1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the first edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

from July 16 to July 18, 1999.

Boys

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Lewis-Francis Mark Anthony Lewis-Francis is a British track and field athlete, specifically a sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres. A renowned junior, his greatest sporting achievement at senior level has been to anchor the Great Britain and Northern Ireland 4 x 100 metres relay team to a shock gold... United Kingdom	10.40	Bryan Sears United States	10.42	Omar Brown Omar Brown Commonwealth GamesOmar Brown is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.He was successful as a junior athlete, winning the silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and 100 metres races at the 1999 World Youth Championships. The following year he finished fourth at the World Junior... Jamaica	10.43
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Timothy Benjamin Timothy Benjamin Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm... United Kingdom	20.72	Omar Brown Omar Brown Commonwealth GamesOmar Brown is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.He was successful as a junior athlete, winning the silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and 100 metres races at the 1999 World Youth Championships. The following year he finished fourth at the World Junior... Jamaica	21.09	Bryan Sears United States	21.16
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	William Mandla Nkosi South Africa	46.94	Dutel Glaudel Garzon Cuba	47.00	Mark van Soest South Africa	47.19
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Nicholas Wachira Kenya	1:50.70	Berhanu Alemu Ethiopia	1:50.79	Mohammad M. Al Azemi Kuwait	1:51.24
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Cornelius Chirchir Cornelius Chirchir Cornelius Chirchir is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He holds the world junior record over the distance with 3:30.24 minutes, achieved on 19 July 2002 in Monte Carlo... Kenya	3:44.02	Michael Too Kenya	3:44.70	Osman Yusif Saudi Arabia	3:45.53
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Pius Muli Kenya	8:08.16	Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events... Ethiopia	8:09.89	Anouar Assila Morocco	8:13.54
2000 m St.	Cheruiyot Cherono Kenya	5:31.89	Luleseged Wale Ethiopia	5:32.61	Philip Simbolei Kenya	5:41.77
110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... 91.4cm	Ladji Doucoure Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:... France	13.26	Nassim Brahimi Qatar	13.36	Paul Whitty Paul Whitty Paul Whitty is an England-based composer born in Northern Ireland.-Biography:Paul Whitty was born in Lisburn, N.Ireland in 1970... Canada	13.59
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... 84.0cm	Marthinus Kritzinger South Africa	49.86	Sergio Castellanos Hierrezuelo Cuba	49.95	Kumo Kiilu Kenya	51.50
10,000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Evgueni Demkov Russia	42:26.07	Aleksandr Strokov Russia	42:36.52	Takayuki Tanii Japan	42:40.86
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Jamaica Winston Smith Michael Frater Michael Frater Michael Frater O.D is a sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games for the event.... Davaon Spence Omar Brown Omar Brown Commonwealth GamesOmar Brown is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres.He was successful as a junior athlete, winning the silver and bronze medals in the 200 m and 100 metres races at the 1999 World Youth Championships. The following year he finished fourth at the World Junior...	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 Medley relay Medley relay may refer to:SwimmingMedley swimming, mixed distance relay eventsTrack and fieldDistance medley relaySprint medley relaySwedish 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 Tsutomu Takahashi ' , born on September 20, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese manga artist, who is well known for his manga Jiraishin. As of March 2006, he is currently married and has one child...	1:54.10
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Jacques Freitag Jacques Freitag Jacques Freitag a South African high jumper. He grew up in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng . He is 2.04 m and weighs 87 kg. His mother, Hendrina Pieters, was in 1973 a South African high jump champion with PB 1.74m... South Africa	2.16	Cui Kai People's Republic of China	2.13	Andrei Chubsa Andrei Chubsa Andrei Chubsa is a Belarusian high jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships, finished sixth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and tenth at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships, and won the gold medal at the 2001 European Junior Championships.His personal best... Belarus	2.13
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Sebastien Homo France	5.20	Oleksandr Korchmyd Ukraine	5.10	Rico Tepper Germany	5.00
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Shang Yapeng People's Republic of China	7.80	Yoelmis Pacheco Herrera Cuba	7.62	Nicolaas Grimbeeck South Africa	7.59
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Ibrahim Mahmedin Qatar	15.96	Yoandris Francis Betanzas Cuba	15.83	Viktor Yastrebov Viktor Yastrebov Viktor Anatoliyovych Yastrebov is an Ukrainian triple jumper.He finished seventh in the triple jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics but failed to progress from his pool.... Ukraine	15.74
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... 5 kg	Robert Häggblom Robert Häggblom Robert Markus Häggblom is a Finnish shot putter.He won the gold medal at the 1999 World Youth Championships and finished fourth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships... Finland	19.76	Dmitri Gorchkov Russia	19.69	Khalid Al Suwaidi Qatar	19.44
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... 1.500 kg	Ming-Huang Chang Chinese Taipei	64.14	Zhang Huabing People's Republic of China	58.36	Raine Munukka Finland	56.52
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... 5 kg	Krisztián Pars Krisztián Pars Krisztián Pars is a Hungarian hammer thrower. He has represented Hungary at the Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships.His personal best throw is 82.45 metres, achieved... Hungary	74.76	Oleksandr Lutsenko Ukraine	73.68	Alexei Elisseev Russia	73.68
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... 700g	Joachim Kiteau France	79.65	Saku Kuusisto Finland	78.73	Alexandr Ivanov Russia	78.65

