At the 1999 Military World Games, the track and field events were held at the Sportski Park Mladost athletic stadium in Zagreb, Croatia from 11–16 August.

The marathon events were held on 11 August, prior to the track and field competition.

[1] It was the last time that the men's 20 kilometres walk and women's shot put featured on the programme.

[2] Several athletes went on to success at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics held one week later, including Djabir Saïd-Guerni (800 m bronze),[4] Fabrizio Mori (400 m hurdles gold) and Nadine Kleinert (shot put silver).

The games-winning Polish men's 4×400 metres relay team also became world champions that year.