1999 World Championships in Athletics explained

7th World Championships in Athletics
Host City:	Seville, Spain
Nations:	201
Athletes:	1821
Dates:	20–29 August 1999
Opened By:	Juan Carlos I
Stadium:	Estadio Olímpico de Sevila
Previous:	1997 Athens

The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29.

One of the main highlights of the games was the world record set in the 400 metres by Michael Johnson of the United States in a time of 43.18 seconds.

Men's results

Track

1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003

100 m		9.80 (CR)		9.84 (=NR)		9.97 (PB)
200 m		19.90 (SB)		20.00 (PB)		20.11
400 m		43.18 (WR)		44.29 (AR)		44.31 (NR)
800 m		1:43.30		1:43.32		1:44.18 (NR)
1500 m		3:27.65 (CR)		3:28.73 (NR)		3:30.57 (PB)
5000 m		12:58.13 (CR)		12:58.72		12:58.80
10,000 m		27:57.27		27:58.56		27:59.15
Marathon		2:13:36		2:14:03		2:14:07
110 m hurdles		13.04 (SB)		13.07 (NR)		13.12 (PB)
400 m hurdles		47.72 (WL)		48.12 (SB)		48.13 (NR)
3000 m st.		8:11.76		8:12.09		8.12.73
20 km walk		1:23:34		1:24:19		1:24:31
50 km walk		3:47:54^1 (PB)		3:48:18		3:50:55
4 × 100 m relay	Jon Drummond Tim Montgomery Brian Lewis Maurice Greene	37.59 (WL)	Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers Allyn Condon	37.73 (AR)	Raphael de Oliveira Claudinei da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva	38.05^2 (AR)
4 × 400 m relay	Tomasz Czubak Robert Maćkowiak Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek Piotr Długosielski	2:58.91^3 (SB)	Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Paston Coke Omar Brown	2:59.34	Jopie van Oudtshoorn Hendrick Mokganyetsi Adriaan Botha Arnaud Malherbe	3:00.20 (NR)

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
¹ German Skurygin of Russia originally won the gold medal in the 50 km walk in 3:44:23, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs in November 2001.
² Nigeria (Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong, Deji Aliu) originally won the bronze medal in 37.91, but were disqualified on August 31, 2005 after it was found Asonze had failed a doping test in June 1999.
³ The United States (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Michael Johnson) originally won the gold medal in 2:56.45, but were disqualified in 2008 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.

Field

1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003

High jump		2.37 (WL)		2.35 (NR)		2.32
Pole vault		6.02 (CR)		5.90		5.80 (NR)
Long jump		8.56		8.40		8.36 (SB)
Triple jump		17.59 (WL)		17.49 (PB)		17.48
Shot put		21.79 (PB)		21.42 (SB)		21.26
Discus throw		69.08 (CR)		68.18 (SB)		68.09
Javelin throw		89.52		89.18		87.67
Hammer throw		80.24		79.05		79.03
Decathlon		8744		8556 (PB)		8547 (SB)

Women's results

Track

1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003

100 m		10.70 (CR)		10.79		10.84
200 m		21.77 (WL)		22.22 (PB)		22.26
400 m		49.67 (SB)		49.74 (PB)		49.92 (PB)
800 m		1:56.68		1:56.72		1:56.93
1500 m		3:59.53 (SB)		4:00.35 (PB)		4:00.96 (SB)
5000 m		14:41.82 (CR)		14:43.15		14:44.22 (PB)
10,000 m		30:24.56 (CR)		30:27.13 (NR)		30:32.03 (NR)
Marathon		2:26:59 (NR)		2:27:02 (PB)		2:27:41
100 m hurdles		12.37 (WL)		12.44 (AR)		12.47 (NR)
400 m hurdles		52.89 (WL)		52.90 (AR)		53.16 (SB)
20 km walk		1:30:50		1:30:52		1:31:18 (SB)
4 × 100 m relay	Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup Pauline Davis-Thompson Debbie Ferguson Eldece Clarke-Lewis	41.92 (WL)	Patricia Girard Muriel Hurtis Katia Benth Christine Arron Fabé Dia	42.06 (NR)	Aleen Bailey Merlene Frazer Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie	42.15 (SB)
4 × 400 m relay	Tatyana Chebykina Svetlana Goncharenko Olga Kotlyarova Natalya Nazarova Natalya Sharova Yekaterina Bakhvalova	3:21.98 (WL)	Suziann Reid Maicel Malone-Wallace Michelle Collins Jearl Miles Clark Andrea Anderson	3:22.09 (SB)	Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Anja Rücker Grit Breuer Anja Knippel	3:22.43 (SB)

Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.

Field

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

High jump		1.99		1.99		1.99 (PB)
Pole vault		4.60 (WR)		4.55 (AR)		4.45
Long jump		7.06 (NR)		6.94		6.83
Triple jump		14.88		14.61		14.61
Shot put		19.85 (SB)		19.61 (PB)		19.43
Discus throw		68.14		66.05		65.35
Hammer throw		75.20		72.56		66.06
Javelin throw		67.09 (PB)		66.37 (PB)		66.06
Heptathlon		6861 (PB)		6724		6500

See also

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

• IAAF 1999
• History of the IAAF World Championships