| 1974 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10,27 |
| 2 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 10,34 | |
| 3 | Klaus-Dieter Bieler | FRG | 10,35 | |
| 4 | Juris Silovs | URS | 10,35 | |
| 5 | Dominique Chauvelot | FRA | 10,35 | |
| 6 | Manfred Ommer | FRG | 10,36 | |
| 7 | Christer Garpenborg | SWE | 10,39 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Kornelyuk | URS | 10,43 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20,60 |
| 2 | Manfred Ommer | FRG | 20,76 | |
| 3 | Hans-Jürgen Bombach | GDR | 20,83 | |
| 4 | Joseph Arame | FRA | 20,87 | |
| 5 | Franz-Peter Hofmeister | FRG | 20,93 | |
| 6 | Bruno Cherrier | FRA | 21,02 | |
| 7 | Ainsley Bennett | GBR | 21,29 | |
| 8 | Antti Rajamäki | FIN | DNS | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Karl Honz | FRG | 45,04 |
| 2 | David Jenkins | GBR | 45,67 | |
| 3 | Bernd Herrmann | FRG | 45,78 | |
| 4 | Markku Kukkaoho | FIN | 45,84 | |
| 5 | Ossi Karttunen | FIN | 45,87 | |
| 6 | Michael Fredriksson | SWE | 46,12 | |
| 7 | Erik Carlgren | SWE | 46,15 | |
| 8 | Francis Demarthon | FRA | 46,90 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Luciano Susanj | YUG | 1,44,1 |
| 2 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 1,45,8 | |
| 3 | Markku Taskinen | FIN | 1,45,9 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Ponomaryev | URS | 1,46,0 | |
| 5 | Gerhard Stolle | GDR | 1,46,2 | |
| 6 | Marcello Fiasconaro | ITA | 1,46,3 | |
| 7 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1,46,3 | |
| 8 | Willi Wülbeck | FRG | 1,46,3 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Klaus-Peter Justus | GDR | 3,40,6 |
| 2 | Tom B. Hansen | DEN | 3,40,8 | |
| 3 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 3,41,1 | |
| 4 | Haico Scharn | NED | 3,41,3 | |
| 5 | Vladimir Pantyeley | URS | 3,41,4 | |
| 6 | Pekka Vasala | FIN | 3,41,5 | |
| 7 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | 3,41,6 | |
| 8 | Rolf Gysin | SUI | 3,41,8 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Brendan Foster | GBR | 13,17,2 |
| 2 | Manfred Kuschmann | GDR | 13,24,0 | |
| 3 | Lasse Viren | FIN | 13,24,6 | |
| 4 | Jos Hermens | NED | 13,25,6 | |
| 5 | Ilie Floroiu | ROM | 13,27,2 | |
| 6 | Arne Kvalheim | NOR | 13,27,2 | |
| 7 | Stanislav Hoffman | TCH | 13,29,0 | |
| 8 | Klaus-Peter Hildebrand | FRG | 13,32,0 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Manfred Kuschmann | GDR | 28,25,8 |
| 2 | Anthony Simmons | GBR | 28,25,8 | |
| 3 | Giuseppe Cindolo | ITA | 28,27,2 | |
| 4 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 28,28,0 | |
| 5 | Nikolay Puklakov | URS | 28,29,2 | |
| 6 | Knut Börö | NOR | 28,29,2 | |
| 7 | Lasse Virén | FIN | 28,29,2 | |
| 8 | Mariano Haro | ESP | 28,36,0 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Ian Thompson | GBR | 2,13,18 |
| 2 | Eckhard Lesse | GDR | 2,14,57 | |
| 3 | Gaston Roelants | BEL | 2,16,29 | |
| 4 | Bernard Plain | GBR | 2,18,02 | |
| 5 | Jose Reveyn | BEL | 2,19,36 | |
| 6 | Ferenc Szekeres | HUN | 2,20,12 | |
| 7 | Giuseppe Cindolo | ITA | 2,20,28 | |
| 8 | Neil Cusack | IRL | 2,22,05 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | France | 38,69 | |
| 2 | Italy | 38,88 | ||
| 3 | German Democratic Republic | 38,99 | ||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 39,03 | ||
| 5 | Poland | 39,35 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 39,87 | ||
| 7 | Bulgaria | 39,91 | ||
