| 1976 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Hasely Crawford | TRI | 10,06 |
| 2 | Don Quarrie | JAM | 10,08 | |
| 3 | Valeriy Borzov | URS | 10,14 | |
| 4 | Harvey Glance | USA | 10,19 | |
| 5 | Gay Abrahams | PAN | 10,25 | |
| 6 | John Jones | USA | 10,27 | |
| 7 | Klaus-Dieter Kurrat | GDR | 10,31 | |
| 8 | Petar Petrov | BUL | 10,35 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Don Quarrie | JAM | 20,23 |
| 2 | Millard Hampton | USA | 20,29 | |
| 3 | Dwayne Evans | USA | 20,43 | |
| 4 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20,54 | |
| 5 | Rui da Silva | BRA | 20,84 | |
| 6 | Bogdan Grzejszczak | POL | 20,91 | |
| 7 | Colin Bradford | JAM | 21,17 | |
| Hasely Crawford | TRI | DNF | ||
| 400 Meter | 1 | Alberto Juantorena | CUB | 44,26 |
| 2 | Fred Newhouse | USA | 44,40 | |
| 3 | Herman Frazier | USA | 44,95 | |
| 4 | Alfons Brijdenbach | BEL | 45,04 | |
| 5 | Maxie Parks | USA | 45,24 | |
| 6 | Richard Mitchell | AUS | 45,40 | |
| 7 | David Jenkins | GBR | 45,57 | |
| 8 | Jan Werner | POL | 45,63 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Alberto Juantorena | CUB | 1,43,50 |
| 2 | Ivo Van Damme | BEL | 1,43,86 | |
| 3 | Rick Wohlhunter | USA | 1,44,12 | |
| 4 | Willi Wulbeck | FRG | 1,45,26 | |
| 5 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 1,45,44 | |
| 6 | Luciano Susanj | YUG | 1,45,75 | |
| 7 | Sri Ram Singh | IND | 1,45,77 | |
| 8 | Carlo Grippo | ITA | 1,48,39 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | John Walker | NZL | 3,39,17 |
| 2 | Ivo Van Damme | BEL | 3,39,27 | |
| 3 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann | FRG | 3,39,33 | |
| 4 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 3,39,51 | |
| 5 | Frank Clement | GBR | 3,39,65 | |
| 6 | Rick Wohlhunter | USA | 3,40,64 | |
| 7 | David Moorcroft | GBR | 3,40,94 | |
| 8 | Graham Crouch | AUS | 3,41,80 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Lasse Virén | FIN | 13,24,76 |
| 2 | Dick Quax | NZL | 13,25,16 | |
| 3 | Klaus-Peter Hildebrand | FRG | 13,25,38 | |
| 4 | Rod Dixon | NZL | 13,25,50 | |
| 5 | Brendan Foster | GBR | 13,26,19 | |
| 6 | Willy Polleunis | BEL | 13,26,99 | |
| 7 | Ian Stewart | GBR | 13,27,65 | |
| 8 | Aniceto Simoes | POR | 13,29,38 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Lasse Virén | FIN | 27,40,38 |
| 2 | Carlos Lopes | POR | 27,45,17 | |
| 3 | Brendan Foster | GBR | 27,54,92 | |
| 4 | Anthony Simmons | GBR | 27,56,26 | |
| 5 | Ilie Floroiu | ROM | 27,59,93 | |
| 6 | Mariano Haro | ESP | 28,00,28 | |
| 7 | Marcus Smet | BEL | 28,02,80 | |
| 8 | Bernard Ford | GBR | 28,17,78 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Waldemar Cierpinski | GDR | 2,09,55 |
| 2 | Frank Shorter | USA | 2,10,45 | |
| 3 | Karel Lismont | BEL | 2,11,12 | |
| 4 | Donald Kardong | USA | 2,11,15 | |
| 5 | Lasse Virén | FIN | 2,13,10 | |
| 6 | Jerome Drayton | CAN | 2,13,30 | |
| 7 | Leonid Moseyev | URS | 2,13,33 | |
| 8 | Francesco Fava | ITA | 2,14,24 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 38,33 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 38,66 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 38,78 | ||
| 4 | Poland | 38,83 | ||
| 5 | Cuba | 39,01 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 39,08 | ||
| 7 | France | 39,16 | ||
| 8 | Canada | 39,47 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | United States | 2,58,65 | |
