1999 in sports

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Athletics

::"For an extensive coverage see 1999 in athletics (track and field)"

Track

*Hicham El Guerrouj sets the new World Record in the mile at the World Championships in Rome. He recorded a time of 3:43.13, barely edging out Noah Ngeny of Kenya who recorded 3:43.40.

*Michael Johnson sets the new World Record in the 400 metres in 43.18.

Marathon

* June 6 — flagicon|NED Enschede Marathon, Netherlands
**Men's Winner: Anatoli Zerouk (UKR) 2:16:31
**Women's Winner: Galina Karnatevicz (BLR) 2:37:35

* July 25 — flagicon|CAN Pan American Games Marathon, Winnipeg, Canada
**Men's Winner: Vanderlei de Lima (BRA) 2:17:20
**Women's Winner: Erika Olivera (CHL) 2:37:41

* August 28 — flagicon|ESP IAAF World Championships Marathon, Seville, Spain
**Men's Winner: Abel Antón (ESP) 2:13:36

* August 29 — flagicon|ESP IAAF World Championships Marathon, Seville, Spain
**Women's Winner: Jong Song-Ok (PRK) 2:26:59

* December 5 — flagicon|JPN Fukuoka Marathon, Japan
**Men's Winner: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2:07:54

Auto racing

*Stock car racing:
**Jeff Gordon won the Daytona 500
**NASCAR Championship - Dale Jarrett
*Indy Racing League -
*Indianapolis 500 - Kenny Bräck
*CART Racing - Juan Pablo Montoya won the season championship
*Formula One Championship - Mika Häkkinen of Finland
*24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Pierluigi Martini / Yannick Dalmas / Joachim Winkelhock driving a BMW V-12 LMR
*World Rally Championship - Tommi Mäkinen / Risto Mannisenmäki of Finland
*Drag racing - Tony Schumacher won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
*Formula Nippon - Tom Coronel of The Netherlands.

Baseball

* May 10: The Boston Red Sox pound the Seattle Mariners, 12-4, as shortstop Nomar Garciaparra leads the way with three home runs, including two grand slams. Garciaparra drives home 10 of Boston's runs as he clouts a bases loaded homer in the 1st, a 2-run shot in the 3rd, and another grand slam in the 8th. Nomar is the first Bosox since Jim Tabor, in 1939, to slam two slams in a game, and just the 9th in MLB history. Robin Ventura last did it, in 1995.

* World Series: New York Yankees won 4 games to 0 over the Atlanta Braves. The series MVP: Mariano Rivera, New York

See also
*1999 in baseball

Basketball

*NBA Finals|NBA Finals: - The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 1, to win the franchises' first championship. The Knicks were the first number eight seed in NBA history to make it to the NBA Finals.

*NCAA Men's Basketball Championship:
**Connecticut wins 77-74 over Duke

*WNBA Finals: - The Houston Comets defeat the New York Liberty, 2 games to 1, to win their third title in a row.

*National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
**Adelaide 36ers defeated the Victoria Titans 2-1 in the best-of-three final series.

Boxing

* July 31 to August 8 – Pan American Games held in Winnipeg, Canada.
**"Light Flyweight (– 48 kg):" Maikro Romero (Cuba)
**"Flyweight (– 51 kg):" Omar Andrés Narváez (Argentina)
**"Bantamweight (– 54 kg):" Gerald Tucker (United States)
**"Featherweight (– 57 kg):" Yudel Jhonson (Cuba)
**"Lightweight (– 60 kg):" Mario Kindelán (Cuba)
**"Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg):" Victor Hugo Castro (Argentina)
**"Welterweight (– 67 kg):" Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba)
**"Light Middleweight (– 71 kg):" Jorge Gutierrez (Cuba)
**"Middleweight (– 75 kg):" Yohanson Martínez (Cuba)
**"Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):" Humberto Savigne (Cuba)
**"Heavyweight (– 91 kg):" Odlanier Solis (Cuba)
**"Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):" Alexis Rubalcaba (Cuba)
* August 20 to 27 – World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Houston, Texas in the United States
**"Light Flyweight (– 48 kg):" Brian Viloria (United States)
**"Flyweight (– 51 kg):" Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan)
**"Bantamweight (– 54 kg):" George Olteanu (Romania)
**"Featherweight (– 57 kg):" Ricardo Juarez (United States)
**"Lightweight (– 60 kg):" Mario Kindelán (Cuba)
**"Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg):" Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev (Uzbekistan)
**"Welterweight (– 67 kg):" Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba)
**"Light Middleweight (– 71 kg):" Marian Simion (Romania)
**"Middleweight (– 75 kg):" Utkirbek Haydarov (Uzbekistan)
**"Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg):" Michael Simms (United States)
**"Heavyweight (– 91 kg):" Michael Bennett (United States)
**"Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg):" Sinan Samil Sam (Turkey)
*September 18 – "The Fight of the Millennium":
**Félix Trinidad defeats Oscar de la Hoya by split 12 round decision to unify the IBF and WBC's world Welterweight championships.

