| discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men 100m | Carl Lewis | USA | Sam Graddy | USA | Ben Johnson | CAN |
| Men 200m | Carl Lewis | USA | Kirk Baptiste | USA | Thomas Jefferson | USA |
| Men 400m | Alonzo Babers | USA | Gabriel Tiacoh | CIV | Antonio McKay | USA |
| Men 800m | Joaquim Cruz | BRA | Sebastian Coe | GBR | Earl Jones | USA |
| Men 1500m | Sebastian Coe | GBR | Steve Cram | GBR | Jose Abascal | ESP |
| Men 5000m | Said Aouita | MAR | Markus Ryffel | SUI | Antonio Leitao | POR |
| Men 10000m | Alberto Cova | ITA | Mike McLeod | GBR | Mike Musyoki | KEN |
| Men Marathon | Carlos Lopes | POR | John Treacy | IRL | Charles Spedding | GBR |
| Men 4x100m Relay | United States | Jamaica | Canada | |||
| Men 4x400m Relay | United States | Great Britain | Nigeria | |||
| Men 3000m Steeplechase | Julius Korir | KEN | Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | Brian Diemer | USA |
| Men 110m Hurdles | Roger Kingdom | USA | Greg Foster | USA | Arto Bryggare | FIN |
| Men 400m Hurdles | Edwin Moses | USA | Danny Harris | USA | Harald Schmid | FRG |
| Men High Jump | Dietmar Mogenburg | FRG | Patrik Sjoberg | SWE | Zhu Jianhua | CHN |
| Men Long Jump | Carl Lewis | USA | Gary Honey | AUS | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA |
| Men Pole Vault | Pierre Quinon | FRA | Mike Tully | USA | Earl Bell | USA |
| Thierry Vigneron | FRA | |||||
| Men Triple Jump | Al Joyner | USA | Mike Conley | USA | Keith Connor | GBR |
| Men Shot Put | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | Mike Carter | USA | Dave Laut | USA |
| Men Discus Throw | Rolf Danneberg | FRG | Mac Wilkins | USA | John Powell | USA |
| Men Hammer Throw | Juha Tiainen | FIN | Karl-Hans Riehm | FRG | Klaus Ploghaus | FRG |
| Men Javelin Throw | Arto Harkonen | FIN | David Ottley | GBR | Kenth Eldebrink | SWE |
| Men Decathlon | Daley Thompson | GBR | Jurgen Hingsen | FRG | Siegfried Wentz | FRG |
| Men 20km Walk | Ernesto Canto | MEX | Raul Gonzalez | MEX | Maurizio Damilano | ITA |
| Men 50km Walk | Raul Gonzalez | MEX | Bo Gustafsson | SWE | Sandro Belucci | ITA |
| discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Women 100m | Evelyn Ashford | USA | Alice Brown | USA | Merlene Ottey | JAM |
| Women 200m | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | USA | Florence Griffith | USA | Merlene Ottey | JAM |
| Women 400m | Valerie Brisco-Hooks | USA | Chandra Cheeseborough | USA | Kathy Cook | GBR |
| Women 800m | Doina Melinte | ROM | Kim Gallagher | USA | Fita Lovin | ROM |
| Women 1500m | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | Doina Melinte | ROM | Maricica Puica | ROM |
| Women 3000m | Maricica Puica | ROM | Wendy Sly | GBR | Lynn Williams | CAN |
| Women Marathon | Joan Benoit | USA | Grete Waitz | NOR | Rosa Mota | POR |
| Women 4x100m Relay | United States | Canada | Great Britain | |||
| Women 4x400m Relay | United States | Canada | West Germany | |||
| Women 100m Hurdles | Benita Fitzgerald-Brown | USA | Shirley Strong | GBR | Kim Turner | USA |
| Michele Chardonnet | FRA | |||||
| Women 400m Hurdles | Nawal el Moutawakil | MAR | Judi Brown | USA | Christina Cojocaru | ROM |
| Women High Jump | Ulrike Meyfarth | FRG | Sara Simeoni | ITA | Joni Huntley | USA |
| Women Long Jump | Anisoara Stanciu-Cusmir | ROM | Valeria Ionescu | ROM | Susan Hearnshaw | GBR |
| Women Shot Put | Claudia Losch | FRG | Mihaele Loghin | ROM | Gael Martin | AUS |
| Women Discus Throw | Ria Stalman | NED | Leslie Deniz | USA | Florenta Craciunescu | ROM |
| Women Javelin Throw | Tessa Sanderson | GBR | Tiina Lillak | FIN | Fatima Whitbread | GBR |
| Women Heptathlon | Glynis Nunn | AUS | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | Sabine Everts | FRG |
| Athletics World Index |
| Medals | G | S | B | All |
| 1. United States | 16 | 14 | 9 | 39 |
| 2. West Germany | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3. Great Britain | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 4. Italy | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5. Romania | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6. Finland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7. Mexico | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8. Marocco | 2 | 2 | ||
| 9. France | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10.Portugal | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11.Kenya | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12.Netherlands | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.Brazil | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.Canada | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 15.Sweden | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 16.Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 17.Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18.Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18.Norway | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18.Ireland | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18.Switzerland | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22.China | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22.Nigeria | 1 | 1 | ||
| 22.Spain | 1 | 1 | ||
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Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev
todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 4 Jan 2010
