1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Results, Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.94 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.


1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 28 August 1999.


1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
These are the official results of the Women's Long Jump event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 23 August 1999.


1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's marathon
The Women's Marathon event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain was held on Sunday August 29, 1999.


1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The official results of the Women's Pole Vault event at the 1999 World Championships in Sevilla, Spain, held on Saturday August 21, 1999. The event was for the first time inducted into the World Outdoor Championships.


1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
These are the official results of the Women's Shot Put event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 25 August 1999.


1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 24 August 1999.


1999 World Cup of Golf
The 1999 World Cup of Golf took place 18–21 November at the Mines Resort and Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was the 45th World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual.


1999 World Cup of Golf
The American team of Mark O'Meara and Tiger Woods won by five strokes over the Spanish team of Santiago Luna and Miguel Ángel Martín. Woods also took the International Trophy with the best total individual score in tournament history and by a tournament record margin of nine strokes over Frank Nobilo of New Zealand.


1999 World Fencing Championships
The 1999 World Fencing Championships were held in Seoul, South Korea. The event took place from November 1 to November 8, 1999. It was the first Fencing World Championship in which individual and team women's sabre competitions were held.


1999 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Helsinki, Finland from March 20 through 28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1999 World Figure Skating Championships
1999 was the first year that the qualifying competition in the men's and ladies' events counted towards the total score. Qualifying was 20% of the total score, the short program 30%, and the free skating 50%.


1999 World Figure Skating Championships, Competition notes
Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B. In the ladies' qualifying group B, Klara Bramfeldt (SWE) and Marion Krijgsman (NED) tied for 17th place, leading to a three-way tie in overall standings for 33rd place in the ladies' event.


1999 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 1999 World Grand Prix was the second staging of a darts tournament organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and held at the Casino Rooms in Rochester, England between 20–24 October 1999.


1999 World Grand Prix (darts)
The format changed to feature four groups of four players. As in the previous year, players had to start each leg by hitting a double - in addition to the traditional double to finish. The tournament was played in the format of best of five legs per set, rather than the best of three legs which had been adopted in 1998.


1999 World Grand Prix (darts)
Phil Taylor retained the title, beating Shayne Burgess in the final.


1999 World Grand Prix (darts), Group stage format
The format employed for this tournament meant that players could still qualify for the quarter-finals even if they lost either of their first two matches. The format was thus.


1999 World Horticultural Exposition
The 1999 World Horticultural Exposition (昆明世博会) was an A1 category international horticultural exposition recognised by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Organised under the auspices of the International Association of Horticultural Producers, the event was held in Kunming, China. The theme of the exposition was "Man and Nature, marching into the 21st century."


1999 World Horticultural Exposition
The event lasted from April 30 to October 31, 1999, and attracted 9.5 million visitors.


1999 World Indoor Archery Championships
The 1999 World Indoor Target Archery Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from 6 - 10 March 1999.


1999 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 1999 Potters Holidays World World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton on Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 16–25 January 1999. In the singles the unseeded Alex Marshall won his first title beating David Gourlay in the final. In the pairs John Price & Stephen Rees beat defending champions Richard Corsie & Graham Robertson in the final.


1999 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The women's singles competition took place in Prestwick from April 14–16. The event was won by Caroline McAllister.


1999 World Interuniversity Games
The 1999 World Interuniversity Games were the first edition of the Games (organised by IFIUS), and were held in Antwerp, Belgium.


1999 World Judo Championships
The 1999 World Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Birmingham, Great Britain in 1999.


1999 World Junior Curling Championships
The 1999 STAR CHOICE World Junior Curling Championships were held at Z-Hallen in Östersund, Sweden March 20–28.


1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Zagreb, Croatia between November 21 and 29, 1998. Younger figure skaters competed for the title of World Junior Champion. Due to the large number of participants, the men's and ladies' qualifying groups were split into groups A and B.


1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
It was the last World Junior Figure Skating Championships to be held in the fall. After the 1999 Championships (which were called such even though they took place in the fall of 1998), the event was moved to the spring.


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1999 WJC) was held in Winnipeg, and five other communities in  Manitoba, Canada from December 26, 1998 to January 5, 1999. In the gold medal match at Winnipeg Arena, Russia defeated Canada 3–2 on Artem Chubarov's overtime goal. The bronze medal was claimed by Slovakia, giving the six-year-old country its first medal at an IIHF event.


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The playoff round reverts to six teams qualifying, with group leaders getting a bye to the semifinals.


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool A, Group A
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1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool A, Group A
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1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool A, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Played at Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros, Hungary from December 27 to January 3. Two groups of four played round robins, and then the top three played each of the top three teams from the other group. All scores carried forward except the results against the lone eliminated team from each group.


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B, Relegation round
Hungary lost two games to none and was relegated to Pool C for 2000.


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool C
Played at Kaunas and Elektrenai, Lithuania from December 30 to January 3


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool C, Placement Games
Italy was promoted to Pool B, and  Croatia was relegated to Pool D for 2000.


1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool D
Played at Novi Sad, Yugoslavia from December 29 to January 4.


1999 World Marathon Cup
The 1999 World Marathon Cup was the eighth edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Seville, Spain, inside of the 1999 World Championships.


1999 World Masters Athletics Championships
The thirteenth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Gateshead, United Kingdom, from 29 July – 8 August 1999. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


1999 World Masters Athletics Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


1999 World Matchplay
The 1999 World Matchplay was a darts tournament held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool between 25–31 July 1999. The tournament was won for the second year in a row by Rod Harrington, who defeated Peter Manley in the final. In the 30th leg of the final Manley missed a shot at bullseye which, had he hit it would have been the first televised PDC 9 dart finish.


1999 World Matchplay
This was the first time that the first round was best of 19 legs, instead of best of 15 legs used from the 1994 World Matchplay to the 1998 World Matchplay.


1999 World Men's Curling Championship
The 1999 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as 1999 Ford World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–11, 1999.


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jeff Stoughton Third: Jon Mead Second: Garry Vandenberghe Lead: Doug Armstrong Alternate: Steve Gould


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ulrik Schmidt Third: Lasse Lavrsen Second: Brian Hansen Lead: Carsten Svensgaard Alternate: Frants Gufler


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Markku Uusipaavalniemi Third: Wille Mäkelä Second: Tommi Häti Lead: Jari Laukkanen Alternate: Raimo Lind


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andy Kapp Third: Uli Kapp Second: Oliver Axnick Lead: Holger Höhne Alternate: Sebastian Linkemann


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sean Becker Third: Hans Frauenlob Second: Jim Allan Lead: Lorne De Pape Alternate: Darren Carson


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Thomas Ulsrud


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Hammy McMillan Third: Warwick Smith Second: Ewan MacDonald Lead: Peter Loudon Alternate: Gordon Muirhead


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Per Carlsén Third: Mikael Norberg Second: Tommy Olin Lead: Niklas Berggren Alternate: Jan Strandlund


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Patrick Hürlimann Third: Dominic Andres Second: Martin Romang Lead: Diego Perren Alternate: Patrik Lörtscher


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tim Somerville Third: Don Barcome Jr. Second: Myles Brundidge Lead: John Gordon Alternate: Mark Haluptzok


1999 World Men's Curling Championship, Playoffs, Final
In the final end, Hammy McMillan made a draw to the 4-foot against two Canadian stones to secure the win.


