| Event:
| Gold:
| Silver:
| Bronze:
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| Men's 100 m
| Carl Lewis, USA 9.92
| Linford Christie, GBR 9.97
| Calvin Smith, USA 9.99
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| 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
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| Men's 1,500 m
| Peter Rono, KEN 3:35.96
| Peter Elliott , GBR 3:36.15
| Jens-Peter Herold, GDR 3:36.21
|
| Men's 5,000 m
| 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
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| Men's Marathon
| Gelindo Bordin, ITA 2:10:32
| Douglas Wakihuriu, KEN 2:10:47
| Ahmed Saleh, DJI 2:10:59
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| 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
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| Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
| Julius Kariuki, KEN 8:05.51
| Peter Koech, KEN 8:06.79
| Mark Rowland, GBR 8:07.96
|
| Men's 4 x 100 m Relay
| Soviet Union 38.19
| Great Britain 38.28
| France 38.40
|
| Men's 4 x 400 m Relay
| United States 2:56.16
| Jamaica 3:00.30
| West Germany 3:00.56
|
| Men's 20 km Walk
| Jozef Pribilinec , TCH 1:19:57
| Ronald Weigel, GDR 1:20:00
| Maurizio Damilano, ITA 1:20:14
|
| Men's 50 km Walk
| Vyacheslav Ivanenko , URS 3:38:29
| Ronald Weigel, GDR 3:38:56
| Hartwig Gauder, GDR 3:39:45
|
| Men's High Jump
| 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
| Khristo Markov , BUL 57'9½"
| Igor Lapshin, URS 57'5¾"
| Alexander Kovalenko, URS 57'2"
|
| Men's Shot Put
| Ulf Timmermann, GDR 73'8¾"
| Randy Barnes, USA 73'5½"
| Werner Gunthor, SUI 72'1¾"
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| Men's Discus
| Jurgen Schult, GDR 225'9"
| Romas Ubartas, URS 221'5"
| Rolf Danneberg, FRG 221'1"
|
| Men's Hammer Throw
| Sergey Litvinov, URS 278'2"
| Yury Sedych, URS 274'10"
| Yury Tamm, URS 266'3"
|
| Men's Javelin
| Tapio Korjus, FIN 276'6"
| Jan Zelezny, TCH 276'0"
| Seppo Raty, FIN 273'2"
|
| Men's Decathlon
| Charistian Schenk, GDR 8488
| Torsten Voss, GDR 8399
| Dave Steen, CAN 8328
|
| Women's 100 m
| Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA 10.54
| Evelyn Ashford, USA 10.83
| Heike Drechsler, GDR 10.85
|
| Women's 200 m
| Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA 21.34
| Grace Jackson, JAM 21.72
| Heike Drechsler, GDR 21.95
|
| Women's 400 m
| Olga Brizgina, URS 48.65
| Petra Muller, GDR 49.45
| Olga Nasarova, URS 49.90
|
| Women's 800 m
| Sigrun Wodars, GDR 1:56.10
| Christine Wachtel, GDR 1:56.64
| Kim Gallagher, USA 1:56.91
|
| Women's 1,500 m
| Paula Ivan, ROM 3:53.96
| Lelute Baikauskaite, URS 4:00.24
| Tatyana Samolenko, URS 4:00.30
|
| Women's 3,000 m
| Tatyana Samolenko, URS 8:26.53
| Paula Ivan, ROM 8:27.15
| Yvonne Murray, GBR 8:29.02
|
| Women's 10,000 m
| Olga Bondarenko, URS 31:05.21
| Elizabeth McColgan, GBR 31:08.44
| Yelena Yupiyeva, URS 31:19.82
|
| Women's Marathon
| Rosa Mota, POR 2:25:40
| Lisa Martin, AUS 2:25:53
| Katrin Dorre, GDR 2:26:21
|
| Women's 100 m Hurdles
| Yordanka Donkova, BUL 12.38
| Gloria Siebert, GDR 12.61
| Claudia Zaczkiewicz, FRG 12.75
|
| Women's 400 m Hurdles
| Debra Flintoff-King, AUS 53.17
| Tatyana Ledovskaya, URS 53.18
| Ellen Fiedler, GDR 53.63
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| Women's 4 x 100 m Relay
| United States 41.98
| East Germany 42.09
| Soviet Union 42.75
|
| Women's 4 x 400 m Relay
| Soviet Union 3:15.18
| United States 3:15.51
| East Germany 3:18.29
|
| Women's High Jump
| Louise Ritter, USA 6'8"
| Stefka Kostadinova, BUL 6'7"
| Tamara Bykova, URS 6'6¼"
|
| Women's Long Jump
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 24'3½"
| Heike Drechsler, GDR 23'8¼"
| Galina Chistyakova, URS 23'4"
|
| Women's Shot Put
| Natalia Lisovskaya, URS 72'11¾"
| Kathrin Neimke, GDR 69'1½"
| Meisu Li, CHN 69'1¼"
|
| Women's Discus
| Martina Hellmann, GDR 237'2"
| Diana Gansky, GDR 235'10"
| Szvetanka Christova, BUL 228'10"
|
| Women's Javelin
| Petra Felke, GDR 245'0"
| Fatima Whitbread, GBR 230'8"
| Beate Koch, GDR 220'9"
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| Women's Heptathlon
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 7291
| Sabine John, GDR 6897
| Anke Behmer, GDR 6858
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