1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

International athletics championship event

7th IAAF World Indoor Championships

Dates| 5 March–7 March
Host city| Maebashi, Japan
Venue| Green Dome Maebashi
Events| 28
Participation| 451 athletes from
115 nations

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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.

## Doping disqualifications

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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 Ukraine was stripped of the shot put gold and Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.[1]

## Results

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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60 m
details | Maurice Greene
United States | 6.42
(CR) | Tim Harden
United States | 6.43
(PB) | Jason Gardener
Great Britain | 6.46
(AR)
200 m
details | Frankie Fredericks
Namibia | 20.10
(CR) | Obadele Thompson
Barbados | 20.26
(AR) | Kevin Little
United States | 20.48
400 m
details | Jamie Baulch
Great Britain | 45.73  | Milton Campbell
United States | 45.99  | Alejandro Cárdenas
Mexico | 46.02
(NR)
800 m
details | Johan Botha
South Africa | 1:45.47  | Wilson Kipketer
Denmark | 1:45.49  | Nico Motchebon
Germany | 1:45.74
1,500 m
details | Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia | 3:33.77
(CR) | Laban Rotich
Kenya | 3:33.98  | Andrés Manuel Díaz
Spain | 3:34.46
3,000 m
details | Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia | 7:53.57  | Paul Bitok
Kenya | 7:53.79  | Million Wolde
Ethiopia | 7:53.85
60 m hurdles
details | Colin Jackson
Great Britain | 7.38
(CR) | Reggie Torian
United States | 7.40  | Falk Balzer
Germany | 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
Cuba | 2.36  | Vyacheslav Voronin
Russia | 2.36  | Charles Austin
United States | 2.33
Pole vault
details | Jean Galfione
France | 6.00
(CR) | Jeff Hartwig
United States | 5.95
(AR) | Danny Ecker
Germany | 5.85
Long jump
details | Iván Pedroso
Cuba | 8.62
(CR) | Yago Lamela
Spain | 8.56
(AR) | Erick Walder
United States | 8.30
Triple jump
details | Charles Friedek
Germany | 17.18
(PB) | LaMark Carter
United States1 | 16.98  | Zsolt Czingler
Hungary | 16.98
Shot put
details | Aleksandr Bagach
Ukraine | 21.41  | John Godina
United States | 21.06  | Yuriy Bilonog
Ukraine | 20.89
Heptathlon
details | Sebastian Chmara
Poland | 6386
(WL) | Erki Nool
Estonia | 6374
(NR) | Roman Šebrle
Czech Republic | 6319
(NR)

1 Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified for doping.[1]

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
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60 m
details *  | Ekaterini Thanou
Greece | 6.96  | Gail Devers
United States | 7.02  | Philomena Mensah
Canada | 7.07
200 m
details | Ionela Târlea
Romania | 22.39  | Svetlana Goncharenko
Russia | 22.69  | Pauline Davis
Bahamas | 22.70
400 m
details | Grit Breuer
Germany | 50.80  | Falilat Ogunkoya
Nigeria | 51.25  | Jearl Miles Clark
United States | 51.45
800 m
details | Ludmila Formanová
Czech Republic | 1:56.90
(CR) | Maria Mutola
Mozambique | 1:57.17  | Natalya Tsyganova
Russia | 1:57.47
(NR)
1,500 m
details | Gabriela Szabo
Romania | 4:03.23
(CR) | Violeta Beclea
Romania | 4:03.53
(PB) | Lidia Chojecka
Poland | 4:05.86
(NR)
3,000 m
details | Gabriela Szabo
Romania | 8:36.42  | Zahra Ouaziz
Morocco | 8:38.43
(AR) | Regina Jacobs
United States | 8:39.14
(AR)
60 m hurdles
details | Olga Shishigina
Kazakhstan | 7.86  | Glory Alozie
Nigeria | 7.87  | Keturah Anderson
Canada | 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
Bulgaria | 1.99  | Zuzana Hlavoňová
Czech Republic | 1.96  | Tisha Waller
United States | 1.96
Pole vault
details | Nastja Ryjikh
Germany | 4.50
(CR) | Vala Flosadóttir
Iceland | 4.45
(NR) | Nicole Rieger
Germany | 4.35
Zsuzsanna Szabó
Hungary
Long jump
details | Tatyana Kotova
Russia | 6.86
(PB) | Shana Williams
United States | 6.82
(PB) | Iva Prandzheva
Bulgaria | 6.78
Triple jump
details | Ashia Hansen
Great Britain | 15.02
(WL) | Iva Prandzheva
Bulgaria | 14.94
(NR) | Šárka Kašpárková
Czech Republic | 14.87
(NR)
Shot put
details *  | Svetlana Krivelyova
Russia | 19.08  | Krystyna Danilczyk
Poland | 19.00  | Teri Steer
United States | 18.86
Pentathlon
details | Le Shundra Nathan
United States | 4753  | Irina Belova
Russia | 4691  | Urszula Włodarczyk
Poland | 4596

