1999 World Championships

Start Date

1999-07-04

End Date

1999-07-09

Location

Melbourne, Australia

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1999 World Championships

Winners – From Australia – Chris Nicholson, Ed Smyth

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1 Chris NICHOLSON AUS 36 Kamil ORTYL POL
2 Adam BEASHEL AUS 37 Pascal LACOSTE FRA
3 Morgan LARSON USA 38 Alistair RICHARDSON GBR
4 John BOYD AUS 39 David WITT AUS
5 Francesco BRUNI ITA 40 Stephen GOLLIKER RSA
6 Emmett LAZICH AUS 41 Maurice PAARDENKOOPER NED
7 Paul BROTHERTON GBR 42 Pawel KACPROWSKI POL
8 Santiago LOPEZ VAZQUEZ ESP 43 Janne UUSI-AUTTI FIN
9 Marcus BAUR GER 44 Mike KESSER GER
10 Marc AUDINEAU FRA 45 Fernando GARCIA LAGO ESP
11 Jonathan McKEE USA 46 Marcus HAAS SWE
12 Phillip AIREY NZL 47 Jason RHODES CAN
13 Daniel SLATER NZL 48 Magnus GRAVARE SWE
14 Tim ROBINSON GBR 49 Mattias BENGTSSON SWE
15 Rodion LUKA UKR 50 Nigel ABBOTT AUS
16 Andy BUDGEN GBR 51 Jay RENHAN USA
17 Michael PEDERSEN DEN 52 Hans Jorgen RIBER DEN
18 Dimitri DERUELLE FRA 53 Kenji NAKAMURA JPN
19 Christoffer SUNDBY NOR 54 Joseph DE KOCK RSA
20 Ian. BARKER GBR 55 James GRIFFITHS AUS
21 David MANN AUS 56 Christopher RAST SUI
22 Tina BAYLIS USA 57 Sylvia VOGL AUT
23 AFONSO POR 58 Matthew CROCKETT AUS
24 Andrew ESTCOURT NZL 59 Mel COLLINS IRL
25 Andy MACK USA 60 Florian KRUSE AUT
26 Michael COXON AUS 61 James TAPP AUS
27 Thomas JOHANSON FIN 62 Neil FITZGERALD GBR
28 Michael HESTBAEK DEN 63 Edgardo VIEYTES BRA
29 Risto TAPPER FIN 64 Lucas NEUMANN CZE
30 Thomas RUEGGE SUI 65 Guy FARRANT GBR
31 Hugh STODART AUS 66 Gordon COOK CAN
32 Adrian STEAD GBR 67 Martin SHAW CAN
33 Ronald RENSCH GER 68 Jonathon REES AUS
34 Fabrice JAUNET FRA 69 Gwenael ROTH FRA
35 Nick OLSON NZL 70 Mark LARUFFA PNG
71 Chadwick HOUGH USA

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