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1999 in the sport of athletics

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Field	Value
Title	1999 in athletics
Major world competitions	World Championships
World Indoor Championships
IAAF Athletes of the Year	Michael Johnson
Gabriela Szabo
Previous	1998
Next	2000

World Indoor Championships |No. of world records = |IAAF Athletes of the Year = Michael Johnson Gabriela Szabo

This page shows the main events during the 1999 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.

International Events

All-Africa Games
Balkan Games
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Pan American Games
Pan Arab Games
South American Championships
World Championships
World Cross Country Championships
World Indoor Championships
World Student Games

World records

Men

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Place	Date
100 metres	Maurice Greene	United States	9.79	GRE Athens, Greece	16 June
400 metres	Michael Johnson	United States	43.18	ESP Seville, Spain	26 August
1000 metres	Noah Ngeny		2:11.96	ITA Rieti, Italy	5 September
Mile	Hicham El Guerrouj		3:43.13	ITA Rome, Italy	7 July
2,000 metres	Hicham El Guerrouj		4:44.79	GER Berlin, Germany	7 September
Decathlon	Tomáš Dvořák		8,994	CZE Prague, Czech republic	3-4 July

Women

Event	Athlete	Nation	Performance	Place	Date
3000 m steeplechase	Yelena Motalova	Russia	9:48.88	RUS Tula, Russia	31 July
Pole vault	Emma George	Australia	4.60 m	AUS Sydney, AUS	20 February
Pole vault	Stacy Dragila	United States	4.60 m	ESP Seville, Spain	21 August

Awards

Men

1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Michael Johnson
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Hicham El Guerrouj
European Athlete of the Year Award	Tomáš Dvořák
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award	Maurice Greene

Women

1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS	ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year	Gabriela Szabo
Track & Field Athlete of the Year	Gabriela Szabo
European Athlete of the Year Award	Gabriela Szabo
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award	Marion Jones

Men's Best Year Performances

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Fabrizio Mori	47.72
2.	Llewellyn Herbert	47.83
3.	Samuel Matete	47.91
4.	Stéphane Diagana	48.12
5.	Marcel Schelbert	48.13
Eronilde de Araújo

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Bernard Barmasai	7:58.98
2.	Christopher Kosgei	8:05.43
3.	Ali Ezzine	8:06.70
4.	Wilson Boit Kipketer	8:07.10
5.	Paul Kosgei	8:07.13

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Maksim Tarasov	6.05 m
2.	Jeff Hartwig	6.02 m
3.	Tim Lobinger	6.00 m
4.	Jean Galfione	5.98 m
5.	Dmitriy Markov	5.95 m

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Decathlon]]

Main article: 1999 Decathlon Year Ranking

Women's Best Year Performances

[[60 metres]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Ekateríni Thánou	6.96
2.	Gail Devers	6.98
3.	Merlene Ottey	7.01
4.	Savatheda Fynes	7.01
5.	Philomena Mensah	7.02

[[100 metres]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Marion Jones	10.70
2.	Inger Miller	10.79
3.	Ekateríni Thánou	10.83
4.	Glory Alozie	10.90
5.	Savatheda Fynes	10.91

[[200 metres]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Inger Miller	21.77
2.	Marion Jones	21.81
3.	Merlene Frazer	22.18
4.	Debbie Ferguson	22.19
5.	Beverly McDonald	22.22

[[Half marathon]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Elana Meyer	1:06:44

[[Hurdles|60 metres]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Brigita Bukovec	7.78
2.	Glory Alozie	7,82
3.	Olga Shishigina	7.82
4.	Melissa Morrison	7.85
5.	Katie Anderson	7.90

[[Hurdling|100m hurdles]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Gail Devers	12.37
2.	Glory Alozie	12.44
3.	Olga Shishigina	12.47
—	Ludmila Engquist	12.47
5.	Katie Anderson	12.61