1999 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1999 World Men's Handball Championship was the 16th edition of the World Championship in team handball. It was held in Egypt, from 1 to 15 June, in the cities of Cairo, Ismailia and Port Said. Sweden won the championship.


1999 World Men's Handball Championship, Ranking and statistics, Final standings
Peter Gentzel, Magnus Wislander, Ola Lindgren, Henrik Andersson, Stefan Lövgren, Pierre Thorsson, Magnus Andersson, Ljubomir Vranjes, Tomas Svensson, Thomas Sivertsson, Martin Frändesjö, Johan Petersson, Christian Eriksson, Staffan Olsson and Mathias Franzén. Head Coach: Bengt Johansson.


1999 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 1999 World Mountain Running Championships was the 15th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association.


1999 World Music Awards
The 1999 World Music Awards (11th Annual World Music Awards) were held in Monaco on 5 May 1999. The 1999 World Music Awards was also prerecorded and shown on ABC on May 20, 1999.


1999 World Netball Championships
The 1999 World Netball Championships (also known as the Vodafone World Netball Championships for sponsorship reasons) was the tenth edition of the INF Netball World Cup, a quadrennial premier event in international netball. It was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 21 September to 2 October 1999 and featured 26 teams with the debut of Niue, Tonga and Zambia. All matches were held at the Westpac Arena.


1999 World Netball Championships
Fourteen teams entered the preliminary round with four teams qualifying to the main round where they were joined by the top twelve teams from the 1995 championships. The main round saw sixteen teams remaining, be split into two groups of eight with the top four qualifying to the quarter-finals while the remaining eight played in classification matches for 9th–16th placings.


1999 World Netball Championships
Australia and New Zealand defeated England and Jamaica in the semi-finals, for a repeat of the 1995 final. Australia defended its seventh title defeating New Zealand in the final on a final-second shot by Sharelle McMahon, after coming back from six goals down at three-quarter time. England claimed the bronze medal, defeating Jamaica by fourteen goals.


1999 World Netball Championships, Preliminary rounds
The competition started with two days of sixteen teams contesting in two rounds of knockout matches for the four remaining spots in the main competition, the remaining twelve teams entered the consolation round. Pakistan and Botswana were also meant to compete in the tournament but had to withdrew.


1999 World Netball Championships, Preliminary rounds, Round 1
The opening day of the competition started with wins for six teams with Wales securing the widest point spread of the day with a 82–13 romp over Vanuatu which saw Mair Evans scoring 57 goals. For Scotland, they had a nervous start in their match against the Cayman Islands with Scotland only leading by three goals at the half time break. But a switch to bring in Gail Higgins into goal attack saw the Scots win by 29 goals. Zambia had the closest match of the opening day with their match over Papua New Guinea having a margin of only two goals in what was a see-saw match. There was also wins for Fiji, Tonga and Malaysia who opened their 1999 campaign with a win.


1999 World Netball Championships, Preliminary rounds, Round 2
Day two of the 1999 edition saw the remaining eight teams in the preliminary round ply in four matches to determine the final four spots in the top 16. In the biggest victory of the day, Fiji defeated Zambia by twenty nine goals off the back of a blistering start while fellow Pacific neighbours Tonga lost their second round match to Northern Ireland after conceding sixteen goals in the third quarter while only scoring five. Wales built a solid lead in the first two quarter finals to overcome Scotland by eighteen goals despite Scotland winning the final quarter. The final match of the preliminary round saw Singapore sealed a twenty-two goal victory over Malaysia off the back of former Australian B goal-shooter Jocelyn Bryant as she scored 44 goals from 49 attempts.


1999 World Orienteering Championships
The 1999 World Orienteering Championships, the 18th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Inverness, Scotland, 1–8 August 1999.


1999 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women.


1999 World Professional Pool Championship
The 1999 World Professional Pool Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1999 in Cardiff, Wales. The event was billed as a world championship by Matchroom Sport as an alternative to the World Pool-Billiard Association's 1999 WPA World Nine-ball Championship, won by Nick Varner. Despite there being two world titles for the same discipline in 1999, both are considered as valid in 1999 by the WPA.


1999 World Professional Pool Championship
The event was won by Efren Reyes, who defeated Chang Hao-ping in the final 17–8. At the time of the event, it was not recognised as a world championship, however, after the event was well received, the WPA worked with Matchroom sport for later versions of the event, and retrospectively recognised as a world championship. The championships were merged in 2000, but were also held in Wales.


1999 World Rally Championship
The 1999 World Rally Championship was the 27th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 14 rallies. Tommi Mäkinen won his fourth drivers' world championship driving for Mitsubishi, ahead of Richard Burns and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Subaru and Mitsubishi.


1999 World Rally Championship
In an upset predicted two years earlier a two-wheel-drive car won a rally for the first time since Alain Oreille won the 1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in his Renault 5 when Philippe Bugalski took his Citroën Xsara Kit Car to victory in the Rally Catalunya. Bugalski backed it up three weeks later winning the Tour de Corse. With such specialised tarmac cars now beating WRC cars while at the same time not competing in the FIA 2-Litre World Rally Cup designed for them a revamp of two-wheel-drive regulations was created for the 2000 season.


1999 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 1999 championship was contested over fourteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania.


1999 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Manufacturers' championship
Notes:1 2 3 – Indicate position on TV Covered Stage


1999 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, FIA 2 Litre World Cup for Manufacturers
(*) – Volkswagen were not classified for not homologating their Golf Kit Car at the start of the season.


1999 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 1999 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan from October 12–17, 1999.


1999 World Rowing Championships
The 1999 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 22 to 29 August 1999 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.


1999 World Series
The 1999 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1999 season. The 95th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the defending American League (AL) and World Series champion New York Yankees and the National League (NL) champion Atlanta Braves in a rematch of the 1996 World Series, in which the Yankees prevailed. The Yankees swept the 1999 Series in four games for their second consecutive title, third in four years, and 25th overall. It was the Yankees' third straight defeat of the Braves franchise in the Fall Classic (having beaten the Milwaukee Braves in the 1958 World Series in addition to their 1996 victory over the Atlanta Braves). Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was named the World Series Most Valuable Player.


1999 World Series
The Yankees advanced to the World Series by defeating the Texas Rangers in the AL Division Series, three games to zero, and then the Boston Red Sox in the AL Championship Series, four games to one. The Braves advanced to the series by defeating the Houston Astros in the NL Division Series, three games to one, and then the New York Mets in the NL Championship Series, four games to two.


1999 World Series
The 1999 Series is remembered for Chad Curtis's walk-off home run in Game 3, which gave the Yankees a 6–5 victory, and Game 2's infamous interview of Pete Rose by Jim Gray on NBC. This was the first World Series to feature both number-one seeds from the AL and NL, which did not repeat again until 2013 and again in 2020.


1999 World Series, Background
This featured a rematch of the 1996 World Series. It would also be the last World Series until 2013 in which the two teams with the best regular-season records in their respective leagues would face off. Perhaps most significantly, it was the first World Series ever in which the competing teams had played each other in the regular season. Although interleague play had begun in 1997, neither the 1997 nor 1998 series saw a rematch from the regular season.


1999 World Series, Background
The 1999 World Series also feted the All-Century Team, featuring the greatest players of the 20th century as voted by both fans and sportswriters. One of the players on the All-Century Team, Yankee legend Joe DiMaggio, had died in March of that year, causing the Yankees to honor him by wearing a black #5 on their sleeves.


