# 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships

The 2nd European Athletics U23 Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ullevi from 29 July to 1 August 1999.
Complete results and medal winners were published.

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Hristoforos Hoidis Greece | 10.19 | Marcin Nowak Poland | 10.28 | Christian Malcolm Great Britain | 10.28 |
| 200 metres details | John Ertzgaard Norway | 20.47 | Christian Malcolm Great Britain | 20.47 | Stefan Holz Germany | 20.69 |
| 400 metres details | Piotr Haczek Poland | 45.78 | Zsolt Szeglet Hungary | 46.09 | Marc Raquil France | 46.18 |
| 800 metres details | Nils Schumann Germany | 1:45.21 | James Nolan Ireland | 1:46.94 | Paweł Czapiewski Poland | 1:46.98 |
| 1500 metres details | Rui Silva Portugal | 3:44.29 | Gert-Jan Liefers Netherlands | 3:44.60 | Mehdi Baala France | 3:45.41 |
| 5000 metres details | Yousef El Nasri Spain | 13:30.48 | Marius Bakken Norway | 13:31.53 | Marco Mazza Italy | 13:47.17 |
| 10,000 metres details | Marco Mazza Italy | 28:39.29 | Janne Holmén Finland | 28:40.87 | Ovidiu Tat Romania | 29:26.31 |
| 110 metres hurdles details | Tomasz Ścigaczewski Poland | 13.36 | Staņislavs Olijars Latvia | 13.55 | Jan Schindzielorz Germany | 13.71 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Thomas Goller Germany | 49.67 | Boris Gorban Russia | 49.94 | Periklis Iakovakis Greece | 49.97 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Günther Weidlinger Austria | 8:30.34 | Gael Pencreach France | 8:35.60 | Antonio David Jiménez Spain | 8:37.29 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | David Márquez Spain | 1:23:42 | Semyon Lovkin Russia | 1:24:04 | Alfio Corsaro Italy | 1:24:25 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Great Britain Christian Malcolm Jamie Henthorn John Stewart Mark Findlay | 38.96 | France Jérôme Éyana Frédéric Krantz Cédric Gold Dalg David Patros | 39.14 | Germany Alexander Kosenkow Stefan Holz Michael Schäfer Falk Schrader | 39.69 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Germany Sebastian Debnar-Daumler Thomas Goller Nils Schumann Stefan Holz | 3:02.96 | Poland Michał Węglarski Piotr Długosielski Mariusz Bizoń Piotr Haczek | 3:03.22 | Great Britain Geoff Dearman Matthew Elias Peter Brend David Naismith | 3:03.58 |
| High jump details | Ben Challenger Great Britain | 2.30 | Andriy Sokolovskyy Ukraine | 2.28 | Javier Bermejo Spain | 2.22 |
| Pole vault details | Romain Mesnil France | 5.93 | Lars Börgeling Germany | 5.80 | Vasiliy Gorshkov Russia | 5.60 |
| Long jump details | Yago Lamela Spain | 8.36 | Vitaliy Shkurlatov Russia | 8.02 | Nathan Morgan Great Britain | 7.99 |
| Triple jump details | Ionut Punga Romania | 16.73 | Colomba Fofana France | 16.57 | Vasil Gergov Bulgaria | 16.53 |
| Shot put details | Mikuláš Konopka Slovakia | 19.60 | Joachim Olsen Denmark | 19.50 | Jarkko Haukijärvi Finland | 19.15 |
| Discus throw details | Aliaksandr Malashevich Belarus | 63.78 | Roland Varga Hungary | 61.99 | Mario Pestano Spain | 61.73 |
| Hammer throw details | Vladyslav Piskunov Ukraine | 76.26 | András Haklits Croatia | 73.73 | Maciej Pałyszko Poland | 73.50 |
| Javelin throw details | Harri Haatainen Finland | 83.02 | Ville Räsänen Finland | 78.36 | Mark Frank Germany | 77.62 |
| Decathlon details | Attila Zsivoczky Hungary | 8379 | Boris Kawohl Germany | 7815 | Dmitri Ivanov Russia | 7787 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details | Manuela Levorato Italy | 11.26 | Olena Pastushenko Ukraine | 11.33 | Kim Gevaert Belgium | 11.39 |
| 200 metres details | Manuela Levorato Italy | 22.68 | Muriel Hurtis France | 22.85 | Sabrina Mulrain Germany | 22.85 |
| 400 metres details | Otilia Ruicu Romania | 51.93 | Jitka Burianová Czech Republic | 52.01 | Grażyna Prokopek Poland | 52.28 |
| 800 metres details | Claudia Gesell Germany | 2:03.05 | Irina Krakoviak Lithuania | 2:04.08 | Laetitia Valdonado France | 2:04.20 |
