| 100m (100m) |
1. | Carl | Lewis |  |
USA | 9,99 |
| 2. | Samuel Louis | Graddy | |
USA | 10,19 | |
| 3. | Ben | Johnson |  |
Kanada | 10,22 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Carl | Lewis | |
USA | 19,80 |
| 2. | Kirk | Baptiste | |
USA | 19,96 | |
| 3. | Thomas Theodore | Jefferson | |
USA | 20,26 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Alonso C. | Babers | |
USA | 44,27 |
| 2. | Gabriel | Tiacoh |  |
Obala Slonovače | 44,54 | |
| 3. | Antonio Ricardo | McKay | |
USA | 44,71 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Joaquim | Cruz |  |
Brazil | 1:43,00 |
| 2. | Sebastian | Coe |  |
Vel.Britanija | 1:43,64 | |
| 3. | Earl | Jones | |
USA | 1:43,83 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Sebastian | Coe | |
Vel.Britanija | 3:32,53 |
| 2. | Stephen | Cram | |
Vel.Britanija | 3:33,40 | |
| 3. | Jose Manuel | Abascal Gomez |  |
Španjolska | 3:34,30 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Said | Aouita |  |
Maroko | 13:05,59 |
| 2. | Markus | Ryffel |  |
Švicarska |
13:07,54 |
|
| 3. | Antonio | Leitao |  |
Portugal | 13:09,20 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Alberto | Cova |  |
Italija | 27:47,54 |
| 2. | Michael | McLeod | |
Vel.Britanija | 28:06,22 | |
| 3. | Michael | Musyoki |  |
Kenija | 28:06,46 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Carlos | Lopes | |
Portugal | 2;09:21 |
| 2. | John | Treacy |  |
Irska | 2;09:56 | |
| 3. | Charles | Spedding | |
Vel.Britanija | 2;09:58 | |
| 110m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Roger | Kingdom | |
USA | 13,20 |
| 2. | Gregory | Foster | |
USA | 13,23 | |
| 3. | Arto | Bryggare |  |
Finska | 13,40 | |
| 400m hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Edwin | Moses | |
USA | 47,75 |
| 2. | Daniel Lee | Harris | |
USA | 48,13 | |
| 3. | Harald | Schmid |  |
SR Njemačka | 48,19 | |
| 3.000meters steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Julius | Korir | |
Kenija | 8:11,80 |
| 2. | Joseph | Mahmoud |  |
Francuska | 8:13,31 | |
| 3. | Brian Lee | Diemer | |
USA | 8:14,06 | |
| 4x100m
realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 37,83 |
| 2. | - | - |  |
Jamajka | 38,62 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Kanada | 38,70 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 2:57,91 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Vel.Britanija | 2:59,13 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Nigerija | 2:59,32 | |
| 20km race walk (hodanje 20km) | 1. | Ernesto | Canto Gudino |  |
Meksiko | 1;23:13 |
| 2. | Raul | Gonzalez | |
Meksiko | 1;23:20 | |
| 3. | Maurizio | Damilano | |
Italija | 1;23:26 | |
| 50km
race walk (hodanje 50km) |
1. | Raul | Gonzalez | |
Meksiko | 3;47:26 |
| 2. | Bo | Gustavsson |  |
Švedska | 3;53:19 | |
| 3. | Sandro | Bellucci | |
Italija | 3;53:45 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Dietmar | Mögenburg | |
SR Njemačka | 2,35 |
| 2. | Patrick | Sjöberg | |
Švedska | 2,33 | |
| 3. | Jian -Hua | Zhu |  |
Kina | 2,31 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Carl | Lewis | |
USA | 8,54 |
| 2. | Gary | Honey |  |
Australija | 8,24 | |
| 3. | Giovanni | Evangelisti | |
Italija | 8,24 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Alfredick Alphonzo | Joyner | |
USA | 17,26 |
| 2. | Mike | Conley | |
USA | 17,18 | |
| 3. | Keith | Connor | |
Vel.Britanija | 16,87 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Pierre | Quinon | |
Francuska | 5,75 |
| 2. | Michael Scott | Tully | |
USA | 5,65 | |
| 3. | Earl Holmes | Bell | |
USA | 5,50 | |
| 3. | Thierri | Vigneron | |
Francuska | 5,50 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | Alessandro | Andrei | |
Italija | 21,26 |
| 2. | Michael D'Andrea | Carter | |
USA | 21,09 | |
| 3. | David Lester | Laut | |
USA | 20,97 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Rolf | Danneberg | |
SR Njemačka | 66,60 |
| 2. | Malcolm Maurice | Wilkins | |
USA | 66,30 | |
| 3. | John Gates | Powell | |
USA | 65,46 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Juha | Tiainen | |
Finska | 78,08 |
| 2. | Karl-Hans | Riehm | |
SR Njemačka | 77,98 | |
| 3. | Klaus | Ploghaus | |
SR Njemačka | 76,68 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Arto | Harkonen | |
Finska | 86,76 |
| 2. | David | Ottley | |
Vel.Britanija | 85,74 | |
| 3. | Kenth | Eldebrink | |
Švedska | 83,72 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Daley | Thompson | |
Vel.Britanija | 8.798 |
| 2. | Jurgen | Hingsen | |
SR Njemačka | 8.673 | |
| 3. | Siegfried | Wentz | |
SR Njemačka | 8.412 |