| 2 | Poland | 3,01,43 | ||
| 3 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,01,98 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 3,02,64 | ||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3,02,84 | ||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3,03,46 | ||
| 7 | Cuba | 3,03,81 | ||
| 8 | Finland | 3,06,51 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Anders Gäredrud | SWE | 8,08,02 |
| 2 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 8,09,11 | |
| 3 | Frank Baumgartl | GDR | 8,10,36 | |
| 4 | Tapio Kantanen | FIN | 8,12,60 | |
| 5 | Michael Karst | FRG | 8,20,14 | |
| 6 | Evan Robertson | NZL | 8,21,08 | |
| 7 | Dan Glans | SWE | 8,21,53 | |
| 8 | Antonio Campos | ESP | 8,22,65 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Guy Drut | FRA | 13,30 |
| 2 | Alejandra Casanas | CUB | 13,33 | |
| 3 | Willie Davenport | USA | 13,38 | |
| 4 | Charles Foster | USA | 13,41 | |
| 5 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13,44 | |
| 6 | James Owens | USA | 13,73 | |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | URS | 13,93 | |
| 8 | Viktor Myasnikov | URS | 13,94 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Edwin Moses | USA | 47,64 |
| 2 | Mike Shine | USA | 48,69 | |
| 3 | Yevgeniy Gavrilenko | URS | 49,45 | |
| 4 | Quentin Wheeler | USA | 49,86 | |
| 5 | Jose Jesus Carvalho | POR | 49,94 | |
| 6 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 50,03 | |
| 7 | Alfonso Damaso | CUB | 50,19 | |
| 8 | Alan Pascoe | GBR | 51,29 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Jacek Wszola | POL | 2,25 |
| 2 | Greg Joy | CAN | 2,23 | |
| 3 | Dwight Stones | USA | 2,21 | |
| 4 | Sergey Budalov | URS | 2,21 | |
| 5 | Sergey Senyukov | URS | 2,18 | |
| 6 | Rodolfo Bergamo | ITA | 2,18 | |
| 7 | Rolf Beilschmidt | FRG | 2,18 | |
| 8 | Jesper Tørring | DEN | 2,18 | |
| Stav | 1 | Tadeusz Slusarski | POL | 5,50 |
| 2 | Antti Kalliomäki | FIN | 5,50 | |
| 3 | David Roberts | USA | 5,50 | |
| 4 | Patrick Abada | FRA | 5,45 | |
| 5 | Wojciech Buciarski | POL | 5,45 | |
| 6 | Earl Bell | USA | 5,45 | |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Bellot | FRA | 5,40 | |
| 8 | Itsuo Takanazawa | JPN | 5,40 | |
| Längd | 1 | Arnie Robinson | USA | 8,35 |
| 2 | Randy Williams | FRG | 8,11 | |
| 3 | Frank Wartenberg | GDR | 8,02 | |
| 4 | Jacques Rousseau | FRA | 8,00 | |
| 5 | Joao Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 8,00 | |
| 6 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 7,89 | |
| 7 | Valeriy Podluzhniy | URS | 7,88 | |
| 8 | Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 7,84 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 17,29 |
| 2 | James Butts | USA | 17,18 | |
| 3 | Joao Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 16,90 | |
| 4 | Pedro Perez | CUB | 16,81 | |
| 5 | Thomas Haynes | USA | 16,78 | |
| 6 | Wolfgang Kolmsee | FRG | 16,68 | |
| 7 | Eugeniusz Biskupski | POL | 16,49 | |
| 8 | Carlo Corbu | ROM | 16,43 | |
| Kula | 1 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21,05 |
| 2 | Yevgenyi Mironov | URS | 21,03 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 21,00 | |
| 4 | Al Feuerbach | USA | 20,55 | |
| 5 | Hans-Peter Gies | GDR | 20,47 | |
| 6 | Geoff Capes | GBR | 20,36 | |
| 7 | George Woods | USA | 20,26 | |