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 39,92 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 3,03,3 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,03,5 | ||
| 3 | France | 3,04,6 | ||
| 4 | German Democratic Republic | 3,05,0 | ||
| 5 | Netherlands | 3,06,3 | ||
| 6 | Sweden | 3,12,6 | ||
| Soviet Union | DNF | |||
| Finland | DQ | |||
| Hinder | 1 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 8,15,0 |
| 2 | Anders Gärderud | SWE | 8,15,4 | |
| 3 | Michael Karst | FRG | 8,18,0 | |
| 4 | Franco Fava | ITA | 8,19,0 | |
| 5 | Hanspeter Wehrli | SUI | 8,26,2 | |
| 6 | Gheorghe Cefan | ROM | 8,26,2 | |
| 7 | Gerd Främcke | FRG | 8,26,6 | |
| 8 | Gerard Buchheit | FRA | 8,30,2 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Guy Drut | FRA | 13,40 |
| 2 | Miroslaw Wodzynski | POL | 13,67 | |
| 3 | Leszek Wodzynski | POL | 13,71 | |
| 4 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13,72 | |
| 5 | Giuseppe Buttari | ITA | 13,85 | |
| 6 | Klaus Fiedler | GDR | 13,96 | |
| 7 | Berwyn Price | GBR | 14,05 | |
| 8 | Frank Siebeck | GDR | 14,79 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Alan Pascoe | GBR | 48,82 |
| 2 | Jean-Claude Nallet | FRA | 48,94 | |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Gavrilyenko | URS | 49,32 | |
| 4 | Stavros Tziortzis | GRE | 49,71 | |
| 5 | Dmitriy Stukalov | URS | 49,88 | |
| 6 | Viktor Savchenko | URS | 50,01 | |
| 7 | Jerzy Hewelt | POL | 50,26 | |
| 8 | Rolf Ziegler | FRG | 50,49 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Jesper Törring | DEN | 2,25 |
| 2 | Kestutis Sapka | URS | 2,25 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Maly | TCH | 2,19 | |
| 4 | István Major | HUN | 2,19 | |
| 5 | Jacek Wszola | POL | 2,19 | |
| 6 | Leif Roar Falkum | NOR | 2,16 | |
| 7 | Rodolfo Bergamo | ITA | 2,16 | |
| 8 | Bruno Brokken | BEL | 2,13 | |
| Stav | 1 | Vladimir Kishkun | URS | 5,35 |
| 2 | Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz | POL | 5,35 | |
| 3 | Yuriy Isakov | URS | 5,30 | |
| 4 | Antti Kalliomäki | FIN | 5,30 | |
| Wojciech Buciarski | POL | 5,30 | ||
| 6 | Kjell Isaksson | SWE | 5,30 | |
| 7 | Tadeusz Slusarski | POL | 5,20 | |
| Janis Lauris | URS | 5,20 | ||
| Längd | 1 | Valeriy Poludzhny | URS | 8,12 |
| 2 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 8,05 | |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Shubin | URS | 7,98 | |
| 4 | Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 7,93 | |
| 5 | Rolf Bernhard | SUI | 7,91 | |
| 6 | Wolfram Lauterbach | GDR | 7,87 | |
| 7 | Max Klauss | GDR | 7,73 | |
| 8 | Tönü Lepik | URS | 7,73 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 17,23 |
| 2 | Carol Corbu | ROM | 16,68 | |
| 3 | Andrzej Sontag | POL | 16,61 | |
| 4 | Jörg Drehmel | GDR | 16,54 | |
| 5 | Michal Joachimowski | POL | 16,53 | |
| 6 | Lothar Gora | GDR | 16,42 | |
| 7 | Jiri Vycichlo | TCH | 16,37 | |
| 8 | Nikolay Sinitykin | URS | 16,17 | |
| Kula | 1 | Hartmut Briesenick | GDR | 20,50 |
| 2 | Ralf Reichenbach | FRG | 20,38 | |
| 3 | Geoffrey Capes | GBR | 20,21 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Barashinkov | URS | 20,13 | |
| 5 | Valeriy Voikin | URS | 20,07 | |
| 6 | Wladyslaw Komar | POL | 19,82 | |
| 7 | Jaroslav Brabec | TCH | 19,73 | |
| 8 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 19,63 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Pentti Kahma | FIN | 63,62 |
| 2 | Ludvik Danek | TCH | 62,76 | |
| 3 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 62,00 | |