Girls

100 m 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning World and Olympic 200 metres champion... Jamaica	11.49	Lisa Sharpe Jamaica	11.52	Adriana Lamalle France	11.66
200 m 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	LaShauntea Moore LaShauntea Moore LaShauntea Moore is an American track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100- and 200-meter dash. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics, reaching the 200 m semi-finals... United States	23.38	Melanie Walker Jamaica	23.72	Ana Garcia Lopez Cuba	23.97
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Monique Henderson Monique Henderson Monique Henderson is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.... United States	52.28	Helen Okpanachi Nigeria	52.38	Norma Gonzalez Colombia	52.39
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Georgina Clarke Australia	2:05.90	Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:... Ukraine	2:06.97	Mihaela Olaru Kingdom of Romania	2:08.20
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Zanelle Grobler South Africa	4:23.06	Chibiwott Kibet Kenya	4:24.43	Elaine Du Plessis South Africa	4:24.59
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Alice Timbilil Kenya	9:01.99	Meseret Defar Meseret Defar Meseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres... Ethiopia	9:02.08	Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics... Kenya	9:04.42
100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... 76.2cm	Adriana Lamalle France	13.08	Maren Freisen Germany	13.42	Anay Quesada Tejeda Cuba	13.45
400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Jana Pittman Australia	57.87	Ya Wu Jie People's Republic of China	58.32	Patricia Hall Jamaica	58.67
5000 m track walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times...	Tatiana Kozlova Tatiana Kozlova Tatiana Kozlova is a Russian orienteering and ski-orienteering competitor and junior world champion in both sports.-Orienteering:... Russia	22:31.93	Maryna Tsikhanava Belarus	22:37.54	Ekaterina Dergounova Russia	22:54.59
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Jamaica Nadine Palmer Melanie Walker Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning World and Olympic 200 metres champion... Lisa Sharpe	44.30	United States Ginnie Powell Ashley Mitchell Raasin McIntosh Stephanie Durst Stephanie Durst Stephanie Durst is an American sprinter.A 13 time All American at Louisiana State University, Stephanie Durst finished her career among the top ten all-time in the 60-meter dash and both the indoor and outdoor 200 meters...	45.40	Poland Dorota Wojtczak Dorota Dydo Malgorzata Flejszar Anita Hennig	45.49
Medley Relay Medley relay Medley relay may refer to:SwimmingMedley swimming, mixed distance relay eventsTrack and fieldDistance medley relaySprint medley relaySwedish medley relay...	United States Stephanie Durst Stephanie Durst Stephanie Durst is an American sprinter.A 13 time All American at Louisiana State University, Stephanie Durst finished her career among the top ten all-time in the 60-meter dash and both the indoor and outdoor 200 meters... LaShauntea Moore LaShauntea Moore LaShauntea Moore is an American track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100- and 200-meter dash. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics, reaching the 200 m semi-finals... Christy Fairley Monique Henderson Monique Henderson Monique Henderson is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for the United States. She was a gold medalist in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China....	2:07.71	Poland Malgorzata Flejszar Dorota Wojtczak Hanna Wardowska Magdalena Uzarska	2:09.19	Ukraine Ganna Bordyugova Viktoriya Lofitska Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2003 European U23 Championships, finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2004 World Athletics Final... Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk Tetyana Petlyuk is a Ukrainian runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best time is 1:57.34 minutes, achieved in June 2006 in Kiev.-Achievements:-External links:...	2:11.13
