| 100m (100m) |
1. | Evelyn | Ashford |  |
USA | 10,97 |
| 2. | Alice Regina | Brown | |
USA | 11,13 | |
| 3. | Merlene | Ottey-Page |  |
Jamajka | 11,16 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Valerie | Brisco-Hooks | |
USA | 21,81 |
| 2. | Florence | Griffith-Joyner | |
USA | 22,04 | |
| 3. | Merlene | Ottey-Page | |
Jamajka | 22,09 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Valerie | Brisco-Hooks | |
USA | 48,83 |
| 2. | Chandra Donette | Cheeseborough | |
USA | 49,05 | |
| 3. | Kathryn | Smallwood-Cook |  |
Velika Britanija | 49,42 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Doina | Besliu-Melinte |  |
Rumunjska | 1:57,60 |
| 2. | Kiberley Ann | Gallagher | |
USA | 1:58,63 | |
| 3. | Fita | Lovin | |
Rumunjska | 1:58,83 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Gabriella | Dorio |  |
Italija | 4:03,25 |
| 2. | Doina | Besliu-Melinte | |
Rumunjska | 4:03,76 | |
| 3. | Maricica | Puica | |
Rumunjska | 4:04,15 | |
| 3.000m (3.000m) |
1. | Maricica | Puica | |
Rumunjska | 8:35,96 |
| 2. | Wendy | Sly | |
Velika Britanija | 8:39,47 | |
| 3. | Lynn | Williams |  |
Kanada | 8:42,14 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Joan | Benoit | |
USA | 2;24:52 |
| 2. | Grete | Waitz-Andersen |  |
Norveška | 2;26:18 | |
| 3. | Rosa | Mota |  |
Portugal | 2;26:57 | |
| 100m
hurdles (100m prepone) |
1. | Benita | Fitzgerald-Brown | |
USA | 12,84 |
| 2. | Shirley | Strong | |
Velika Britanija | 12,88 | |
| 3. | Kim | Turner | |
USA | 13,06 | |
| 3. | Michele | Chardonnet |  |
Francuska | 13,06 | |
| 400m
hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Nawal | El Moutawakel |  |
Maroko | 54,61 |
| 2. | Judyth Lynne | Brown | |
USA | 55,20 | |
| 3. | Cristina | Cojocaru | |
Rumunjska | 55,41 | |
| 4x100m realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 41,65 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Kanada | 42,77 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Velika Britanija | 43,11 | |
| 4x400m realy (štafeta x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 3:18,29 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Kanada | 3:21,21 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
S.R. Njemačka | 3:22,98 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Ulrike | Meyfarth | |
S.R. Njemačka | 2,02 |
| 2. | Sara | Simeoni | |
Italija | 2,00 | |
| 3. | Johana Luann | Huntley | |
USA | 1,97 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Anisoara | Cusmir-Stanciu | |
Rumunjska | 6,96 |
| 2. | Valeria(Vali) | Ionescu | |
Rumunjska | 6,81 | |
| 3. | Susan | Hearnshaw | |
Velika Britanija | 6,80 | |
| shot
put
(bac. kugle) |
1. | Claudia | Losch | |
S.R. Njemačka | 20,48 |
| 2. | Mihaela | Loghin | |
Rumunjska | 20,47 | |
| 3. | Gael | Mulhall-Martin |  |
Australija | 19,19 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Ria G. | Stalman |  |
Nizozemska | 65,36 |
| 2. | Leslie Jean | Deniz | |
USA | 64,86 | |
| 3. | Florenta | Tacu-Craiciunescu | |
Rumunjska | 63,64 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Teresa | Sanderson | |
Velika Britanija | 69,56 |
| 2. | Kristina | Lillak |  |
Finska | 69,00 | |
| 3. | Fatima | Whitbread | |
Velika Britanija | 67,14 | |
| heptathlon sedmoboj | 1. | Glyniss Leanne | Nunn-Saunders-Cearns | |
Australija | 6.390 |
| 2. | Jackie | Joyner-Kersee | |
USA | 6.385 | |
| 3. | Sabine | Everts | |
S.R. Njemačka | 6.363 |