| 1500 metres details | Lidia Chojecka Poland | 4:07.86 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia | 4:09.03 | Anca Safta Romania | 4:09.78 |
| 5000 metres details | Katalin Szentgyörgy Hungary | 15:18.80 | Cristina Iloc Romania | 15:22.64 | Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia | 15:24.83 |
| 10,000 metres details | Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia | 32:37.59 | Rosaria Console Italy | 33:05.77 | Patricia Arribas Spain | 33:23.01 |
| 100 metres hurdles details | Agnieszka Karaczun Poland | 13.32 | Julie Pratt Great Britain | 13.40 | Éva Miklós Hungary | 13.40 |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Tasha Danvers Great Britain | 56.00 | Ulrike Urbansky Germany | 56.08 | Anika Ahrens Germany | 57.34 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Claudia Iovan Romania | 1:33:17 | Lyudmila Dedekina Russia | 1:34:02 | Melanie Seeger Germany | 1:34:17 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | France Nadine Mahobah Muriel Hurtis Fabe Dia Doris Deruel | 43.39 | Germany Alice Reuss Marion Wagner Esther Möller Sabrina Mulrain | 43.53 | Poland Monika Długa Irena Sznajder Agnieszka Rysiukiewicz Magdalena Haszczyc | 44.47 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Russia Tatyana Levina Irina Yemelyanova Marina Grishakova Svetlana Pospelova | 3:29.04 | Germany Nicole Marahrens Anika Ahrens Ulrike Urbansky Claudia Marx | 3:29.37 | Romania Ramona Popovici Anca Safta Andrea Burlacu Otilia Ruicu | 3:31.71 |
| High jump details | Svetlana Lapina Russia | 1.98 | Amewu Mensah Germany | 1.93 | Linda Horvath Austria | 1.93 |
| Pole vault details | Vala Flosadóttir Iceland | 4.30 | Nastja Ryjikh Germany | 4.35 | Dana Cervantes Spain | 4.15 |
| Long jump details | Aurélie Félix France | 6.85 | Inga Leiwesmeier Germany | 6.64 | Éva Miklós Hungary | 6.51 |
| Triple jump details | Cristina Nicolau Romania | 14.70 | Oksana Rogova Russia | 14.65 | Adelina Gavrilă Romania | 14.37 |
| Shot put details | Yelena Ivanenko Belarus | 17.27 | Nadine Beckel Germany | 17.15 | Assunta Legnante Italy | 16.53 |
| Discus throw details | Lacramioara Ionescu Romania | 58.24 | Nadine Beckel Germany | 57.75 | Věra Pospíšilová Czech Republic | 56.65 |
| Hammer throw details | Florence Ezeh France | 64.56 | Kirsten Münchow Germany | 63.68 | Manuela Priemer Germany | 62.36 |
| Javelin throw details | Susan Mathies Germany | 57.64 | Tetyana Lyakhovych Ukraine | 57.35 | Veera Oksanen Finland | 55.90 |
| Heptathlon details | Natalya Roshchupkina Russia | 6125 | Yelena Prokhorova Russia | 6011 | Sonja Kesselschläger Germany | 5832 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Romania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | France | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Poland | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Belarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (28 entries) | Totals (28 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 726 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (2)
* Andorra (2)
* Austria (4)
* Belarus (18)
* Belgium (10)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Croatia (4)
* Cyprus (8)
* Czech Republic (28)
* Denmark (4)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (32)
* France (67)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (73)
* Gibraltar (1)
* Great Britain (64)
* Greece (20)
* Hungary (27)
* Iceland (3)
* Ireland (11)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (31)
* Latvia (7)
* Lithuania (9)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Macedonia (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Netherlands (13)
* Norway (9)
* Poland (41)
* Portugal (15)
* Romania (23)
* Russia (32)
* Slovakia (10)
* Slovenia (11)
* Spain (61)
* Sweden (28)
* Switzerland (7)
* Turkey (5)
* Ukraine (17)
* Yugoslavia (12)