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This page shows the main events during the [[1999 in sports|1999]] year in [[athletics (track and field)]] throughout the world.
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==International Events==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* [[Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games|All-Africa Games]]
* [[Athletics at the 1999 Balkan Games|Balkan Games]]
* [[1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics|Central American and Caribbean Championships]]
* [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
* [[Athletics at the 1999 Pan Arab Games|Pan Arab Games]]
{{col-2}}
* [[1999 South American Championships in Athletics|South American Championships]]
* [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
* [[1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships|World Cross Country Championships]]
* [[1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
* [[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]]
{{col-end}}

==World records==
{{Empty section|date=July 2010}}
==Awards==
===Men===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!align="center" style="width: 20em"|1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS
!align="center" style="width: 20em"|ATHLETE
|-
|align="center"|[[IAAF World Athlete of the Year]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Johnson (athlete)|Michael Johnson]]|USA}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Track & Field Athlete of the Year]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Hicham El Guerrouj]]|MAR}}
|-
|align="center"|[[European Athlete of the Year Award]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Tomáš Dvořák]]|CZE}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]]|USA}}
|}
<br>
===Women===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!align="center" style="width: 20em"|1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS
!align="center" style="width: 20em"|ATHLETE
|-
|align="center"|[[IAAF World Athlete of the Year]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROM}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Track & Field Athlete of the Year]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROM}}
|-
|align="center"|[[European Athlete of the Year Award]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Gabriela Szabo]]|ROM}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}}
|}
<br>
==Men's Best Year Performances==
===[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Fabrizio Mori]]|ITA}}
|align="center" |'''47.72'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Llewellyn Herbert]]|RSA}}
|align="center" |'''47.83'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Samuel Matete]]|ZAM}}
|align="center" |'''47.91'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Stéphane Diagana]]|FRA}}
|align="center" |'''48.12'''
|-
|rowspan=2 align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Marcel Schelbert]]|SUI}}
|rowspan=2 align="center" |'''48.13'''
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Eronilde de Araujo]]|BRA}}
|}
<br>
===[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Bernard Barmasai]]|KEN}}
|align="center" |'''7:58.98'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Christopher Kosgei]]|KEN}}
|align="center" |'''8:05.43'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ali Ezzine]]|MAR}}
|align="center" |'''8:06.70'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Wilson Boit Kipketer]]|KEN}}
|align="center" |'''8:07.10'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Paul Kosgei]]|KEN}}
|align="center" |'''8:07.13'''
|}
<br>
===[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Maksim Tarasov]]|RUS}}
|align="center" |'''6.05 m'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Jeff Hartwig]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''6.02 m'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tim Lobinger]]|GER}}
|align="center" |'''6.00 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Jean Galfione]]|FRA}}
|align="center" |'''5.98 m'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Dmitriy Markov]]|AUS}}
|align="center" |'''5.95 m'''
|}
<br>
===[[Hammer Throw]]===
{{main|1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking}}
<br>
===[[Decathlon]]===
{{main|1999 Decathlon Year Ranking}}

==Women's Best Year Performances==
===[[100 metres]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''10.70'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Inger Miller]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''10.79'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ekateríni Thánou]]|GRE}}
|align="center" |'''10.83'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Glory Alozie]]|NGR}}
|align="center" |'''10.90'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Savatheda Fynes]]|BAH}}
|align="center" |'''10.91'''
|}

