1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics

Dates| 16–18 July
Host city|  Bydgoszcz, Poland
Venue| Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium
Level| Youth (under 18)
Events| 39

2001 Debrecen ->

The 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the first edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 16 to July 18, 1999.

## Results

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### Boys

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m | Mark Lewis-Francis
Great Britain | 10.40  | Bryan Sears
United States | 10.42  | Omar Brown
Jamaica | 10.43
200 m | Timothy Benjamin
Great Britain | 20.72  | Omar Brown
Jamaica | 21.09  | Bryan Sears
United States | 21.16
400 m | William Mandla Nkosi
South Africa | 46.94  | Glaudel Garzón
Cuba | 47.00  | Mark van Soest
South Africa | 47.19
800 m | Nicholas Wachira
Kenya | 1:50.70  | Berhanu Alemu
Ethiopia | 1:50.79  | Mohammad M. Al Azemi
Kuwait | 1:51.24
1500 m | Cornelius Chirchir
Kenya | 3:44.02  | Michael Too
Kenya | 3:44.70  | Osman Yusif
Saudi Arabia | 3:45.53
3000 m | Pius Muli
Kenya | 8:08.16  | Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia | 8:09.89  | Anouar Assila
Morocco | 8:13.54
2000 m St. | Stephen Cherono
Kenya | 5:31.89  | Luleseged Wale
Ethiopia | 5:32.61  | Philip Simbolei
Kenya | 5:41.77
110 m H 91.4 cm  | Ladji Doucouré
France | 13.26  | Nassim Brahimi
Qatar | 13.36  | Paul Whitty
Canada | 13.59
400 m H 84.0 cm  | Marthinus Kritzinger
South Africa | 49.86  | Sergio Hierrezuelo
Cuba | 49.95  | Vincent Mumo Kiilu
Kenya | 51.50
10,000 m track walk | Yevgeniy Demkov
Russia | 42:26.07  | Aleksandr Strokov
Russia | 42:36.52  | Takayuki Tanii
Japan | 42:40.86
4 × 100 metres relay |  Jamaica
Winston Smith
Michael Frater
Davaon Spence
Omar Brown | 40.03  |  Japan
Yosuke Tahara
Kazuya Kitamura
Yoshitaka Kaneko
Yusuke Omae | 40.14  |  Germany
Johannes Fischer
Christoph Lehner
Norman Grittke
Andre Streese | 41.13
Medley relay |  United States
Jonathan Lott
Bryan Sears
Travon Walton
Ivory McCann | 1:51.29  |  South Africa
William Mandla Nkosi
Warren October
Marthinus Kritzinger
Mark van Soest | 1:52.49  |  Japan
Toshio Imura
Takeshi Yoneda
Masakatsu Tanaka
Tsutomu Takahashi | 1:54.10
High jump | Jacques Freitag
South Africa | 2.16  | Cui Kai
China | 2.13  | Andrei Chubsa
Belarus | 2.13
Pole vault | Sébastien Homo
France | 5.20  | Oleksandr Korchmyd
Ukraine | 5.10  | Rico Tepper
Germany | 5.00
Long jump | Shang Yapeng
China | 7.80  | Yoelmis Pacheco
Cuba | 7.62  | Nicolaas Grimbeeck
South Africa | 7.59
Triple jump | Ibrahim Mahmedin
Qatar | 15.96  | Yoandri Betanzos
Cuba | 15.83  | Viktor Yastrebov
Ukraine | 15.74
Shot put 5 kg  | Robert Häggblom
Finland | 19.76  | Dmitriy Gorshkov
Russia | 19.69  | Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi
Qatar | 19.44
Discus 1.500 kg  | Ming-Huang Chang
Chinese Taipei | 64.14  | Zhang Huabing
China | 58.36  | Raine Munukka
Finland | 56.52
Hammer 5 kg  | Krisztián Pars
Hungary | 74.76  | Oleksandr Lutsenko
Ukraine | 73.68  | Aleksei Yeliseyev
Russia | 73.68
Javelin 700g  | Joachim Kiteau
France | 79.65  | Saku Kuusisto
Finland | 78.73  | Alexandr Ivanov
Russia | 78.65