[[Hurdling|400m hurdles]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Daimí Pernía	52.89
2.	Nezha Bidouane	52.90
3.	Deon Hemmings	53.16
4.	Ionela Târlea	53.25
5.	Andrea Blackett	53.36

[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m steeplechase]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	TIME
1.	Yelena Motalova	9:48.88
2.	Laurence Duquénoy	9:55.69
3.	Daniela Petrescu	9:58.44
4.	Justyna Bąk	9:58.77
5.	Alina Cucerzan	10:03.68

[[High jump]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Hestrie Cloete	2.04 m
2.	Monica Iagăr	2.01 m
Yelena Yelesina
Inga Babakova
5.	Tisha Waller	2.00 m

[[Shot put]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	DISTANCE
1.	Svetlana Krivelyova	20.26 m
2.	Yelena Ivanenko	19.13 m
3.	Yuliya Zaginay	19.06 m
4.	Tressa Thompson	18.88 m

[[Pole vault]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	HEIGHT
1.	Emma George	4.60 m
Stacy Dragila
3.	Anzhela Balakhonova	4.55 m
4.	Tatiana Grigorieva	4.50 m
5.	Yelena Belyakova	4.46 m

[[Hammer throw]]

Main article: 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

[[Heptathlon]]

RANK	1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS	POINTS
1.	Eunice Barber	6861
2.	Denise Lewis	6724
3.	DeDee Nathan	6577
4.	Ghada Shouaa	6500
5.	Sabine Braun	6497

Marathon

Men's competition

Pan American Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Vanderlei de Lima	2:17:20
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Raúl Maza	2:19:56
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Éder Fialho	2:20:09

Best Year Performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Khalid Khannouchi	2:05:42	Chicago Marathon
2.	Moses Tanui	2:06:16	Chicago Marathon
3.	Gert Thys	2:06:33	Tokyo Marathon
4.	Josephat Kiprono	2:06:44	Berlin Marathon
5.	Fred Kiprop	2:06:46	Amsterdam Marathon
6.	Tesfaye Jifar	2:06:48	Amsterdam Marathon
7.	William Kiplagat	2:06:49	Amsterdam Marathon
8.	Tesfaye Tola	2:06:56	Amsterdam Marathon
9.	Takayuki Inubushi	2:06:57	Berlin Marathon
10.	Japhet Kosgei	2:07:09	Rotterdam Marathon

Women's competition

Pan American Games

RANK	ATHLETE	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Érika Olivera	2:37:41
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Iglandini González	2:40:06
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Viviany Anderson	2:40:55

Best Year Performances

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	TIME	EVENT
1.	Tegla Loroupe	2:20:43	Berlin Marathon
2.	Eri Yamaguchi	2:22:12	Tokyo Marathon
3.	Tegla Loroupe	2:22:48	Rotterdam Marathon
4.	Joyce Chepchumba	2:23:22	London Marathon
5.	Lidia Șimon	2:23:24	Osaka International Ladies Marathon
6.	Fatuma Roba	2:23:25	Boston Marathon
7.	Tegla Loroupe	2:23:46	Osaka International Ladies Marathon
8.	Marleen Renders	2:23:58	Berlin Marathon
9.	Adriana Fernández	2:24:06	London Marathon
10.	Katrin Dörre	2:24:35	Hamburg Marathon

Deaths

January 5 — Jarmila Nygrýnová (45), Czech long jumper (b. 1953)
January 9 — James Peters (80), English long-distance runner (b. 1918)
January 28 — Josef Doležal (78), Czechoslovak race walker (b. 1920)
February 3 — Mikko Hietanen (87), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1911)
May 17 — João Carlos de Oliveira (44), Brazilian athlete (b. 1954)
May 18 — Betty Robinson (87), American athlete (b. 1911)
June 30 — Bob Backus (72), American hammer thrower (b. 1926)
August 26 — Elena Murgoci (39), Romanian long-distance runner (b. 1960)

References

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