| 100m (100m) |
1. | Carl | Lewis |  |
USA | 9,92 |
| 2. | Linford | Christie |  |
Velika Britanija | 9,97 | |
| 3. | Calvin | Smith | |
USA | 9,99 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Joseph Nathaniel Jr. | Deloach | |
USA | 19,75 |
| 2. | Carl | Lewis | |
USA | 19,79 | |
| 3. | Robson | Da Silva |  |
Brazil | 20,04 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Steve | Lewis | |
USA | 43,87 |
| 2. | Harry Butch | Reynolds | |
USA | 43,93 | |
| 3. | Daniel | Everett | |
USA | 44,09 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Paul | Ereng |  |
Kenija | 1:43,45 |
| 2. | Joaquim | Cruz | |
Brazil | 1:43,90 | |
| 3. | Said | Aouita |  |
Maroko | 1:44,06 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Peter | Rono | |
Kenija | 3:35,96 |
| 2. | Peter | Elliott | |
Velika Britanija | 3:36,15 | |
| 3. | Jens- Peter | Herold |  |
DDR | 3:36,21 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | John | Ngugi | |
Kenija | 13:11,70 |
| 2. | Dieter | Baumann |  |
S.R. Njemačka | 13:15,52 | |
| 3. | Hansjörg | Kunze | |
DDR | 13:15,73 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Moulay Brahim | Boutayeb | |
Maroko | 27:21,44 |
| 2. | Salvatore | Antibo |  |
Italija | 27:23,55 | |
| 3. | Kipkemboi | Kimeli | |
Kenija | 27:25,16 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Gelindo | Bordin | |
Italija | 2;10:32 |
| 2. | Douglas | Wakiihuri | |
Kenija | 2;10:47 | |
| 3. | Hussein | Salah Ahmed |  |
Djibuti | 2;10:59 | |
| 110m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Roger | Kingdom | |
USA | 12,98 |
| 2. | Colin | Jackson | |
Velika Britanija | 13,28 | |
| 3. | Anthony Eugene | Cambell | |
USA | 13,38 | |
| 400m
hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Andre Lamar | Phillips | |
USA | 47,19 |
| 2. | El Hadji Amadou | Dia Ba |  |
Senegal | 47,23 | |
| 3. | Edwin | Moses | |
USA | 47,56 | |
| 3.000m steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Julius | Kariuki | |
Kenija | 8:05,51 |
| 2. | Peter | Koech | |
Kenija | 8:06,79 | |
| 3. | Mark Robert | Rowland | |
Velika Britanija | 8:07,96 | |
| 4x100m
realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - |  |
SSSR | 38,19 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Velika Britanija | 38,28 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Francuska | 38,40 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 2:56,16 |
| 2. | - | - |  |
Jamajka | 3:00,30 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
S.R. Njemačka | 3:00,56 | |
| 20km race (hodanje 20km) | 1. | Jozef | Pribilinec |  |
Čehoslovačka | 1;19:57 |
| 2. | Ronald | Weigel | |
DDR | 1;19:60 | |
| 3. | Maurizio | Damilano | |
Italija | 1;20:14 | |
| 50km
race (hodanje 50km) |
1. | Vyacheslav | Ivanenko | |
SSSR | 3;38:29 |
| 2. | Ronald | Weigel | |
DDR | 3;39:20 | |
| 3. | Hartwig | Gauder | |
DDR | 3;39:45 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Gennadi | Avdeenko | |
SSSR | 2,38 |
| 2. | Hollis | Conway | |
USA | 2,36 | |
| 3. | Rudolf | Pavarnitsin | |
SSSR | 2,36 | |
| 3. | Patrick | Sjöberg |  |
Švedska | 2,36 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Carl | Lewis | |
USA | 8,72 |
| 2. | Michael Anthony | Powel | |
USA | 8,49 | |
| 3. | Lawrence Ellwyne | Myricks | |
USA | 8,27 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Sergey | Bubka | |
SSSR | 5,90 |
| 2. | Rodion | Gataullin | |
SSSR | 5,85 | |
| 3. | Grigori | Egorov | |
SSSR | 5,80 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Kristo Gantchev | Markov |  |
Bugarska | 17,61 |
| 2. | Igor | Lapshin | |
SSSR | 17,52 | |
| 3. | Alexsandre | Kovalenko | |
SSSR | 17,42 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | Ulf | Timmermann | |
DDR | 22,47 |
| 2. | Eric Randolph | Barnes | |
USA | 22,39 | |
| 3. | Werner | Günthör |  |
Švicarska | 21,99 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Jürgen | Schult | |
DDR | 68,82 |
| 2. | Romas | Ubartas | |
SSSR | 67,48 | |
| 3. | Rolf | Danneberg | |
S.R. Njemačka | 67,38 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Sergei | Litvinov | |
SSSR | 84,80 |
| 2. | Yuri | Sedykh | |
SSSR | 83,76 | |
| 3. | Yuri | Tamm | |
SSSR | 81,16 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Tapio | Korjus |  |
Finska | 84,28 |
| 2. | Jan | Zelezny | |
Čehoslovačka | 84,12 | |
| 3. | Seppo Henrik | Raty | |
Finska | 83,26 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Christian | Schenk | |
DDR | 8.488 |
| 2. | Torsten | Voss | |
DDR | 8.399 | |
| 3. | David | Steen |  |
Kanada |
8.328 |