| 1982 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 10,21 |
| 2 | Pier Francesco Pavoni | ITA | 10,25 | |
| 3 | Marian Woronin | POL | 10,28 | |
| 4 | Cameron Sharp | GBR | 10,28 | |
| 5 | Nikolay Sidorov | URS | 10,32 | |
| 6 | Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 10,35 | |
| 7 | Bernard Petitbois | FRA | 10,50 | |
| 8 | Kosmas Stratos | GRE | 12,56 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 20,46 |
| 2 | Cameron Sharp | GBR | 20,47 | |
| 3 | Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 20,60 | |
| 4 | Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 20,61 | |
| 5 | Istvan Nagy | HUN | 20,62 | |
| 6 | Patrick Barré | FRA | 20,75 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Murayov | URS | 20,76 | |
| 8 | Sergey Sokolov | URS | 20,81 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Hartmut Weber | FRG | 44,72 |
| 2 | Andreas Knebel | GDR | 45,29 | |
| 3 | Viktor Markin | URS | 45,30 | |
| 4 | Phillip Brown | GBR | 45,45 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Troshchilo | URS | 45,67 | |
| 6 | Pavel Konovalov | URS | 45,84 | |
| 7 | Zeljko Knapic | YUG | 46,20 | |
| 8 | Thomas Giessing | FRG | 48,70 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Hans-Peter Ferner | FRG | 1,46,33 |
| 2 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 1,46,68 | |
| 3 | Jorma Härkönen | FIN | 1,46,90 | |
| 4 | Garry Cook | GBR | 1,46,94 | |
| 5 | Rob Druppers | NED | 1,47,06 | |
| 6 | Detlef Wagenknecht | GDR | 1,47,06 | |
| 7 | Olaf Beyer | GDR | 1,47,36 | |
| 8 | Willi Wülbeck | FRG | 1,49,80 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3,36,49 |
| 2 | Nikolay Kirov | URS | 3,36,99 | |
| 3 | José Abascal | ESP | 3,37,04 | |
| 4 | Robert Nemeth | AUT | 3,37,81 | |
| 5 | Vitaliy Tishchenko | URS | 3,38,15 | |
| 6 | Uwe Becker | FRG | 3,38,17 | |
| 7 | Pierre Délèze | SUI | 3,39,64 | |
| 8 | Raymond Flynn | IRL | 3,40,44 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 13,28,90 |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer | GDR | 13,30,03 | |
| 3 | David Moorcroft | GBR | 13,30,42 | |
| 4 | Yevgeni Ignatov | BUL | 13,30,95 | |
| 5 | Dietmar Millonig | AUT | 13,31,03 | |
| 6 | Valeriy Abramov | URS | 13,31,26 | |
| 7 | Tim Hutchings | GBR | 13,31,83 | |
| 8 | Martti Vainio | FIN | 13,33,69 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Alberto Cova | ITA | 27,41,03 |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer | GDR | 27,41,21 | |
| 3 | Martti Vainio | FIN | 27,42,51 | |
| 4 | Carlos Lopes | POR | 27,47,95 | |
| 5 | Julian Goater | GBR | 28,10,98 | |
| 6 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 28,21,07 | |
| 7 | Steve Jones | GBR | 28,22,94 | |
| 8 | Charles Spedding | GBR | 28,25,91 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Gerard Nijboer | NED | 2,15,16 |
| 2 | Armand Parmentier | BEL | 2,15,51 | |
| 3 | Karel Lismont | BEL | 2,16,04 | |
| 4 | Pertti Tiainen | FIN | 2,16,27 | |
| 5 | Jukka Toivola | FIN | 2,17,31 | |
| 6 | Waldemar Cierpinski | GDR | 2,17,50 | |
| 7 | Ryszard Marczak | POL | 2,17,53 | |
| 8 | Ciampaolo Messina | ITA | 2,18,20 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 38,60 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 38,71 | ||
| 3 | Federal Republic of Germany | 38,71 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 38,96 | ||
| 5 | Poland | 39,00 | ||
| 6 | Hungary | 39,01 | ||
| 7 | France | 39,22 | ||
| 8 | Bulgaria | 39,39 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,00,51 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3,00,68 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,00,80 | ||
| 4 | Poland | 3,02,77 | ||
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 3,02,82 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 3,03,21 | ||