1999 World Series, Summary
AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Atlanta Braves (0)


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The 1999 series opened with Greg Maddux facing Orlando Hernández in Game 1, becoming the latest a World Series has ever begun (October 23) beating the previous record by 2 days (1995 World Series, October 21). The Braves got on the board first in the series when Chipper Jones launched a home run down the right field line in the fourth inning. That would be the only hit that El Duque would allow through seven innings while striking out ten Atlanta batters. It would also be the only home run by the Braves in the series.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Maddux had pitched scoreless three-hit ball through seven before running into major trouble in the eighth, which began when Scott Brosius singled for the third time in the game. Pinch hitter Darryl Strawberry walked and Chuck Knoblauch reached when Braves first baseman Brian Hunter mishandled his sacrifice bunt attempt. Derek Jeter stroked a single into left with the bases loaded driving in a run. With still nobody out and the bases juiced, Atlanta reliever John Rocker gave up a two-run single to Paul O'Neill through the right side making it 3–1 Yankees. Later in the inning, Rocker walked Jim Leyritz with the bases loaded to force home another run. Mariano Rivera picked up the save to wrap up the 4–1 victory.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Game 2 featured the presentation of the All-Century team and an explosion of Yankees runs off Atlanta starter Kevin Millwood. In the first inning, Knoblauch, Jeter, and O'Neill opened the game with singles with O'Neill driving in Knoblauch. After a double-play groundout, both Tino Martinez and Scott Brosius drove in a run with singles each to give the Yankees a 3–0 lead in the first. In the third, Bernie Williams and Martinez hit leadoff singles before the former scored on Ricky Ledee's double.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Terry Mulholland relieved starter Kevin Millwood and after getting two outs, shortstop Ozzie Guillén's error on David Cone's ground ball allowed Martinez to score. The Yankees added to their lead off of Mulholland on Martinez's groundout that scored Jeter in the fourth, who led off the inning with a double, and Knoblauch's single in the fifth that scored Brosius, who also doubled to lead off the inning. Cone shutout the Braves for seven innings while Ramiro Mendoza pitched a scoreless eighth, but in the ninth inning, allowed a leadoff single to Chipper Jones.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
After a two-out walk, Jones scored on Greg Myers's single. Jeff Nelson relieved Mendoza and allowed an RBI double to Bret Boone before getting Otis Nixon to ground out to end the game and give the Yankees a 2-0 series lead. This was the last victory of a World Series Game 2 on the road until the Texas Rangers won Game 2 of the 2011 World Series in St. Louis.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Golfer Payne Stewart, a good friend of Braves third baseman Chipper Jones, died between Games 2 and 3. Yankees right fielder Paul O'Neill's father died a few hours before Game 4.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Game 3 in New York matched up lefties Andy Pettitte and Tom Glavine, who had been scheduled to start Game 1 but was scratched and moved back to Game 3 due to a stomach virus. Pettitte was rocked early. Bret Boone drove in Gerald Williams with a RBI double in the first. The Yankees tied the game in bottom of the inning on Paul O'Neill's RBI single, but in the third, Brian Jordan had an RBI single scoring Boone, and Jose Hernandez doubled in Jordan and Andruw Jones.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In the fourth inning, Bret Boone doubled in Gerald Williams for a second time in the game to make the score 5–1. He then was called out trying to steal third. Replays appeared to show that he slid in just ahead of the tag, and this call likely cost the Braves a run, as Chipper Jones doubled two pitches later. Glavine was sharp through seven innings but gave up homers to Tino Martinez in the fifth and Chad Curtis, trimming the Braves lead to 5–3. The Yankees bullpen was solid, holding the Braves scoreless after Pettitte left the game.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In the eighth, a tiring Glavine surrendered a two-run homer to Knoblauch to tie up the game at 5–5. There had been question as to whether to leave Glavine in for that inning. He had only thrown 72 pitches, but said later that he felt like his body was tiring coming off the illness that sidelined him from his scheduled Game 1 start, and felt hesitant to go back out but said he would try for one more inning. Glavine would be replaced by John Rocker who shut out the Yankees until he was relieved after the ninth. The score remained knotted until the bottom of the tenth when Chad Curtis blasted a walk-off home run—his second home run of the game—off Mike Remlinger, giving the Yankees a commanding 3–0 lead in the Series.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Game 4 featured the presentation of the Roberto Clemente Award to Tony Gwynn, followed by a battle of hard-throwing Cy Young Award winners, Roger Clemens and John Smoltz. In the third inning, the Yanks broke through when Tino Martinez singled off Ryan Klesko's foot with the bases loaded, driving in two runs. Jorge Posada followed with another RBI single, making the score 3–0. Clemens, seeking his first World Series victory, was outstanding, the only Braves scoring coming in the eighth when Boone singled in Walt Weiss.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Jim Leyritz added another Yankees run with a shot in the eighth, adding to his legacy as a great postseason performer and as one of the thorns in the side of Braves fans. Rivera, who was named Series MVP, got Keith Lockhart to fly out to LF Curtis for the final out of the season.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The 1999 New York Yankees became the first team to win the World Series in consecutive sweeps since the 1938–1939 Yankees. It was the first sweep by a team without home-field advantage since 1966 when Baltimore swept the Dodgers. The Yankees' 11–1 postseason record was the best ever in the wild card era, which was later tied by the Chicago White Sox in 2005 (the 1976 Reds finished a perfect 7–0 in the postseason, which preceded the permanent introduction of the wild card and Division Series). The Yankees players were each paid $326,000 for this World Championship.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
With the Yankees' sweep of the Braves, this was the second time in 1999 that a New York City team had swept a team from Atlanta out of a playoffs; the Knicks had swept the Hawks in the second round of the NBA Playoffs during their Cinderella run to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the San Antonio Spurs. It would also mark the final time the Yankees clinched the championship at the old Yankee Stadium.


1999 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The powerhouse Braves batted just .200 in the 4-game Series.


1999 World Series, Composite box
1999 World Series (4–0): New York Yankees (A.L.) beat Atlanta Braves (N.L. ).


1999 World Series, Aftermath
This was the fifth World Series appearance in the 1990s for Atlanta, but the new decade would not be as favorable to them, the closest they got to returning to the World Series was in the 2001 NLCS where they lost to Arizona in five games. To date, the 1999 World Series is the Braves' last Fall Classic. Game 2 also marks the second and final time that Turner Field hosted a World Series game.


1999 World Series, Aftermath
The Yankees would continue their dynasty by defeating the New York Mets in the next year's World Series. They won a fourth straight pennant in 2001, but they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in that season's World Series. They would reach the World Series again in 2003 (losing to the Florida Marlins) and 2009 (defeating the defending champions, the Philadelphia Phillies).


1999 World Series, Aftermath
On October 11, 2005, A&E Home Video released the New York Yankees Fall Classic Collectors Edition (1996–2001) DVD set. Game 3 of the 1999 World Series is included in the set.


1999 World Series, Media coverage
This was NBC's 39th and final World Series telecast to date, as Fox would air the next World Series as part of the contract in place, and acquired the exclusive broadcast rights of Major League Baseball beginning in 2001. Bob Costas provided play-by-play while Joe Morgan served as analyst for the series. Hannah Storm served as pre-game host with Barry Larkin serving as the analyst. The field reporters were Jim Gray (Yankees dugout) and Craig Sager (Braves dugout) on loan from Turner Sports.


