| 1983 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 10,07 |
| 2 | Calvin Smith | USA | 10,21 | |
| 3 | Emmit King | USA | 10,24 | |
| 4 | Allan Wells | GBR | 10,27 | |
| 5 | Juan Nunez | DOM | 10,29 | |
| 6 | Christian Haas | FRG | 10,32 | |
| 7 | Paul Narracott | AUS | 10,33 | |
| 8 | Desai Williams | CAN | 10,36 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Calvin Smith | USA | 20,14 |
| 2 | Elliott Quow | USA | 20,41 | |
| 3 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20,51 | |
| 4 | Allan Wells | GBR | 20,52 | |
| 5 | Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 20,55 | |
| 6 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 20,63 | |
| 7 | Carlo Simionato | ITA | 20,69 | |
| 8 | Joao Batista da Silva | BRA | 20,80 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 45,05 |
| 2 | Michael Franks | USA | 45,22 | |
| 3 | Sunder Nix | USA | 45,24 | |
| 4 | Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 45,37 | |
| 5 | Harmut Weber | FRG | 45,49 | |
| 6 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 45,50 | |
| 7 | Michael Paul | TRI | 45,80 | |
| 8 | Gerson de Souza | BRA | 45,91 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Willie Wulbeck | FRG | 1,43,65 |
| 2 | Rob Druppers | NED | 1,44,20 | |
| 3 | Joaquim Cruz | BRA | 1,44,27 | |
| 4 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 1,44,87 | |
| 5 | James Robinson | USA | 1,45,12 | |
| 6 | Agberto Guimaraes | BRA | 1,45,46 | |
| 7 | Hans-Peter Ferner | FRG | 1,45,74 | |
| 8 | David Patrick | USA | 1,46,56 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3,41,59 |
| 2 | Steve Scott | USA | 3,41,87 | |
| 3 | Said Aouita | MAR | 3,42,02 | |
| 4 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 3,42,34 | |
| 5 | José M. Abascal | ESP | 3,42,47 | |
| 6 | Pierre Délèze | SUI | 3,43,69 | |
| 7 | Andreas Busse | GDR | 3,43,72 | |
| 8 | Dragan Zdravkovic | YUG | 3,43,75 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 13,28,53 |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer | GDR | 13,30,20 | |
| 3 | Martti Vainio | FIN | 13,30,34 | |
| 4 | Dmitriy Dimitriev | URS | 13,30,38 | |
| 5 | Doug Padilla | USA | 13,32,08 | |
| 6 | Thomas Wessinghage | FRG | 13,32,46 | |
| 7 | Wodago Bulti | ETH | 13,34,03 | |
| 8 | Dietmar Millonig | AUT | 13,36,08 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Alberto Cova | ITA | 28,01,04 |
| 2 | Werner Schildhauer | GDR | 28,01,18 | |
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 28,01,26 | |
| 4 | Martti Vainio | FIN | 28,01,37 | |
| 5 | Gidemas Shahanga | TAN | 28,01,93 | |
| 6 | Carlos Lopes | POR | 28,06,78 | |
| 7 | Nick Rose | GBR | 28,07,53 | |
| 8 | Christoph Herle | FRG | 28,09,05 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Rob de Castella | AUS | 2,10,03 |
| 2 | Kebede Balcha | ETH | 2,10,27 | |
| 3 | Waldemar Cierpinski | GDR | 2,10,37 | |
| 4 | Kjell Erik Ståhl | SWE | 2,10,38 | |
| 5 | Agapius Masong | TAN | 2,10,42 | |
| 6 | Armand Parmentier | BEL | 2,10,57 | |
| 7 | Pier Giovanni Poli | ITA | 2,11,05 | |
| 8 | Hugh Jones | GBR | 2,11,15 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 37,86 | |
| 2 | Italy | 38,37 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 38,41 | ||
| 4 | German Democratic Republic | 38,51 | ||
| 5 | Federal Republic of Germany | 38,56 | ||
| 6 | Poland | 38,72 | ||
| 7 | Jamaica | 38,75 | ||
| 8 | France | 38,98 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 3,00,79 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,01,83 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3,03,53 | ||
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3,03,90 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 3,05,10 | ||
| 6 | United States | 3,05,29 | ||
| 7 | Sweden | 3,08,57 | ||
| Poland | DQ | |||
| Hinder | 1 | Patriz Ilg | FRG | 8,15,06 |
| 2 | Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8,17,03 | |
| 3 | Colin Reitz | GBR | 8,17,75 | |
| 4 | Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | 8,18,32 | |
| 5 | Roger Hackney | GBR | 8,19,38 | |
| 6 | Graeme Fell | GBR | 8,20,01 | |
| 7 | Julius Korir | KEN | 8,20,11 | |
| 8 | Henry Marsh | USA | 8,20,45 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Greg Foster | USA | 13,42 |
| 2 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13,46 | |
| 3 | Willie Gault | USA | 13,48 | |
| 4 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13,56 | |
