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This page shows the main events during the 1999 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world 1999 in athleticsMajor world eventsWorld Championships World Indoor ChampionshipsIAAF Athletes of the YearMichael JohnsonGabriela Szabo 19982000 Contents 1 International Events 2 World records 2 1 Men 2 2 Women 3 Awards 3 1 Men 3 2 Women 4 Men s Best Year Performances 4 1 400m hurdles 4 2 3 000m steeplechase 4 3 Pole vault 4 4 Hammer throw 4 5 Decathlon 5 Women s Best Year Performances 5 1 60 metres 5 2 100 metres 5 3 200 metres 5 4 Half marathon 5 5 60 metres 5 6 100m hurdles 5 7 400m hurdles 5 8 3 000m steeplechase 5 9 High jump 5 10 Shot put 5 11 Pole vault 5 12 Hammer throw 5 13 Heptathlon 6 Marathon 6 1 Men s competition 6 1 1 Pan American Games 6 1 2 Best Year Performances 6 2 Women s competition 6 2 1 Pan American Games 6 2 2 Best Year Performances 7 Deaths 8 ReferencesInternational Events editAll 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 GamesWorld records editMen edit Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date100 metres Maurice Greene nbsp United States 9 79 nbsp Athens Greece 16 June400 metres Michael Johnson nbsp United States 43 18 nbsp Seville Spain 26 August1000 metres Noah Ngeny nbsp Kenya 2 11 96 nbsp Rieti Italy 5 SeptemberMile Hicham El Guerrouj nbsp Morocco 3 43 13 nbsp Rome Italy 7 July2 000 metres Hicham El Guerrouj nbsp Morocco 4 44 79 nbsp Berlin Germany 7 SeptemberDecathlon Tomas Dvorak nbsp Czech Republic 8 994 nbsp Prague Czech republic 3 4 JulyWomen edit Event Athlete Nation Performance Meeting Place Date3000 m steeplechase Yelena Motalova nbsp Russia 9 48 88 nbsp Tula Russia 31 JulyPole vault Emma George nbsp Australia 4 60 m nbsp Sydney AUS 20 FebruaryPole vault Stacy Dragila nbsp United States 4 60 m nbsp Seville Spain 21 AugustAwards editMen edit 1999 TRACK amp FIELD AWARDS ATHLETEIAAF World Athlete of the Year nbsp Michael Johnson USA Track amp Field Athlete of the Year nbsp Hicham El Guerrouj MAR European Athlete of the Year Award nbsp Tomas Dvorak CZE Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award nbsp Maurice Greene USA Women edit 1999 TRACK amp FIELD AWARDS ATHLETEIAAF World Athlete of the Year nbsp Gabriela Szabo ROM Track amp Field Athlete of the Year nbsp Gabriela Szabo ROM European Athlete of the Year Award nbsp Gabriela Szabo ROM Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award nbsp Marion Jones USA Men s Best Year Performances edit400m hurdles edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Fabrizio Mori ITA 47 722 nbsp Llewellyn Herbert RSA 47 833 nbsp Samuel Matete ZAM 47 914 nbsp Stephane Diagana FRA 48 125 nbsp Marcel Schelbert SUI 48 13 nbsp Eronilde de Araujo BRA 3 000m steeplechase edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Bernard Barmasai KEN 7 58 982 nbsp Christopher Kosgei KEN 8 05 433 nbsp Ali Ezzine MAR 8 06 704 nbsp Wilson Boit Kipketer KEN 8 07 105 nbsp Paul Kosgei KEN 8 07 13Pole vault edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT1 nbsp Maksim Tarasov RUS 6 05 m2 nbsp Jeff Hartwig USA 6 02 m3 nbsp Tim Lobinger GER 6 00 m4 nbsp Jean Galfione FRA 5 98 m5 nbsp Dmitriy Markov AUS 5 95 mHammer throw edit Main article 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking Decathlon edit Main article 1999 Decathlon Year RankingWomen s Best Year Performances edit60 metres edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Ekaterini Thanou GRE 6 962 nbsp Gail Devers USA 6 983 nbsp Merlene Ottey JAM 7 014 nbsp Savatheda Fynes BAH 7 015 nbsp Philomena Mensah CAN 7 02100 metres edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Marion Jones USA 10 702 nbsp Inger Miller USA 10 793 nbsp Ekaterini Thanou GRE 10 834 nbsp Glory Alozie NGR 10 905 nbsp Savatheda Fynes BAH 10 91200 metres edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Inger Miller USA 21 772 nbsp Marion Jones USA 21 813 nbsp Merlene Frazer JAM 22 184 nbsp Debbie Ferguson