# 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.

## Medal overview
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Manolo Poulot (CUB) | Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) | Natig Bahirov (BLR) |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Manolo Poulot (CUB) | Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) | Nestor Khergiani (GEO) |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | Patrick van Kalken (NED) |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Jimmy Pedro (USA) | Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) | Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Jimmy Pedro (USA) | Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) | Georgi Revazichvili (GEO) |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Graeme Randall (GBR) | Farkhod Turaev (UZB) | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Graeme Randall (GBR) | Farkhod Turaev (UZB) | Cho In-chul (KOR) |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) | Victor Florescu (MDA) | Yoo Sung-yeon (KOR) |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) | Victor Florescu (MDA) | Adrian Croitoru (ROM) |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Kosei Inoue (JPN) | Jang Sung-ho (KOR) | Alexandre Mikhaylin (RUS) |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Kosei Inoue (JPN) | Jang Sung-ho (KOR) | Nicolas Gill (CAN) |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Indrek Pertelson (EST) | Pan Song (CHN) |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Indrek Pertelson (EST) | Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) |
| Openweight details | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) | Dennis van der Geest (NED) |
| Openweight details | Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) | Harry Van Barneveld (BEL) |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso (FRA) |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) | Amarilis Savón (CUB) | Anna Maria Gradante (GER) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Noriko Narazaki (JPN) | Legna Verdecia (CUB) | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Noriko Narazaki (JPN) | Legna Verdecia (CUB) | Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA) |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Driulis González (CUB) | Isabel Fernández (ESP) | Jessica Gal (NED) |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Driulis González (CUB) | Isabel Fernández (ESP) | Michaela Vernerová (CZE) |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Keiko Maeda (JPN) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Sara Álvarez (ESP) |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Keiko Maeda (JPN) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Karen Roberts (GBR) |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Sibelis Veranes (CUB) | Ulla Werbrouck (BEL) | Kate Howey (GBR) |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Sibelis Veranes (CUB) | Ulla Werbrouck (BEL) | Ylenia Scapin (ITA) |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Yin Yufeng (CHN) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Yin Yufeng (CHN) | Diadenis Luna (CUB) |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Beata Maksymow (POL) | Yuan Hua (CHN) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Beata Maksymow (POL) | Yuan Hua (CHN) | Karina Bryant (GBR) |
| Openweight details | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) | Tsvetana Bozhilova (BUL) |
| Openweight details | Daima Beltrán (CUB) | Miho Ninomiya (JPN) | Choi Sook-ie (KOR) |

### Medal table

| 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 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (26 entries) | Totals (26 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Results overview
### Men
#### 60 kg

| 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 |

#### 66 kg

| 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 |

#### 73 kg

| 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 |

#### 81 kg

| 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. | Maarten Arens | Netherlands |
| 7. | Patick Reiter | Austria |

#### 90 kg

| 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 |

#### 100 kg

| 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 |

#### +100 kg

| 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 |

#### Open class

| 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 |

### Women
#### 48 kg

| 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 |

#### 52 kg

| 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 |

#### 57 kg

| 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 |

#### 63 kg

| 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 |

#### 70 kg

| 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 |

#### 78 kg

| 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 |

#### +78 kg

| 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 |

#### Open class

| 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 |