| 100m (100m) |
1. | Gail | Devers |  |
USA | 10,94 |
| 2. | Merlene | Ottey-Page |  |
Jamajka | 10,94 | |
| 3. | Gwen | Torrence | |
USA | 10,96 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Marie-Jose | Perec |  |
Francuska | 22,12 |
| 2. | Merlene | Ottey-Page | |
Jamajka | 22,24 | |
| 3. | Mary | Onyali |  |
Nigerija | 22,38 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Marie-José | Perec | |
Francuska | 48,25 |
| 2. | Cathy | Freeman |  |
Australia | 48,63 | |
| 3. | Falilat | Ogunkoya | |
Nigerija | 49,10 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Svetlana | Masterkova |  |
Rusija | 1:57,73 |
| 2. | Ana Fidelia | Quirot |  |
Kuba | 1:58,11 | |
| 3. | Maria De Lurdes | Mutola |  |
Mozambik | 1:58,71 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Svetlana | Masterkova | |
Rusija | 4:00,83 |
| 2. | Gabriela | Szabo |  |
Rumunjska | 4:01,54 | |
| 3. | Theresia | Kiesl |  |
Austria | 4:03,02 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Junxia | Wang |  |
Kina | 14:59,88 |
| 2. | Pauline | Konga |  |
Kenja | 15:03,49 | |
| 3. | Roberta | Brunet |  |
Italija | 15:07,52 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Fernanda | Ribeiro |  |
Portugal | 31:01,63 |
| 2. | Wang | Junxia | |
Kina | 31:02,58 | |
| 3. | Gete | Wami |  |
Etijopija | 31:06,65 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) | 1. | Fatuma | Roba | |
Etijopija | 2;26:05 |
| 2. | Valentina | Yegorova | |
Rusija | 2;28:05 | |
| 3. | Yuko | Arimori |  |
Japan | 2;28:39 | |
| 100m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Ludmila | Engquist |  |
Švedska | 12,58 |
| 2. | Brigita | Bukovec |  |
Slovenija | 12,59 | |
| 3. | Patricia | Girard | |
Francuska | 12,65 | |
| 400m hurdles (400m prepone) | 1. | Deon Marie | Hemmings | |
Jamajka | 52,82 |
| 2. | Kim | Batten | |
USA | 53,08 | |
| 3. | Tonja | Buford-Bailey | |
USA | 53,22 | |
| 4x100m
realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 41,95 |
| 2. | - | - |  |
Bahami | 42,14 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Jamajka | 42,24 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 3:20,91 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Nigerija | 3:21,04 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Njemačka | 3:21,14 | |
| 10.000m
walk (hod. 10km) |
1. | Elena | Nikolayeva | |
Rusija | 41:49 |
| 2. | Elisabetta | Perrone | |
Italija | 42:12 | |
| 3. | Yan | Wang | |
Kina | 42:19 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Štefka | Kostadinova |  |
Bugarska | 2,05 |
| 2. | Niki | Bakogianni |  |
Grčka | 2,03 | |
| 3. | Inha | Babakova |  |
Ukrajina | 2,01 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Chioma | Ajunwa | |
Nigerija | 7,12 |
| 2. | Fiona | May | |
Italija | 7,02 | |
| 3. | Jackie | Joyner-Kersee | |
USA | 7,00 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Inessa | Kravets | |
Ukrajina | 15,33 |
| 2. | Inna | Lisovskaya | |
Rusija | 14,98 | |
| 3. | Sarka | Kasparkova |  |
Češka | 14,98 | |
| shot
put
(bac. kugle) |
1. | Astrid | Kumbernuss | |
Njemačka | 20,56 |
| 2. | Xinmei | Sui | |
Kina | 19,88 | |
| 3. | Irina | Khudorozhkina | |
Rusija | 19,35 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Ilke | Wyludda | |
Njemačka | 69,66 |
| 2. | Natalya | Sadova | |
Rusija | 66,48 | |
| 3. | Ellina | Zvereva |  |
Bjelorusija | 65,64 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Heli Orvokki | Rantanen |  |
Finska | 67,94 |
| 2. | Louise | McPaul | |
Australija | 65,54 | |
| 3. | Trine | Hattestad |  |
Norveška | 64,98 | |
| heptathlon sedmoboj | 1. | Ghada | Shouaa |  |
Sirija | 6.780 |
| 2. | Natalya | Sazanovich | |
Bjelorusija | 6.563 | |
| 3. | Denise | Lewis |  |
Velika Britanija | 6.489 |