Maebashi (Japan)
5th – 7th March 1999
( Green Dome Maebashi)
60 m - 07-03-1999
1. Maurice Greene - USA - 6.42
(Championship record)
2. Tim Harden - USA - 6.43
3. Jason Gardener - Great Britain - 6.46
(European record)
4. Matt Shirvington - Australia - 6.52
(Oceanic record)
Five national records were set in the heats.
200 m - 06-03-1999
1. Frankie Fredericks - Namibia - 20.10
(Championship record)
2. Obadele Thompson - Barbados - 20.26
(Central American record)
3. Kevin Little - USA - 20.48
Two Asian records,
one North American record and
five national records
were set in the heats and the semifinals.
400 m - 07-03-1999
1. Jamie Baulch - Great Britain - 45.73
2. Milton Campbell - USA - 45.99
3. Alejandro Cárdenas - Mexico - 46.02
(national record)
4. Troy McIntosh - Bahamas - 46.05
(national record)
Two more national records were set in the heats
and the semifinals.
800 m - 07-03-1999
1. Johan Botha - South Africa - 1:45.47
2. Wilson Kipketer - Denmark - 1:45.49
3. Nico Motchebon - Germany - 1:45.74
4. Balázs Korányi - Hungary - 1:46.47
(national record)
1500 m - 07-03-1999
1. Haile Gebrselassie - Ethiopia - 3:33.77
(Championship record)
2. Laban Rotich - Kenya - 3:33.98
3. Andres Diaz - Spain - 3:34.46
5. Rui Silva - Portugal - 3:34.99
(national record)
3000 m - 05-03-1999
1. Haile Gebrselassie - Ethiopia - 7:53.57
2. Paul Bitok - Kenya - 7:53.79
3. Million Wolde - Ethiopia - 7:53.85
8. Akira Kiniwa - Japan - 8:04.95
(national record)
60 m hurdles - 05-03-1999
1. Colin Jackson - Great Britain - 7.38
(Championship record)
2. Reggie Torian - USA - 7.40
3. Falk Balzer - Germany - 7.44
One national record was set in the heats.
4 x 400 m - 07-03-1999
1. United States - 3:02.83
(Andre Morris, Dameon Johnson, Deon Minor, Milton Campbell)
(World record)
2. Poland - 3:03.01
(Piotr Haczek, Jacek Bocian, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Robert Mackowiak)
(European record)
3. Great Britain - 3:03.20
(Allyn Condon, Solomon Wariso, Adrian Patrick, Jamie Baulch)
(national record)
4. Jamaica - 3:05.13
(national record)
6. France - 3:06.37
(national record)
One Asian record and two more
national records were set in the heats.
long jump - 07-03-1999
1. Iván Pedroso - Cuba - 8,62 m
(Championship record)
2. Yago Lamela - Spain - 8,56 m
(European record)
3. Erick Walder - USA - 8,30 m
4. Gregor Cankar - Slovenia - 8,28 m
(national record)
7. Masaki Morinaga - Japan - 8,07 m
(national record)
triple jump - 05-03-1999
1. Charles Friedek - Germany - 17,18 m
2. LaMark Carter - USA - 16,98 m
3. Zsolt Czingler - Hungary - 16,98 m
high jump - 07-03-1999
1. Javier Sotomayor - Cuba - 2,36 m
2. Vyacheslav Voronin - Russia - 2,36 m
3. Charles Austin - USA - 2,33 m
pole vault - 10-03-2001
1. Jean Galfione - France - 6,00 m
(Championship record)
2. Jeff Hartwig - USA - 5,95 m
(North American record)
3. Danny Ecker - Germany - 5,85 m
shot put - 05-03-1999
1. Oleksandr Bagach - Ukraine - 21,41 m
2. John Godina - USA - 21,06 m
3. Yuriy Bilonoh - Ukraine - 20,89 m
4. Manuel Martínez - Spain - 20,79 m
(national record)
heptathlon - 06/07-03-1999
1. Sebastian Chmara - Poland - 6386 points
2. Erik Nool - Estonia - 6374 points
(national record)
3. Roman Šebrle - Czech Republic - 6319 points
(national record)
5. Jón Arnar Magnússon - Iceland - 6293 points
(national record)