1999 World Series, Media coverage
With the Knicks having played in the NBA Finals in June, this was the second championship series in 1999 that NBC broadcast involving teams from New York. Bob Costas, Jim Gray, and Hannah Storm were involved both times: Costas with play-by-play, Gray as a reporter, and Storm as pre-game host. This was the most recent year that a city hosted both the NBA Finals and the World Series in the same year, until Cleveland did so in 2016.


1999 World Series, Media coverage
Once again, ESPN Radio provided coverage of the World Series. Play-by-play man Jon Miller was joined in the booth by Rick Sutcliffe, who substituted for the unavailable Joe Morgan.


1999 World Series of Poker
The 1999 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.


1999 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 393 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. At the 1999 Main Event final table, Huck Seed was attempting to become a two-time World Champion. His attempt fell short as he was eliminated in sixth place.


1999 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final table
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1999 Main Event.


1999 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between March 19 and 21, 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The World Championships are organised by the ISU which also run world cups and championships in speed skating and figure skating.


1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Men
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, Results, Women
* First place is awarded 34 points, second is awarded 21 points, third is awarded 13 points, fourth is awarded 8 points, fifth is awarded 5 points, sixth is awarded 3 points, seventh is awarded 2 points, and eighth is awarded 1 point in the finals of each individual race to determine the overall world champion. The relays do not count for the overall classification.


1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships
The 1999 World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships is the 9th edition of the World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships, which took place on 5-7 April 1999 in St. Louis, United States.


1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships
The 1999 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships were held between 12 and 14 March 1999 in the Thialf, Heerenveen, Netherlands.


1999 World Snooker Championship
The 1999 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1999 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 17 April and 3 May 1999 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.


1999 World Snooker Championship
John Higgins was the defending champion, but he lost in the semi-finals 10–17 against Mark Williams and became another World Champion who fell to the Crucible curse and could not defend his first World title.


1999 World Snooker Championship
Stephen Hendry won his seventh and final World title by defeating Mark Williams in the final by 18 frames to 11. The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.


1999 World Snooker Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1999 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).


1999 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 53 century breaks in the championship. The highest break was 142 made by John Higgins and 143 made by both Stephen Maguire and Barry Pinches at the televised and the qualifying stages respectively.


1999 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
The qualifying matches were held between 3 January and 20 March 2000 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales.


1999 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
16th World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Ghent, Belgium from November 3–7, 1999.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Eindhoven from August 2 to August 8, 1999. The Championships were originally scheduled from April 26 to May 9 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia but were postponed after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War in March 1999. Individual events were relocated to Eindhoven and team competitions were moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2000.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 45th edition of the men's doubles championship. Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang won the title after defeating Wang Liqin and Yan Sen in the final by three sets to two.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles was the 45th edition of the men's singles championship.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Liu Guoliang defeated Ma Lin in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 45th edition of the mixed doubles championship.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Ma Lin and Zhang Yingying defeated Feng Zhe and Sun Jin in the final by three sets to one.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 44th edition of the women's doubles championship. Li Ju and Wang Nan defeated Yang Ying and Sun Jin in the final by three sets to nil.


1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 45th edition of the women's singles championship. Wang Nan defeated Zhang Yining in the final by three sets to two, to win the title.


1999 World Taekwondo Championships
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1999 World Taekwondo Championships
The 1999 World Taekwondo Championships were the 14th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Butterdome, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada from June 2 to June 6, 1999, with 550 athletes participating from 66 countries.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1999 World Weightlifting Championships were held at Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from November 21 to November 28, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships
It was the main qualifying events in the sport for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (+105 kg) is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, open to competitors over 105 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's +105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
The Men's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (105 kg) is the seventh men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place on in Athens, Greece, on 28 November 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg
Denys Hotfrid of Ukraine won the gold medal. Evgeny Shishlyannikov of Russia finished second and Korean weightlifter Choi Jong-keun finished third and won the bronze.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 105 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event (56 kg) is the lightest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 22, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
The Men's Featherweight Weightlifting Event (– 62 kg) is the second men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 62 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 22, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
The Men's Lightweight Weightlifting Event (69 kg) is the third men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 24 November 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
The Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (77 kg) is the fourth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 77 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 25 November 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 77 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
The Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (85 kg) is the fifth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 26 November 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 85 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
The Men's Middle-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (94 kg) is the sixth men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 94 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place on 1999-11-27 in Athens, Greece.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 94 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
The Women's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (+ 75 kg) is the heaviest women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, open to competitors over 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 27, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's +75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
The Women's Flyweight Weightlifting Event (48 kg) is the lightest women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 48 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 21, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 48 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
The Women's Featherweight Weightlifting Event (53 kg) is the second women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 53 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 21, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 53 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
The Women's Lightweight Weightlifting Event (58 kg) is the third women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 22 November 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 58 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
The Women's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (63 kg) is the fourth women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on 23 November 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 63 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
The Women's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (69 kg) is the fifth women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 69 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 24, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 69 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
The Women's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (75 kg) is the sixth women's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limited to competitors with a maximum of 75 kilograms of body mass. The competition at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships took place in Athens, Greece on November 26, 1999.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg
Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.


1999 World Weightlifting Championships – Women's 75 kg, Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.


1999 World Women's Curling Championship
The 1999 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as 1999 Ford World Women's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held at Harbour Station in Saint John, New Brunswick from April 3–11, 1999.


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Colleen Jones Third: Kim Kelly Second: Mary-Anne Waye Lead: Nancy Delahunt Alternate: Laine Peters


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Lene Bidstrup Third: Malene Krause Second: Susanne Slotsager Lead: Avijaja Petri Alternate: Lilian Frøhling


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anne Eerikäinen Third: Tiina Kautonen Second: Jaana Hämäläinen Lead: Jaana Jokela Alternate: Minna Malinen


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrea Schöpp Third: Natalie Neßler Second: Heike Wieländer Lead: Jane Boake-Cope Alternate: Andrea Stock


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Akiko Katoh Third: Akemi Niwa Second: Ayumi Onodera Lead: Mika Hori Alternate: Yumie Hayashi


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Kristin Tøsse Løvseth Alternate: Marianne Aspelin


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Deborah Knox Third: Isobel Hannen Second: Wendy Bell Lead: Judith Stobbie Alternate: Anne Laird


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Elisabet Gustafson Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Louise Marmont Lead: Elisabeth Persson Alternate: Margaretha Lindahl


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Luzia Ebnöther Third: Nicole Strausak Second: Tanya Frei Lead: Nadia Raspe Alternate: Andrea Stöckli


1999 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Patti Lank Third: Erika Brown Second: Allison Darragh Lead: Tracy Sachtjen Alternate: Barb Perrella


1999 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1999 World Women's Handball Championship, the 14th of its kind, was held between November 29 and December 12, 1999, and was jointly hosted by Denmark and Norway, with the finals being played in Lillehammer, Norway.


1999 World Women's Handball Championship, Rankings and Statistics
Cecilie Leganger, Heidi Tjugum, Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim, Else-Marthe Sørlie, Kjersti Grini, Trine Haltvik, Tonje Larsen, Elisabeth Hilmo, Kristine Duvholt, Mette Davidsen, Jeanette Nilsen, Ann Cathrin Eriksen, Mia Hundvin, Sahra Hausmann, Birgitte Sættem and Marianne Rokne. Head Coach: Marit Breivik.


1999 World Women's Handball Championship squads
The following squads and players competed in the World Women's Handball Championship in 1999 in Norway and Denmark.


