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| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | |
| Men's 100 m | Carl Lewis, USA 9.92 | Linford Christie, GBR 9.97 | Calvin Smith, USA 9.99 | |
| Men's 200 m | Joe DeLoach, USA 19.75 | Carl Lewis, USA 19.79 | Robson da Silva, BRA 20.04 | |
| Men's 400 m | Steven Lewis, USA 43.87 | Butch Reynolds, USA 43.93 | Danny Everett, USA 44.09 | |
| Men's 800 m | Paul Ereng, KEN 1:43.45 | Joaquim Cruz, BRA 1:43.90 | Said Aouita, MAR 1:44.06 | |
| Men's 1,500 m | Peter Rono, KEN 3:35.96 | John Ngugi, KEN 13:11.70 | Dieter Baumann, FRG 13:15.52 | Hansjorg Kunze, GDR 13:15.73 |
| Men's 10,000 m | Brahim Boutaib, MAR 27:21.44 | Salvatore Antibo, ITA 27:23.55 | Kipkemboy Kimeli, KEN 27:25.16 | |
| Men's Marathon | Gelindo Bordin, ITA 2:10:32 | Douglas Wakihuriu, KEN 2:10:47 | Ahmed Saleh, DJI 2:10:59 | |
| Men's 110 m Hurdles | Roger Kingdom, USA 12.98 | Colin Jackson, GBR 13.28 | Anthony Campbell, USA 13.38 | |
| Men's 400 m Hurdles | Andre Philipps, USA 47.19 | Amadou Dia Ba, SEN 47.23 | Edwin Moses, USA 47.56 | |
| Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase | Gennadi Avdeyenko, URS 7'9¾" | Hollis Conway, USA 7'8¾" | >Patrick Sjoberg, SWE 7'8¾" | |
| Men's Pole Vault | Sergei Bubka, URS 19'4¼" | Rodion Gataullin, URS 19'2¼" | Grigori Yegorov, URS 19'¼" | |
| Men's Long Jump | Carl Lewis, USA 28'7½" | Mike Powell, USA 27'10¼" | Larry Myricks, USA 27'1¾" | |
| Men's Triple Jump | Athletics at the Summer Olympics | |||
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