| 8 | Hans Höglund | SWE | 20,17 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 67,50 |
| 2 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 66,22 | |
| 3 | John Powell | USA | 65,70 | |
| 4 | Norbert Thiede | GDR | 64,30 | |
| 5 | Siegfried Pachale | GDR | 64,24 | |
| 6 | Pentti Kahma | FIN | 63,12 | |
| 7 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 63,06 | |
| 8 | Jay Silvester | USA | 61,98 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 77,52 |
| 2 | Aleksey Spiridonov | URS | 76,08 | |
| 3 | Anatoliy Bondarchuk | URS | 75,48 | |
| 4 | Karl-Hans Riehm | FRG | 75,46 | |
| 5 | Walter Schmidt | FRG | 74,72 | |
| 6 | Jochen Sachse | GDR | 74,30 | |
| 7 | Christopher Black | GBR | 73,18 | |
| 8 | Edwin Klein | FRG | 71,34 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Miklos Nemeth | HUN | 94,58 |
| 2 | Hannu Siitonen | FIN | 87,92 | |
| 3 | Gheorghe Megelea | ROM | 87,16 | |
| 4 | Piotr Bielczyk | POL | 86,50 | |
| 5 | Sam Colson | USA | 86,16 | |
| 6 | Vasiliy Yershov | URS | 85,26 | |
| 7 | Seppo Hovinen | FIN | 84,26 | |
| 8 | Janis Lusis | URS | 80,26 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Bruce Jenner | USA | 8618 |
| 2 | Guida Kratschmer | FRG | 8411 | |
| 3 | Nikolay Avilov | URS | 8369 | |
| 4 | Raimo Pihl | SWE | 8218 | |
| 5 | Ryszard Skowronek | POL | 8113 | |
| 6 | Siegfried Stark | GDR | 8048 | |
| 7 | Leonid Litvinenko | URS | 8025 | |
| 8 | Lennart Hedmark | SWE | 7974 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 11,08 |
| 2 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 11,13 | |
| 3 | Inge Helten | FRG | 11,17 | |
| 4 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11,23 | |
| 5 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11,24 | |
| 6 | Chandra Cheeseborough | USA | 11,31 | |
| 7 | Andrea Lynch | GBR | 11,32 | |
| 8 | Marlies Oelsner | GDR | 11,34 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Bärbel Eckert | GDR | 22,37 |
| 2 | Annegret Richter | FRG | 22,39 | |
| 3 | Renate Stecher | GDR | 22,47 | |
| 4 | Carla Bodendorf | GDR | 22,64 | |
| 5 | Inge Helten | FRG | 22,68 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Prorochenko | URS | 23,03 | |
| 7 | Denise Robertson | AUS | 23,05 | |
| 8 | Chantal Rega | FRA | 23,09 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Irena Szewinska | POL | 49,29 |
| 2 | Christina Brehmer | GDR | 50,51 | |
| 3 | Ellen Streidt | GDR | 50,55 | |
| 4 | Pirjo Häggman | FIN | 50,56 | |
| 5 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 50,65 | |
| 6 | Sheila Ingram | USA | 50,90 | |
| 7 | Riitta Salin | FIN | 50,98 | |
| 8 | Debra Sapenter | USA | 51,66 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | 1,54,94 |
| 2 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 1,55,42 | |
| 3 | Elfi Zinn | GDR | 1,55,60 | |
| 4 | Anita Weiss | GDR | 1,55,74 | |
| 5 | Svetlana Styrkina | URS | 1,56,44 | |
| 6 | Svetla Zlateva | BUL | 1,57,21 | |
| 7 | Doris Gluth | GDR | 1,58,99 | |
| 8 | Mariana Suman | ROM | 2,02,21 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | 4,05,48 |
| 2 | Gunhild Hoffmeister | GDR | 4,06,02 | |
| 3 | Ulrike Klapezynski | GDR | 4,06,09 | |
| 4 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 4,06,57 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Bragina | URS | 4,07,20 | |
| 6 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4,07,27 | |
| 7 | Ellen Wellmann | FRG | 4,07,91 | |
