Accomplishments
Merlene Ottey did not participate in any of the years' world
championships (indoors or outdoors). She had her plans for a record-breaking 7th
participation in the outdoor World Championships ruined by the finding of drugs
in a sample from July 1999.
Total victories: 20 (27 races)
Indoor races 1999
| Date | Venue | Time | Wind | Place |
| 1999-01-29 | Chemnitz, Germany | 7.10 7.06 |
- - |
1h1 1 |
| 1999-02-13 | Dortmund, Germany | 7.13 7.06 |
- - |
1h1 1 |
| 1999-02-21 | Lievin, France | 7.04 7.01 SB / WVR |
- - |
1h1 2 |
| 1999-02-24 | Piraeus, Greece | 7.05 | - | 1 |
| 1999-02-28 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 7.07 7.05 |
- - |
1h 1 |
Merlene Ottey did not participate in the 1999 Indoor World Championships in Maebashi, Japan as she in the 1999 season wanted to concentrate fully on the Outdoor World Championships in Sevilla, Spain.
Outdoor races 1999
| Date | Venue | Time | Wind | Place |
| 1999-05-29 | Rethymno, Greece | 11.04w | 2.3 | 2 |
| 1999-05-30 | Athens, Greece | 22.72 | 0.3 | 1 |
| 1999-06-05 | Stuttgart, Germany | 11.27 WR o/39 | ? | 2 |
| 1999-06-13 | Nürnberg, Germany | 11.03 WR o/39 11.05 |
- 0.1 - 0.4 |
1h1 1 |
| 1999-06-18 | Kingston, Jamaica (Jamaican Championships) |
? 11.20 |
? 0.0 |
heat 3 |
| 1999-06-23 | Kassel, Germany | 11.07 | ? | 1 |
| 1999-06-26 | Dortmund, Germany | 11.01 WR o/39 22.49 |
0.8 0.1 |
1 1 |
| 1999-07-03 | Saint-Denis, France | 11.13 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 1999-07-05 | Luzern, Switzerland | 10.97 WR o/39 # 22.43w |
1.0 2.6 |
1 1 |
| 1999-07-23 | Cuxhaven, Germany | 11.01 22.84 |
0.1 ? |
1 1 |
| 1999-07-30 | Stockholm, Sweden | 22.46 | 0.6 | 2 |
| 1999-08-07 | Hechtel, Belgium | 10.99 22.43 SB |
0.3 0.5 |
1 1 |
#: Merlene Ottey's races in Luzern, Switzerland, was suspended due to the traces of
nandrolone found in her doping sample.
WR o/39: World Age Record for 39-year olds.
___
| Latest News | Photo Galleries | Ottey Fanclub |