| 5 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13,66 | |
| 6 | György Bakos | HUN | 13,68 | |
| 7 | Venzislav Radev | BUL | 13,73 | |
| 8 | Sam Turner | USA | 13,82 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Edwin Moses | USA | 47,50 |
| 2 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 48,61 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kharlov | URS | 49,03 | |
| 4 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49,06 | |
| 5 | Andre Phillips | USA | 49,24 | |
| 6 | David Lee | USA | 49,32 | |
| 7 | Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 49,61 | |
| 8 | Ryszard Szparak | POL | 49,78 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Gennadiy Avdeyenko | URS | 2,32 |
| 2 | Tyke Peacock | USA | 2,32 | |
| 3 | Zhu Jianhua | CHN | 2,29 | |
| 4 | Igor Paklin | URS | 2,29 | |
| Dietmar Mögenburg | FRG | 2,29 | ||
| 6 | Dwight Stones | USA | 2,29 | |
| 7 | Carlo Thränhardt | FRG | 2,26 | |
| 8 | Valeriy Sereda | URS | 2,26 | |
| Stav | 1 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5,70 |
| 2 | Konstantin Volkov | URS | 5,60 | |
| 3 | Atanas Tarev | BUL | 5,60 | |
| 4 | Tadeusz Slusarski | POL | 5,55 | |
| 5 | Tom Hintnaus | BRA | 5,50 | |
| 6 | Patrick Abada | FRA | 5,50 | |
| 7 | Miro Zalar | SWE | 5,50 | |
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5,40 | |
| Längd | 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8,55 |
| 2 | Jason Grimes | USA | 8,29 | |
| 3 | Mike Conley | USA | 8,12 | |
| 4 | Laszlo Szalma | HUN | 8,12 | |
| 5 | Nenad Stekic | YUG | 8,09 | |
| 6 | Gary Honey | AUS | 8,06 | |
| 7 | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 8,06 | |
| 8 | Yusuf Alli | NGR | 7,89 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Zdzislaw Hoffman | POL | 17,42 |
| 2 | Willie Banks | USA | 17,18 | |
| 3 | Ajayi Agbebaku | NGR | 17,18 | |
| 4 | Mike Conley | USA | 17,13 | |
| 5 | Vlastimil Marinec | TCH | 17,13 | |
| 6 | Jan Cado | TCH | 17,06 | |
| 7 | Bela Bakosi | HUN | 16,83 | |
| 8 | Al Joyner | USA | 16,76 | |
| Kula | 1 | Edward Sarul | POL | 21,39 |
| 2 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21,16 | |
| 3 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20,98 | |
| 4 | Dave Laut | USA | 20,60 | |
| 5 | Janis Bojars | URS | 20,32 | |
| 6 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20,09 | |
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 20,07 | |
| 8 | Aulis Akonniemi | FIN | 19,85 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Imrich Bugar | TCH | 67,72 |
| 2 | Luis Delis | CUB | 67,36 | |
| 3 | Geza Valent | TCH | 66,08 | |
| 4 | Ari Huumonen | FIN | 65,44 | |
| 5 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 64,92 | |
| 6 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko | URS | 64,74 | |
| 7 | Juan Martinez | CUB | 64,26 | |
| 8 | Art Burns | USA | 63,22 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 82,68 |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 80,94 | |
| 3 | Zdzislaw Kwasny | POL | 79,42 | |
| 4 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 79,34 | |
| 5 | Gunter Rodehau | GDR | 77,08 | |
| 6 | Klaus Ploghaus | FRG | 76,96 | |
| 7 | Karl-Hans Riehm | FRG | 76,92 | |
| 8 | Emanuil Djulgerov | BUL | 76,64 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Detlef Michel | GDR | 89,48 |
| 2 | Tom Petranoff | USA | 85,60 | |
| 3 | Dainis Kula | URS | 85,58 | |
| 4 | Heino Puuste | URS | 84,56 | |
| 5 | Per Erling Olsen | NOR | 83,54 | |
| 6 | Kenth Eldebrink | SWE | 83,28 | |
| 7 | Zdenek Adamec | TCH | 81,30 | |
| 8 | Klaus Tafelmeier | FRG | 80,42 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8666 |
| 2 | Jurgen Hingsen | FRG | 8561 | |
| 3 | Siegfried Wentz | FRG | 8478 | |
| 4 | Uwe Freimuth | GDR | 8433 | |
| 5 | Stephan Nicklaus | SUI | 8212 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Newskiy | URS | 8201 | |
| 7 | Torsten Voss | GDR | 8167 | |
| 8 | Steffen Grummt | GDR | 8149 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Marlies Göhr | GDR | 10,97 |
| 2 | Marita Koch | GDR | 11,02 | |
| 3 | Diane Williams | USA | 11,06 | |
| 4 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11,19 | |
| 5 | Angela Bailey | CAN | 11,20 | |
| 6 | Helinä Marjamaa | FIN | 11,24 | |
| 7 | Angella Taylor | CAN | 11,30 | |
| Evelyn Ashford | USA | DNF | ||
| 200 Meter | 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | 22,13 |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22,19 | |
| 3 | Kathryn Cook | GBR | 22,37 | |
