The 1999 IAAF Golden League was the second edition of the annual international

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meeting series, held from 30 June to 7 September. It was contested at seven European meetings: the Bislett Games,

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, Meeting de Paris,

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Weltklasse Zürich Weltklasse Zürich ( en, World Class Zurich) is an annual, invitation-only, world-class track and field meeting at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland, generally held at the end of August or beginning of September. Previously one of the IAAF G ...

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and the Internationales Stadionfest (ISTAF). The Golden League jackpot consisted of 50 kilograms of

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s. The jackpot was available to athletes who won at least five of the seven competitions of the series in one of the 13 specified events (8 for men, 5 for women). The jackpot events for 1999 were:Golden League Intro
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-17.
. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-17. *Men: 200 m, 800 m, 5000 m, 110 m hurdles, 3000 m steeplechase, long jump, pole vault, javelin throw *Women: 200 m, 800 m, 3000 m, 400 m hurdles, high jump The jackpot winners were

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of Romania (3000 metres) and

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of Denmark (800 metres). Kenya's Bernard Barmasai came within half a second of sharing the jackpot: after amassing six straight wins in the steeplechase, he lost to

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by 0.32 seconds. Marion Jones won the first five women's 200 m races, but did not compete in the last two meetings.

Results

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Women

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