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Anna Tchitchirova Russia	1.89	Renata Medgyesova Renáta Medgyesová Renáta Medgyesová is a Slovakian athlete, competing in the long jump, triple jump and high jump.-Achievements:-References:... Slovakia	1.83	Gaelle Niare France	1.79
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Isinbayeva Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva is a Russian pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist , five-times a World Champion, and the current world record holder in the event... Russia	4.10	Floe Kuhnert Floé Kühnert Floé Kühnert is a former German pole vaulter. She was successful at a junior level, winning a silver medals at the 1999 World Youth Championships, the gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, and silver at the 2003 European Junior Championships... Germany	4.05	Vanessa Boslak Vanessa Boslak Vanessa Boslak is a French pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.70 metres, achieved in Malaga in June 2006 and during the final of the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan .-Achievements:... France	4.00
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Zhou Yangxia People's Republic of China	6.29	Jenniina Halkoaho Finland	6.24	Alina Militaru Alina Militaru Alina Ramona Militaru is a Romanian long jumper. Her personal best jump is 6.73 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Bucharest.-Achievements:-References:*... Kingdom of Romania	6.22
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Mabel Gay Mabel Gay Mabel Gay Tamayo is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.66 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	13.82	Anastasiya Ilyina Russia	13.59	Yusmay Bicet Yusmay Bicet Yusmay Bicet Planas is a Cuban triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.61 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Havana.-Achievements:-External links:... Cuba	13.58
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Hong Mei People's Republic of China	15.57	Natallia Kharaneka Belarus	15.57	Chiara Rosa Chiara Rosa -Biography:Chiara Rosa is a female shot putter from Italy. Her personal best throw is 19.15 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Milan.-Carereer:... Italy	14.64
Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Hong Mei People's Republic of China	52.18	Julia Bremser Germany	51.83	Deborah Lovely Australia	49.14
Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska Kamila Skolimowska was a Polish hammer thrower. She was known for her gold medal in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, which made her the youngest Olympic hammer champion, as well as for her two medals from the European Championships. Her personal best throw, and Polish record, was 76.83 metres,... Poland	63.94	Yunaska Roger Graffor Cuba	57.56	Ivana Brkljacic Ivana Brkljacic Ivana Brkljačić is a former female hammer thrower from Croatia.She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in the 2000 Olympic finals at the age of 17... Croatia	55.69
Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Olivia Norris Germany	52.03	Xenia Frajka Hungary	49.76	Halina Kakhava Belarus	49.62

Medals table

Medal count
#	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya	5	2	3	10
2	\| Russia	4	3	3	10
3	People's Republic of 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	\| United Kingdom	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
13	Qatar	1	1	1	3
15	\| Hungary	1	1	0	2
16	\| Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	2
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
21	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
23	\| Kingdom of 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

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