1999 World Women's Snooker Championship
The 1999 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament. It was the 1999 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976.


1999 World Women's Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by Kelly Fisher, who retained the title by defeating Karen Corr 4–2 in the final. The rounds before the semi-final were played at the Radion Executive Club, Sheffield, and the semi-finals and final were played at the Crucible Theatre.


1999 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1999 World Wrestling Championships. Men's Freestyle competition were held in Ankara, Turkey. Men's Greco-Roman competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Boden, Sweden.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 24 to 26 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 58 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 24 to 26 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 24 to 26 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 24 to 26 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus, Athens, Greece from 23 to 25 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 130 kg
The men's freestyle 130 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 8 to 10 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 54 kg
The men's freestyle 54 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 7 to 9 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 58 kg
The men's freestyle 58 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 8 to 10 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 63 kg
The men's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 7 to 9 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 69 kg
The men's freestyle 69 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 8 to 10 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 76 kg
The men's freestyle 76 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 7 to 9 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 85 kg
The men's freestyle 85 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 8 to 10 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 97 kg
The men's freestyle 97 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Atatürk Sport Hall in Ankara, Turkey from 7 to 9 October 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 46 kg
The women's freestyle 46 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 51 kg
The women's freestyle 51 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 56 kg
The women's freestyle 56 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 62 kg
The women's freestyle 62 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 68 kg
The women's freestyle 68 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.


1999 World Wrestling Championships – Women's freestyle 75 kg
The women's freestyle 75 kilograms is a competition featured at the 1999 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Stadium Hildursborg in Boden, Sweden from 10 to 12 September 1999.


1999 World Wushu Championships
The 1999 World Wushu Championships was the 5th edition of the World Wushu Championships. It was held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong, from November 2 to November 7, 1999.


1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics
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1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics
The 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the first edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 16 to July 18, 1999.


1999 World's Strongest Man
The 1999 World's Strongest Man was the 22nd edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jouko Ahola from Finland. It was his second title after finishing second the previous year. Janne Virtanen also from Finland finished second, and Svend Karlsen from Norway finished third. The contest was held on Malta.


1999 World's Strongest Man, Heats, Group 1
Events: Carry and Drag, Truck Pull, Loading, Hercules Hold, Log lift for reps, Medley


1999 World's Strongest Man, Heats, Group 2
Events: Carry and Drag, Husafell Stone, Atlas Stones, Lateral Hold, Dead Lift Hold, Medley


1999 World's Strongest Man, Heats, Group 3
Events: Carry and Drag, Husafell Stone, Loading, Hercules Hold, Log lift for reps, Medley


1999 World's Strongest Man, Heats, Group 4
Events: Carry and Drag, Truck Pull, Loading, Lateral Hold, Dead Lift Hold, Medley


1999 World's Strongest Man, Heats, Group 5
Events: Carry and Drag, Truck Pull, Atlas Stones, Hercules Hold, Dead Lift Hold, Medley


1999 World's Strongest Man, Final results
Events: Super Yoke, Dead lift for max, Boat Pull, Atlas Stones, Plane Pull, Giant log lift for reps, Medley


1999 Worthing Borough Council election
The 1999 Worthing Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of  Worthing Borough Council in West Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats. Overall turnout was 34.8%.


1999 Worthing Borough Council election
For the election the Conservative party leader William Hague visited the town as it was seen as an important target for the party. The mayor of Worthing had also defected from the Liberal Democrats and joined the Conservative party in the lead up to the election.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident
The Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident (German: Schwebebahnunfall) took place on 12 April 1999 on a stretch of track near Robert-Daum-Platz station. In this accident involving car number 4 from the WSW GTW 72 series, five persons lost their lives while 47 were injured, some of them seriously. This was the worst accident in the railway's history and, to date, the only one since the railway opened in 1901 to have had a deadly outcome.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Circumstances
The articulated train involved in the accident was travelling near kilometre 7 on the suspension railway's route at about 5:45 am local time at a speed of roughly 50 km/h (30 mph) when it struck a steel component (a "claw fastener") that had temporarily been attached to the running rail on the overhead track. The impact tore the lead bogie, the first of four, off the train's roof. The vehicle next leant over to the right, derailed, and then fell almost 10 m (30 ft) into the River Wupper.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Circumstances
The train's front section came down on a bridge carrying steam heating pipes across the Wupper, breaking it in the middle. The bogie that had been torn off on impact at first remained up on the track, but quickly came off and fell down on the train, breaking through the vehicle's body.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Rescue efforts
Employees from the firm ELBA, which stood alongside the river and the track, climbed over a scaffold in the river after hearing the loud bang and began the efforts to save the victims. The train's driver, who was himself injured, also helped to rescue the passengers.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Rescue efforts
According to a resident who called the emergency services to report the accident, his report was at first met with laughter from the dispatcher on the telephone, as it was considered inconceivable for a Schwebebahn train to fall off the overhead track, and nobody had ever died in an accident on this railway, which was thus said to be the world's safest.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Rescue efforts
In the end, more than 150 firefighting and ambulance personnel were on hand, along with twelve emergency physicians, to rescue and treat the injured at the site, which could only be reached with difficulty. Even clergymen were called into service to minister to those who were suffering from psychological shock.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Rescue efforts
The injured were taken to two nearby buildings and a tent set up by the firefighters in an underpass. Further gathering points for the injured were set up at a factory and in a quickly built tent city at a carpark. Conference rooms on the ground floor at a bank became a field hospital. A nearby hospital, the Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Klinikum (now called the Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal), was the first to admit patients from the accident scene. Meanwhile, the city square Robert-Daum-Platz, where Bundesstraße 7 and Landesstraße 427 cross, became an emergency landing pad for three rescue helicopters.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Rescue efforts
At the Städtisches Klinikum Barmen (another hospital, now also part of the Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal), all routine operations were postponed and all available doctors were pressed into emergency service. Within three hours of the accident, all 47 of the injured, suffering from broken bones, bruises and lacerations, found themselves at hospitals in Wuppertal, Remscheid and Solingen. Two men were recovered from the wreck dead, while a woman's body was only recovered hours later after the river had borne it downstream from the accident site. Two other passengers later succumbed to their injuries.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Recovery efforts
First, the affected stretch of the overhead track and the trainwreck in the river were seized by order of the public prosecutor's office (Staatsanwaltschaft). The recovery of the fallen suspension railway train was readied on 13 April 1999 and proceeded only with great difficulty. It turned out that an emergency laneway next to an office-residential building could not be used for the needed 300-metric-ton crane because an underground garage presented stability problems. Across the Wupper lay the grounds of the firm ELBA, which offered an alternative, although the direct path to the accident scene was blocked by a production building.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Recovery efforts
Nevertheless, during that day, the crane was positioned there and an excavator was lowered into the Wupper. To prepare for the actual recovery, the steel truss carrying the steam pipes, onto which the suspension railway train had fallen, had to be taken apart. Meanwhile, several halogen floodlights were mounted on the overhead track and a police light mast vehicle was brought to the scene. As evening set in, the recovery scene was brightly lit. The work went on through the night into 14 April 1999.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Recovery efforts
From the 22-metric-ton articulated train, the first bits to be lifted out of the river were three bogies each weighing roughly 3½ metric tons. These were lifted with the crane during the day over the ELBA work buildings and onto an articulated truck waiting on Ernststraße (street), which had been closed for the occasion. The fourth bogie, the one that had been torn off the train's roof in the accident and had fallen into the passenger compartment, had to be recovered later. The tail end of the articulated train could now be freed and lifted out of the riverbed.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Recovery efforts
In work that took until evening, the whole train was lifted out of the Wupper after having been taken apart into three pieces. These were then transported to one of the halls at the Generaloberst-Hoepner-Kaserne (barracks) on Lichtscheid, Wuppertal's highest hill. The section of rail from the overhead track onto which the fateful claw fastener was attached was removed to a place for safekeeping on Friday 16 April 1999.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Investigations
Beginning in November 1997, in the course of renovation work in the leadup to the Schwebebahn's centenary in 2001, each weekend was spent completely replacing the railway's weightbearing structure. The steel claw fastener that was attached to the guide rail served to stabilize the overhead track during this work. On the night before the accident, work had ended during which parts of the overhead track, a few piers from the accident site, had been replaced. The night's work lagged so far behind schedule that the work site was left only ten minutes before the morning's first train from the Vohwinkel direction came along. The workers were apparently in such a hurry that they forgot to remove the claw fastener.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Investigations
The Technischer Überwachungsverein (TÜV) Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg was authorized to investigate and examine the whole process of the renovations on the stretch of the line from Pestalozzistraße station to Ohligsmühle station (each one stop from Robert-Daum-Platz station, the nearest to where the accident happened) from 9 to 12 April 1999 from the time when they began until the line was ready for use, and the documentation relating thereto, as well as the established organization for verifying safe suspension railway operation after completion of periodic building in which replacement work is done on sections of the overhead track.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Investigations
In the subsequent proceedings, it became clear that the train's fall from the track did not arise from a technical defect or a systemic error. Instead the accident had been caused by careless disassembly work towards the end of that night's shift, and deficient oversight of this work. A test run that could have prevented the accident was neither planned nor prescribed by law.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
At the Wuppertal State Court (Landgericht), the prosecutor, Rolf Mayer, put it to the defendants, three Wuppertal City Works Corporation (WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke, or WSW for short) employees along with four fitters and their foreman from Lavis GmbH, the Aschaffenburg company contracted to do the renovation work on Suspension Railway, that carelessness had led to the accident.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
He further said that the four fitters had let every care slip when they had not removed the claw fastener from the overhead track, and that the other defendants had failed to make sure that the line was in good condition for use, despite having had the responsibility to do just that. The fitters' foreman told the court that he could not rule out the possibility of "unwittingly having made a mistake". He could not, he said, oversee all the work being done. The fitters had clearly been assigned the job of removing the claw.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
"I can limit myself during supervisory duties to spot checks only," he further said. He had to rely on the fitters, among whom were "experienced men", for this was, according to him, necessary. The two accused WSW inspectors who in the end had given the green light for the suspension railway to begin running on the morning in question, for their part, told the court that they had not been able to see the claw on the track because it had been too dark at the time and they had had no portable light.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
The works manager who had developed the safety scheme for the renovation work told the court, "I complied to the full extent with my duties," to which Mayer responded with a suggestion that the manager's safety scheme had been inadequate. The four fitters had nothing to say in response. Many of the surviving victims were on hand for the proceedings, including at least one who had been left with permanent mobility issues arising from injuries in the accident.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
The accused who was responsible for the safety scheme, the works manager, and the workers who were responsible for dismantling certain equipment in the area of the accident, including the claw fitting, were each acquitted by the State Court, partly for legal reasons, partly on factual grounds.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
The accused who were responsible for technical or building work oversight, but who nevertheless did not carry out their supervisory functions in accordance with standards, were each found guilty by the State Court of negligent homicide in five legally concurrent cases in coincidence with negligent bodily harm in 37 legally concurrent cases, and sentenced to probation.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
In the ruling handed down by the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) on 31 January 2002 (4 StR 289/01), the Federal Court upheld the State Court's guilty verdicts against those who were responsible for technical or building work oversight, and the foreman's acquittal. However, after an appeal from the prosecutor's office and a third party, the Federal Court overturned the fitters' acquittals, saying that the State Court had made a legal error by dividing what was an instance of collective responsibility into separate ones by applying the "principle of reliance" (Vertrauensgrundsatz).