===[[200 metres]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Inger Miller]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''21.77'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Marion Jones]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''21.81'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Frazer]]|JAM}}
|align="center" |'''22.18'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Debbie Ferguson]]|BAH}}
|align="center" |'''22.19'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Beverly McDonald]]|JAM}}
|align="center" |'''22.22'''
|}
<br>
===[[Half Marathon]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Elana Meyer]]|RSA}}
|align="center" |'''1:06:44'''
|}
<br>
===[[Hurdling|100m Hurdles]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Gail Devers]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''12.37'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Glory Alozie]]|NGR}}
|align="center" |'''12.44'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Shishigina]]|KAZ}}
|align="center" |'''12.47'''
|-
|align="center"|&mdash;
|{{flagathlete|[[Ludmila Engquist]]|SWE}}
|align="center" |'''12.47'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Katie Anderson]]|CAN}}
|align="center" |'''12.61'''
|}
<br>
===[[Hurdling|400m Hurdles]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Daimí Pernía]]|CUB}}
|align="center" |'''52.89'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Nezha Bidouane]]|MAR}}
|align="center" |'''52.90'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Deon Hemmings]]|JAM}}
|align="center" |'''53.16'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ionela Târlea]]|ROM}}
|align="center" |'''53.25'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Andrea Blackett]]|BAR}}
|align="center" |'''53.36'''
|}
<br>
===[[Steeplechase (athletics)|3,000m Steeplechase]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Motalova]]|RUS}}
|align="center" |'''9:48.88'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Laurence Duquénoy]]|FRA}}
|align="center" |'''9:55.69'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Daniela Petrescu]]|ROM}}
|align="center" |'''9:58.44'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Justyna Bak]]|POL}}
|align="center" |'''9:58.77'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Alina Cucerzan]]|ROM}}
|align="center" |'''10:03.68'''
|}
<br>
===[[High jump|High Jump]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Hestrie Cloete]]|RSA}}
|align="center" |'''2.04 m'''
|-
|rowspan=3 align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Monica Iagăr]]|ROM}}
|rowspan=3 align="center" |'''2.01 m'''
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Yelesina]]|RUS}}
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Inga Babakova]]|UKR}}
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tisha Waller]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''2.00 m'''
|}
<br>
===[[Shot put|Shot Put]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|DISTANCE
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Krivelyova]]|RUS}}
|align="center" |'''20.26 m'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Ivanenko]]|BLR}}
|align="center" |'''19.13 m'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Zaginay]]|RUS}}
|align="center" |'''19.06 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tressa Thompson]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''18.88 m'''
|}
<br>
===[[Pole vault|Pole Vault]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|HEIGHT
|-
|rowspan=2 align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Emma George]]|AUS}}
|rowspan=2 align="center" |'''4.60 m'''
|-
|{{flagathlete|[[Stacy Dragila]]|USA}}
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Anzhela Balakhonova]]|UKR}}
|align="center" |'''4.55 m'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tatiana Grigorieva]]|AUS}}
|align="center" |'''4.50 m'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Belyakova]]|RUS}}
|align="center" |'''4.46 m'''
|}
<br>
===[[Hammer Throw]]===
{{main|1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking}}
<br>
===[[Heptathlon]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;"
|- bgcolor="cccccc"
!RANK
!align="center" style="width: 25em"|1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS
!align="center" style="width: 5em"|POINTS
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Eunice Barber]]|FRA}}
|align="center" |'''6861'''
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Denise Lewis]]|GBR}}
|align="center" |'''6724'''
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[DeDee Nathan]]|USA}}
|align="center" |'''6577'''
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Ghada Shouaa]]|SYR}}
|align="center" |'''6500'''
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Sabine Braun]]|GER}}
|align="center" |'''6497'''
|}
<br>
==Marathon==
===Men's competition===
====Pan American Games====
*
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!RANK !!align="left" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 7em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 1.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Vanderlei de Lima]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|'''2:17:20'''
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 2.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Raúl Maza]]|VEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:19:56'''
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 3.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Éder Fialho]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|'''2:20:09'''
|}

====Best Year Performances====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!RANK !!align="left" style="width: 17em"|NAME ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 7em"|TIME!!align="left" style="width: 12em"|EVENT
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Khalid Khannouchi]]|MAR}}
|align="center"|'''2:05:42'''
|[[Chicago Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Moses Tanui]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:16'''
|Chicago Marathon
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Gert Thys]]|RSA}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:33'''
|[[Tokyo Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Josephat Kiprono]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:44'''
|[[Berlin Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Fred Kiprop]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:46'''
|[[Amsterdam Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tesfaye Jifar]]|ETH}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:48'''
|Amsterdam Marathon
|-
|align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|[[William Kiplagat]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:49'''
|Amsterdam Marathon
|-
|align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tesfaye Tola]]|ETH}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:56'''
|Amsterdam Marathon
|-
|align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Takayuki Inubushi]]|JPN}}
|align="center"|'''2:06:57'''
|Berlin Marathon
|-
|align="center"|10.
|{{flagathlete|[[Japhet Kosgei]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:07:09'''
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|}

