| 100m (100m) |
1. | Donovan | Bailey |  |
Kanada | 9,84 |
| 2. | Frank | Fredericks |  |
Namibija | 9,89 | |
| 3. | Ato | Boldon |  |
Trinidad & Tobago | 9,90 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Michael | Johnson |  |
USA | 19,32 |
| 2. | Frank | Fredericks | |
Namibija | 19,68 | |
| 3. | Ato | Boldon | |
Trinidad & Tobago | 19,80 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Michael | Johnson | |
USA | 43,49 |
| 2. | Roger | Black |  |
Velika Britanija | 44,41 | |
| 3. | Davis | Kamoga |  |
Uganda | 44,53 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Vebjorn | Rodal |  |
Norveška | 1:42,58 |
| 2. | Hezekiel | Sepeng |  |
Južna Afrika | 1:42,74 | |
| 3. | Fred | Onyancha |  |
Kenija | 1:42,79 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Noureddine | Morceli |  |
Alžir | 3:35,78 |
| 2. | Fermín | Cacho Ruiz |  |
Španjolska | 3:36,40 | |
| 3. | Stephen | Kipkorir | |
Kenija | 3:36,72 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Venuste | Niyongabo |  |
Burundi | 13:07,96 |
| 2. | Paul | Bitok | |
Kenija | 13:08,16 | |
| 3. | Khalid | Boulami |  |
Maroko | 13:08,37 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Haile | Gebreselassie |  |
Etiopija | 27:07,34 |
| 2. | Paul | Tergat | |
Kenija | 27:08,17 | |
| 3. | Salah | Hissou | |
Maroko | 27:24,67 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Josia | Thugwane | |
Južna Afrika | 2;12:36 |
| 2. | Bong-Ju | Lee |  |
Koreja | 2;12:39 | |
| 3. | Eric | Wainaina | |
Kenija | 2;12:44 | |
| 110m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Allen | Johnson | |
USA | 12,95 |
| 2. | Mark | Crear | |
USA | 13,09 | |
| 3. | Florian | Schwarthoff |  |
Njemačka | 13,17 | |
| 400m hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Derrick | Adkins | |
USA | 47,55 |
| 2. | Samuel | Matete |  |
Zambija | 47,78 | |
| 3. | Calvin | Davis | |
USA | 47,96 | |
| 3.000m steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Joseph | Keter | |
Kenija | 8:07,12 |
| 2. | Moses | Kiptanui | |
Kenija | 8:08,33 | |
| 3. | Alessandro | Lambruschini |  |
Italija | 8:11:28 | |
| 4x100m
realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
Kanada | 37,69 |
| 2. | - | - | |
USA | 38,05 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Brazil | 38,41 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 2:55,99 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Velika Britanija | 2:56,60 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Jamajka | 2:59,42 | |
| 20km race walk (hodanje 20km) | 1. | Jefferson | Perez |  |
Ekvador | 1;20:07 |
| 2. | Ilya | Markov |  |
Rusija | 1;20:16 | |
| 3. | Bernardo | Segura |  |
Meksiko | 1;20:23 | |
| 50km race walk (hodanje 50km) | 1. | Robert | Korzeniowski |  |
Poljska | 3;43,30 |
| 2. | Mikhail | Schennikov | |
Rusija | 3;43:46 | |
| 3. | Valentin | Massana | |
Španjolska | 3;44:19 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Charles Allen | Austin | |
USA | 2,39 |
| 2. | Artur | Partyka | |
Poljska | 2,39 | |
| 3. | Stephen James | Smith | |
Velika Britanija | 2,35 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Carl | Lewis | |
USA | 8,50 |
| 2. | James | Beckford | |
Jamajka | 8,29 | |
| 3. | Joe | Greene | |
USA | 8,24 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Jean | Galfione |  |
Francuska | 5,92 |
| 2. | Igor | Tradenkov | |
Rusija | 5,92 | |
| 3. | Andrei | Tivontchik | |
Njemačka | 5,92 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Kenny | Harrison | |
USA | 18,09 |
| 2. | Jonathan David | Edwards | |
Velika Britanija | 17,88 | |
| 3. | Yoelvis | Quesada |  |
Kuba | 17,44 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | Eric Randolph | Barnes | |
USA | 21,62 |
| 2. | John | Godina | |
USA | 20,79 | |
| 3. | Oleksandr | Bagach |  |
Ukrajina | 20,75 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Lars | Riedel | |
Njemačka | 69,40 |
| 2. | Vladimir | Dubrovshchik |  |
Bjelorusija | 66,60 | |
| 3. | Vasiliy | Kaptyukh | |
Bjelorusija | 65,80 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Balazs | Kiss |  |
Mađarska | 81,24 |
| 2. | Lance Earl | Deal | |
USA | 81,12 | |
| 3. | Oleksiy | Krykun | |
Ukrajina | 80,02 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Jan | Zelezny |  |
Češka | 88,16 |
| 2. | Steve | Backley | |
Velika Britanija | 87,44 | |
| 3. | Seppo Henrik | Raty |  |
Finska | 86,98 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Dan | O'Brien | |
USA | 8.824 |
| 2. | Frank | Busemann | |
Njemačka | 8.706 | |
| 3. | Tomas | Dvorak | |
Češka | 8.664 |