| 4 | Siegfried Pachale | GDR | 61,20 | |
| 5 | Velko Velev | BUL | 61,00 | |
| 6 | Viktor Penzikov | URS | 60,86 | |
| 7 | Armando De Vincentiis | ITA | 59,68 | |
| 8 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 59,56 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Aleksey Spiridonov | URS | 74,20 |
| 2 | Jochen Sachse | GDR | 74,00 | |
| 3 | Reinhard Theimer | GDR | 71,62 | |
| 4 | Valentin Dmitryenko | URS | 71,18 | |
| 5 | Uwe Beyer | FRG | 71,04 | |
| 6 | Manfred Hüning | FRG | 70,58 | |
| 7 | Heikki Kangas | FIN | 70,04 | |
| 8 | Istvan Encsi | HUN | 68,50 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Hannu Siitonen | FIN | 89,58 |
| 2 | Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 85,46 | |
| 3 | Terje Thorslund | NOR | 83,68 | |
| 4 | Nikolay Grebnyev | URS | 83,66 | |
| 5 | Klaus Wolfermann | FRG | 83,36 | |
| 6 | Janis Lusis | URS | 83,06 | |
| 7 | Miklos Nemeth | HUN | 81,06 | |
| 8 | Lauri Koski-Vähälä | SWE | 79,92 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Ryszard Skowronek | POL | 8207 |
| 2 | Yves Le Roy | FRA | 8146 | |
| 3 | Guido Kratschmer | FRG | 8132 | |
| 4 | Leonid Litvinenko | URS | 8122 | |
| 5 | Ryszard Katus | POL | 7920 | |
| 6 | Philipp Andres | SUI | 7863 | |
| 7 | Josef Zeilbauer | AUT | 7792 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Blinyayev | URS | 7742 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 11,13 |
| 2 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11,23 | |
| 3 | Andrea Lynch | GBR | 11,28 | |
| 4 | Ludmila Maslakova | URS | 11,36 | |
| 5 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 11,36 | |
| 6 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | FIN | 11,42 | |
| 7 | Bärbel Eckert | GDR | 11,46 | |
| 8 | Christina Heinich | GDR | 11,63 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 22,51 |
| 2 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22,68 | |
| 3 | Mona-Lisa Pursiainen | FIN | 23,17 | |
| 4 | Ludmila Maslakova | URS | 23,31 | |
| 5 | Helen Golden | GBR | 23,38 | |
| 6 | Annegret Kroniger | FRG | 23,38 | |
| 7 | Christiana Krause | FRG | 23,78 | |
| 8 | Petra Kandarr | GDR | 23,99 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Riitta Salin | FIN | 50,14 |
| 2 | Ellen Streidt | GDR | 50,69 | |
| 3 | Rita Wilden | FRG | 50,88 | |
| 4 | Nadeshda Ilyina | URS | 51,22 | |
| 5 | Angelika Handt | GDR | 51,24 | |
| 6 | Karoline Käfer | AUT | 51,77 | |
| 7 | Verona Bernard | GBR | 52,61 | |
| 8 | Jelica Pavlicic | YUG | 53,01 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Liljana Tomova | BUL | 1,58,1 |
| 2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 1,58,8 | |
| 3 | Mariana Suman | ROM | 1,59,8 | |
| 4 | M.F. Dubois | FRA | 1,59,9 | |
| 5 | Valentina Gerassimova | URS | 2,00,1 | |
| 6 | Nina Morgunova | URS | 2,00,8 | |
| 7 | Elzbieta Katolik | POL | 2,01,4 | |
| 8 | Gisela Klein | FRG | 2,01,5 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4,02,3 |
| 2 | Liljana Tomova | BUL | 4,05,0 | |
| 3 | Grete Andersen | NOR | 4,05,2 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Kasankina | URS | 4,05,9 | |
| 5 | Tamara Pagelova | URS | 4,08,9 | |
| 6 | Ulrike Klapezynski | GDR | 4,10,5 | |
| 7 | Carmen Valero | ESP | 4,11,6 | |
| 8 | Joyce Smith | GBR | 4,12,3 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Nina Holmen | FIN | 8,55,2 |
| 2 | Ludmila Bragina | URS | 8,56,2 | |
| 3 | Joyce Smith | GBR | 8,57,4 | |
| 4 | Natalia Andrei | ROM | 8,59,0 | |
| 5 | Paola Cacchi | ITA | 9,01,4 | |