| 8 | Janice Merrill | USA | 4,08,54 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 42,55 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 42,59 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 43,09 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 43,17 | ||
| 5 | Australia | 43,18 | ||
| 6 | Jamaica | 43,24 | ||
| 7 | United States | 43,35 | ||
| 8 | Great Britain | 43,79 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,19,23 | |
| 2 | United States | 3,22,81 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,24,24 | ||
| 4 | Australia | 3,25,56 | ||
| 5 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,25,71 | ||
| 6 | Finland | 3,25,87 | ||
| 7 | Great Britain | 3,28,01 | ||
| 8 | Canada | 3,28,91 | ||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Johanna Schaller | GDR | 12,77 |
| 2 | Tatyana Anisimova | URS | 12,78 | |
| 3 | Natalya Lebedyeva | URS | 12,80 | |
| 4 | Gudrun Berend | GDR | 12,82 | |
| 5 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | POL | 12,96 | |
| 6 | Esther Rot | ISR | 13,04 | |
| 7 | Valeria Stefanescu | ROM | 13,35 | |
| 8 | Ileana Ongar | ITA | 13,51 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GDR | 1,93 |
| 2 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 1,91 | |
| 3 | Yordanka Blagoeva | BUL | 1,91 | |
| 4 | Maria Mracnova | TCH | 1,89 | |
| 5 | Joni Huntley | USA | 1,89 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Shlakhto | URS | 1,87 | |
| 7 | Annette Tånnander | SWE | 1,87 | |
| 8 | Cornelia Popa | ROM | 1,87 | |
| Längd | 1 | Angela Voigt | GDR | 6,72 |
| 2 | Kathy McMillan | USA | 6,66 | |
| 3 | Lidiya Alfeyeva | URS | 6,60 | |
| 4 | Sigrun Siegl | GDR | 6,59 | |
| 5 | Ildiko Erdelyi-Szabó | HUN | 6,57 | |
| 6 | Jarmila Nygrynova | TCH | 6,54 | |
| 7 | Heidemarie Wycisk | GDR | 6,39 | |
| 8 | Elena Vintila | ROM | 6,38 | |
| Kula | 1 | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 21,16 |
| 2 | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 20,96 | |
| 3 | Helena Fibingerova | TCH | 20,67 | |
| 4 | Marianne Adam | GDR | 20,55 | |
| 5 | Ilona Schoknecht | GDR | 20,54 | |
| 6 | Margitta Droese | GDR | 19,79 | |
| 7 | Eva Wilms | FRG | 19,29 | |
| 8 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 18,89 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Evelin Schlaak | GDR | 69,00 |
| 2 | Maria Vergova | BUL | 67,30 | |
| 3 | Gabriele Hinzmann | GDR | 66,84 | |
| 4 | Faina Melnik | URS | 66,40 | |
| 5 | Sabina Engel | GDR | 65,88 | |
| 6 | Argentina Menis | ROM | 65,38 | |
| 7 | Maria Betancourt | CUB | 63,86 | |
| 8 | Natalya Gorbatcheva | URS | 63,46 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Ruth Fuchs | GDR | 65,94 |
| 2 | Marion Becker | FRG | 64,70 | |
| 3 | Kathy Schmidt | USA | 63,96 | |
| 4 | Jaqueline Hein-Todten | GDR | 63,84 | |
| 5 | Sabine Sebrowski | GDR | 63,08 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Babich | URS | 59,42 | |
| 7 | Nadezhda Yakubovich | URS | 59,16 | |
| 8 | Karin Smith | USA | 57,50 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Siegrun Siegl | GDR | 4745 |
| 2 | Christine Laser | GDR | 4745 | |
| 3 | Burglinde Pollak | GDR | 4740 | |
| 4 | Lyudmila Popovskaya | URS | 4700 | |
| 5 | Nadezhda Tkachenko | URS | 4669 | |
| 6 | Diana Jones | CAN | 4582 | |
| 7 | Jane Frederick | USA | 4566 | |
| 8 | Margit Papp | HUN | 4535 | |