The 7th World Championships in Athletics, a World Athletic Championships event held under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29.
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Host city | Seville, Spain |
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Nations | 201 |
Athletes | 1821 |
Dates | August 20–29, 1999 |
Opened by | King Juan Carlos I |
Main venue | Estadio Olímpico |
One of the main highlights of the games was the world record set in the 400 metres by Michael Johnson of the United States in a time of 43.18 seconds.
Men's resultsEdit
TrackEdit
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
1 German Skurygin of Russia originally won the gold medal in the 50 km walk in 3:44:23, but was disqualified after he tested positive for drugs in November 2001.
2 Nigeria (Innocent Asonze, Francis Obikwelu, Daniel Effiong, Deji Aliu) originally won the bronze medal in 37.91, but were disqualified on August 31, 2005 after it was found Asonze had failed a doping test in June 1999.
3 The United States (Jerome Davis, Antonio Pettigrew, Angelo Taylor, Michael Johnson) originally won the gold medal in 2:56.45, but were disqualified in 2008 after Antonio Pettigrew admitted to using HGH and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
FieldEdit
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
Women's resultsEdit
TrackEdit
1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003
Note: * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds.
FieldEdit
Medal tableEdit
* Host nation (Spain)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 10 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Italy (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | Spain (ESP)* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
10 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
11 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
12 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
13 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
14 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
15 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
17 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
18 | Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
24 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
25 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
South Africa (SAF) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
29 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
33 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
34 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
American Samoa (ASA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (42 entries) | 46 | 46 | 47 | 139 |