Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade

Host stadium in 2023.

Dates| 9–13 July
Host city| Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Venue| Estadio Son Moix
Level| Senior
Events| 45
Participation| 998 athletes from
94 nations
Records set| 5 UR's

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1999 Summer Universiade

The Athletics Tournament at the 1999 Summer Universiade took place in the new Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 9-13 July,1999. Five Universiade records were set. A total of 23 men's and 22 women's events were contested (the programme remaining identical to the previous edition with steeplechase being for men only).

The United States topped the athletics medal table (as it did in 1997) with a total of 25 medals, twelve of them gold. Romania and Cuba were the next strongest nations, with six and five gold medals respectively. Romania was the only other nation to reach double figures in the medal tally. The host nation, Spain, won six medals. A total of 38 nations reached the medal table.

Among the returning 1997 champions, Cuban Yoelbi Quesada won the men's triple jump for a second time, while three women managed that feat: Olena Shekhovtsova (long jump), Olena Hovorova (triple jump) and Mihaela Melinte (hammer throw). Melinte also went on to win the global title at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held the following month.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
(wind: -1.5 m/s)
details |  André Domingos (BRA) | 10.34  |  John Capel (USA) | 10.35  |  Mathew Quinn (RSA) | 10.42
200 metres
(wind: -1.0 m/s)
details |  Coby Miller (USA) | 20.32  |  Patrick van Balkom (NED) | 20.57  |  Christos Magos (GRE) | 20.70
400 metres
details |  Jerome Davis (USA) | 44.91  |  Paston Coke (JAM) | 45.15  |  Jopie van Oudtshoorn (RSA) | 45.21
800 metres
details |  Norberto Téllez (CUB) | 1:46.11  |  André Bucher (SUI) | 1:46.49  |  Derrick Peterson (USA) | 1:46.75
1500 metres
details |  Bernard Lagat (KEN) | 3:40.99  |  Leszek Zblewski (POL) | 3:41.81  |  Lorenzo Lazzari (ITA) | 3:42.36
5000 metres
details |  Serhiy Lebid (UKR) | 13:37.52  |  Roberto García (ESP) | 13:38.59  |  Naoki Mishiro (JPN) | 13:39.10
10,000 metres
details |  José Manuel Martínez (ESP) | 29:37.56  |  Naoki Mishiro (JPN) | 29:39.14  |  Pedro Trejo (ESP) | 29:47.27
Half marathon
details |  Marílson dos Santos (BRA) | 1:04:05  |  Takayuki Nishida (JPN) | 1:04:11  |  Oh Sung-Keun (KOR) | 1:04:33
110 metres hurdles
(wind: -0.1 m/s)
details |  Terrence Trammell (USA) | 13.44  |  Jonathan Nsenga (BEL) | 13.51  |  Dawane Wallace (USA) | 13.59
400 metres hurdles
details |  Paweł Januszewski (POL) | 48.64  |  Bayano Kamani (USA) | 48.74  |  Marcel Schelbert (SUI) | 48.77
3000 metres steeplechase
details |  Giuseppe Maffei (ITA) | 8:33.18  |  Khamis Seif Abdullah (QAT) | 8:33.62  |  Joël Bourgeois (CAN) | 8:34.20
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Kaaron Conwright
Terrence Trammell
Coby Miller
John Capel | 38.55  |  South Africa (RSA)
Morné Nagel
Bradley Agnew
Lee-Roy Newton
Mathew Quinn | 39.08  |  Italy (ITA)
Luca Verdecchia
Alessandro Orlandi
Alessandro Attene
Andrea Colombo | 39.31
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Tony Berrian
Brandon Couts
Derrick Brew
Jerome Davis
Derrick Peterson | 3:00.88  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Richard Knowles
Geoff Dearman
Chris Rawlinson
Jared Deacon
John Stewart
Graham Beasley | 3:03.95  |  Senegal (SEN)
Ousmane Niang
Papa Serigne Diene
Jules Doumbya
Alpha Babacar Sall | 3:05.45
20 kilometres walk
details |  Alejandro López (MEX) | 1:25:12  |  Lorenzo Civallero (ITA) | 1:25:23  |  Daisuke Ikeshima (JPN) | 1:26:01
High jump
details |  Ben Challenger (GBR) | 2.30  |  Mark Boswell (CAN) | 2.30  |  Lee Jin-Taek (KOR) | 2.28
Pole vault
details |  Richard Spiegelburg (GER) | 5.60  |  Štěpán Janáček (CZE) | 5.60  |  Romain Mesnil (FRA) | 5.55
Long jump
details |  Aleksey Lukashevich (UKR) | 8.16  |  Luis Méliz (CUB) | 8.05  |  Erik Nijs (BEL) | 7.99
Triple jump
details |  Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) | 17.40  |  Charles Friedek (GER) | 17.20  |  Jirí Kuntos (CZE) | 16.97
Shot put
details |  Andy Bloom (USA) | 21.11 UR |  Adam Nelson (USA) | 20.64  |  Stevimir Ercegovac (CRO) | 19.94
Discus throw
details |  Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 66.90  |  Andy Bloom (USA) | 64.68  |  Doug Reynolds (USA) | 63.65
Hammer throw
details |  Zsolt Németh (HUN) | 80.40  |  Christos Polychroniou (GRE) | 79.83  |  Vladislav Piskunov (UKR) | 78.61
Javelin throw
details |  Ēriks Rags (LAT) | 83.78  |  Gregor Högler (AUT) | 82.63  |  Isbel Luaces (CUB) | 82.18
Decathlon
details |  Raúl Duany (CUB) | 8050  |  Stephen Moore (USA) | 8028  |  Benjamin Jensen (DEN) | 7982

