| 1971 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10,3 |
| 2 | Gerhard Wucherer | FRG | 10,5 | |
| 3 | Vassilios Papageorgopoulos | GRE | 10,6 | |
| 4 | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 10,6 | |
| 5 | Zenon Nowoz | POL | 10,7 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 10,7 | |
| 7 | Dominique Chauvelot | FRA | 10,7 | |
| 8 | Gilles Echevin | FRA | 11,4 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 20,3 |
| 2 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | FRG | 20,7 | |
| 3 | Jörg Pfeifer | GDR | 20,7 | |
| 4 | Siegfried Schenke | GDR | 20,7 | |
| 5 | Philippe Clerc | SUI | 20,9 | |
| 6 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20,9 | |
| 7 | Gérard Fenouil | FRA | 20,9 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Shidkich | URS | 21,2 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | David Jenkins | GBR | 45,5 |
| 2 | Marcello Fiasconaro | ITA | 45,5 | |
| 3 | Jan Werner | POL | 45,6 | |
| 4 | Markku Kukkaoho | FIN | 45,7 | |
| 5 | Thomas Jordan | FRG | 46,0 | |
| 6 | Hermann Köhler | FRG | 46,1 | |
| 7 | Aleksandr Bratchikov | URS | 46,4 | |
| 8 | Klaus Hauke | GDR | 46,9 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Yevgeniy Arzhanov | URS | 1,45,6 |
| 2 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1,46,0 | |
| 3 | Andrew Carter | GBR | 1,46,2 | |
| 4 | Hans-Henning Ohlert | GDR | 1,46,9 | |
| 5 | Peter Browne | GBR | 1,47,0 | |
| 6 | Jozef Plachý | TCH | 1,47,3 | |
| 7 | Jose Medjimurec | YUG | 1,48,4 | |
| 8 | Philippe Meyer | FRA | 1,50,9 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Francesco Arese | ITA | 3,38,4 |
| 2 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3,38,7 | |
| 3 | Brendan Foster | GBR | 3,39,2 | |
| 4 | John Kirkbride | GBR | 3,39,5 | |
| 5 | Jacques Boxberger | FRA | 3,39,6 | |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Dufresne | FRA | 3,40,7 | |
| 7 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | 3,40,9 | |
| 8 | Haico Scharn | NED | 3,40,9 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Juha Väätäinen | FIN | 13,32,6 |
| 2 | Jean Wadoux | FRA | 13,33,6 | |
| 3 | Harald Norpoth | FRG | 13,33,8 | |
| 4 | Dane Korica | YUG | 13,35,0 | |
| 5 | Javier Alvarez | ESP | 13,35,8 | |
| 6 | Emiel Puttemans | BEL | 13,36,6 | |
| 7 | Lasse Virén | FIN | 13,38,6 | |
| 8 | Bronislav Malinowski | POL | 13,39,4 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Juha Väätäinen | FIN | 27,52,8 |
| 2 | Jürgen Haase | GDR | 27,53,4 | |
| 3 | Rashid Sharafyetdinov | URS | 27,56,4 | |
| 4 | Dane Korica | YUG | 27,58,4 | |
| 5 | Mariano Haro | ESP | 27,59,4 | |
| 6 | David Bedford | GBR | 28,04,4 | |
| 7 | Michael Tagg | GBR | 28,14,8 | |
| 8 | Seppo Tuominen | FIN | 28,18,0 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Karel Lismont | BEL | 2,13,09 |
| 2 | Trevor Wright | GBR | 2,13,59 | |
| 3 | Ron Hill | GBR | 2,14,34 | |
| 4 | Colin Kirkham | GBR | 2,16,22 | |
| 5 | Gaston Roelants | BEL | 2,17,48 | |
| 6 | Pentti Rummakko | FIN | 2,17,58 | |
| 7 | Lutz Philipp | FRG | 2,18,08 | |
| 8 | Augustin Fernandez | ESP | 2,18,26 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Czechoslovakia | 39,3 | |
| 2 | Poland | 39,7 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 39,8 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 39,8 | ||
| 5 | Soviet Union | 40,0 | ||