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
The case as it related to the acquitted defendants was sent back to another chamber at the Wuppertal State Court. In these proceedings, one of the workers was sentenced to four months' probation, while the administrative fine of €500 to which the other three had been sentenced was suspended.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
The WSW, as the suspension railway's operator, paid some DM 1.3 million in damages, for pain and suffering, for medical treatment and for burial costs, as well as for specialists to help the bereaved and others affected by the accident overcome their psychological trauma. The total cost to the Corporation from the Wuppertal Suspension Railway accident ran to well over DM 8 million. In a press release dated 30 September 2000, the WSW acknowledged that the Wuppertal Suspension Railway accident had badly affected some people's health and psychological wellbeing, not only victims in the accident itself, but also their kin.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
The WSW also declared in the release that in future it would lend those affected any conceivable help in the form of counselling, support and financial compensation, even after the legal proceedings were over. This included two telephone numbers at which callers could speak to advisers. An ombudsman was appointed to help those affected in their dealings with all questions relating to the accident's consequences. The release also dealt with questions about safety raised at the legal proceedings.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Judicial consequences
While admitting that the improvements to the safety plan that had been introduced in June 1999, only two months after the accident, could not yet properly be evaluated – the responsibility for that lay with the Technical Oversight Authority (Technische Aufsichtsbehörde) in the local Regierungsbezirk – the WSW also pointed out that questions raised in court repeatedly about the train's and the track's safety had to be seen alongside the lack of any such deficiencies that could be found by an expert consultant hired by the public prosecutor's office (Staatsanwaltschaft). The release ended with the WSW stating that it would not comment on the court’s guilty verdicts against the accused.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Technical consequences
Repair work was undertaken by WSW suspension railway workshop employees once extensive structural evaluations of overhead track support installation and of the effects wrought by the accident itself on the overhead track had been done by outside engineering consultants and other experts. Many safety tests were undertaken, among them a special inspection of the whole overhead track, including supports and test runs with the five articulated trains that since the accident had been the main and secondary foci of attention among the rolling stock. Extensive shunting work was necessary at the line's two termini, Vohwinkel and Oberbarmen to bring the trains into working order.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Technical consequences
Preparatory work for the repairs to the damaged parts of the overhead track at the accident site was begun on 31 May 1999, after the crane needed for replacing overhead track parts had been set up on ELBA's property a few days earlier. The actual repair work, involving the replacement of roughly 5 m (16 ft) of rail support, running rail and current rail, began at midday on 2 June 1999. It is now established practice to do test runs after such work, even if this is still not required by law. The Schwebebahn was opened back up to the public on 8 June 1999, some eight weeks after the accident. After being examined, the piece of rolling stock damaged in the accident, car number 4, was scrapped and not replaced.


1999 Wuppertal Schwebebahn accident, Public memorials
On 12 April 2000, the first anniversary of the fateful day, Wuppertal's chief mayor (Oberbürgermeister) Hans Kremendahl and WSW's chairman of the board Rolf Krumsiek unveiled a memorial plaque to the victims of the accident. It can be found at Robert-Daum-Platz station. Later, on 18 April 2009, days after the accident's tenth anniversary, another memorial plaque was unveiled at a spot much nearer the accident site, on the north bank of the Wupper, a few metres (yards) from the steam pipe bridge onto which the train fell (and which has since been repaired).


