1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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.

7th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Dates5 March–7 March
Host cityMaebashi, Japan
VenueGreen Dome Maebashi
Events28
Participation451 athletes from
115 nations

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
60 m
Maurice Greene
 United States
6.42
(CR)
Tim Harden
 United States
6.43
(PB)
Jason Gardener
 Great Britain
6.46
(AR)
200 m
Frankie Fredericks
 Namibia
20.10
(CR)
Obadele Thompson
 Barbados
20.26
(AR)
Kevin Little
 United States
20.48
400 m
Jamie Baulch
 Great Britain
45.73 Milton Campbell
 United States
45.99 Alejandro Cárdenas
 Mexico
46.02
(NR)
800 m
Johan Botha
 South Africa
1:45.47 Wilson Kipketer
 Denmark
1:45.49 Nico Motchebon
 Germany
1:45.74
1,500 m
Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia
3:33.77
(CR)
Laban Rotich
 Kenya
3:33.98 Andrés Manuel Díaz
 Spain
3:34.46
3,000 m
Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia
7:53.57 Paul Bitok
 Kenya
7:53.79 Million Wolde
 Ethiopia
7:53.85
60 m hurdles
Colin Jackson
 Great Britain
7.38
(CR)
Reggie Torian
 United States
7.40 Falk Balzer
 Germany
7.44
4 × 400 m relay
 United States (USA)
Andre Morris
Dameon Johnson
Deon Minor
Milton Campbell
3:02.83
(WR)
 Poland (POL)
Piotr Haczek
Jacek Bocian
Piotr Rysiukiewicz
Robert Maćkowiak
3:03.01
(AR)
 Great Britain (GBR)
Allyn Condon
Solomon Wariso
Adrian Patrick
Jamie Baulch
3:03.20
(NR)
High jump
Javier Sotomayor
 Cuba
2.36 Vyacheslav Voronin
 Russia
2.36 Charles Austin
 United States
2.33
Pole vault
Jean Galfione
 France
6.00
(CR)
Jeff Hartwig
 United States
5.95
(AR)
Danny Ecker
 Germany
5.85
Long jump
Iván Pedroso
 Cuba
8.62
(CR)
Yago Lamela
 Spain
8.56
(AR)
Erick Walder
 United States
8.30
Triple jump
*
Charles Friedek
 Germany
17.18
(PB)
LaMark Carter
 United States
16.98 Zsolt Czingler
 Hungary
16.98
Shot put
Aleksandr Bagach
 Ukraine
21.41 John Godina
 United States
21.06 Yuriy Bilonog
 Ukraine
20.89
Heptathlon
Sebastian Chmara
 Poland
6386
(WL)
Erki Nool
 Estonia
6374
(NR)
Roman Šebrle
 Czech Republic
6319
(NR)
  • Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria originally came second in the triple jump and was awarded the silver medal, but was later disqualified for doping.[1]

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
60 m
*
Ekaterini Thanou
 Greece
6.96 Gail Devers
 United States
7.02 Philomena Mensah
 Canada
7.07
200 m
Ionela Târlea
 Romania
22.39 Svetlana Goncharenko
 Russia
22.69 Pauline Davis
 Bahamas
22.70
400 m
Grit Breuer
 Germany
50.80 Falilat Ogunkoya
 Nigeria
51.25 Jearl Miles Clark
 United States
51.45
800 m
Ludmila Formanová
 Czech Republic
1:56.90
(CR)
Maria Mutola
 Mozambique
1:57.17 Natalya Tsyganova
 Russia
1:57.47
(NR)
1,500 m
Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
4:03.23
(CR)
Violeta Beclea
 Romania
4:03.53
(PB)
Lidia Chojecka
 Poland
4:05.86
(NR)
3,000 m
Gabriela Szabo
 Romania
8:36.42 Zahra Ouaziz
 Morocco
8:38.43
(AR)
Regina Jacobs
 United States
8:39.14
(AR)
60 m hurdles
Olga Shishigina
 Kazakhstan
7.86 Glory Alozie
 Nigeria
7.87 Keturah Anderson
 Canada
7.90
4 × 400 m relay
 Russia (RUS)
Tatyana Chebykina
Svetlana Goncharenko
Olga Kotlyarova
Natalya Nazarova
3:24.25
(WR)
 Australia (AUS)
Susan Andrews
Tania Van Heer
Tamsyn Lewis
Cathy Freeman
3:26.87
(AR)
 United States (USA)
Monique Hennagan
Michelle Collins
Zundra Feagin
Shanelle Porter
3:27.59
(AR)
High jump
Khristina Kalcheva
 Bulgaria
1.99 Zuzana Hlavoňová
 Czech Republic
1.96 Tisha Waller
 United States
1.96
Pole vault
Nastja Ryjikh
 Germany
4.50
(CR)
Vala Flosadóttir
 Iceland
4.45
(NR)
Nicole Rieger
 Germany
4.35
Zsuzsanna Szabó
 Hungary
Long jump
Tatyana Kotova
 Russia
6.86
(PB)
Shana Williams
 United States
6.82
(PB)
Iva Prandzheva
 Bulgaria
6.78
Triple jump
Ashia Hansen
 Great Britain
15.02
(WL)
Iva Prandzheva
 Bulgaria
14.94
(NR)
Šárka Kašpárková
 Czech Republic
14.87
(NR)
Shot put
*
Svetlana Krivelyova
 Russia
19.08 Krystyna Danilczyk
 Poland
19.00 Teri Steer
 United States
18.86
Pentathlon
Le Shundra Nathan
 United States
4753 Irina Belova
 Russia
4691 Urszula Włodarczyk
 Poland
4596

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)38819
2 Russia (RUS)3317
3 Romania (ROM)3104
4 Germany (GER)3047
5 Great Britain (GBR)3025
6 Ethiopia (ETH)2013
7 Cuba (CUB)2002
8 Poland (POL)1225
9 Czech Republic (CZE)1124
10 Bulgaria (BGR)1113
11 Ukraine (UKR)1012
12 France (FRA)1001
 Greece (GRE)1001
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
 Namibia (NAM)1001
 South Africa (RSA)1001
17 Kenya (KEN)0202
 Nigeria (NGA)0202
19 Spain (ESP)0112
20 Australia (AUS)0101
 Barbados (BRB)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
 Iceland (ISL)0101
 Morocco (MAR)0101
 Mozambique (MOZ)0101
27 Canada (CAN)0022
 Hungary (HUN)0022
29 Bahamas (BAH)0011
 Mexico (MEX)0011
Totals (30 nations)28282985

Participating nations

See also

References

  1. 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
  2. Morfey, Alex (2001-10-13). Athletics: Miller failed drug test in 1999. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved on 2010-02-07.


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