| 7 | France | 3,04,73 | ||
| 8 | Sweden | 3,06,91 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Patriz Ilg | FRG | 8,18,52 |
| 2 | Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8,19,22 | |
| 3 | Domingo Ramón | ESP | 8,20,48 | |
| 4 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8,21,33 | |
| 5 | Wolfgang Konrad | AUT | 8,21,95 | |
| 6 | Ilkka Äyräväinen | FIN | 8,24,19 | |
| 7 | Mariano Scartezzini | ITA | 8,24,68 | |
| 8 | Tommy Ekblom | FIN | 8,27,15 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13,41 |
| 2 | Andrey Prokofyev | URS | 13,46 | |
| 3 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13,60 | |
| 4 | Wilbert Greaves | GBR | 13,67 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Puchkov | URS | 13,79 | |
| 6 | Romuald Giegiel | POL | 13,82 | |
| 7 | Karl-Werner Dönges | FRG | 13,83 | |
| 8 | Holger Pohland | GDR | 13,89 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 47,48 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Yatsevich | URS | 48,60 | |
| 3 | Uwe Ackermann | GDR | 48,64 | |
| 4 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | URS | 48,68 | |
| 5 | Ryszard Szparak | POL | 49,41 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 49,56 | |
| 7 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49,64 | |
| 8 | Toma Tomov | BUL | 50,10 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Dietmar Mögenburg | FRG | 2,30 |
| 2 | Janusz Trzepizur | POL | 2,27 | |
| 3 | Gerd Nagel | FRG | 2,24 | |
| 4 | André Schneider | FRG | 2,24 | |
| 5 | Valeriy Sereda | URS | 2,21 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Granenkov | URS | 2,21 | |
| 7 | Roland Dalhäuser | SUI | 2,21 | |
| 8 | Franck Bonnet | FRA | 2,18 | |
| Stav | 1 | Aleksandr Krupskiy | URS | 5,60 |
| 2 | Vladimir Polyakov | URS | 5,60 | |
| 3 | Atanas Tarev | BUL | 5,60 | |
| 4 | Miro Zalar | SWE | 5,55 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Chernyayev | URS | 5,50 | |
| 6 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5,50 | |
| 7 | Günther Lohre | FRG | 5,50 | |
| Frantisek Jansa | TCH | 5,50 | ||
| Längd | 1 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 8,41 |
| 2 | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 8,19 | |
| 3 | Jan Leitner | TCH | 8,08 | |
| 4 | Zdenek Mazur | TCH | 8,08 | |
| 5 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 7,93 | |
| 6 | Giovanni Evangilisti | ITA | 7,89 | |
| 7 | Atanas Chochev | BUL | 7,89 | |
| 8 | Atanas Atanasov | BUL | 7,82 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Keith Connor | GBR | 17,29 |
| 2 | Vassiliy Grishchenkov | URS | 17,15 | |
| 3 | Bela Bakosi | HUN | 17,04 | |
| 4 | Gennadiy Valyukyevich | URS | 16,95 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Beskrovny | URS | 16,82 | |
| 6 | Bedros Bedrosian | ROM | 16,46 | |
| 7 | Markku Rokala | FIN | 16,32 | |
| 8 | Roberto Mazzucato | ITA | 16,13 | |
| Kula | 1 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21,50 |
| 2 | Janis Bojars | URS | 20,81 | |
| 3 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20,59 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 20,52 | |
| 5 | Mathias Schmidt | GDR | 20,51 | |
| 6 | Peter Block | GDR | 20,49 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Kiselyov | URS | 20,40 | |
| 8 | Sergey Gavryushin | URS | 20,15 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Imrich Bugar | TCH | 66,64 |
| 2 | Igor Duginets | URS | 65,60 | |
| 3 | Wolfgang Warnemünde | GDR | 64,20 | |
| 4 | Armin Lemme | GDR | 63,94 | |
| 5 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko | URS | 62,82 | |
| 6 | Gejza Valent | TCH | 61,98 | |
| 7 | Ion Zamfirache | ROM | 61,66 | |
| 8 | Iosif Naghi | ROM | 60,56 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 81,66 |
