Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade

The Athletics Tournament at the 1999 Summer Universiade took place in the new Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from 9–13 July 1999. Five Universiade records were set. A total of 23 men's and 22 women's events were contested (the programme remaining identical to the previous edition with steeplechase being for men only).

The United States topped the athletics medal table (as it did in 1997) with a total of 25 medals, twelve of them gold. Romania and Cuba were the next strongest nations, with six and five gold medals respectively. Romania was the only other nation to reach double figures in the medal tally. The host nation, Spain, won six medals. A total of 38 nations reached the medal table.

Among the returning 1997 champions, Cuban Yoelbi Quesada won the men's triple jump for a second time, while three women managed that feat: Olena Shekhovtsova (long jump), Olena Hovorova (triple jump) and Mihaela Melinte (hammer throw). Melinte also went on to win the global title at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held the following month.

Medal summary Men 10.34 10.35 10.42 20.32 20.57 20.70 44.91 45.15 45.21 1:46.11 1:46.49 1:46.75 3:40.99 3:41.81 3:42.36 13:37.52 13:38.59 13:39.10 29:37.56 29:39.14 29:47.27 1:04:05 1:04:11 1:04:33 13.44 13.51 13.59 48.64 48.74 48.77 8:33.18 8:33.62 8:34.20Kaaron ConwrightTerrence TrammellCoby MillerJohn Capel 38.55Morné NagelBradley AgnewLee-Roy NewtonMathew Quinn 39.08Luca VerdecchiaAlessandro OrlandiAlessandro AtteneAndrea Colombo 39.31Tony BerrianBrandon CoutsDerrick BrewJerome DavisDerrick Peterson 3:00.88Richard KnowlesGeoff DearmanChris RawlinsonJared DeaconJohn StewartGraham Beasley 3:03.95Ousmane NiangPapa Serigne DieneJules DoumbyaAlpha Babacar Sall 3:05.45 1:25:12 1:25:23 1:26:01 2.30 2.30 2.28 5.60 5.60 5.55 8.16 8.05 7.99 17.40 17.20 16.97 21.11 UR 20.64 19.94 66.90 64.68 63.65 80.40 79.83 78.61 83.78 82.63 82.18 8050 8028 7982

Women 11.19 11.23 11.25 23.10 23.14 23.27 49.88 UR 51.03 51.04 1:59.63 1:59.87 2:00.26 4:13.04 4:14.61 4:14.95 15:51.24 15:53.23 16:03.18 32:58.80 33:16.41 33:36.11 1:14:14 1:14:35 1:14:52 13.04 13.08 13.17 53.95 UR 54.57 54.93Angela WilliamsTorri EdwardsLaKeisha BackusNanceen Perry 43.49Agnieszka RysiukiewiczIrena SznajderMonika BorejzaZuzanna Radecka 43.74Shanta GoshKirsten BolmAndrea BornscheuerNicole Mahrarens 43.96Yolanda Brown-MooreYulanda NelsonMikele BarberSuziann Reid 3:27.97Natalya KhrushchelyovaYuliya TaranovaOlga SalnykovaAnna Tkatch 3:30.54Tasha DanversDawn HigginsLee McConnellSinead Dudgeon 3:32.25 44:22 44:39 45:23 1.95 1.93 1.93 4.25 4.20 4.10 6.92 6.61 6.58 14.99w 14.55w 14.33 18.70 18.28 18.17 65.21 63.97 61.59 74.24 68.27 68.11 60.76 UR 59.30 59.08 5959 5900 5766

Medal table

Participating nations

See also 1999 in the sport of athletics

References

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