Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 metres details | Carl Lewis United States | 9.92 (WR) | Linford Christie Great Britain | 9.97 (AR) | Calvin Smith United States | 9.99 |
200 metres details | Joe DeLoach United States | 19.75 (OR) | Carl Lewis United States | 19.79 | Robson da Silva Brazil | 20.04 |
400 metres details | Steve Lewis United States | 43.87 | Butch Reynolds United States | 43.93 | Danny Everett United States | 44.09 |
800 metres details | Paul Ereng Kenya | 1:43.45 | Joaquim Cruz Brazil | 1:43.90 | Saïd Aouita Morocco | 1:44.06 |
1500 metres details | Peter Rono Kenya | 3:35.96 | Peter Elliott Great Britain | 3:36.15 | Jens-Peter Herold East Germany | 3:36.21 |
5000 metres details | John Ngugi Kenya | 13:11.70 | Dieter Baumann West Germany | 13:15.52 | Hansjörg Kunze East Germany | 13:15.73 |
10,000 metres details | Brahim Boutayeb Morocco | 27:21.44 (OR) | Salvatore Antibo Italy | 27:23.55 | Kipkemboy Kimeli Kenya | 27:25.16 |
110 metres hurdles details | Roger Kingdom United States | 12.98 (OR) | Colin Jackson Great Britain | 13.28 | Tonie Campbell United States | 13.38 |
400 metres hurdles details | Andre Phillips United States | 47.19 | Amadou Dia Ba Senegal | 47.23 (NR) | Edwin Moses United States | 47.56 |
3000 metres steeplechase details | Julius Kariuki Kenya | 8:05.51 (OR) | Peter Koech Kenya | 8:06.79 | Mark Rowland Great Britain | 8:07.96 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Bryzhin Vladimir Krylov Vladimir Muravyov Vitaliy Savin | 38.19 | Great Britain (GBR) Elliot Bunney John Regis Linford Christie Mike McFarlane Clarence Callender* | 38.28 | France (FRA) Bruno Marie-Rose Daniel Sangouma Gilles Quenehervé Max Morinière | 38.40 |
4 × 400 metres relay details | United States (USA) Danny Everett Steve Lewis Kevin Robinzine Butch Reynolds Antonio McKay* Andrew Valmon* | 2:56.16 | Jamaica (JAM) Howard Davis Devon Morris Winthrop Graham Bert Cameron Trevor Graham* Howard Burnett* | 3:00.30 | West Germany (FRG) Norbert Dobeleit Edgar Itt Jörg Vaihinger Ralf Lübke Mark Henrich* Bodo Kuhn* | 3:00.56 |
Marathon details | Gelindo Bordin Italy | 2:10:32 | Douglas Wakiihuri Kenya | 2:10:47 | Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti | 2:10:59 |
20 kilometres walk details | Jozef Pribilinec Czechoslovakia | 1:19:57 | Ronald Weigel East Germany | 1:20:00 | Maurizio Damilano Italy | 1:20:14 |
50 kilometres walk details | Vyacheslav Ivanenko Soviet Union | 3:38:29 (OR) | Ronald Weigel East Germany | 3:38:56 | Hartwig Gauder East Germany | 3:39:45 |
High jump details | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko Soviet Union | 2.38 m | Hollis Conway United States | 2.36 m | Rudolf Povarnitsyn Soviet Union | 2.36 m |
Patrik Sjöberg Sweden |
Pole vault details | Sergey Bubka Soviet Union | 5.90 m | Radion Gataullin Soviet Union | 5.85 m | Grigoriy Yegorov Soviet Union | 5.80 m |
Long jump details | Carl Lewis United States | 8.72 m | Mike Powell United States | 8.49 m | Larry Myricks United States | 8.27 m |
Triple jump details | Khristo Markov Bulgaria | 17.61 m | Igor Lapshin Soviet Union | 17.52 m | Aleksandr Kovalenko Soviet Union | 17.42 m |
Shot put details | Ulf Timmermann East Germany | 22.47 m (OR) | Randy Barnes United States | 22.39 m | Werner Günthör Switzerland | 21.99 m |
Discus throw details | Jürgen Schult East Germany | 68.82 m | Romas Ubartas Soviet Union | 67.48 m | Rolf Danneberg West Germany | 67.38 m |
Hammer throw details | Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union | 84.80 m (OR) | Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union | 83.76 m | Jüri Tamm Soviet Union | 81.16 m |
Javelin throw details | Tapio Korjus Finland | 84.28 m | Jan Železný Czechoslovakia | 84.12 m | Seppo Räty Finland | 83.26 m |
Decathlon details | Christian Schenk East Germany | 8488 | Torsten Voss East Germany | 8399 | Dave Steen Canada | 8328 |