| France | DQ | |||
| German Democratic Republic | DQ | |||
| Federal Republic of Germany | DQ | |||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,02,9 | |
| 2 | Poland | 3,03,6 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 3,04,6 | ||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 3,04,8 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3,04,8 | ||
| 6 | France | 3,05,0 | ||
| 7 | Sweden | 3,08,2 | ||
| 8 | Norway | 3,08,8 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Jean-Paul Villain | FRA | 8,25,2 |
| 2 | Dusan Moravcik | TCH | 8,26,2 | |
| 3 | Pavel Sisoyev | URS | 8,26,4 | |
| 4 | Romualdas Bite | URS | 8,27,0 | |
| 5 | Mikko Ala-Leppilampi | FIN | 8,31,0 | |
| 6 | Georgi Tikhov | BUL | 8,32,2 | |
| 7 | Kazimierz Maranda | POL | 8,33,2 | |
| 8 | Josef Rebacz | POL | 8,35,2 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Frank Siebeck | GDR | 14,0 |
| 2 | Alan Pascoe | GBR | 14,1 | |
| 3 | Lubomír Nadenicek | TCH | 14,3 | |
| 4 | Anatoliy Mosiashvili | URS | 14,4 | |
| 5 | Leszek Wodzynski | POL | 14,4 | |
| 6 | Sergio Liani | ITA | 14,4 | |
| 7 | Marek Józwik | POL | 14,5 | |
| 8 | Miroslaw Wodzynski | POL | 14,8 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Jean-Claude Nallet | FRA | 49,2 |
| 2 | Christian Rudolpf | GDR | 49,3 | |
| 3 | Dmitriy Stukalov | URS | 50,0 | |
| 4 | Dieter Büttner | FRG | 50,1 | |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | URS | 50,5 | |
| 6 | Ari Salin | FIN | 50,6 | |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | URS | 50,8 | |
| 8 | Ivan Danis | TCH | 51,8 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Kestutis Sapka | URS | 2,20 |
| 2 | Csaba Dosa | ROM | 2,20 | |
| 3 | Rustam Akhmyetov | URS | 2,20 | |
| 4 | István Major | HUN | 2,17 | |
| 5 | Stefan Junge | GDR | 2,14 | |
| Asko Pesonen | FIN | 2,14 | ||
| 7 | Vojciech Golebiowski | POL | 2,14 | |
| 8 | Endre Kelemen | HUN | 2,11 | |
| Stav | 1 | Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5,35 |
| 2 | Kjell Isaksson | SWE | 5,30 | |
| 3 | Renato Dionisi | ITA | 5,30 | |
| 4 | Hans Lagerqvist | SWE | 5,25 | |
| 5 | Wlodzimierz Sokolowski | POL | 5,10 | |
| 6 | John-Erik Blomqvist | SWE | 5,10 | |
| 7 | Yuriy Isakov | URS | 5,10 | |
| 8 | Heinfried Engel | FRG | 5,10 | |
| Längd | 1 | Max Klauss | GDR | 7,92 |
| 2 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 7,91 | |
| 3 | Stanislaw Szudrowicz | POL | 7,87 | |
| 4 | Lynn Davies | GBR | 7,85 | |
| 5 | Mauri Myllymäki | FIN | 7,85 | |
| 6 | Reijo Toivonen | FIN | 7,85 | |
| 7 | Tönu Lepik | URS | 7,78 | |
| 8 | Jan Kobuszewski | POL | 7,75 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 17,16 |
| 2 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 17,10 | |
| 3 | Carol Corbu | ROM | 16,87 | |
| 4 | Michael Sauer | FRG | 16,58 | |
| 5 | Václav Fiser | TCH | 16,39 | |
| 6 | Hans-Günter Schenk | GDR | 16,38 | |
| 7 | Gennadiy Byessonov | URS | 16,26 | |
| 8 | Gennadiy Savlyevich | URS | 16,24 | |
| Kula | 1 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 21,08 |
| 2 | Heinz-Joachim Rothenburg | GDR | 20,47 | |
| 3 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 20,04 | |
| 4 | Vilmos Varju | HUN | 19,99 | |
| 5 | Valeriy Voikin | URS | 19,81 | |
| 6 | Rimantas Plunge | URS | 19,61 | |
| 7 | Dieter Hoffmann | GDR | 19,38 | |