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
(wind: +1.2 m/s)
details |  Angela Williams (USA) | 11.19  |  Katia Benth (FRA) | 11.23  |  Virgen Benavides (CUB) | 11.25
200 metres
(wind: -1.1 m/s)
details |  Kim Gevaert (BEL) | 23.10  |  Zuzanna Radecka (POL) | 23.14  |  Nanceen Perry (USA) | 23.27
400 metres
details |  Ionela Târlea (ROM) | 49.88 UR |  Miki Barber (USA) | 51.03  |  Doris Jacob (NGR) | 51.04
800 metres
details |  Yuliya Taranova (RUS) | 1:59.63  |  Brigita Langerholc (SLO) | 1:59.87  |  Elena Buhăianu (ROM) | 2:00.26
1500 metres
details |  Elena Buhăianu (ROM) | 4:13.04  |  Luminița Gogîrlea (ROM) | 4:14.61  |  Ana Amelia Menéndez (ESP) | 4:14.95
5000 metres
details |  Rie Ueno (JPN) | 15:51.24  |  Ana Dias (POR) | 15:53.23  |  Cristina Casandra (ROM) | 16:03.18
10,000 metres
details |  Leigh Daniel (USA) | 32:58.80  |  Yuri Kano (JPN) | 33:16.41  |  Annemette Jensen (DEN) | 33:36.11
Half marathon
details |  Rosaria Console (ITA) | 1:14:14  |  Yukiko Akaba (JPN) | 1:14:35  |  Marta Fernández (ESP) | 1:14:52
100 metres hurdles
(wind: -2.8 m/s)
details |  Andria King (USA) | 13.04  |  Yolanda McCray (USA) | 13.08  |  Diane Allahgreen (GBR) | 13.17
400 metres hurdles
details |  Daimí Pernía (CUB) | 53.95 UR |  Joanna Hayes (USA) | 54.57  |  Ulrike Urbansky (GER) | 54.93
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Angela Williams
Torri Edwards
LaKeisha Backus
Nanceen Perry | 43.49  |  Poland (POL)
Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz
Irena Sznajder
Monika Borejza
Zuzanna Radecka | 43.74  |  Germany (GER)
Shanta Gosh
Kirsten Bolm
Andrea Bornscheuer
Nicole Mahrarens | 43.96
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  United States (USA)
Yolanda Brown-Moore
Yulanda Nelson
Mikele Barber
Suziann Reid | 3:27.97  |  Russia (RUS)
Natalya Khrushchelyova
Yuliya Taranova
Olga Salnykova
Anna Tkatch | 3:30.54  |  Great Britain (GBR)
Tasha Danvers
Dawn Higgins
Lee McConnell
Sinead Dudgeon | 3:32.25
10 kilometres walk
details |  Claudia Iovan (ROM) | 44:22  |  Rossella Giordano (ITA) | 44:39  |  Valentyna Savchuk (UKR) | 45:23
High jump
details |  Monica Iagar (ROM) | 1.95  |  Svetlana Lapina (RUS) | 1.93  |  Solange Witteveen (ARG) | 1.93
Pole vault
details |  Pavla Hamácková (CZE) | 4.25  |  Monique de Wilt (NED) | 4.20  |  Dana Cervantes (ESP) | 4.10
Long jump
details |  Olena Shekhovtsova (UKR) | 6.92  |  Adrien Sawyer (USA) | 6.61  |  Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 6.58
Triple jump
details |  Olena Hovorova (UKR) | 14.99w  |  Wu Lingmei (CHN) | 14.55w  |  Adelina Gavrilă (ROM) | 14.33
Shot put
details |  Yumileidi Cumbá (CUB) | 18.70  |  Song Feina (CHN) | 18.28  |  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 18.17
Discus throw
details |  Nicoleta Grasu (ROM) | 65.21  |  Joanna Wiśniewska (POL) | 63.97  |  Elisângela Adriano (BRA) | 62.23
Hammer throw
details |  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 74.24  |  Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | 68.27  |  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | 68.11
Javelin throw
details |  Ewa Rybak (POL) | 60.76 UR |  Evfemija Štorga (SLO) | 59.30  |  Yanuris la Motaña (CUB) | 59.08
Heptathlon
details |  Tiffany Lott (USA) | 5959  |  Katerina Nekolná (CZE) | 5900  |  Clare Thompson (AUS) | 5766

