1999 World Athletics Championships

Host City Sevilla
Country ESP
Held 20 – 29 August 1999
Competitors 179
Countries 42

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
100 m Men — Medal 3 3
200 m Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Men — Medal 3 3
800 m Men — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Men — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Men — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Men — Medal 3 2
Marathon Men — Medal 3 3
110 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Men — Medal 3 3
3,000 m Steeplechase Men — Medal 3 2
4 x 100 m Relay Men — Medal 13 3
4 x 400 m Relay Men — Medal 21 4
20 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
50 km Walk Men — Medal 3 3
High Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Pole Vault Men — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Men — Medal 3 3
Shot Put Men — Medal 3 3
Discus Throw Men — Medal 3 2
Hammer Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Men — Medal 3 3
Decathlon Men — Medal 3 3
100 m Women — Medal 3 2
200 m Women — Medal 3 2
400 m Women — Medal 3 3
800 m Women — Medal 3 3
1,500 m Women — Medal 3 3
5,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
10,000 m Women — Medal 3 3
Marathon Women — Medal 3 3
100 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
400 m Hurdles Women — Medal 3 3
4 x 100 m Relay Women — Medal 14 3
4 x 400 m Relay Women — Medal 16 3
20 km Walk Women — Medal 3 2
High Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Pole Vault Women — Medal 3 3
Long Jump Women — Medal 3 3
Triple Jump Women — Medal 3 2
Shot Put Women — Medal 3 2
Discus Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Hammer Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Javelin Throw Women — Medal 3 3
Heptathlon Women — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 United States USA 10 3 4 17
2 Russia RUS 5 4 3 12
3 Germany GER 4 4 3 11
4 Greece GRE 2 2 2 6
5 Morocco MAR 2 2 1 5
6 Cuba CUB 2 2 0 4
= Italy ITA 2 2 0 4
8 Spain ESP 2 1 1 4
9 Ethiopia ETH 2 0 3 5
10 Romania ROU 2 0 2 4
11 Czech Republic CZE 2 0 1 3
12 Great Britain GBR 1 4 2 7
13 Kenya KEN 1 4 1 6
14 France FRA 1 2 0 3
15 Australia AUS 1 1 2 4
= Ukraine UKR 1 1 2 4
17 China CHN 1 1 0 2
18 Bahamas BAH 1 0 0 1
= Denmark DEN 1 0 0 1
= Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
= North Korea PRK 1 0 0 1
= Poland POL 1 0 0 1
23 Jamaica JAM 0 2 4 6
24 Brazil BRA 0 2 1 3
25 Canada CAN 0 2 0 2
26 Japan JPN 0 1 1 2
= Nigeria NGR 0 1 1 2
= South Africa RSA 0 1 1 2
29 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
= Ecuador ECU 0 1 0 1
= Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
= Mozambique MOZ 0 1 0 1
33 Mexico MEX 0 0 2 2
34 Algeria ALG 0 0 1 1
= American Samoa ASA 0 0 1 1
= Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
= Israel ISR 0 0 1 1
= Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
= Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1
= Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1
= Syria SYR 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
100 m, Men Maurice Greene USA Bruny Surin CAN Dwain Chambers GBR
200 m, Men Maurice Greene USA Claudinei da Silva BRA Francis Obikwelu NGR
400 m, Men Michael Johnson USA Sanderlei Parrela BRA Alejandro Cárdenas MEX