| 2 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 79,44 | |
| 3 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 78,66 | |
| 4 | Ireneusz Golda | POL | 76,58 | |
| 5 | Harri Huhtala | FIN | 76,12 | |
| 6 | Detlef Gerstenberg | GDR | 75,32 | |
| 7 | Roland Steuk | GDR | 74,76 | |
| 8 | Klaus Ploghaus | FRG | 74,52 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Uwe Hohn | GDR | 91,34 |
| 2 | Heino Puuste | URS | 89,56 | |
| 3 | Detlef Michel | GDR | 89,32 | |
| 4 | Dainis Kula | URS | 87,84 | |
| 5 | Arto Härkönen | FIN | 86,76 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Makarov | URS | 86,08 | |
| 7 | Antero Toivonen | FIN | 84,34 | |
| 8 | Agostino Ghesini | ITA | 81,10 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8743 |
| 2 | Jürgen Hingsen | FRG | 8517 | |
| 3 | Siegfried Stark | GDR | 8433 | |
| 4 | Steffen Grummt | GDR | 8217 | |
| 5 | Georg Werthner | AUT | 8171 | |
| 6 | Grigoriy Degtyaryov | URS | 8160 | |
| 7 | Valeriy Katyanov | URS | 8116 | |
| 8 | Christian Gugler | SUI | 8035 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Marlies Göhr | GDR | 11,01 |
| 2 | Bärbel Wöckel | GDR | 11,20 | |
| 3 | Rose-Aimée Bacoul | FRA | 11,29 | |
| 4 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 11,30 | |
| 5 | Gesine Walther | GDR | 11,38 | |
| 6 | Laurence Bily | FRA | 11,45 | |
| 7 | Nadezhda Georgieva | BUL | 11,68 | |
| 8 | Wendy Hoyte | GBR | 12,35 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Bärbel Wöckel | GDR | 22,04 |
| 2 | Kathy Smallwood | GBR | 22,13 | |
| 3 | Sabine Rieger | GDR | 22,51 | |
| 4 | Gesine Walther | GDR | 22,60 | |
| 5 | Beverly Callender | GBR | 22,91 | |
| 6 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 22,93 | |
| 7 | Liliane Gaschet | FRA | 22,97 | |
| 8 | Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 23,08 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | 48,16 |
| 2 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | TCH | 48,85 | |
| 3 | Tatana Kocembova | TCH | 50,55 | |
| 4 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 50,57 | |
| 5 | Irina Baskakova | URS | 50,58 | |
| 6 | Dagmar Rübsam | GDR | 50,76 | |
| 7 | Gaby Bussmann | FRG | 50,93 | |
| 8 | Judit Forgacs | HUN | 52,49 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Olga Mineyeva | URS | 1,55,41 |
| 2 | Ludmila Veselkova | URS | 1,55,96 | |
| 3 | Margit Klinger | FRG | 1,57,22 | |
| 4 | Jolanta Januchta | POL | 1,57,92 | |
| 5 | Hildegard Ullrich | GDR | 1,58,19 | |
| 6 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 1,59,65 | |
| 7 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 2,01,77 | |
| 8 | Wanda Stefanska | POL | 2,03,05 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Olga Dvirna | URS | 3,57,80 |
| 2 | Zamira Zaitseva | URS | 3,58,82 | |
| 3 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 3,59,02 | |
| 4 | Maricica Puica | ROM | 3,59,31 | |
| 5 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4,00,78 | |
| 6 | Tamara Sorokina | URS | 4,01,22 | |
| 7 | Vesela Jatsinska | BUL | 4,06,98 | |
| 8 | Elly van Hulst | NED | 4,07,76 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Svetlana Ulmasova | URS | 8,30,28 |
| 2 | Maricica Puica | ROM | 8,33,33 | |
| 3 | Yelena Sipatova | URS | 8,34,06 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Pozdnyakova | URS | 8,38,98 | |
| 5 | Birgit Friedmann | FRG | 8,43,65 | |
| 6 | Margherita Gargano | ITA | 8,48,73 | |
| 7 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | 8,51,60 | |
| 8 | Ingrid Kristiansen | NOR | 8,51,79 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2,36,03 |
| 2 | Laura Fogli | ITA | 2,36,28 | |
| 3 | Ingrid Kristiansen | NOR | 2,36,38 | |
| 4 | Alba Milana | ITA | 2,38,54 | |
| 5 | Carla Beurskens | NED | 2,39,22 | |
