1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics

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.

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 →

Results

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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 x 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
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 x 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

 

Ladji Doucoure 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
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

External links

• Official results