Cricket

Cricket World Cup - Final: Australia beat Pakistan by eight wickets

Curling

* World Curling Championships:
**Men: Scotland won 6-5 over Canada
**Women: Sweden won 8-5 over the United States

Cycling

*Giro d'Italia won by Ivan Gotti of Italy
*Tour de France - Lance Armstrong of the United States
*World Cycling Championship: Óscar Freire of Spain

Dogsled racing

*Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Champion:
**Doug Swingley with lead dogs: "Stormy", "Cola" & "Elmer"

Field hockey

World competitions

* Men's Champions Trophy in Brisbane, Australia
** Gold: Australia
** Silver: South Korea
** Bronze: The Netherlands

* Women's Champions Trophy in Brisbane, Australia
** Gold: Australia
** Silver: The Netherlands
** Bronze: Germany

Regional competitions

* Men's Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
** Gold Medal: South Korea
** Silver Medal: Pakistan
** Bronze Medal: India

* Men's European Nations Cup in Padua, Italy
** Gold: Germany
** Silver: The Netherlands
** Bronze: England

* Pan American Games (Men's Competition) in Winnipeg, Canada
** Gold: Canada
** Silver: Argentina
** Bronze: Cuba
* Women's Asia Cup in New Delhi, India
** Gold Medal: South Korea
** Silver Medal: India
** Bronze Medal: China

* Women's European Nations Cup in Cologne, Germany
** Gold: The Netherlands
** Silver: Germany
** Bronze: England

* Pan American Games (Women's Competition) in Winnipeg, Canada
** Gold: Argentina
** Silver: United States
** Bronze: Canada

Figure skating

*World Figure Skating Championships:
**Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
**Ladies' champion: Maria Butyrskaya, Russia
**Pairs' champions: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze, Russia
**Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russia

*European Figure Skating Championships:
**Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
**Ladies' champion: Maria Butyrskaya, Russia
**Pairs' champions: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov, Russia
**Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russia

=Football (American)=

*Sugar Bowl: The Florida State Seminoles won 49-29 over the Virginia Tech Hokies in the Bowl Championship Series National Championship Game.
*Super Bowl XXXIII: Denver Broncos won 34-19 over the Atlanta Falcons

Football (Australian rules football)

* Australian Football League
** The Kangaroos win the 103rd AFL premiership (Kangaroos 19.10 (124) d Carlton 12.17 (89))
** Brownlow Medal awarded to Shane Crawford (Hawthorn)

=Football (Canadian)=

* Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats win 32-21 over the Calgary Stampeders
* Vanier Cup: Laval Rouge et Or win 14-10 over the Saint Mary's Huskies

Football (Soccer)

::"For an extensive coverage see 1999 in football (soccer)"
* Champions League - Manchester United FC beat FC Bayern München 2 - 1
* UEFA Cup - Parma F.C. beat Olympique Marseille 3-0

Gaelic Athletic Association

*Camogie
**All-Ireland Camogie Champion: Tipperary
**National Camogie League: Cork

*Gaelic football
**All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: Meath 1-11 d. Cork 1-8
**National Football League: Cork 0-12 d. Dublin 1-7

*Ladies' Gaelic football
**All-Ireland Senior Football Champion: Mayo
**National Football League: Monaghan

*Hurling
**All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: Cork 0-13 d. Kilkenny 0-12
**National Hurling League:

Golf

Men's professional
*April 11 - Masters Tournament - José María Olazábal
*June 20 - U.S. Open - Payne Stewart
*July 18 - British Open - Paul Lawrie This Open is also remembered for the epic collapse of French golfer Jean Van de Velde, who threw away a three-shot lead on the final hole, finding himself in a playoff which Lawrie won.
*August 15 - PGA Championship - Tiger Woods
*PGA Tour money leader - Tiger Woods - $6,616,585
*PGA Tour Player of the Year - Tiger Woods
*PGA Tour Rookie of the Year - Carlos Franco
*Senior PGA Tour money leader - Bruce Fleisher - $2,515,705
*Ryder Cup - United States won 14 1/2 to 13 1/2 over Europe in team golf.Men's amateur
*British Amateur - Graeme Storm
*U.S. Amateur - David Gossett
*European Amateur - Grégory HavretWomen's professional
*Nabisco Dinah Shore - Dottie Pepper
*LPGA Championship - Juli Inkster
*U.S. Women's Open - Juli Inkster
*Classique du Maurier - Karrie Webb
*LPGA Tour money leader - Karrie Webb - $1,591,959

=Thoroughbred horse racing=

*Australia - Melbourne Cup - Rogan Josh
*Canada - Queen's Plate - Woodcarver
*France - Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - Montjeu
*Ireland - Irish Derby Stakes - Montjeu

*English Triple Crown races:
*#2,000 Guineas Stakes - Island Sands
*#Epsom Derby - Oath
*#St. Leger Stakes - Mutafaweq

*United States Triple Crown races:
*#May 1 - Kentucky Derby - Charismatic
*#Preakness Stakes - Charismatic
*#Belmont Stakes - Lemon Drop Kid

*Breeders' Cup:
*#Breeders' Cup Classic - Cat Thief
*#Breeders' Cup Distaff - Beautiful Pleasure
*#Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf - Soaring Softly
*#Breeders' Cup Juvenile - Anees
*#Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies - Cash Run
*#Breeders' Cup Mile - Silic
*#Breeders' Cup Sprint - Artax
*#Breeders' Cup Turf - Daylami

Harness racing

*North America Cup - The Panderosa

*United States Pacing Triple Crown races:
*#Cane Pace - Blissful Hall
*#Little Brown Jug - Blissful Hall
*#Messenger Stakes - Blissful Hall

*United States Trotting Triple Crown races:
*#Hambletonian - Self Possessed
*#Yonkers Trot - CR Renegade
*#Kentucky Futurity - Self Possessed

*Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship:
**Pacers: Sir Vancelot
**Trotters: Special Force

Ice hockey

*Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Penguins

*Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player:
**Jaromir Jagr - Pittsburgh Penguins

*Stanley Cup: Dallas Stars defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2, Conn Smythe Trophy: Joe Nieuwendyk

*World Hockey Championship
** Men's champion:Czech Republic defeated Finland
** Junior Men's champion: Russia defeated Canada
** Women's champion: Canada defeated the United States

*NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship: University of Maine Black Bears defeat University of New Hampshire Wildcats 3-2 in overtime

Lacrosse

*Major League Lacrosse (MLL) is founded by Jake Steinfeld, Dave Morrow and Tim Robertson.
*The Toronto Rock beat the Rochester Knighthawks 13-10 to win the National Lacrosse League Championship.
*The Victoria Shamrocks win the Mann Cup.
*The Edmonton Miners win the Founders Cup.
*The Whitby Warriors win the Minto Cup.

Motorcycle sport

*Yvon Duhamel is inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame.

Radiosport

*First IARU Region II Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships held in Portland, Oregon, USA. This is the first IARU sanctioned international ARDF competition in the Americas.
*Third High Speed Telegraphy World Championship held in Pordenone, Italy.

