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|---|---|
| Venue | Arena Birmingham |
| Location |  Birmingham, Great Britain |
| Dates | 7–10 October 1999 |
| Competitors | 619 from 91 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • JudoInside |
The 1999 World Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Birmingham, Great Britain in 1999.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |  Manolo Poulot (CUB) |  Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) |  Natig Bahirov (BLR) |
 Nestor Khergiani (GEO) | |||
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) |  Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) |  Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) |  Patrick van Kalken (NED) |
| Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | |||
| Lightweight (73 kg) |  Jimmy Pedro (USA) |  Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) |  Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
| Georgi Revazichvili (GEO) | |||
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) | Graeme Randall (GBR) |  Farkhod Turaev (UZB) |  Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) |
 Cho In-chul (KOR) | |||
| Middleweight (90 kg) | Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) |  Victor Florescu (MDA) | Yoo Sung-yeon (KOR) |
 Adrian Croitoru (ROM) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) | Kosei Inoue (JPN) | Jang Sung-ho (KOR) | Alexandre Mikhaylin (RUS) |
 Nicolas Gill (CAN) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) |  Indrek Pertelson (EST) |  Pan Song (CHN) |
| Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) | |||
| Openweight | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) | Dennis van der Geest (NED) |
 Harry Van Barneveld (BEL) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso (FRA) |
 Anna Maria Gradante (GER) | |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) | Noriko Narazaki (JPN) | Legna Verdecia (CUB) | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) |
| Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA) | |||
| Lightweight (57 kg) | Driulis González (CUB) |  Isabel Fernández (ESP) | Jessica Gal (NED) |
 Michaela Vernerová (CZE) | |||
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) | Keiko Maeda (JPN) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Sara Álvarez (ESP) |
| Karen Roberts (GBR) | |||
| Middleweight (70 kg) | Sibelis Veranes (CUB) | Ulla Werbrouck (BEL) | Kate Howey (GBR) |
 Ylenia Scapin (ITA) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Yin Yufeng (CHN) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
| Diadenis Luna (CUB) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) |  Beata Maksymow (POL) | Yuan Hua (CHN) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) |
| Karina Bryant (GBR) | |||
| Openweight | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) |  Tsvetana Bozhilova (BUL) |
| Choi Sook-ie (KOR) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Manuelo Poulot | Cuba |
| 2. | Kazuhiko Tokuno | Japan |
| 3. | Natig Bahirov | Belarus |
| 3. | Nestor Khergiani | Georgia |
| 5. | John Buchanan | Great Britain |
| 5. | Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh |  Mongolia |
| 7. | Vardan Voskanyan |  Armenia |
| 7. | Evguani Stanev | Russia |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Larbi Benboudaoud | France |
| 2. | Hüseyin Özkan | Turkey |
| 3. | Patrick van Kalken | Netherlands |
| 3. | Yordanis Arencibia | Cuba |
| 5. | Ludwing Ortiz |  Venezuela |
| 5. | Han Ji-hwan | South Korea |
| 7. | Kiyoshi Uematsu | Spain |
| 7. | Purevdor Nyamlkhagva | Mongolia |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jimmy Pedro | United States |
| 2. | Vitaliy Makarov | Russia |
| 3. | Sebastian Pereira | Brazil |
| 3. | Georgi Revazichvili | Georgia |
| 5. | Rafał Kozielewski | Poland |
| 5. | Miklós Illyés |  Hungary |
| 7. | inCarlos Méndez |  Puerto Rico |
| 7. | Anatoly Laryukov | Belarus |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Graeme Randall | Great Britain |
| 2. | Farkhod Turaev | Uzbekistan |
| 3. | Kwak Ok-chol | North Korea |
