| 100meters (100m) |
1. | Linford | Christie |  |
Velika Britanija | 9,96 |
| 2. | Frank | Fredericks |  |
Namibija | 10,02 | |
| 3. | Dennis | Mitchell |  |
USA | 10,04 | |
| 200meters (200m) |
1. | Michael | Marsh | |
USA | 20,01 |
| 2. | Frank | Fredericks | |
Namibija | 20,13 | |
| 3. | Michael D. | Bates | |
USA | 20,38 | |
| 400meters (400m) |
1. | Quincy | Watts | |
USA | 43,50 |
| 2. | Steve | Lewis | |
USA | 44,21 | |
| 3. | Samson | Kitur |  |
Kenija | 44,24 | |
| 800meters (800m) |
1. | William | Tanui | |
Kenija | 1:43,66 |
| 2. | Nixon | Kiprotich | |
Kenija | 1:43,70 | |
| 3. | Johnny Lee Jr. | Gray | |
USA | 1:43,97 | |
| 1.500meters (1.500m) |
1. | Fermín | Cacho-Ruiz |  |
Španjolska | 3:40,12 |
| 2. | Rachid | El Basir |  |
Maroko | 3:40,62 | |
| 3. | Mohamed Ahmed | Sulaiman |  |
Katar | 3:40,69 | |
| 5.000meters (5.000m) |
1. | Dieter | Baumann |  |
Njemačka | 13:12,52 |
| 2. | Paul | Bitok | |
Kenija | 13:12,71 | |
| 3. | Fita | Bayisa |  |
Etiopija | 13:13,03 | |
| 10.000meters (10.000m) |
1. | Khalid | Skah | |
Maroko | 27:46,70 |
| 2. | Richard | Chelimo | |
Kenija | 27:47,72 | |
| 3. | Addis | Abebe | |
Etiopija | 28:00,07 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Young-Cho | Hwang |  |
Koreja | 2;13:23 |
| 2. | Koichi | Morishita |  |
Japan | 2;13:45 | |
| 3. | Stephan Timo | Freigang | |
Njemačka | 2;14:00 | |
| 110meters hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Mark | McKoy |  |
Kanada | 13,12 |
| 2. | Tony | Dees | |
USA | 13,24 | |
| 3. | Jack | Pierce | |
USA | 13,26 | |
| 400meters
hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Kevin Curtis | Young | |
USA | 46,78 |
| 2. | Winthrop | Graham |  |
Jamajka | 47,66 | |
| 3. | Kriss | Akabusi | |
Velika Britanija | 47,82 | |
| 3.000meters steepechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Mathew | Birir | |
Kenija | 8:08,84 |
| 2. | Patrick | Sang | |
Kenija | 8:09,55 | |
| 3. | William | Mutwol | |
Kenija | 8:10,74 | |
| 4x100m
realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 37,40 |
| 2. | - | - |  |
Nigerija | 37,98 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Kuba | 38,00 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 2:55,74 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Kuba | 2:59,51 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Velika Britanija | 2:59,73 | |
| 20km race walk (hodanje 20km) | 1. | Daniel | Plaza Montero | |
Španjolska | 1;21:45 |
| 2. | Guillaume | Leblanc | |
Kanada | 1;22:25 | |
| 3. | Giovanni | De Benedictis |  |
Italija | 1;23:11 | |
| 50km race walk (hodanje 50km) | 1. | Andrey | Perlov |  |
ZND | 3;50:13 |
| 2. | Carlos | Carbajal Mercenario |  |
Meksiko | 3;52:09 | |
| 3. | Ronald | Wiegel | |
Njemačka | 3;53:45 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Javier | Sotomayor | |
Kuba | 2,34 |
| 2. | Patrick | Sjöberg |  |
Švedska | 2,34 | |
| 3. | Artur | Partyka |  |
Poljska | 2,34 | |
| 3. | Timothy | Forsyth |  |
Australija | 2,34 | |
| 3. | Hollis | Conway | |
Velika Britanija | 2,34 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Carl | Lewis | |
USA | 8,67 |
| 2. | Michael Anthony | Powell | |
USA | 8,64 | |
| 3. | Joe | Greene | |
USA | 8,34 | |
| pole
valut (skok s motk.) |
1. | Maksim | Tarasov | |
ZND | 5,80 |
| 2. | Igor | Tradenkov | |
ZND | 5,80 | |
| 3. | Javier | Garcia Chico | |
Španjolska | 5,75 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Mike | Conley | |
USA | 18,17 |
| 2. | Charles | Simpkins | |
USA | 17,60 | |
| 3. | Frank | Rutherford |  |
Bahami | 17,36 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | Michael | Stulce | |
USA | 21,70 |
| 2. | James | Doehring | |
USA | 20,96 | |
| 3. | Viatcheslav | Lykho | |
ZND | 20,94 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Romas | Ubartas |  |
Litva | 65,12 |
| 2. | Jürgen | Schult | |
Njemačka | 64,94 | |
| 3. | Roberto S. | Moya | |
Kuba | 64,12 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Andrej | Abduvaliev | |
ZND | 82,54 |
| 2. | Igor | Astapkovich | |
ZND | 81,96 | |
| 3. | Igor | Nikuline | |
ZND | 81,38 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Jan | Zelezny |  |
Češka | 89,66 |
| 2. | Seppo Henrik | Raty |  |
Finska | 86,60 | |
| 3. | Steve | Backley | |
Velika Britanija | 83,38 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Robert | Zmelik | |
Češka | 8.611 |
| 2. | Antonio | Penalver Asensio | |
Španjolska | 8.412 | |
| 3. | David Alan | Johnson | |
USA | 8.309 |