Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 metres details | Carl Lewis United States | 9.99 | Sam Graddy United States | 10.19 | Ben Johnson Canada | 10.22 |
200 metres details | Carl Lewis United States | 19.80 OR | Kirk Baptiste United States | 19.96 | Thomas Jefferson United States | 20.26 |
400 metres details | Alonzo Babers United States | 44.27 | Gabriel Tiacoh Ivory Coast | 44.54 | Antonio McKay United States | 44.71 |
800 metres details | Joaquim Cruz Brazil | 1:43.00 OR | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 1:43.64 | Earl Jones United States | 1:43.83 |
1500 metres details | Sebastian Coe Great Britain | 3:32.53 OR | Steve Cram Great Britain | 3:33.40 | José Manuel Abascal Spain | 3:34.30 |
5000 metres details | Saïd Aouita Morocco | 13:05.59 OR | Markus Ryffel Switzerland | 13:07.54 | António Leitão Portugal | 13:09.20 |
10,000 metres details | Alberto Cova Italy | 27:47.54 | Mike McLeod Great Britain | 28:06.22 | Mike Musyoki Kenya | 28:06.46 |
110 metres hurdles details | Roger Kingdom United States | 13.20 OR | Greg Foster United States | 13.23 | Arto Bryggare Finland | 13.40 |
400 metres hurdles details | Edwin Moses United States | 47.75 | Danny Harris United States | 48.13 | Harald Schmid West Germany | 48.19 |
3000 metres steeplechase details | Julius Korir Kenya | 8:11.80 | Joseph Mahmoud France | 8:13.31 | Brian Diemer United States | 8:14.06 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Sam Graddy Ron Brown Calvin Smith Carl Lewis | 37.83 WR | Jamaica (JAM) Al Lawrence Greg Meghoo Don Quarrie Ray Stewart Norman Edwards* | 38.62 | Canada (CAN) Ben Johnson Tony Sharpe Desai Williams Sterling Hinds | 38.70 |
4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Sunder Nix Ray Armstead Alonzo Babers Antonio McKay Walter McCoy* Willie Smith* | 2:57.91 | Great Britain (GBR) Kriss Akabusi Garry Cook Todd Bennett Phil Brown | 2:59.13 | Nigeria (NGR) Sunday Uti Moses Ugbusien Rotimi Peters Innocent Egbunike | 2:59.32 |
Marathon details | Carlos Lopes Portugal | 2:09:21 OR | John Treacy Ireland | 2:09:56 | Charlie Spedding Great Britain | 2:09:58 |
20 kilometres walk details | Ernesto Canto Mexico | 1:23:13 | Raúl González Mexico | 1:23:20 | Maurizio Damilano Italy | 1:23:26 |
50 kilometres walk details | Raúl González Mexico | 3:47:26 | Bo Gustafsson Sweden | 3:53:19 | Sandro Bellucci Italy | 3:53:45 |
High jump details | Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany | 2.35 m | Patrik Sjöberg Sweden | 2.33 m | Jianhua Zhu China | 2.31 m |
Pole vault details | Pierre Quinon France | 5.75 m | Mike Tully United States | 5.65 m | Earl Bell United States | 5.60 m |
Thierry Vigneron France |
Long jump details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.54 m | Gary Honey Australia | 8.24 m | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy | 8.24 m |
Triple jump details | Al Joyner United States | 17.26 m | Mike Conley United States | 17.18 m | Keith Connor Great Britain | 16.87 m |
Shot put details | Alessandro Andrei Italy | 21.26 m | Michael Carter United States | 21.09 m | Dave Laut United States | 20.97 m |
Discus throw details | Rolf Danneberg West Germany | 66.60 m | Mac Wilkins United States | 66.30 m | John Powell United States | 65.46 m |
Hammer throw details | Juha Tiainen Finland | 78.08 m | Karl-Hans Riehm West Germany | 77.98 m | Klaus Ploghaus West Germany | 76.68 m |
Javelin throw details | Arto Härkönen Finland | 86.76 m | David Ottley Great Britain | 85.74 m | Kenth Eldebrink Sweden | 83.72 m |
Decathlon details | Daley Thompson Great Britain | 8798 EWR | Jürgen Hingsen West Germany | 8673 | Siegfried Wentz West Germany | 8412 |