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) | 2.28 |
Pole vault |
Richard Spiegelburg (GER) | 5.60 | Stepán Janácek (CZE) | 5.60 | Romain Mesnil (FRA) | 5.55 |
Long jump |
Aleksey Lukashevich (UKR) | 8.16 | Luis Méliz (CUB) | 8.05 | Erik Nijs (BEL) | 7.99 |
Triple jump |
Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) | 17.40 | Charles Friedek (GER) | 17.20 | (CZE) | 16.97 |
Shot put |
Andy Bloom (USA) | 21.11 UR | Adam Nelson (USA) | 20.64 | Stevimir Ercegovac (CRO) | 19.94 |
Discus throw |
Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 66.90 | Andy Bloom (USA) | 64.68 | (USA) | 63.65 |
Hammer throw |
Zsolt Németh (HUN) | 80.40 | Christos Polychroniou (GRE) | 79.83 | Vladislav Piskunov (UKR) | 78.61 |
Javelin throw |
Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 83.78 | Gregor Högler (AUT) | 82.63 | Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 82.18 |
Decathlon |
Raúl Duany (CUB) | 8050 | Stephen Moore (USA) | 8028 | Benjamin Jensen (DEN) | 7982 |
Women[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s) |
Angela Williams (USA) | 11.19 | Katia Benth (FRA) | 11.23 | Virgen Benavides (CUB) | 11.25 |
200 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s) |
Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 23.10 | Zuzanna Radecka (POL) | 23.14 | Nanceen Perry (USA) | 23.27 |
400 metres |
Ionela Târlea (ROM) | 49.88 UR | Miki Barber (USA) | 51.03 | Doris Jacob (NGR) | 51.04 |
800 metres |
(RUS) | 1:59.63 | Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 1:59.87 | Elena Buhăianu (ROM) | 2:00.26 |
1500 metres |
Elena Buhăianu (ROM) | 4:13.04 | (ROM) | 4:14.61 | Ana Amelia Menéndez (ESP) | 4:14.95 |
5000 metres |
Rie Ueno (JPN) | 15:51.24 | Ana Dias (POR) | 15:53.23 | Cristina Casandra (ROM) | 16:03.18 |
10,000 metres |
Leigh Daniel (USA) | 32:58.80 | Yuri Kano (JPN) | 33:16.41 | Annemette Jensen (DEN) | 33:36.11 |
Half marathon |
Rosaria Console (ITA) | 1:14:14 | Yukiko Akaba (JPN) | 1:14:35 | (ESP) | 1:14:52 |
100 metres hurdles (wind: -2.8 m/s) |
Andria King (USA) | 13.04 | (USA) | 13.08 | Diane Allahgreen (GBR) | 13.17 |
400 metres hurdles |
Daimí Pernía (CUB) | 53.95 UR | Joanna Hayes (USA) | 54.57 | Ulrike Urbansky (GER) | 54.93 |
4 × 100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Angela Williams Torri Edwards Nanceen Perry |
43.49 | Poland (POL) Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz Irena Sznajder Zuzanna Radecka |
43.74 | Germany (GER) Kirsten Bolm |
43.96 |
4 × 400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Mikele Barber Suziann Reid |
3:27.97 | Russia (RUS) Natalya Khrushchelyova Anna Tkatch |
3:30.54 | Great Britain (GBR) Tasha Danvers Lee McConnell Sinead Dudgeon |
3:32.25 |
10 kilometres walk |
Claudia Iovan (ROM) | 44:22 | Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 44:39 | Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | 45:23 |
High jump |
Monica Iagar (ROM) | 1.95 | Svetlana Lapina (RUS) | 1.93 | Solange Witteveen (ARG) | 1.93 |
Pole vault |
Pavla Hamácková (CZE) | 4.25 | Monique de Wilt (NED) | 4.20 | Dana Cervantes (ESP) | 4.10 |
Long jump |
Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) | 6.92 | (USA) | 6.61 | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 6.58 |
Triple jump |
Olena Hovorova (UKR) | 14.99w | Wu Lingmei (CHN) | 14.55w | Adelina Gavrila (ROM) | 14.33 |
Shot put |
Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 18.70 | (CHN) | 18.28 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 18.17 |
Discus throw |
Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 65.21 | Joanna Wiśniewska (POL) | 63.97 | Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 62.23 |
Hammer throw |
Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 74.24 | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 68.27 | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 68.11 |
Javelin throw |
Ewa Rybak (POL) | 60.76 UR | Evfemija Štorga (SLO) | 59.30 | (CUB) | 59.08 |
Heptathlon |
Tiffany Lott (USA) | 5959 | (CZE) | 5900 | (AUS) | 5766 |
Medal table[]
* Host nation (Spain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 25 |
2 | Romania (ROM) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
3 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
4 | Ukraine (UKR) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
7 | Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
8 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Spain (ESP)* | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
12 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
15 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
16 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
23 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
24 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
27 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Qatar (QAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
32 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
34 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (38 nations) | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 |
Participating nations[]
- Albania (1)
- Algeria (12)
- Argentina (5)
- Australia (23)
- Austria (3)
- Bangladesh (2)
- Barbados (2)
- Belarus (9)
- Belgium (8)
- Botswana (8)
- Brazil (15)
- British Virgin Islands (1)
- Bulgaria (7)
- Burkina Faso (2)
- Burundi (1)
- Cameroon (2)
- Canada (30)
- Central African Republic (1)
- Chad (2)
- Chile (16)
- China (12)
- Chinese Taipei (6)
- Costa Rica (5)
- Colombia (3)
- Croatia (7)
- Cuba (17)
- Cyprus (4)
- Czech Republic (11)
- Denmark (20)
- Estonia (11)
- Finland (9)
- France (22)
- Gabon (2)
- Germany (27)
- Great Britain (33)
- Greece (10)
- Guatemala (2)
- Guinea (1)
- Hong Kong (6)
- Hungary (14)
- India (1)
- Indonesia (2)
- Iraq (1)
- Ireland (14)
- Israel (4)
- Italy (37)
- Jamaica (4)
- Japan (24)
- Kenya (6)
- Kyrgyzstan (3)
- Latvia (6)
- Lebanon (5)
- Macau (4)
- Malawi (2)
- Malaysia (6)
- Malta (6)
- Mexico (13)
- Moldova (4)
- Morocco (14)
- Namibia (3)
- Nepal (2)
- Netherlands (13)
- New Zealand (15)
- Nicaragua (1)
- Nigeria (18)
- Norway (13)
- Papua New Guinea (2)
- Peru (12)
- Poland (22)
- Portugal (11)
- Puerto Rico (15)
- Qatar (4)
- Romania (19)
- Russia (24)
- Rwanda (1)
- El Salvador (2)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
- Senegal (10)
- Slovakia (4)
- Slovenia (20)
- South Africa (33)
- South Korea (9)
- Spain (48)
- Sudan (2)
- Swaziland (2)
- Sweden (29)
- Switzerland (12)
- Turkey (5)
- Uganda (5)
- Ukraine (24)
- United States (83)
- Vietnam (2)
- Zimbabwe (1)
- Yugoslavia (3)
See also[]
- 1999 in athletics (track and field)
References[]
- Medalists on HickokSports
- Finals results by FISU
- Day 1 results (archived)
- Day 2 results (archived)
- Day 3 results (archived)
- Day 4 results (archived)
- Day 5 results (archived)
- Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Athletics at the Summer Universiade
- 1999 in athletics (track and field)
- 1999 Summer Universiade
- International athletics competitions hosted by Spain