| 6 | Karolin Szabo | HUN | 2,40,50 | |
| 7 | Marie-Louise Hamrin | SWE | 2,42,14 | |
| 8 | Soya Ivanova | URS | 2,42,43 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 42,19 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 42,66 | ||
| 3 | France | 42,69 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 43,10 | ||
| 5 | Soviet Union | 43,39 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 43,99 | ||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | DNF | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,19,05 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3,22,17 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,22,79 | ||
| 4 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,25,71 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3,25,82 | ||
| 6 | Romania | 3,29,26 | ||
| 7 | Poland | 3,29,32 | ||
| 8 | Sweden | 3,35,83 | ||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Lucyna Langer | POL | 12,45 |
| 2 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12,54 | |
| 3 | Kerstin Knabe | GDR | 12,54 | |
| 4 | Bettine Gärtz | GDR | 12,55 | |
| 5 | Maria Merchuk | URS | 12,85 | |
| 6 | Vera Komisova | URS | 12,92 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Anisimova | URS | 13,06 | |
| 8 | Ginka Sagorcheva | BUL | 13,14 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Ann-Louise Skoglund | SWE | 54,58 |
| 2 | Petra Pfaff | GDR | 54,90 | |
| 3 | Chantal Réga | FRA | 54,94 | |
| 4 | Anna Kastetskaya | URS | 55,09 | |
| 5 | Yelena Filipishina | URS | 55,09 | |
| 6 | Birgit Uibel | GDR | 55,70 | |
| 7 | Jekaterina Fesenko | URS | 55,86 | |
| 8 | Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 56,89 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Ulrike Meyfarth | FRG | 2,02 |
| 2 | Tamara Bykova | URS | 1,97 | |
| 3 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 1,97 | |
| 4 | Gaby Meier | SUI | 1,94 | |
| 5 | Jutta Kirst | GDR | 1,94 | |
| 6 | Ludmila Andonova | BUL | 1,91 | |
| 7 | Andrea Bienias | GDR | 1,91 | |
| 8 | Katalin Sterk | HUN | 1,91 | |
| Längd | 1 | Valeria Ionescu | ROM | 6,79 |
| 2 | Anisoara Cusmir | ROM | 6,73 | |
| 3 | Yelena Ivanova | URS | 6,73 | |
| 4 | Heike Daute | GDR | 6,71 | |
| 5 | Anna Wlodarczyk | POL | 6,69 | |
| 6 | Sabine Everts | FRG | 6,67 | |
| 7 | Christine Schima | GDR | 6,64 | |
| 8 | Karin Antretter | FRG | 6,55 | |
| Kula | 1 | Ilona Slupianek | GDR | 21,59 |
| 2 | Helena Fibingerová | TCH | 20,94 | |
| 3 | Nunu Abashidze | URS | 20,82 | |
| 4 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 20,35 | |
| 5 | Verzhiniya Veselinova | BUL | 20,23 | |
| 6 | Helma Knorscheidt | GDR | 20,21 | |
| 7 | Liana Schmuhl | GDR | 20,09 | |
| 8 | Mihaela Loghin | ROM | 18,91 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 68,34 |
| 2 | Mariya Vergova | BUL | 67,94 | |
| 3 | Gaina Savinkova | URS | 67,82 | |
| 4 | Gisela Beyer | GDR | 66,78 | |
| 5 | Silvia Madetzky | GDR | 66,64 | |
| 6 | Galina Murashova | URS | 65,30 | |
| 7 | Florenta Craciunescu | ROM | 64,00 | |
| 8 | Irina Meszynski | GDR | 63,78 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Anna Verouli | GRE | 70,02 |
| 2 | Antje Kempe | GDR | 67,94 | |
| 3 | Sofia Sakorafa | GRE | 67,04 | |
| 4 | Tiina Lillak | FIN | 66,26 | |
| 5 | Ute Richter | GDR | 65,88 | |
| 6 | Eva Helmschmidt | FRG | 65,82 | |
| 7 | Petra Felke | GDR | 65,56 | |
| 8 | Fatima Whitbread | GBR | 65,10 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Ramona Neubert | GDR | 6622 |
| 2 | Sabine Möbius | GDR | 6594 | |
| 3 | Sabine Everts | FRG | 6418 | |
| 4 | Anke Vater | GDR | 6390 | |
| 5 | Natalya Shubenkova | URS | 6361 | |
| 6 | Valentina Dimitrova | BUL | 6324 | |
| 7 | Judy Livermore | GBR | 6287 | |
| 8 | Ludmila Kolyadina | URS | 6101 |