800 m, Men Wilson Kipketer DEN Hezekiél Sepeng RSA Djabir Saïd-Guerni ALG
1,500 m, Men Hicham El Guerrouj MAR Noah Ngeny KEN Reyes Estévez ESP
5,000 m, Men Salah Hissou MAR Benjamin Limo KEN Mohammed Mourhit BEL
10,000 m, Men Haile Gebrselassie ETH Paul Tergat KEN Assefa Mezgebu ETH
Marathon, Men Abel Antón ESP Vincenzo Modica ITA Nobuyuki Sato JPN
110 m Hurdles, Men Colin Jackson GBR Anier García CUB Duane Ross USA
400 m Hurdles, Men Fabrizio Mori ITA Stéphane Diagana FRA Marcel Schelbert SUI
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men Christopher Cherono Koskei KEN Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN Ali Ezzine MAR
4 x 100 m Relay, Men United States USA Great Britain GBR Brazil BRA
4 x 400 m Relay, Men Poland POL Jamaica JAM South Africa RSA
20 km Walk, Men Ilya Markov RUS Jefferson Pérez ECU Daniel García MEX
50 km Walk, Men Ivano Brugnetti ITA Nikolay Matyukhin RUS Curt Clausen USA
High Jump, Men Vyacheslav Voronin RUS Mark Boswell CAN Martin Buss GER
Pole Vault, Men Maksim Tarasov RUS Dmitri Markov AUS Alex Averbukh ISR
Long Jump, Men Iván Pedroso CUB Yago Lamela ESP Gregor Cankar SLO
Triple Jump, Men Charles Friedek GER Rostislav Dimitrov BUL Jonathan Edwards GBR
Shot Put, Men C. J. Hunter USA Oliver-Sven Buder GER Oleksandr Bahach UKR
Discus Throw, Men Tony Washington USA Jürgen Schult GER Lars Riedel GER
Hammer Throw, Men Karsten Kobs GER Zsolt Németh HUN Vladyslav Piskunov UKR
Javelin Throw, Men Aki Parviainen FIN Kostas Gatsioudis GRE Jan Železný CZE
Decathlon, Men Tomáš Dvořák CZE Dean Macey GBR Chris Huffins USA
100 m, Women Marion Jones USA Inger Miller USA Aikaterini Thanou GRE
200 m, Women Inger Miller USA Beverly McDonald JAM Merlene Frazer JAM
400 m, Women Cathy Freeman AUS Anja Rücker GER Lorraine Graham JAM
800 m, Women Ludmila Formanová CZE Maria Mutola MOZ Svetlana Masterkova RUS
1,500 m, Women Svetlana Masterkova RUS Regina Jacobs USA Kutre Dulecha ETH
5,000 m, Women Gabriela Szabo ROU Zohra Ouaziz MAR Ayelech Worku ETH
10,000 m, Women Gete Wami ETH Paula Radcliffe GBR Tegla Loroupe KEN
Marathon, Women Jong Song-Ok PRK Ari Ichihashi JPN Lidia Șimon ROU
100 m Hurdles, Women Gail Devers USA Glory Alozie NGR Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist SWE
400 m Hurdles, Women Daimí Pernía CUB Nezha Bidouane MAR Deon Hemmings JAM
4 x 100 m Relay, Women Bahamas BAH France FRA Jamaica JAM
4 x 400 m Relay, Women Russia RUS United States USA Germany GER
20 km Walk, Women Liu Hongyu CHN Wang Yan CHN Kerry Saxby-Junna AUS
High Jump, Women Inha Babakova UKR Yelena Yelesina RUS Svetlana Lapina RUS
Pole Vault, Women Stacy Dragila USA Anzhela Balakhonova UKR Tatiana Grigorieva AUS
Long Jump, Women Niurka Montalvo ESP Fiona May ITA Marion Jones USA
Triple Jump, Women Paraskevi Tsiamita GRE Yamilé Aldama CUB Olga Vasdeki GRE
Shot Put, Women Astrid Kumbernuss GER Nadine Kleinert-Schmitt GER Svetlana Krivelyova RUS
Discus Throw, Women Franka Dietzsch GER Anastasia Kelesidou GRE Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu ROU
Hammer Throw, Women Mihaela Melinte ROU Olga Kuzenkova RUS Lisa Misipeka ASA
Javelin Throw, Women Mirela Maniani-Tzelili GRE Tatyana Shikolenko RUS Trine Solberg-Hattestad NOR
Heptathlon, Women Eunice Barber FRA Denise Lewis GBR Ghada Shouaa SYR