1999 Wychavon District Council election
The 1999 Wychavon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


1999 Wychavon District Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives were the largest party on the council with 18 seats, but the Liberal Democrats with 17 seats ran the council with the support of the 10 Labour councillors and there were also 4 independent councillors. 49 seats were up for election in 1999, but the Conservatives won two seats in Harvington and Norton and Wickhamford without opposition.


1999 Wychavon District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives gained 11 seats to take control of the council with 29 councillors, in only the second time after 1987 that the Conservatives won a majority on the council. Both the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, John Grantham, and the Labour group leader John Wrenn were among the councilors to be defeated at the election.


1999 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Evesham East
A by-election was held in Evesham East on 9 November 2000 after the resignation of Labour councillor Richard Hicks. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Andy Dyke with a majority of 25 votes over Labour candidate Steve Selby.


1999 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Dodderhill
A by-election was held in Dodderhill on 16 May 2002 after the death of Conservative councillor Charles Richardson. The seat was held for the Conservatives by Judith Pearce with a majority of 58 votes over independent candidate Warren Lewis.


1999 Wychavon District Council election, By-elections between 1999 and 2003, Drakes Broughton
A by-election was held in Drakes Broughton on 18 July 2002 following the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Ralph Mason. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Paul Middlebrough with a 3-vote majority over Liberal Democrat Josephine Wilkinson.


1999 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1999 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cowboys offense scored 302 points, while the defense allowed 270 points. Despite a winning record, the Cowboys were not invited to play in a bowl game.


1999 Wyre Forest District Council election
The 1999 Wyre Forest District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of  Wyre Forest District Council in Worcestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


1999 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign
Before the election the council was composed of 24 Labour, 5 Liberal Democrats, 5 independent Labour, 4 Conservatives, 3 Liberals and 1 independent councillors. The election saw the Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern contest seats for the first time in protest against attempts to downgrade Kidderminster General Hospital. They put up candidates for 11 of the 14 seats which were up for election claiming that they had the backing of 100,000 people. As well as the Health Concern candidates, one independent and three Liberal party candidates also stood on the issue.


1999 Wyre Forest District Council election, Campaign
However sitting councillors, including the Labour party who controlled the council, said that they had done everything they could to preserve services at the hospital but that the council could have no effect on decisions over the hospital made by the National Health Service. Labour said that other issues in the election included a redevelopment of Kidderminster town centre and a proposed transfer of council housing to a non-profit organisation.


1999 Wyre Forest District Council election, Election result
Labour lost their majority on the council after Health Concern won 7 of the seats contested, gaining 6 of them from Labour. The local Labour MP David Lock accused the Health Concern campaigners of having gained support by scaremongering over the closure of Kidderminster Hospital, which he said had never been an option.


1999 XS35
1999 XS35 is a near-Earth object discovered in 1999 having a comet-like orbit. Its semi-major axis is 17.8 AU. Its orbital eccentricity is 0.94, which means that at the perihelion 1999 XS35 comes as close as 0.9 AU to the Sun, while at the aphelion it reaches beyond the orbit of Neptune. 1999 XS35 is a damocloid. 1999 XS35 is a small object with an absolute magnitude (H) of 17.2, which implies a size of about 1 km.


1999 XS35
1999 XS35 came to perihelion on 21 October 1999, passed 0.0453 AU (6,780,000 km; 4,210,000 mi) from Earth on 5 November 1999, and was discovered on 2 December 1999 at about apparent magnitude 16.9.


1999 XXXV FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 1999 XXXV FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín" was the 35th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Raimundo Saporta Pavilion, Madrid, Spain, on 24 and 25 December 1999 with the participations of Real Madrid Teka, Panathinaikos (champions of the 1998–99 Greek Basket League), Partizan (champions of the 1998–99 Yugoslav Basketball Cup) and Zadar (runners-up of the 1998–99 A-1 Liga).


1999 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1999 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by third-year head coach Jack Siedlecki, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 9–1 overall.


1999 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election
The 1999 Yau Tsim Mong District Council election was held on 28 November 1999 to elect all 16 elected members to the 20-member District Council.


1999 Yemeni presidential election
Direct presidential elections were held in Yemen for the first time on 23 September 1999. Candidates had to be approved by at least 10% of the 301 members of the House of Representatives; however, in practice this meant that only two parties, the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and Al-Islah had enough seats to nominate their candidates. However, al-Islah backed the GPC candidate, incumbent President Ali Abdullah Saleh rather than running a candidate of their own.


1999 Yemeni presidential election
The only candidates that received approval from Parliament were Saleh and Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi, another member of the GPC. The main opposition candidate, Ali Saleh Obad of the Yemeni Socialist Party, failed to gain enough support in the House of Representatives; his party subsequently boycotted the elections. The reported voter turnout of 67.5% was contested by the opposition.


1999 Yemeni presidential election, Nominations
Nominations for presidential candidates closed on 13 July 1999. In total, 31 candidates put their names forward, though three of them were disqualified immediately for failing to meet the legal requirements:


1999 Yemeni presidential election, Nominations
The parliamentary vetting committee eliminated another four candidates, putting 24 of the 31 nominations to a parliamentary vote, in which a candidate required 31 votes to be able to run in the elections. Another candidate, Khalid al-Zarraka, did not appear on the publicised list of nominations, but was included in the parliamentary vote. Only two candidates managed to obtain the required number of votes; Saleh and Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi. Twenty-one of the 25 candidates (including al-Zarraka) did not receive any votes.


1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election occurred on January 9, 1999. APP candidate Bukar Ibrahim won the election, defeating PDP candidate.


1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results
Bukar Ibrahim from the APP won the election. PDP and AD candidates contested in the election.


1999 Yobe State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 877,580, total votes cast was 317,243, valid votes was 294,572 and rejected votes was 22,671.


1999 Youngstown State Penguins football team
The 1999 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University in the Gateway Conference during the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 14th season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled a 12–3 record (5–1 against conference opponents) and lost to Georgia Southern in the 1999 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. It was Youngstown State's sixth appearance in the national championship game during the 1990s.


1999 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Tailback Adrian Brown received the team's most valuable player award. The team's statistical leaders included Brown with 1,589 rushing yards and 108 points scored, Jeff Ryan with 2,573 passing yards, Elliott Giles with 1,301 receiving yards, and Ian Dominelli with 224 tackles (including 92 solo tackles).


1999 Yuen Long District Council election
The 1999 Yuen Long District Council election was held in Hong Kong on 28 November 1999 to elect all 23 elected members to the 36-member District Council.


1999 Zamfara State gubernatorial election
The 1999 Zamfara State gubernatorial election occurred on January 9, 1999. APP candidate Ahmad Sani Yerima won the election, defeating PDP candidate.


1999 Zamfara State gubernatorial election, Results
Ahmad Sani Yerima from the APP won the election. PDP and AD candidates contested in the election.


1999 Zamfara State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,113,426, total votes cast was 475,296, valid votes was 431,375 and rejected votes was 43,921.


1999 Züri-Metzgete
The 1999 Züri-Metzgete was the 84th edition of the Züri-Metzgete road cycling one day race. It was held on 22 August 1999 as part of the 1999 UCI Road World Cup. The race was won by Grzegorz Gwiazdowski of Poland.