BAH 22 195 nbsp Beverly McDonald JAM 22 22Half marathon edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Elana Meyer RSA 1 06 4460 metres edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Brigita Bukovec SVN 7 782 nbsp Glory Alozie NGR 7 823 nbsp Olga Shishigina KAZ 7 824 nbsp Melissa Morrison USA 7 855 nbsp Katie Anderson CAN 7 90100m hurdles edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Gail Devers USA 12 372 nbsp Glory Alozie NGR 12 443 nbsp Olga Shishigina KAZ 12 47 nbsp Ludmila Engquist SWE 12 475 nbsp Katie Anderson CAN 12 61 400m hurdles edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Daimi Pernia CUB 52 892 nbsp Nezha Bidouane MAR 52 903 nbsp Deon Hemmings JAM 53 164 nbsp Ionela Tarlea ROM 53 255 nbsp Andrea Blackett BAR 53 363 000m steeplechase edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME1 nbsp Yelena Motalova RUS 9 48 882 nbsp Laurence Duquenoy FRA 9 55 693 nbsp Daniela Petrescu ROM 9 58 444 nbsp Justyna Bak POL 9 58 775 nbsp Alina Cucerzan ROM 10 03 68High jump edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT1 nbsp Hestrie Cloete RSA 2 04 m2 nbsp Monica Iagăr ROM 2 01 m nbsp Yelena Yelesina RUS nbsp Inga Babakova UKR 5 nbsp Tisha Waller USA 2 00 mShot put edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE1 nbsp Svetlana Krivelyova RUS 20 26 m2 nbsp Yelena Ivanenko BLR 19 13 m3 nbsp Yuliya Zaginay RUS 19 06 m4 nbsp Tressa Thompson USA 18 88 mPole vault edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT1 nbsp Emma George AUS 4 60 m nbsp Stacy Dragila USA 3 nbsp Anzhela Balakhonova UKR 4 55 m4 nbsp Tatiana Grigorieva AUS 4 50 m5 nbsp Yelena Belyakova RUS 4 46 mHammer throw edit Main article 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking Heptathlon edit RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS1 nbsp Eunice Barber FRA 68612 nbsp Denise Lewis GBR 67243 nbsp DeDee Nathan USA 65774 nbsp Ghada Shouaa SYR 65005 nbsp Sabine Braun GER 6497Marathon editMen s competition edit Pan American Games edit RANK ATHLETE TIME nbsp nbsp Vanderlei de Lima BRA 2 17 20 nbsp nbsp Raul Maza VEN 2 19 56 nbsp nbsp Eder Fialho BRA 2 20 09Best Year Performances edit RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME EVENT1 nbsp Khalid Khannouchi MAR 2 05 42 Chicago Marathon2 nbsp Moses Tanui KEN 2 06 16 Chicago Marathon3 nbsp Gert Thys RSA 2 06 33 Tokyo Marathon4 nbsp Josephat Kiprono KEN 2 06 44 Berlin Marathon5 nbsp Fred Kiprop KEN 2 06 46 Amsterdam Marathon6 nbsp Tesfaye Jifar ETH 2 06 48 Amsterdam Marathon7 nbsp William Kiplagat KEN 2 06 49 Amsterdam Marathon8 nbsp Tesfaye Tola ETH 2 06 56 Amsterdam Marathon9 nbsp Takayuki Inubushi JPN 2 06 57 Berlin Marathon10 nbsp Japhet Kosgei KEN 2 07 09 Rotterdam MarathonWomen s competition edit Pan American Games edit RANK ATHLETE TIME nbsp nbsp Erika Olivera CHI 2 37 41 nbsp nbsp Iglandini Gonzalez COL 2 40 06 nbsp nbsp Viviany Anderson BRA 2 40 55Best Year Performances edit RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME EVENT1 nbsp Tegla Loroupe KEN 2 20 43 Berlin Marathon2 nbsp Eri Yamaguchi JPN 2 22 12 Tokyo Marathon3 nbsp Tegla Loroupe KEN 2 22 48 Rotterdam Marathon4 nbsp Joyce Chepchumba KEN 2 23 22 London Marathon5 nbsp Lidia Șimon ROM 2 23 24 Osaka International Ladies Marathon6 nbsp Fatuma Roba ETH 2 23 25 Boston Marathon7 nbsp Tegla Loroupe KEN 2 23 46 Osaka International Ladies Marathon8 nbsp Marleen Renders BEL 2 23 58 Berlin Marathon9 nbsp Adriana Fernandez MEX 2 24 06 London Marathon10 nbsp Katrin Dorre GER 2 24 35 Hamburg MarathonDeaths editJanuary 5 Jarmila Nygrynova 45 Czech long jumper b 1953 January 9 James Peters 80 English long distance runner b 1918 January 28 Josef Dolezal 78 Czechoslovak race walker b 1920 February 3 Mikko Hietanen 87 Finnish long distance runner b 1911 May 17 Joao 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 editARRS permanent dead link This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be 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