| Event:
| Gold:
Silver:
Bronze:
| Men's 100 m
| Carl Lewis, USA 9.99
| Sam Graddy, USA 10.19
| Ben Johnson, CAN 10.22
|
| Men's 200 m
| Carl Lewis, USA 19.80
| Kirk Baptiste, USA 19.96
| Thomas Jefferson, USA 20.26
|
| Men's 400 m
| Alonzo Babers, USA 44.27
| Gabriel Tiacoh, CIV 44.54
| Antonio McKay, USA 44.71
|
| Men's 800 m
| Joaquim Cruz, BRA 1:43.00
| Sebastian Coe, GBR 1:43.64
| Earl Jones, USA 1:43.83
|
| Men's 1,500 m
| Sebastian Coe, GBR 3:32.53
| Steve Cram, GBR 3:33.40
| Jose Abascal, ESP 3:34.30
|
| Men's 5,000 m
| Said Aouita, MAR 13:05.59
| Markus Ryffel, SUI 13:07.54
| Antoaio Leitao, POR 13:09.20
|
| Men's 10,000 m
| Alberto Cova, ITA 27:47.54
| Michael McLeod, GBR 28:06.22
| Mike Musyoki, KEN 28:06.46
|
| Men's Marathon
| Carlos Lopes, POR 2:09:21
| John Treacy, IRL 2:09:56
| Charles Spedding, GBR 2:09:58
|
| Men's 110 m Hurdles
| Roger Kingdom, USA 13.20
| Greg Foster, USA 13.23
| Arto Bryggare, FIN 13.40
|
| Men's 400 m Hurdles
| Edwin Moses, USA 47.75
| Danny Harris, USA 48.13
| Harald Schmid, FRG 48.19
|
| Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
| Julius Korir, KEN 8:11.80
| Joseph Mahmoud, FRA 8:13.31
| Brian Diemer, USA 8:14.06
|
| Men's 4 x 100 m Relay
| United States 37.83
| Jamaica 38.62
| Canada 38.70
|
| Men's 4 x 400 m Relay
| United States 2:57.91
| Great Britain 2:59.13
| Nigeria 2:59.32
|
| Men's 20 km Walk
| Ernesto Canto, MEX 1:23:13
| Raul Gonzalez, MEX 1:23:20
| Maurizio Damilano, ITA 1:23:26
|
| Men's 50 km Walk
| Raul Gonzalez, MEX 3:37:26
| Bo Gustafsson, SWE 3:53:19
| Sandro Bellucci, ITA 3:53:45
|
| Men's Long Jump
| Carl Lewis, USA 28'¼"
| Gary Honey, AUS 27'½"
| Giovanni Evangelisti, ITA 27'½"
|
| Men's High Jump
| Dietmar Morgenburg, FRG b7'8½"
| Patrik Sjoberg, SWE 7'7¾"
| Jianhua Zhu, CHN 7'7"
|
| Men's Pole Vault
| Pierre Quinon, FRA 18'¼"
| Mike Tully, USA 18'6½"
| Earl Bell, USA 18'4½"
|
| Men's Triple Jump
| Al Joyner, USA 56'7½"
| Mike Conley, USA 56'4½"
| Keith Connor, GBR 55'4½"
|
| Men's Shot Put
| Alessandro Andrei, ITA 69'9"
| Michael Carter, USA 69'2½"
| Dave Laut, USA 68'9¾"
|
| Men's Discus
| Rolf Danneberg, FRG 218'6"
| Mac Wilkins, USA 217'6"
| John Powell, USA 214'9"
|
| Men's Hammer Throw
| Juha Tiainen, FIN 256'2"
| Karl-Hans Riehm, FRG 255'10"
| Klaus Ploghaus, FRG 251'7"
|
| Men's Javelin
| Aro Harkonen, FIN 284'8"
| David Ottley, GBR 281'3"
| Kenth Eldebrink, SWE 274'8"
|
| Men's Decathlon
| Daley Thompson, GBR 8798
| Jurgen Hingsen, FRG 8673
| Siegfried Wentz, FRG 8412
|
| Women's 100 m
| Avelyn Ashford, USA 10.97
| Alice Brown, USA 11.13
| Marlene Ottey, JAM 11.16
|
| Women's 200 m
| Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA 21.81
| Florence Griffith, USA 22.04
| Marlene Ottey, JAM 22.09
|
| Women's 400 m
| Valerie Brisco-Hooks, USA 48.83
| Chandra Cheeseborough, USA 49.05
| Kathryn Cook, GBR 49.42
|
| Women's 800 m
| Doina Melinte, ROM 1:57.60
| Kim Gallagher, USA 1:58.63
| Fita Lovin, ROM 1:58.83
|
| Women's 1,500 m
| Gabriella Dorio, ITA 4:03.25
| Doina Melinte, ROM 4:03.76
| Maricica Poica, ROM 4:04.15
|
| Women's 3,000 m
| Maricia Puica, ROM 8:35.96
| Wendy Sly, GBR 8:39.47
| Lynn Williams, CAN 8:42.14
|
| Women's Marathon
| Joan Benoit, USA 2:24:52
| Grete Waitz, NOR 2:26:18
| Rosa Mota, POR 2:26:57
|
| Women's 100 m Hurdles
| Benita Fitzgerald-Brown, USA 12.84
| Shirley Strong, GBR 12.88
| Kim Turner, USA 13.06
Michele Chardonnet, FRA 13.06
|
| Women's 400 m Hurdles
| Nawal El Moutawakel, MAR 54.61
| Judi Brown, USA 55.20
| Cristina Cojocaru, ROM 55.41
|
| Women's 4 x 100 m Relay
| United States 41.65
| Canada 42.77
| Great Britain 43.11
|
| Women's 4 x 400 m Relay
| United States 3:18.29
| Canada 3:21.21
| West Germany 3:22.98
|
| Women's High Jump
| Ulrike Meyfarth, FGR 6'7½"
| Sara Simeoni, ITA 6'6¾"
| Joni Huntley, USA 6'5½"
|
| Women's Long Jump
| Anis Stanciu-Cusmir, ROM 22'10"
| Vali Ionescu, ROM 22'4¼"
| Susan Hearnshaw, GBR 22'3¾"
|
| Women's Shot Put
| Claudia Losch, FRG 67'2¼"
| Mihaela Loghin, ROM
| Gael Martin, AUS 62'11½"
|
| Women's Discus
| Ria Stalman, NED 214'5"
| Leslie Deniz, USA 212'9"
| Florenta Crciunescu, ROM 208'9"
|
| Women's Javelin
| Tessa Sanderson, GBR 228'2"
| Tiina Lillak, FIN 226'4"
| Fatima Whitbread, GBR 220'5"
|
| Women's Heptathlon
| Glynis Nunn, AUS 6390
| Jackie Joyner, USA 6385
| Sabine Everts, FRG 6363
|