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

### Girls

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 m | Veronica Campbell
Jamaica | 11.49  | Lisa Sharpe
Jamaica | 11.52  | Adriana Lamalle
France | 11.66
200 m | LaShauntea Moore
United States | 23.38  | Melaine Walker
Jamaica | 23.72  | Ana López
Cuba | 23.97
400 m | Monique Henderson
United States | 52.28  | Helen Okpanachi
Nigeria | 52.38  | Norma González
Colombia | 52.39
800 m | Georgina Clarke
Australia | 2:05.90  | Tetyana Petlyuk
Ukraine | 2:06.97  | Mihaela Olaru
Romania | 2:08.20
1500 m | Zanelle Grobler
South Africa | 4:23.06  | Chibiwott Kibet
Kenya | 4:24.43  | Elaine Du Plessis
South Africa | 4:24.59
3000 m | Alice Timbilil
Kenya | 9:01.99  | Meseret Defar
Ethiopia | 9:02.08  | Vivian Cheruiyot
Kenya | 9:04.42
100 m H 76.2 cm  | Adrianna Lamalle
France | 13.08  | Maren Freisen
Germany | 13.42  | Anay Tejeda
Cuba | 13.45
400 m H | Jana Pittman
Australia | 57.87  | Ya Wu Jie
China | 58.32  | Patricia Hall
Jamaica | 58.67
5000 m track walk | Tatiana Kozlova
Russia | 22:31.93  | Maryna Tsikhanava
Belarus | 22:37.54  | Ekaterina Dergounova
Russia | 22:54.59
4 × 100 metres relay |  Jamaica
Nadine Palmer
Melaine Walker
Veronica Campbell
Lisa Sharpe | 44.30  |  United States
Ginnie Powell
Ashley Mitchell
Raasin McIntosh
Stephanie Durst | 45.40  |  Poland
Dorota Wojtczak
Dorota Dydo
Małgorzata Flejszar
Anita Hennig | 45.49
Medley Relay |  United States
Stephanie Durst
LaShauntea Moore
Christy Fairley
Monique Henderson | 2:07.71  |  Poland
Małgorzata Flejszar
Dorota Wojtczak
Hanna Wardowska
Magdalena Uzarska | 2:09.19  |  Ukraine
Ganna Bordyugova
Viktoriya Lofitska
Maryna Maydanova
Tetyana Petlyuk | 2:11.13
High jump | Anna Chicherova
Russia | 1.89  | Renáta Medgyesová
Slovakia | 1.83  | Gaelle Niare
France | 1.79
Pole vault | Yelena Isinbayeva
Russia | 4.10  | Floe Kuhnert
Germany | 4.05  | Vanessa Boslak
France | 4.00
Long jump | Zhou Yangxia
China | 6.29  | Jenniina Halkoaho
Finland | 6.24  | Alina Militaru
Romania | 6.22
Triple jump | Mabel Gay
Cuba | 13.82  | Anastasiya Ilyina
Russia | 13.59  | Yusmay Bicet
Cuba | 13.58
Shot put | Hong Mei
China | 15.57  | Natallia Kharaneka
Belarus | 15.57  | Chiara Rosa
Italy | 14.64
Discus | Hong Mei
China | 52.18  | Julia Bremser
Germany | 51.83  | Deborah Lovely
Australia | 49.14
Hammer | Kamila Skolimowska
Poland | 63.94  | Yunaika Crawford
Cuba | 57.56  | Ivana Brkljacic
Croatia | 55.69
Javelin | Olivia Norris
Germany | 52.03  | Xénia Frajka
Hungary | 49.76  | Halina Kakhava
Belarus | 49.62

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

## Medal table

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Ladji Doucouré of France was triumphant in the 110 metres hurdles. Kamila Skolimowska won the hammer throw gold for the host nation.

* Host nation (Poland)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Kenya| 5| 2| 3| 10
2|  Russia| 4| 3| 3| 10
3|  China| 4| 3| 0| 7
4|  United States| 4| 2| 1| 7
5|  South Africa| 4| 1| 3| 8
6|  France| 4| 0| 3| 7
7|  Jamaica| 3| 3| 2| 8
8|  Australia| 2| 0| 1| 3
9|  Great Britain| 2| 0| 0| 2
10|  Cuba| 1| 5| 3| 9
11|  Germany| 1| 3| 2| 6
12|  Finland| 1| 2| 1| 4
13|  Poland*| 1| 1| 1| 3
Qatar| 1| 1| 1| 3
15|  Hungary| 1| 1| 0| 2
16|  Chinese Taipei| 1| 0| 0| 1
17|  Ethiopia| 0| 4| 0| 4
18|  Ukraine| 0| 3| 2| 5
19|  Belarus| 0| 2| 2| 4
20|  Japan| 0| 1| 2| 3
21|  Nigeria| 0| 1| 0| 1
Slovakia| 0| 1| 0| 1
23|  Romania| 0| 0| 2| 2
24|  Canada| 0| 0| 1| 1
Colombia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Croatia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
Kuwait| 0| 0| 1| 1
Morocco| 0| 0| 1| 1
Saudi Arabia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (30 entries)| 39| 39| 39| 117

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