Rugby Union

* Bledisloe Cup: Australia retains the cup drawing the two match series with New Zealand 1-1
* Rugby World Cup: Australia 35 defeats France 12
*Five Nations - Scotland
*Tri Nations - New Zealand

Skiing

*Alpine skiing
**The men's overall season champion: Lasse Kjus, Norway
**The women's overall season champion: Alexandra Meissnitzer, Austria

Snooker

*World Snooker Championship: Stephen Hendry beats Mark Williams 18-11
*World rankings: John Higgins remains world number one for 1999/00

Swimming

International tournaments

*Fourth World Short Course Championships, held in Hong Kong, China (April 1 – 4)
**Australia wins the most medals (27), and the most gold medals (9)
*24th European LC Championships, held in Istanbul, Turkey (July 26 – August 1)
**Germany wins the most medals (23), and the most gold medals (11)
*XIII Pan American Games, held in Winnipeg, Canada (August 2 – 7)
*Eighth Pan Pacific Championships, held in Sydney, Australia (August 22 – 29)
*Third European SC Championships, held in Lisboa, Portugal (December 9 – 12)
**Germany wins the most medals (26), Sweden the most gold medals (9)

Records

* February 17 — Australia's Susie O'Neill snapped the oldest world record in the books, clocking 2:05.37 in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a World Cup meet in Malmö, Sweden. The old mark, set by Mary T. Meagher on January 2, 1981, stood at 2:05.65.

* September 2 — Susie O'Neill breaks her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (short course) at a meet in Canberra, Australia, clocking 2:04.43.

Taekwondo

*World Championships held in Edmonton, Canada

Tennis

*Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
*#Australian Open - Yevgeny Kafelnikov
*#French Open - Andre Agassi
*#Wimbledon championships - Pete Sampras
*#US Open - Andre Agassi

*Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
*#Australian Open - Martina Hingis
*#French Open - Steffi Graf
*#Wimbledon championships - Lindsay Davenport
*#US Open - Serena Williams

*Davis Cup: Australia won 3-2 over France in world tennis.
*Kim Clijsters makes her WTA Tour debut.

Volleyball

* Men's World League – Final Round in Mar del Plata, Argentina
** Gold Medal: vb|ITA
** Silver Medal: vb|CUB
** Bronze Medal: vb|BRA
* Women's World Grand Prix – Final Round in Yuxi, PR China
** Gold Medal: vbw|RUS
** Silver Medal: vbw|BRA
** Bronze Medal: vbw|CHN
* FIVB Women's World Cup in Japan
** Gold Medal: vbw|CUB
** Silver Medal: vbw|RUS
** Bronze Medal: vbw|BRA
*Asian Championship
**Men's Tournament in Tehran, Iran
***Gold Medal: vb|CHN
***Silver Medal: vb|AUS
***Bronze Medal: vb|KOR
**Women's Tournament in Hong Kong
***Gold Medal: vbw|CHN
***Silver Medal: vbw|KOR
***Bronze Medal: vbw|JPN
*Men's European Championship in Wiener Neustadt and Vienna, Austria
**Gold Medal: vb|ITA
**Silver Medal: vb|RUS
**Bronze Medal: vb|YUG
*Women's European Championship in Rome and Perugia, Italy
**Gold Medal: vbw|RUS
**Silver Medal: vbw|CRO
**Bronze Medal: vbw|ITA
*Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada
**Men's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vb|CUB
***Silver Medal: vb|BRA
***Bronze Medal: vb|CAN
**Women's Tournament
***Gold Medal: vbw|BRA
***Silver Medal: vbw|CUB
***Bronze Medal: vbw|USA
* Men's America's Cup in Tampa, Florida (USA)
** Gold Medal: vb|BRA
** Silver Medal: vb|USA
** Bronze Medal: vb|ARG
* 1999 Women's NORCECA Championship in Monterrey, Mexico
** Gold Medal: vbw|CUB
** Silver Medal: vbw|USA
** Bronze Medal: vbw|CAN
* II. Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, France
**Men's Competition
*** Gold Medal: flagathlete|José Loiola and Emanuel Rego|BRA
*** Silver Medal: flagathlete|Martin Laciga and Paul Laciga|SUI
*** Bronze Medal: flagathlete|Rogerio Ferreira and Guilherme Marques|BRA
**Women's Competition
*** Gold Medal: flagathlete|Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar|BRA
*** Silver Medal: flagathlete|Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan|USA
*** Bronze Medal: flagathlete|Liz Masakayan and Elaine Youngs|USA