| 6 | B. Ludwichowska | POL | 9,05,2 | |
| 7 | Ann Yeoman | GBR | 9,07,0 | |
| 8 | Tamara Pangelova | URS | 9,10,6 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 42,51 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 42,75 | ||
| 3 | Poland | 43,48 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 43,94 | ||
| 5 | France | 44,18 | ||
| 6 | Hungary | 44,51 | ||
| 7 | Italy | 44,56 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,25,2 | |
| 2 | Finland | 3,25,7 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,26,1 | ||
| 4 | Poland | 3,26,4 | ||
| 5 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,27,9 | ||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3,29,6 | ||
| 7 | Romania | 3,30,8 | ||
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 3,36,3 | ||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Annelie Ehrhardt | GDR | 12,66 |
| 2 | Annerose Fiedler | GDR | 12,89 | |
| 3 | Tesesa Nowak | POL | 12,91 | |
| 4 | Valeria Stefanescu | ROM | 13,04 | |
| 5 | Gudrun Berend | GDR | 13,14 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Anissimova | URS | 13,16 | |
| 7 | Natalya Lebedyeva | URS | 13,19 | |
| 8 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | POL | 13,53 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Rosemarie Witschas | GDR | 1,95 |
| 2 | Milada Karbanova | TCH | 1,91 | |
| 3 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 1,89 | |
| 4 | Rita Kirst | GDR | 1,89 | |
| 5 | Miroslava Hübnerová | TCH | 1,86 | |
| 6 | Galina Filatova | URS | 1,86 | |
| 7 | Ulrike Meyfarth | FRG | 1,83 | |
| 8 | Maria Mracnova | TCH | 1,83 | |
| Längd | 1 | Ilona Bruzsenyak | HUN | 6,65 |
| 2 | Eva Suranova | TCH | 6,60 | |
| 3 | Pirkko Helenius | FIN | 6,59 | |
| 4 | Angela Schmalfeld | GDR | 6,56 | |
| 5 | Marianne Voelzke | GDR | 6,56 | |
| 6 | Lidiya Alfeyeva | URS | 6,54 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Timochova | URS | 6,50 | |
| 8 | Meta Antenen | SUI | 6,33 | |
| Kula | 1 | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 20,78 |
| 2 | Marianne Adam | GDR | 20,43 | |
| 3 | Helena Fibingerová | TCH | 20,33 | |
| 4 | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 19,17 | |
| 5 | Ludvika Chewinska | POL | 18,98 | |
| 6 | Marita Lange | GDR | 18,60 | |
| 7 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 18,48 | |
| 8 | Esfir Krasytsyevskaya | URS | 18,27 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Faina Myelnik | URS | 69,00 |
| 2 | Argentina Menis | ROM | 64,62 | |
| 3 | Gabriele Hinzmann | GDR | 62,50 | |
| 4 | Maria Wergowa | BUL | 61,92 | |
| 5 | Karin Höldke | GDR | 58,92 | |
| 6 | Olimpia Catarama | ROM | 58,30 | |
| 7 | Liesel Westermann | FRG | 57,40 | |
| 8 | Vassilka Stoeva | BUL | 57,12 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Ruth Fuchs | GDR | 67,22 |
| 2 | Jacqueline Todten | GDR | 62,10 | |
| 3 | Natasa Urbancic | YUG | 61,66 | |
| 4 | Lutwian Mollowa | BUL | 60,80 | |
| 5 | Sabine Kärgel | GDR | 57,10 | |
| 6 | Felicia Kinder | POL | 57,02 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Shigalova | URS | 56,64 | |
| 8 | Ameli Koloska | FRG | 56,36 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Nadyezhda Tkachenko | URS | 4776 |
| 2 | Burglinde Pollak | GDR | 4676 | |
| 3 | Zoya Spasovkhodskaya | URS | 4550 | |
| 4 | Ludmila Popovskaya | URS | 4548 | |
| 5 | Sigrun Thon | GDR | 4548 | |
| 6 | Ilona Bruzsenyak | HUN | 4399 | |
| 7 | Margit Olfert | GDR | 4391 | |
| 8 | Christel Voss | FRG | 4384 |