| 3. | Cho In-chul | South Korea |
| 5. | Nuno Delgado |  Portugal |
| 5. | Djamel Bouras | France |
| 7. | Maartens Arens | Netherlands |
| 7. | Patick Reiter |  Austria |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hidehiko Yoshida | Japan |
| 2. | Victor Florescu | Moldova |
| 3. | Yoo Sung-yeon | South Korea |
| 3. | Adrian Croitoru | Romania |
| 5. | Carlos Honorato | Brazil |
| 5. | Sergey Shakimov |  Kazakhstan |
| 7. | Keith Morgan | Canada |
| 7. | Yosvany Despaigne | Cuba |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kosei Inoue | Japan |
| 2. | Jang Sung-ho | South Korea |
| 3. | Alexandre Mikhaylin | Russia |
| 3. | Nicolas Gill | Canada |
| 5. | Stéphane Traineau | France |
| 5. | Ariel Ze'evi |  Israel |
| 7. | Martin van den Berg | Netherlands |
| 7. | Leonid Svirid | Belarus |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shinichi Shinohara | Japan |
| 2. | Indrek Pertelson | Estonia |
| 3. | Pan Song | China |
| 3. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 5. | Jérôme Dreyfus | France |
| 5. | Frank Möller | Germany |
| 7. | Tamerlan Tmenov | Russia |
| 7. | Rafał Kubacki | Poland |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shinichi Shinohara | Japan |
| 2. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 3. | Dennis van der Geest | Netherlands |
| 3. | Harry Van Barneveld | Belgium |
| 5. | Aleksi Davidashvili | Georgia |
| 5. | Daniel Hernandes | Brazil |
| 7. | Koba Nadiradze |  Ukraine |
| 7. | Patrice Rognon | France |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryoko Tamura | Japan |
| 2. | Amarilis Savón | Cuba |
| 3. | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso | France |
| 3. | Anna Maria Gradante | Germany |
| 5. | Vanesa Arenas | Spain |
| 5. | Park Sung-ja | South Korea |
| 7. | Huang Lihong | China |
| 7. | Victoria Dunn | Great Britain |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Noriko Narasaki | Japan |
| 2. | Legna Verdecia | Cuba |
| 3. | Kye Sun-hui | North Korea |
| 3. | Marie-Claire Restoux | France |
| 5. | Liu Yuxiang | China |
| 5. | Salima Souakri |  Algeria |
| 7. | Luce Baillargeon | Canada |
| 7. | Deborah Allan | Great Britain |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Driulis González | Cuba |
| 2. | Isabel Fernández | Spain |
| 3. | Jessica Gal | Netherlands |
| 3. | Michaela Vernerová | Czech Republic |
| 5. | Pernilla Andersson |  Sweden |
| 5. | Zulfiyya Huseynova |  Azerbaijan |
| 7. | Magali Baton | France |
| 7. | Orit Bar-On | Israel |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Keiko Maeda | Japan |
| 2. | Gella Vandecaveye | Belgium |
| 3. | Sara Álvarez | Spain |
| 3. | Karen Roberts | Great Britain |
| 5. | Eszter Csizmadia | Hungary |
| 5. | Celita Schutz | United States |
| 7. | Sun Xiaofang | China |
| 7. | Kenia Rodríguez | Cuba |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sibelis Veranes | Cuba |
| 2. | Ulla Werbrouck | Belgium |
| 3. | Kate Howey | Great Britain |
| 3. | Ylenia Scapin | Italy |
| 5. | Masae Ueno | Japan |
| 5. | Yvonne Wansart | Germany |
| 7. | Úrsula Martín | Spain |
| 7. | Qin Dongya | China |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Noriko Anno | Japan |
| 2. | Yin Yufeng | China |
| 3. | Céline Lebrun | France |
| 3. | Diadenis Luna | Cuba |
| 5. | Karin Kienhuis | Netherlands |
| 5. | Kang Min-jung | South Korea |
| 7. | Esther San Miguel | Spain |
| 7. | Sandra Godinho | Portugal |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Beata Maksymow | Poland |
| 2. | Yuan Hua | China |
| 3. | Miho Ninomiya | Japan |
| 3. | Karina Bryant | Great Britain |
| 5. | Christine Cicot | France |
| 5. | ? | ? |
| 7. | Colleen Rosensteel | United States |
| 7. | Tsvetana Bozilova | Bulgaria |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Daima Beltrán | Cuba |
| 2. | Miho Ninomiya | Japan |
| 3. | Tsvetana Bozilova | Bulgaria |
| 3. | Choi Sook-ie | South Korea |
| 5. | Svetlana Goundarenko | Russia |
| 5. | Priscila Marques | Brazil |
| 7. | Zhang Qingli | China |
| 7. | Françoise Harteveld | Netherlands |
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