Water polo

Men's Competition

* European Championship in Firenze, Italy
** Gold Medal: wp|HUN
** Silver Medal: wp|CRO
** Bronze Medal: wp|ITA

* FINA World Cup in Sydney, Australia
** Gold Medal: wp|HUN
** Silver Medal: wp|ITA
** Bronze Medal: wp|ESP

* Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada
** Gold Medal: wp|USA
** Silver Medal: wp|CUB
** Bronze Medal: wp|CAN

Women's Competition

* European Championship in Prato, Italy
** Gold Medal: wpw|ITA
** Silver Medal: wpw|NED
** Bronze Medal: wpw|RUS

* FINA World Cup in Winnipeg, Canada
** Gold Medal: wpw|NED
** Silver Medal: wpw|AUS
** Bronze Medal: wpw|ITA

* Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada
** Gold Medal: wpw|CAN
** Silver Medal: wpw|USA
** Bronze Medal: wpw|BRA

* Holiday Cup in Los Alamitos, United States
** Gold Medal: wpw|AUS
** Silver Medal: wpw|CAN
** Bronze Medal: wpw|USA

Multi-sport events

* 13th Pan American Games held in Winnipeg, Canada
* Seventh All-Africa Games held in Johannesburg, South Africa
* Winter Asian Games held in Gangwon, South Korea
* Ninth Pan Arab Games held in Amman, Jordan
* 20th Summer Universiade held on Palma de Mallorca, Spain
* 19th Winter Universiade held in Poprad, Slovakia

Awards

*Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year: Tiger Woods, PGA golf
*Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year: United States women's national soccer team, soccer

Deaths

*January 5 — Jarmila Nygrýnová (45), Czech long jumper (b. 1953)
*January 9 — James Peters (80), English long-distance runner (b. 1918)
* January 28 — Josef Doležal (78), Czechoslovak race walker (b. 1920)
* February 3 — Mikko Hietanen (87), Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1911)
*February 22 — Menno Oosting (34), Dutch tennis player
*February 27 — Ken Robinson (29), Major League pitcher (Arizona Diamondbacks)
*March 8 — Joe DiMaggio (84), Major League Baseball player
*March 25 — Cal Ripken, Sr. (63), father of baseball player and manager Cal Ripken, Jr.
*April 4 — Early Wynn (79), Baseball Hall-of-Famer
*April 25 — Lord Killanin (84), former head of the International Olympic Committee
*May 3 — Steve Chiasson (32), Ice hockey player, died in a car crash in Raleigh, North Carolina
*May 7 — Leon Hess (85), Owner of the New York Jets football team
*May 13 — Gene Sarazen (97), golfer
* May 17 — João Carlos de Oliveira (44), Brazilian athlete (b. 1954)
* May 18 — Betty Robinson (87), American athlete (b. 1911)
*May 23 — Owen Hart (34), professional wrestler
*June 6 — Eddie Stanky (83), American baseball player and manager
*June 14 — Bernie Faloney (CFL football player
*July 2 — Ricky Byrdsong (43), basketball coach at Northwestern University
*July 23 — Demetrius DuBose (28), American football player (New York Jets))
*July 23 — Dmitri Tertyshny (22), ice hockey player
*August 14 — Pee Wee Reese (81), Baseball Hall-of-Famer
*August 17 — Reiner Klimke (63), German equestrian (b. 1936)
*August 19 — Kim Perrot (32), women's basketball player
*August 26 — Elena Murgoci (39), Romanian long-distance runner (b. 1960)
*September 9 — Catfish Hunter (53), American baseball pitcher
*September 12 – Allen Stack (71), American backstroke swimmer (b. 1928)
*October 12 — Carlos Barreto (23), Venezuelan boxer (b. 1976)
*October 12 — Wilt Chamberlain (62), basketball player
*October 25 — Payne Stewart (42), U.S. golfing champion
*October 31 — Greg Moore (24), CART racing driver
*November 1 — Walter Payton (45), American football player
*November 8 — Leon Štukelj (100), Slovene gymnast
*November 15 — Harry Llewellyn (88), British equestrian (b. 1911)
*December 11 — Big Ben (23), world champion show-jumping horse