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1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

Field	Value
Name	7th IAAF World Indoor Championships
Logo	Maebashi 1999 logo.jpg
Size	150px
Host city	Maebashi, Japan
Nations participating	115
Athletes participating	451
Events	28
Dates	5 March–7 March
Stadium	Green Dome Maebashi
Previous	[1997 Paris](1997-iaaf-world-indoor-championships)
Next	[2001 Lisbon](2001-iaaf-world-indoor-championships)

The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the championships as "the greatest ever". There were a total number of 487 participating athletes from 115 countries.

Doping disqualifications

Four medalists were disqualified for doping; Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria was stripped of the triple jump silver, Inger Miller of the USA was stripped of the 60 metre bronze, Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine was stripped of the shot put gold and Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.

Results

Men

1 Rostislav Dimitrov of Bulgaria originally won the silver medal, but was disqualified for doping.

Women

Pentathlon
Le Shundra Nathan	4753	Irina Belova	4691	Urszula Włodarczyk	4596

American sprinter Inger Miller won the bronze but failed a post-race drug test (excessive caffeine) and was stripped of the medal.
Vita Pavlysh of Ukraine failed a drug test and was stripped of her shot put gold medal.
Irina Korzhanenko of Russia was stripped of the shot put silver.

Medal table

Participating nations

(4)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(12)
(6)
(5)
(1)
(1)
Belarus (2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(10)
(2)
(4)
(1)
(2)
(10)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(9)
(1)
(10)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Ethiopia (2)
(1)
(17)
(1)
Georgia (1)
(24)
(1)
(24)
Greece (8)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(7)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(7)
(15)
(30)
(4)
(5)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
(1)
(1)
Lesotho (1)
(1)
Lithuania (2)
(1)
Malawi (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(4)
(1)
(3)
(2)
(1)
(3)
(3)
(8)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(20)
(1)
(1)
(10)
(26)
Rwanda (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(2)
(8)
(1)
(2)
(18)
(1)
Swaziland (1)
(4)
(4)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Tunisia (1)
(1)
(1)
(7)
(46)
(1)
SCG (1)
Zambia (1)
(1)

References

"IAAF Statistics Book – World Indoor Championships SOPOT 2014". [[IAAF]].
Morfey, Alex (2001-10-13). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/3014716/Athletics-Miller-failed-drug-test-in-1999.html Athletics: Miller failed drug test in 1999]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. Retrieved on 2010-02-07.

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