1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

7th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Host city	Maebashi, Japan
Date(s)	5 March–7 March
Main Stadium	Green Dome Maebashi
Nations participating	115
Athletes participating	451
Events	28
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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.

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Men 1.2 Women 2 Medal table by country 3 Participating nations 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

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
4x400 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)

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
4x400 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

• Note: * = American sprinter Inger Miller won the bronze but failed a post-race drug test (excessive caffeine) and was stripped of the medal.^[1]

• Note: Vita Pavlysh failed a drug test and was stripped of her shot put gold medal.

Medal table by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	8	9	20
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

See also

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links

• 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships Official Website
• Athletics Australia

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