===Women's competition===
====Pan American Games====
*
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!RANK !!align="left" style="width: 17em"|ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 7em"|TIME
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 1.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Erika Olivera]]|CHI}}
|align="center"|'''2:37:41'''
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 2.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Iglandini González]]|COL}}
|align="center"|'''2:40:06'''
|-
|align="center"|[[Image:Med 3.png]]
|{{flagathlete|[[Viviany Anderson]]|BRA}}
|align="center"|'''2:40:55'''
|}

====Best Year Performances====
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!RANK !!align="left" style="width: 17em"|NAME ATHLETE!!align="left" style="width: 7em"|TIME!!align="left" style="width: 12em"|EVENT
|-
|align="center"|1.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:20:43'''
|[[Berlin Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|2.
|{{flagathlete|[[Eri Yamaguchi]]|JPN}}
|align="center"|'''2:22:12'''
|[[Tokyo Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|3.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:22:48'''
|[[Rotterdam Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|4.
|{{flagathlete|[[Joyce Chepchumba]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:23:22'''
|[[London Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|5.
|{{flagathlete|[[Lidia Simon]]|ROM}}
|align="center"|'''2:23:24'''
|[[Osaka Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|6.
|{{flagathlete|[[Fatuma Roba]]|ETH}}
|align="center"|'''2:23:25'''
|[[Boston Marathon]]
|-
|align="center"|7.
|{{flagathlete|[[Tegla Loroupe]]|KEN}}
|align="center"|'''2:23:46'''
|Osaka Marathon
|-
|align="center"|8.
|{{flagathlete|[[Marleen Renders]]|BEL}}
|align="center"|'''2:23:58'''
|Berlin Marathon
|-
|align="center"|9.
|{{flagathlete|[[Adriana Fernández]]|MEX}}
|align="center"|'''2:24:06'''
|London Marathon
|-
|align="center"|10.
|{{flagathlete|[[Katrin Dörre]]|GER}}
|align="center"|'''2:24:35'''
|[[Hamburg Marathon]]
|}

==Deaths==
*January 5 — [[Jarmila Nygrýnová]] (45), Czech long jumper (b. 1953)
*January 9 — [[James Peters (athlete)|James Peters]] (80), English long-distance runner (b. 1918)
*January 28 — [[Josef Doležal]] (78), Czechoslovak race walker (b. 1920)
*February 3 — [[Mikko Hietanen]] (87),Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1911)
*May 17 — [[João 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==
* [http://www.arrs.net/ATM_Mara1999.htm ARRS]

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This page shows the main events during the 1999 year in athletics (track and field) throughout the world.

International Events

World records

Awards

Men

1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Michael Johnson (USA)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)
European Athlete of the Year Award  Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)
Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award  Maurice Greene (USA)


Women

1999 TRACK & FIELD AWARDS ATHLETE
IAAF World Athlete of the Year  Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
Track & Field Athlete of the Year  Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
European Athlete of the Year Award  Gabriela Szabo (ROM)
Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award  Marion Jones (USA)


Men's Best Year Performances

400m Hurdles

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Fabrizio Mori (ITA) 47.72
2.  Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) 47.83
3.  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.91
4.  Stéphane Diagana (FRA) 48.12
5.  Marcel Schelbert (SUI) 48.13
 Eronilde de Araujo (BRA)


3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Bernard Barmasai (KEN) 7:58.98
2.  Christopher Kosgei (KEN) 8:05.43
3.  Ali Ezzine (MAR) 8:06.70
4.  Wilson Boit Kipketer (KEN) 8:07.10
5.  Paul Kosgei (KEN) 8:07.13


Pole Vault

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Maksim Tarasov (RUS) 6.05 m
2.  Jeff Hartwig (USA) 6.02 m
3.  Tim Lobinger (GER) 6.00 m
4.  Jean Galfione (FRA) 5.98 m
5.  Dmitriy Markov (AUS) 5.95 m


Hammer Throw

Main article: 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking


Decathlon

Main article: 1999 Decathlon Year Ranking

Women's Best Year Performances

100 metres

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Marion Jones (USA) 10.70
2.  Inger Miller (USA) 10.79
3.  Ekateríni Thánou (GRE) 10.83
4.  Glory Alozie (NGR) 10.90
5.  Savatheda Fynes (BAH) 10.91

