1999 in sports explained
1999 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
Artistic gymnastics
- 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – held in Tianjin, China
- Women's team champions: Romania
- Women's all-around champion: Maria Olaru, Romania
- Women's vault champion: Elena Zamolodchikova, Russian Federation
- Women's floor exercise champion: Andreea Răducan, Romania
- Women's uneven bars champion: Svetlana Khorkina, Russian Federation
- Women's balance beam champion: Ling Jie, China
- Men's team champions: China
- Men's all-around champion: Nikolai Kryukov, Russian Federation
- Men's horizontal bar champion: Jesús Carballo, Spain
- Men's parallel bars champion: Lee Joo-hyung, South Korea
- Men's pommel horse champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation
- Men's floor exercise champion: Alexei Nemov, Russian Federation
- Men's still rings champion: Dong Zhen, China
- Men's vault champion: Li Xiaopeng, China
Baseball
- May 10 – The Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners, 12–4, as shortstop Nomar Garciaparra hits three home runs, including two grand slams; one in the first inning, and one in the eighth. Nomar is the 9th in MLB history (the first since Robin Ventura in 1995) to hit two grand slams in the same game, and the first Red Sox player to accomplish the feat since Jim Tabor in 1939.
- July 18 – David Cone pitches a perfect game, the 16th in history, as the Yankees defeat the Montreal Expos, 6–0, to celebrate Yogi Berra Day.
- Texas Rangers Catcher Iván Rodríguez named AL MVP
- Atlanta Braves 3B Chipper Jones named NL MVP
- Kansas City Royals OF Carlos Beltrán named AL Rookie of the Year
- Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Scott Williamson named NL Rookie of the Year
- World Series – New York Yankees won 4 games to 0 over the Atlanta Braves. The series MVP: Mariano Rivera, New York
- Miami Hurricanes defeat Florida State Seminoles in the College World Series
Boxing
Figure skating
Men's professional
Men's amateur
Women's professional
Steeplechases
Flat races
The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1999 in chronological order.
|-|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Event|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Alternate Name/s|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Attendance|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|PPV Buyrate|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|-align=center|January 8|UFC 18: The Road to the Heavyweight Title|| New Orleans, Louisiana, United States||||-align=center|March 5|UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns|| Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States||||-align=center|April 29|Pride 5|| Nagoya, Japan||||-align=center|May 7|UFC 20: Battle for the Gold|| Birmingham, Alabama, United States||||-align=center|July 4|Pride 6|| Yokohama, Japan||||-align=center|July 16|UFC 21: Return of the Champions|| Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States||||-align=center|September 12|Pride 7|| Yokohama, Japan|10,031|||-align=center|September 24|UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion|| Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States||||-align=center|November 19|UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2|| Tokyo, Japan||||-align=center|November 21|Pride 8|| Tokyo, Japan||||-align=center
See also: 1999 in Pancrase.
See main article: 1999 in motorsport and List of 1999 motorsport champions.
- Fourth World Short Course Championships, held in Hong Kong, China (April 1 – 4)
- Australia wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (9)
- 24th European LC Championships, held in Istanbul, Turkey (July 26 – August 1)
- Germany wins the most medals (23), and the most gold medals (11)
- XIII Pan American Games, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (August 2–7)
- Eighth Pan Pacific Championships, held in Sydney, Australia (August 22–29)
- Third European SC Championships, held in Lisboa, Portugal (December 9–12)
- Germany wins the most medals (26), Sweden the most gold medals (9)
- February 17 – Australia's Susie O'Neill snapped the oldest world record in the books, clocking 2:05.37 in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a World Cup meet in Malmö, Sweden. The old mark, set by Mary T. Meagher on January 2, 1981, stood at 2:05.65.
- September 2 – Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a meet in Canberra, Australia, clocking 2:04.43
Awards
Notes and References
- Web site: Man United win treble. BBC Sport. 13 August 2015.
- Web site: 1999 Women's world cup final. https://web.archive.org/web/20150607210904/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/archive/usa1999/index.html. dead. June 7, 2015. Fifa. 13 August 2015.
- Web site: Hicham El Guerrouj world record. Jumping the gun. 13 August 2015.
- Web site: Michael Johnson World Record. Athletic Poetics. 13 August 2015.
- Web site: Mukherjee. Abhishek. Rajiv Nayyar plays longest First-Class innings, bats 1,015 minutes. cricketcountry.com. 23 January 2015.
- Web site: Epsom Derby History, Winners, & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 4 January 2022 .
- Web site: FAQ: What are the Pan American Games? . Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website . 4 January 2022.