* American sprinter Inger Miller won the bronze but failed a post-race drug test (excessive caffeine) and was stripped of the medal.[1][2]
* Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine failed a drug test and was stripped of her shot put gold medal.[1]
* Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.[1]

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 3| 8| 8| 19
2|  Russia (RUS)| 3| 3| 1| 7
3|  Romania (ROM)| 3| 1| 0| 4
4|  Germany (GER)| 3| 0| 4| 7
5|  Great Britain (GBR)| 3| 0| 2| 5
6|  Ethiopia (ETH)| 2| 0| 1| 3
7|  Cuba (CUB)| 2| 0| 0| 2
8|  Poland (POL)| 1| 2| 2| 5
9|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 1| 1| 2| 4
10|  Bulgaria (BGR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
11|  Ukraine (UKR)| 1| 0| 1| 2
12|  France (FRA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Greece (GRE)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Namibia (NAM)| 1| 0| 0| 1
South Africa (RSA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
17|  Kenya (KEN)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Nigeria (NGA)| 0| 2| 0| 2
19|  Spain (ESP)| 0| 1| 1| 2
20|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Barbados (BRB)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Denmark (DEN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Estonia (EST)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Iceland (ISL)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Morocco (MAR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Mozambique (MOZ)| 0| 1| 0| 1
27|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Hungary (HUN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
29|  Bahamas (BAH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Mexico (MEX)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (30 entries)| 28| 28| 29| 85

## Participating nations

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* Algeria (4)
* Andorra (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Australia (12)
* Austria (6)
* Bahamas (5)
* Bahrain (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Belgium (2)
* Benin (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bhutan (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Botswana (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (10)
* Burundi (2)
* Canada (4)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chad (2)
* China (10)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (9)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (10)
* Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Dominica (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Estonia (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (17)
* Gabon (1)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (24)
* Ghana (1)
* Great Britain (24)
* Greece (GRE) (8)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Guyana (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (7)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (7)
* Jamaica (15)
* Japan (30)
* Kazakhstan (4)
* Kenya (5)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Laos (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Liberia (1)
* Lithuania (2)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Montserrat (1)
* Morocco (3)
* Mozambique (2)
* Namibia (1)
* Netherlands (3)
* New Zealand (3)
* Nigeria (8)
* Oman (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Philippines (1)
* Poland (20)
* Portugal (1)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Romania (10)
* Russia (26)
* Rwanda (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* Sierra Leone (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (8)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (18)
* Suriname (1)
* Swaziland (1)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (4)
* Tanzania (1)
* Togo (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (46)
* Uzbekistan (1)
* Yugoslavia (1)
* Zambia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)

## See also

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* 1999 in athletics (track and field)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Mark Butler (ed.), "DOPING VIOLATIONS AT IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS", IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014 (PDF), IAAF, pp. 47–48, retrieved 27 September 201547-48&rft.pub=IAAF&rft_id=http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2014/Sopot2014/projet/SOPOT-2014.pdf#page=49&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1999+IAAF+World+Indoor+Championships" class="Z3988">
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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* 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships Official Website
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