1999 World Championships in Athletics

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 Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	9.80 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	9.84 (=NR)	Template:Flagmedalist	9.97 (PB)
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	19.90 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	20.00 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	20.11
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	43.18 (WR)	Template:Flagmedalist	44.29 (AR)	Template:Flagmedalist	44.31 (NR)
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	1:43.30	Template:Flagmedalist	1:43.32	Template:Flagmedalist	1:44.18 (NR)
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	3:27.65 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	3:28.73 (NR)	Template:Flagmedalist	3:30.57 (PB)
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	12:58.13 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	12:58.72	Template:Flagmedalist	12:58.80
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	27:57.27	Template:Flagmedalist	27:58.56	Template:Flagmedalist	27:59.15
Marathon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	2:13:36	Template:Flagmedalist	2:14:03	Template:Flagmedalist	2:14:07
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	13.04 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	13.07 (NR)	Template:Flagmedalist	13.12 (PB)
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	47.72 (WL)	Template:Flagmedalist	48.12 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	48.13 (NR)
3000 m st. Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	8:11.76	Template:Flagmedalist	8:12.09	Template:Flagmedalist	8.12.73
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	1:23:34	Template:Flagmedalist	1:24:19	Template:Flagmedalist	1:24:31
50 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	3:47:541 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	3:48:18	Template:Flagmedalist	3:50:55
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Jon Drummond Tim Montgomery Brian Lewis Maurice Greene	37.59 (WL)	Template:Flagteam Jason Gardener Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish Dwain Chambers Allyn Condon*	37.73 (AR)	Template:Flagteam Raphael de Oliveira Claudinei da Silva Édson Ribeiro André da Silva	38.052 (AR)
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagteam Tomasz Czubak Robert Maćkowiak Jacek Bocian Piotr Haczek Piotr Długosielski*	2:58.913 (SB)	Template:Flagteam Michael McDonald Greg Haughton Danny McFarlane Davian Clarke Paston Coke* Omar A. Brown*	2:59.34	Template:Flagteam Jopie van Oudtshoorn Hendrick Mokganyetsi Adriaan Botha Arnaud Malherbe	3:00.20 (NR)
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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 Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	2.37 (WL)	Template:Flagmedalist	2.35 (NR)	Template:Flagmedalist	2.32
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	6.02 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	5.90	Template:Flagmedalist	5.80 (NR)
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	8.56	Template:Flagmedalist	8.40	Template:Flagmedalist	8.36 (SB)
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	17.59 (WL)	Template:Flagmedalist	17.49 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	17.48
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	21.79 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	21.42 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	21.26
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	69.08 (CR)	Template:Flagmedalist	68.18 (SB)	Template:Flagmedalist	68.09
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	89.52	Template:Flagmedalist	89.18	Template:Flagmedalist	87.67
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	80.24	Template:Flagmedalist	79.05	Template:Flagmedalist	79.03
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagmedalist	8744	Template:Flagmedalist	8556 (PB)	Template:Flagmedalist	8547 (SB)
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Women's results

Track

1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003

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

Field

1995 |1997 |1999 |2001 |2003

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

• 1999 in athletics (track and field)

References

• IAAF 1999
• History of the IAAF World ChampionshipsTemplate:Dead link