The athletics competition at the 1999 European Youth Summer Olympic Days was held from July 11 to 14 . The events took place in Esbjerg, Denmark. Boys and girls born 1982 or 1983 or later participated 24 track and field events, divided equally between the sexes. The programme was reduced that year, with the 1500 metres, 400 metres hurdles and discus throw events being dropped for both boys and girls. It marked the first time that girls' pole vault and the 3000 metres were contested.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Steeve Toris (FRA) | 10.85 | Guillermo Vidal (ESP) | 10.88 | Harry Thonney (SUI) | 11.02 |
200 metres (wind: +2.1 m/s) | Dwayne Grant (GBR) | 21.69 w | Tomi Javanainen (FIN) | 21.78 w | Luciano Mazzilli (ITA) | 21.81 w |
400 metres | Dmitriy Petrov (RUS) | 48.49 | Simon Tunnicliffe (GBR) | 48.49 | Giampietro Pavan (ITA) | 48.55 |
800 metres | Cosimo Caliandro (ITA) | 1:53.04 | Pavel Belskikh (RUS) | 1:53.15 | Bas Eefting (NED) | 1:53.48 |
3000 metres | Ümit Koclardan (TUR) | 8:40.50 | Robin Vohlídal (CZE) | 8:41.08 | Krisztián Kovács (HUN) | 8:41.56 |
110 metres hurdles | Philip Nossmy (SWE) | 13.64 | Nathan Palmer (GBR) | 13.94 | Stefanos Ioannou (CYP) | 14.05 |
4 × 100 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) | 41.32 | Finland (FIN) | 42.25 | Croatia (CRO) | 42.35 |
High jump | Vytautas Seliukas (LTU) | 2.11 m | Mickaël Hanany (FRA) | 2.11 m | Filippo Campioli (ITA) | 2.08 m |
Pole vault | Joël Soler (FRA) | 4.95 m | Artyom Matienko (UKR) | 4.90 m | Kevin Rans (BEL) | 4.80 m |
Long jump | Laurent Pernic (FRA) | 7.46 m | Marijo Baković (CRO) | 7.40 m | Lars Jacob Woie (NOR) | 7.21 m |
Shot put | Marco Fortes (POR) | 18.98 m | Cyril Viudes (FRA) | 18.23 m | Milan Seremet (CRO) | 17.97 m |
Javelin throw | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 69.88 m | Peter Zupanc (SLO) | 62.83 m | Martin Klíma (CZE) | 60.34 m |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 metres | Amélie Huyghes (FRA) | 11.89 | Yekaterina Kondratyeva (RUS) | 12.05 | Emma Rienas (SWE) | 12.11 |
200 metres | Yelena Yakovleva (RUS) | 23.99 | Vicki Barr (GBR) Cleophe Sabine (FRA) | 24.54 | Not awarded | |
400 metres | Rebecca Scotcher (GBR) | 54.94 | Simone Murer (SUI) | 55.15 | Gaelle Nana (FRA) | 55.35 |
800 metres | Mieke Geens (BEL) | 2:08.42 | Aleksandra Kuzminskaya (UKR) | 2:08.77 | Krisztina Papp (HUN) | 2:10.23 |
3000 metres | Marina Munćan (YUG) | 9:27.70 | Riina Tolonen (FIN) | 9:32.26 | Xenia Luxem (BEL) | 9:41.60 |
100 metres hurdles | Nagore Iraola (ESP) | 13.68 | Helen Worsey (GBR) | 13.72 | Marie Dia (FRA) | 13.77 |
4 × 100 m relay | France (FRA) | 47.36 | Sweden (SWE) | 47.85 | Belgium (BEL) | 48.12 |
High jump | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 1.80 m | Ellen Cochuyt (BEL) Alina Dinu (ROU) | 1.75 m | Not awarded | |
Pole vault | Anastasia Kirianova (RUS) | 3.80 m | Francesca Zanini (ITA) | 3.80 m | Maria Rendin (SWE) | 3.75 m |
Long jump | Narayane Dossévi (FRA) | 6.19 m | Viktoriya Rybalko (UKR) | 6.10 m | Živile Šikšnelyte (LTU) | 5.92 m |
Shot put | Chiara Rosa (ITA) | 14.51 m | Ekateríni Potiri (GRE) | 13.98 m | Claudia Villeneuve (FRA) | 13.89 m |
Javelin throw | Marion Bonaudo (FRA) | 48.92 m | Maja Janjić (YUG) | 46.84 m | Inga Kožarenoka (LAT) | 46.55 m |
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