| 8 | Yves Brouzet | FRA | 19,20 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Ludvík Danek | TCH | 63,90 |
| 2 | Lothar Milde | GDR | 61,62 | |
| 3 | Géza Fejér | HUN | 61,54 | |
| 4 | Dirk Wippermann | FRG | 61,36 | |
| 5 | Hartmut Losch | GDR | 60,86 | |
| 6 | Pentti Kahma | FIN | 60,64 | |
| 7 | Ferenc Tegla | HUN | 59,24 | |
| 8 | Jorma Rinne | FIN | 59,22 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Uwe Beyer | FRG | 72,36 |
| 2 | Reinhard Theimer | GDR | 71,80 | |
| 3 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk | URS | 71,40 | |
| 4 | Romuald Klim | URS | 70,64 | |
| 5 | Walter Schmidt | FRG | 70,54 | |
| 6 | Sándor Eckschmidt | HUN | 69,74 | |
| 7 | Jochen Sachse | GDR | 69,74 | |
| 8 | Stanislaw Lubiejewski | POL | 67,50 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Janis Lusis | URS | 90,68 |
| 2 | Janis Donins | URS | 85,30 | |
| 3 | Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 84,22 | |
| 4 | Hannu Siitonen | FIN | 83,84 | |
| 5 | Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 80,96 | |
| 6 | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG | 80,82 | |
| 7 | Wladyslaw Nikiciuk | POL | 80,56 | |
| 8 | Hermann Schlechter | FRG | 80,24 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Joachim Kirst | GDR | 8196 |
| 2 | Lennart Hedmark | SWE | 8038 | |
| 3 | Hans-Joachim Walde | FRG | 7951 | |
| 4 | Heinz-Ulrich Schulze | FRG | 7889 | |
| 5 | Sepp Zeilbaur | AUT | 7842 | |
| 6 | Peter Gabbett | GBR | 7754 | |
| 7 | Leonid Litvinyenko | URS | 7707 | |
| 8 | Boris Ivanov | URS | 7601 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11,4 |
| 2 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 11,5 | |
| 3 | Elfgard Schittenhelm | FRG | 11,5 | |
| 4 | Inge Helten | FRG | 11,6 | |
| 5 | Györgyi Balogh | HUN | 11,6 | |
| 6 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 11,6 | |
| 7 | Petra Vogt | FRG | 11,7 | |
| 8 | Anita Neil | GBR | 11,8 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22,7 |
| 2 | Györgyi Balogh | HUN | 23,3 | |
| 3 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 23,3 | |
| 4 | Nadyezhda Byesfamilnaya | URS | 23,4 | |
| 5 | Annegret Kroniger | FRG | 23,6 | |
| 6 | Rita Wilden-Jahn | FRG | 23,6 | |
| 7 | Ellen Stropahl | GDR | 23,6 | |
| 8 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 23,7 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Helga Seidler | GDR | 52,1 |
| 2 | Inge Bödding | FRG | 52,9 | |
| 3 | Ingelore Lohse | GDR | 52,9 | |
| 4 | Maria Sykora | AUT | 53,0 | |
| 5 | Natalya Chistyakova | URS | 53,2 | |
| 6 | Marika Eklund | FIN | 53,4 | |
| 7 | Colette Besson | FRA | 53,7 | |
| 8 | Rita Kühne | GDR | 53,9 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Vera Nikolic | YUG | 2,00,0 |
| 2 | Pat Lowe | GBR | 2,01,7 | |
| 3 | Rosemary Stirling | GBR | 2,02,1 | |
| 4 | Danuta Wierzbowska | POL | 2,04,2 | |
| 5 | Gisela Ellenberger | FRG | 2,05,1 | |
| 6 | Claire Walsh | IRL | 2,08,6 | |
| Hildegard Falck | FRG | DNF | ||
| Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | DNF | ||
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Karin Burneleit | GDR | 4,09,6 |
| 2 | Gunhilde Hoffmeister | GDR | 4,10,3 | |
| 3 | Ellen Tittel | FRG | 4,10,4 | |
| 4 | Rita Ridley | GBR | 4,12,7 | |
| 5 | Regine Kleinau | GDR | 4,13,7 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Bragina | URS | 4,13,9 | |
| 7 | Jaroslava Jehlicková | TCH | 4,14,8 | |
