1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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7th IAAF World Indoor Championships
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Host city Maebashi, Japan
Date(s) 5 March–7 March
Main stadium Green Dome Maebashi
Participation 451 athletes from
115 nations
Events 28

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.

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 the 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
details		  Maurice Greene (USA) 6.42
(CR)		  Tim Harden (USA) 6.43
(PB)		  Jason Gardener (GBR) 6.46
(AR)
200 m
details		  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 20.10
(CR)		  Obadele Thompson (BAR) 20.26
(AR)		  Kevin Little (USA) 20.48
400 m
details		  Jamie Baulch (GBR) 45.73  Milton Campbell (USA) 45.99  Alejandro Cárdenas (MEX) 46.02
(NR)
800 m
details		  Johan Botha (RSA) 1:45.47  Wilson Kipketer (DEN) 1:45.49  Nico Motchebon (GER) 1:45.74
1,500 m
details		  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:33.77
(CR)		  Laban Rotich (KEN) 3:33.98  Andrés Manuel Díaz (ESP) 3:34.46
3,000 m
details		  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 7:53.57  Paul Bitok (KEN) 7:53.79  Million Wolde (ETH) 7:53.85
60 m hurdles
details		  Colin Jackson (GBR) 7.38
(CR)		  Reggie Torian (USA) 7.40  Falk Balzer (GER) 7.44
4 × 400 m relay
details		  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
details		  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) 2.36  Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) 2.36  Charles Austin (USA) 2.33
Pole vault
details		  Jean Galfione (FRA) 6.00
(CR)		  Jeff Hartwig (USA) 5.95
(AR)		  Danny Ecker (GER) 5.85
Long jump
details		  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.62
(CR)		  Yago Lamela (ESP) 8.56
(AR)		  Erick Walder (USA) 8.30
Triple jump
details *		  Charles Friedek (GER) 17.18
(PB)		  LaMark Carter (USA) 16.98  Zsolt Czingler (HUN) 16.98
Shot put
details		  Aleksandr Bagach (UKR) 21.41  John Godina (USA) 21.06  Yuriy Bilonog (UKR) 20.89
Heptathlon
details		  Sebastian Chmara (POL) 6386
(WL)		  Erki Nool (EST) 6374
(NR)		  Roman Šebrle (CZE) 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
details *		  Ekaterini Thanou (GRE) 6.96  Gail Devers (USA) 7.02  Philomena Mensah (CAN) 7.07
200 m
details		  Ionela Târlea (ROU) 22.39  Svetlana Goncharenko (RUS) 22.69  Pauline Davis (BAH) 22.70
400 m
details		  Grit Breuer (GER) 50.80  Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 51.25  Jearl Miles Clark (USA) 51.45
800 m
details		  Ludmila Formanová (CZE) 1:56.90
(CR)		  Maria Mutola (MOZ) 1:57.17  Natalya Tsyganova (RUS) 1:57.47
(NR)
1,500 m
details		  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 4:03.23
(CR)		  Violeta Beclea (ROU) 4:03.53
(PB)		  Lidia Chojecka (POL) 4:05.86
(NR)
3,000 m
details		  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 8:36.42  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) 8:38.43
(AR)		  Regina Jacobs (USA) 8:39.14
(AR)
60 m hurdles
details		  Olga Shishigina (KAZ) 7.86  Glory Alozie (NGR) 7.87  Keturah Anderson (CAN) 7.90
4 × 400 m relay
details		  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
details		  Khristina Kalcheva (BUL) 1.99  Zuzana Hlavoňová (CZE) 1.96  Tisha Waller (USA) 1.96
Pole vault
details		  Nastja Ryjikh (GER) 4.50
(CR)		  Vala Flosadóttir (ISL) 4.45
(NR)		  Nicole Rieger (GER) 4.35
 Zsuzsanna Szabó (HUN)
Long jump
details		  Tatyana Kotova (RUS) 6.86
(PB)		  Shana Williams (USA) 6.82
(PB)		  Iva Prandzheva (BUL) 6.78
Triple jump
details		  Ashia Hansen (GBR) 15.02
(WL)		  Iva Prandzheva (BUL) 14.94
(NR)		  Šárka Kašpárková (CZE) 14.87
(NR)
Shot put
details *		  Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) 19.08  Krystyna Danilczyk (POL) 19.00  Teri Steer (USA) 18.86
Pentathlon
details		  Le Shundra Nathan (USA) 4753  Irina Belova (RUS) 4691  Urszula Włodarczyk (POL) 4596

Medal table by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  United States 3 8 8 19
2  Russia 3 3 1 7
3  Romania 3 1 0 4
4  Germany 3 0 4 6
5  United Kingdom 3 0 2 5
6  Ethiopia 2 0 1 3
7  Cuba 2 0 0 2
8  Poland 1 2 2 5
9  Czech Republic 1 1 2 4
10  Bulgaria 1 1 1 3
11  Ukraine 1 0 1 2
12  France 1 0 0 1
12  Greece 1 0 0 1
12  Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
12  Namibia 1 0 0 1
12  South Africa 1 0 0 1
17  Kenya 0 2 0 2
17  Nigeria 0 2 0 2
19  Spain 0 1 1 2
20  Australia 0 1 0 1
20  Barbados 0 1 0 1
20  Denmark 0 1 0 1
20  Estonia 0 1 0 1
20  Iceland 0 1 0 1
20  Morocco 0 1 0 1
20  Mozambique 0 1 0 1
27  Hungary 0 0 2 2
27  Canada 0 0 2 2
29  Bahamas 0 0 1 1
29  Mexico 0 0 1 1

Participating nations

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See also

References

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  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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