1999 arrest of Iranian Jews
In 1999, Intelligence Ministry of Iran arrested 13 Iranian Jews, accusing them of spying for Mosad. Security agents arrested 13 Jewish residents of the Iranian cities of Shiraz and Isfahan, including five merchants, a rabbi, two university professors, three teachers in private Hebrew schools, a kosher butcher and a 16-year-old boy, accusing them of spying for Israel. After a trial in Islamic Revolutionary Court, 10 were sentenced to 4–13 years in prison. The Israeli government and many U.S. Jewish groups and Jewish federations worldwide organized a pressure campaign globally against the Government of Iran, with demonstrations in front of Iranian embassies worldwide.


1999 arrest of Iranian Jews
As a result of the pressure campaigns and secret negotiations, the prisoners were gradually freed in small groups. The last prisoners were released on February 19, 2003. First news were leaked online on March 18, the news was ignored amid the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. All of them emigrated to Israel and live there with their families. The arrests have later been described as discriminatory in the broader view of antisemitism in Iran.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok
The 1999 Myanmar Embassy siege of 7 October 1999 was the seizure of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. A group of Burmese dissidents from the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (VBSW) and allegedly God's Army stormed the Burmese embassy and held 89 people, including embassy staff, Burmese nationals, foreigners, and Thai citizens. All hostages were released unharmed and the hostage takers escorted to the Burmese-Thai border by Thai authorities.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Context
Myanmar (Burma) had been under military rule since 1962 when General Ne Win staged a coup against the democratically elected government of U Nu. He implemented the Burmese Way to Socialism system which greatly impoverished the country. In addition, the Karens had been fighting a civil war for an independent homeland since 1949. This pitted them against the majority Burman-dominated government.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Context
In 1988, various pro-democracy demonstrations nearly succeeded in toppling the authoritarian power structure, only to be replaced by the army after a brutal crackdown. At that time, many university students from Yangon's universities fled to the Burmese-Thai border where many took up arms to restore democracy, forming the All Burma Students' Democratic Front. Democratic elections were held in 1990 where Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won an overwhelming majority. The junta refused to honour the results and proceeded to root out the pro-democratic forces. In 1997, led by Johnny and Luther Htoo, a group of 200 Karen Christian families left the Karen National Union and formed the God's Army (revolutionary group). Hundreds of democracy and human rights activists, including exiled students, claim refuge in Thailand and they regularly lobby for greater democracy in Myanmar.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Attack
At about 11:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Thursday, 7 October 1999, a group of five raided the Burmese embassy in Bangkok and took 89 people hostage. The group demanded that negotiations be opened between the National League for Democracy and the Burmese government, and that a parliament be convened based on the results of the 1990 election. However, they soon relaxed their demands and began to release the hostages.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Attack
At one point the gunmen threatened to start shooting their captives, one every half hour, if their demands were not met. The gunmen also mentioned they were willing to die in action. Shortly before the gunmen left the embassy a series of gunshots were heard from within the compound but there are no reports of any casualties.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Attack
The Thai government eventually allowed the hostage takers to flee by helicopter to the border with Myanmar. After being freed, correspondents say a number of the hostages expressed some sympathy with the aims of the gunmen. Some of those released unfurled pro-democracy banners near the embassy and chanted "free Burma".


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Attack
The group were understood to be armed with AK-47s, hand grenades and grenade launchers.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Aftermath and international response
The Burmese Government called the attack "a pure act of terrorism" and in Washington the State Department, which has been critical of the Burmese military regime, also condemned what it called "a terrorist attack".


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Aftermath and international response
However, correspondents say the Thai Government has been keen to avoid labelling the gunmen as terrorists and says the gunmen were just student activists asking for democracy in their homeland.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Aftermath and international response
The All Burma Students Democratic Front, which represents Burmese students in exile, says it had no connection with the hostage takers and does not support violence in the pursuit of bringing democracy to Burma.


1999 attack on the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Later developments
On 24 January 2000, seven God's Army and three VBSW members later hijacked a bus near the Burmese-Thai border and forced the driver to take them to Ratchaburi, where they then took over the provincial hospital. Several hundred people, including patients and hospital staff, were held captive for about 22 hours. The rebels made several demands, one being that Thai doctors and nurses be sent to treat their sick and wounded. The group claimed it had been under sustained attack by Burmese troops for a week at their mountain base near the Thai border. They also wanted Thai authorities to open the border and allow about 200 God's Army soldiers to seek refugee in Thailand. After an aborted negotiation to determine terms for surrender, Thai commandos stormed the hospital and killed all 10 hostage-takers.


1999 du Maurier Classic
The 1999 du Maurier Classic was contested from July 29 to August 1 at Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club. It was the 27th edition of the du Maurier Classic, and the 21st edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


1999 du Maurier Open
The 1999 Canadian Open (known as the du Maurier Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 110th edition of the Canada Masters, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1999 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1999 WTA Tour. The men's event took place at the du Maurier Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from August 2 through August 8, 1999, and the women's event at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from August 16 through August 23, 1999.


1999 du Maurier Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


1999 du Maurier Open, WTA Entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


1999 du Maurier Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman /  Pat Rafter  defeated  Byron Black /  Wayne Ferreira, 6–4, 6–3


1999 du Maurier Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Mary Pierce defeated  Larisa Neiland /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3


1999 du Maurier Open – Men's Doubles
Martin Damm and Jim Grabb were the defending champions, but competed this year with different partners. Damm teamed up with Max Mirnyi and lost in second round to Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach, while Grabb teamed up with Goran Ivanišević and lost in quarterfinals also against Ferreira-Leach.


1999 du Maurier Open – Men's Doubles
Jonas Björkman and Patrick Rafter won the title by defeating Byron Black and Wayne Ferreira 7–6(7–5), 6–4 in the final.


1999 du Maurier Open – Men's Doubles, Seeds
The first four seeds received a bye into the second round.


1999 du Maurier Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles
The 1999 du Maurier Open – Doubles was the doubles event of the one hundred and tenth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but only Hingis didn't compete this year. However, Novotná successfully defended her title, competing with Mary Pierce and defeating Larisa Neiland and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Doubles Qualifying
The 1999 Canadian Open was a WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Singles
The 1999 du Maurier Open – Singles was the singles event of the one hundred and tenth edition of the Canadian Open; a WTA Tier I tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Canada.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Singles
Monica Seles was the four-time defending champion (an Open Era Canadian Open record), but she was defeated in the final by Martina Hingis.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1999 du Maurier Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The 1999 Canadian Open was a WTA tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts.


1999 elections in India
The 1999 elections in India include the 1999 Indian general election, Rajya Sabha election and various State Assembly elections.


1999 electoral calendar
This national electoral calendar for the year 1999 lists the national/federal direct elections to be held in 1999 in the de jure and de facto sovereign states. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.


1999 hereditary peers' elections
Elections of the excepted hereditary peers were held in October and November 1999, before the House of Lords Act 1999 excluded most hereditary peers from the membership of the House of Lords allowing Earl Marshal, Lord Great Chamberlain and 90 others to remain in the House.


1999 hereditary peers' elections
Until November 2002, vacancies among the elected hereditary peers were filled by hereditary peers who received most votes in the 1999 elections without being elected to remain. Since November 2002, by-elections have been held to fill vacancies.


1999 hereditary peers' elections, Election by the whole House
15 excepted hereditary peers were elected by the whole House in an election held from 27 to 28 October 1999. 1,115 members of the House were eligible to vote and 631 valid votes were cast. The result was as follows:


1999 hereditary peers' elections, Elections by groups
75 excepted hereditary peers were elected by hereditary peers of three parties and crossbenchers in elections held from 3 to 4 November 1999.