| 8 | Joan Allison | GBR | 4,14,8 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Federal Republic of Germany | 43,3 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 43,6 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 44,5 | ||
| 4 | Poland | 44,8 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | 44,8 | ||
| 6 | Great Britain | 44,9 | ||
| 7 | France | 45,5 | ||
| 8 | Sweden | 46,1 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,29,3 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,33,0 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,34,1 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3,34,5 | ||
| 5 | Poland | 3,35,3 | ||
| 6 | Sweden | 3,37,1 | ||
| 7 | Finland | 3,37,2 | ||
| France | DNF | |||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Karin Balzer | GDR | 12,9 |
| 2 | Annelie Ehrhardt | GDR | 13,0 | |
| 3 | Tesesa Sukniewicz | POL | 13,2 | |
| 4 | Danuta Straszynska | POL | 13,3 | |
| 5 | Meta Antenen | SUI | 13,4 | |
| 6 | Teresa Nowak | POL | 13,5 | |
| 7 | Valeria Bufanu | ROM | 13,5 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Poluboyarova | URS | 13,7 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Ilona Gusenbauer | AUT | 1,87 |
| 2 | Cornelia Popesuc | ROM | 1,85 | |
| 3 | Barbara Inkpen | GBR | 1,85 | |
| 4 | Rita Schmidt | GDR | 1,83 | |
| 5 | Miroslava Hübnerová | TCH | 1,83 | |
| 6 | Renate Gärtner | FRG | 1,81 | |
| 7 | Milada Karbanová | TCH | 1,78 | |
| 8 | Snezana Hrepevnik | YUG | 1,78 | |
| Längd | 1 | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 6,76 |
| 2 | Meta Antenen | SUI | 6,73 | |
| 3 | Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 6,66 | |
| 4 | Sheila Sherwood | GBR | 6,62 | |
| 5 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 6,62 | |
| 6 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | ROM | 6,39 | |
| 7 | Christa Herzog | FRG | 6,38 | |
| 8 | Barbara-Anne Barrett | GBR | 6,31 | |
| Kula | 1 | Nadyezhda Chizhova | URS | 20,16 |
| 2 | Marita Lange | GDR | 19,25 | |
| 3 | Margitta Gummel | GDR | 19,22 | |
| 4 | Antonina Ivanova | URS | 18,80 | |
| 5 | Hannelore Friedel | GDR | 18,52 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 17,78 | |
| 7 | Galina Nyekrasova | URS | 17,56 | |
| 8 | Judit Bognár | HUN | 17,33 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Faina Myelnik | URS | 64,22 |
| 2 | Liesel Westermann | FRG | 61,68 | |
| 3 | Lyudmila Muravyeva | URS | 59,48 | |
| 4 | Argentina Menis | ROM | 59,04 | |
| 5 | Tamara Danilova | URS | 58,28 | |
| 6 | Olimpia Catarama | ROM | 57,22 | |
| 7 | Anni Mickler | GDR | 57,00 | |
| 8 | Christa Spielberg | GDR | 56,20 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Daniela Jaworska | POL | 61,00 |
| 2 | Ameli Koloska | FRG | 59,40 | |
| 3 | Ruth Fuchs | GDR | 59,16 | |
| 4 | Angela Németh-Ránky | HUN | 57,44 | |
| 5 | Anneliese Gerhards | FRG | 55,98 | |
| 6 | Ewa Gryziecka | POL | 55,96 | |
| 7 | Maria Kucserka | HUN | 55,70 | |
| 8 | Marta Rudas | HUN | 55,62 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 5299 |
| 2 | Burglinde Pollak | GDR | 5275 | |
| 3 | Margrit Herbst | GDR | 5179 | |
| 4 | Karen Mack | FRG | 5052 | |
| 5 | Valentina Tikhomirova | URS | 4986 | |
| 6 | Odette Ducas | FRA | 4926 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Kondrashova | URS | 4887 | |
| 8 | Margit Papp | HUN | 4833 |