200 metres

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Inger Miller (USA) 21.77
2.  Marion Jones (USA) 21.81
3.  Merlene Frazer (JAM) 22.18
4.  Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 22.19
5.  Beverly McDonald (JAM) 22.22


Half Marathon

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Elana Meyer (RSA) 1:06:44


100m Hurdles

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Gail Devers (USA) 12.37
2.  Glory Alozie (NGR) 12.44
3.  Olga Shishigina (KAZ) 12.47
—  Ludmila Engquist (SWE) 12.47
5.  Katie Anderson (CAN) 12.61


400m Hurdles

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Daimí Pernía (CUB) 52.89
2.  Nezha Bidouane (MAR) 52.90
3.  Deon Hemmings (JAM) 53.16
4.  Ionela Târlea (ROM) 53.25
5.  Andrea Blackett (BAR) 53.36


3,000m Steeplechase

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS TIME
1.  Yelena Motalova (RUS) 9:48.88
2.  Laurence Duquénoy (FRA) 9:55.69
3.  Daniela Petrescu (ROM) 9:58.44
4.  Justyna Bak (POL) 9:58.77
5.  Alina Cucerzan (ROM) 10:03.68


High Jump

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Hestrie Cloete (RSA) 2.04 m
2.  Monica Iagăr (ROM) 2.01 m
 Yelena Yelesina (RUS)
 Inga Babakova (UKR)
5.  Tisha Waller (USA) 2.00 m


Shot Put

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS DISTANCE
1.  Svetlana Krivelyova (RUS) 20.26 m
2.  Yelena Ivanenko (BLR) 19.13 m
3.  Yuliya Zaginay (RUS) 19.06 m
4.  Tressa Thompson (USA) 18.88 m


Pole Vault

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS HEIGHT
1.  Emma George (AUS) 4.60 m
 Stacy Dragila (USA)
3.  Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR) 4.55 m
4.  Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) 4.50 m
5.  Yelena Belyakova (RUS) 4.46 m


Hammer Throw

Main article: 1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking


Heptathlon

RANK 1999 WORLD BEST PERFORMERS POINTS
1.  Eunice Barber (FRA) 6861
2.  Denise Lewis (GBR) 6724
3.  DeDee Nathan (USA) 6577
4.  Ghada Shouaa (SYR) 6500
5.  Sabine Braun (GER) 6497


Marathon

Men's competition

Pan American Games

RANK ATHLETE TIME
 Vanderlei de Lima (BRA) 2:17:20
 Raúl Maza (VEN) 2:19:56
 Éder Fialho (BRA) 2:20:09

Best Year Performances

RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME EVENT
1.  Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 2:05:42 Chicago Marathon
2.  Moses Tanui (KEN) 2:06:16 Chicago Marathon
3.  Gert Thys (RSA) 2:06:33 Tokyo Marathon
4.  Josephat Kiprono (KEN) 2:06:44 Berlin Marathon
5.  Fred Kiprop (KEN) 2:06:46 Amsterdam Marathon
6.  Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) 2:06:48 Amsterdam Marathon
7.  William Kiplagat (KEN) 2:06:49 Amsterdam Marathon
8.  Tesfaye Tola (ETH) 2:06:56 Amsterdam Marathon
9.  Takayuki Inubushi (JPN) 2:06:57 Berlin Marathon
10.  Japhet Kosgei (KEN) 2:07:09 Rotterdam Marathon

Women's competition

Pan American Games

RANK ATHLETE TIME
 Erika Olivera (CHI) 2:37:41
 Iglandini González (COL) 2:40:06
 Viviany Anderson (BRA) 2:40:55

Best Year Performances

RANK NAME ATHLETE TIME EVENT
1.  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:20:43 Berlin Marathon
2.  Eri Yamaguchi (JPN) 2:22:12 Tokyo Marathon
3.  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:22:48 Rotterdam Marathon
4.  Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 2:23:22 London Marathon
5.  Lidia Simon (ROM) 2:23:24 Osaka Marathon
6.  Fatuma Roba (ETH) 2:23:25 Boston Marathon
7.  Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2:23:46 Osaka Marathon
8.  Marleen Renders (BEL) 2:23:58 Berlin Marathon
9.  Adriana Fernández (MEX) 2:24:06 London Marathon
10.  Katrin Dörre (GER) 2:24:35 Hamburg Marathon

Deaths

References



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