## Medal table

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* Host nation (Spain)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States (USA)| 12| 9| 4| 25
2|  Romania (ROM)| 6| 1| 3| 10
3|  Cuba (CUB)| 5| 1| 3| 9
4|  Ukraine (UKR)| 4| 0| 2| 6
5|  Poland (POL)| 2| 4| 0| 6
6|  Italy (ITA)| 2| 2| 2| 6
7|  Brazil (BRA)| 2| 0| 3| 5
8|  Japan (JPN)| 1| 4| 2| 7
9|  Czech Republic (CZE)| 1| 2| 1| 4
10|  Russia (RUS)| 1| 2| 0| 3
11|  Spain (ESP)*| 1| 1| 4| 6
12|  Germany (GER)| 1| 1| 2| 4
Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 1| 2| 4
South Africa (RSA)| 1| 1| 2| 4
15|  Belgium (BEL)| 1| 1| 1| 3
16|  Hungary (HUN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Kenya (KEN)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Latvia (LAT)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Mexico (MEX)| 1| 0| 0| 1
20|  China (CHN)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Netherlands (NED)| 0| 2| 0| 2
Slovenia (SLO)| 0| 2| 0| 2
23|  France (FRA)| 0| 1| 2| 3
24|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Greece (GRE)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 1| 2
27|  Austria (AUT)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Belarus (BLR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Jamaica (JAM)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Portugal (POR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Qatar (QAT)| 0| 1| 0| 1
32|  Denmark (DEN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
South Korea (KOR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
34|  Argentina (ARG)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Australia (AUS)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Croatia (CRO)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Nigeria (NGR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Senegal (SEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (38 entries)| 45| 45| 45| 135

## Participating nations

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* Albania (1)
* Algeria (12)
* Argentina (5)
* Australia (23)
* Austria (3)
* Bangladesh (2)
* Barbados (2)
* Belarus (9)
* Belgium (8)
* Botswana (8)
* Brazil (15)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Burkina Faso (2)
* Burundi (1)
* Cameroon (2)
* Canada (30)
* Central African Republic (1)
* Chad (2)
* Chile (16)
* China (12)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Costa Rica (5)
* Colombia (3)
* Croatia (7)
* Cuba (17)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (11)
* Denmark (20)
* Estonia (11)
* Finland (9)
* France (22)
* Gabon (2)
* Germany (27)
* Great Britain (33)
* Greece (10)
* Guatemala (2)
* Guinea (1)
* Hong Kong (6)
* Hungary (14)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (2)
* Iraq (1)
* Ireland (14)
* Israel (4)
* Italy (37)
* Jamaica (4)
* Japan (24)
* Kenya (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (3)
* Latvia (6)
* Lebanon (5)
* Macau (4)
* Malawi (2)
* Malaysia (6)
* Malta (6)
* Mexico (13)
* Moldova (4)
* Morocco (14)
* Namibia (3)
* Nepal (2)
* Netherlands (13)
* New Zealand (15)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Nigeria (18)
* Norway (13)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Peru (12)
* Poland (22)
* Portugal (11)
* Puerto Rico (15)
* Qatar (4)
* Romania (19)
* Russia (24)
* Rwanda (1)
* El Salvador (2)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Senegal (10)
* Slovakia (4)
* Slovenia (20)
* South Africa (33)
* South Korea (9)
* Spain (48)
* Sudan (2)
* Swaziland (2)
* Sweden (29)
* Switzerland (12)
* Turkey (5)
* Uganda (5)
* Ukraine (24)
* United States (83)
* Vietnam (2)
* Zimbabwe (1)
* Yugoslavia (3)

## See also

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* 1999 in the sport of athletics

## References

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* Medalists on HickokSports
* Finals results by FISU
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