| 4 | Florence Griffith | USA | 22,46 | |
| 5 | Grace Jackson | JAM | 22,63 | |
| 6 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 22,68 | |
| 7 | Angela Bailey | CAN | 22,93 | |
| 8 | Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 23,03 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | TCH | 47,99 |
| 2 | Tatiana Kocembová | TCH | 48,59 | |
| 3 | Maria Pinigina | URS | 49,19 | |
| 4 | Gaby Bussmann | FRG | 49,75 | |
| 5 | Marita Payne | CAN | 50,06 | |
| 6 | Irina Baskakova | URS | 50,48 | |
| 7 | Dagmar Rübsam | GDR | 50,48 | |
| 8 | Rosalyn Bryant | USA | 50,66 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | TCH | 1,54,68 |
| 2 | Lyubov Gurina | URS | 1,56,11 | |
| 3 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | URS | 1,57,58 | |
| 4 | Margit Klinger | FRG | 1,58,11 | |
| 5 | Robin Campbell | USA | 2,00,03 | |
| 6 | Diona Melinte | ROM | 2,00,13 | |
| 7 | Milena Matejkovicova | TCH | 2,01,72 | |
| 8 | Antje Schröder | GDR | 2,02,13 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Mary Decker | USA | 4,00,90 |
| 2 | Zamira Zaytseva | URS | 4,01,19 | |
| 3 | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | URS | 4,02,25 | |
| 4 | Ravilya Agletdinova | URS | 4,02,67 | |
| 5 | Wendy Sly | GBR | 4,04,14 | |
| 6 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4,04,42 | |
| 7 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4,04,73 | |
| 8 | Brit McRoberts | CAN | 4,05,73 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Mary Decker | USA | 8,34,62 |
| 2 | Brigitte Kraus | FRG | 8,35,11 | |
| 3 | Tatyana Kasankina | URS | 8,35,13 | |
| 4 | Svetlana Ulmasova | URS | 8,35,55 | |
| 5 | Wendy Sly | GBR | 8,37,06 | |
| 6 | Agnese Possamai | ITA | 8,37,96 | |
| 7 | Jane Furniss | GBR | 8,45,69 | |
| 8 | Natalia Artemova | URS | 8,47,98 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Grete Waitz | NOR | 2,28,09 |
| 2 | Marianne Dickerson | USA | 2,31,09 | |
| 3 | Raisa Smekhnova | URS | 2,31,13 | |
| 4 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2,31,50 | |
| 5 | Jacqueline Gareau | CAN | 2,32,35 | |
| 6 | Laura Fogli | ITA | 2,33,31 | |
| 7 | Regina Joyce | IRL | 2,33,52 | |
| 8 | Tuija Toivonen | FIN | 2,34,14 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 41,76 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 42,71 | ||
| 3 | Jamaica | 42,73 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 42,93 | ||
| 5 | Canada | 43,05 | ||
| 6 | Soviet Union | 43,22 | ||
| 7 | France | 43,40 | ||
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 43,78 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,19,73 | |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 3,20,32 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,21,16 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 3,27,41 | ||
| 5 | United States | 3,27,57 | ||
| 6 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,29,43 | ||
| 7 | Bulgaria | 3,30,36 | ||
| 8 | Romania | 3,35,61 | ||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Bettine Jahn | GDR | 12,35 |
| 2 | Kerstin Knabe | GDR | 12,42 | |
| 3 | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12,62 | |
| 4 | Natalya Petrova | URS | 12,67 | |
| 5 | Shirley Strong | GBR | 12,78 | |
| 6 | Yelena Biserova | URS | 12,80 | |
| 7 | Cornelia Riefstahl | GDR | 12,94 | |
| 8 | Benita Fitzgerald | USA | 12,99 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Yekaterina Fesenko | URS | 54,14 |
| 2 | Anna Ambraziené | URS | 54,15 | |
| 3 | Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 54,55 | |
| 4 | Petra Pfaff | GDR | 54,64 | |
| 5 | Petra Krug | GDR | 54,76 | |
| 6 | Ann Louise Skoglund | SWE | 54,80 | |
| 7 | Susan Morley | GBR | 56,04 | |
| 8 | Christina Cojocaru | ROM | 56,26 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Tamara Bykova | URS | 2,01 |
| 2 | Ulrike Meyfarth | FRG | 1,99 | |
| 3 | Louise Ritter | USA | 1,95 | |
| 4 | Colleen Sommer | USA | 1,95 | |
| 5 | Kerstin Brandt | GDR | 1,92 | |
| 6 | Debbie Brill | CAN | 1,88 | |
| 7 | Susanne Helm | GDR | 1,88 | |
| 8 | Olga Juha | HUN | 1,88 | |
| Längd | 1 | Heike Daute | GDR | 7,27 |
| 2 | Anisoara Cusmir | ROM | 7,15 | |
| 3 | Carol Lewis | USA | 7,04 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Proskuryakova | URS | 7,02 | |
| 5 | Beverly Kinch | GBR | 6,93 | |
| 6 | Zsuzsa Vanyek | HUN | 6,81 | |
| 7 | Eva Murkova | TCH | 6,80 | |
| 8 | Robyn Lorraway | AUS | 6,65 | |
| Kula | 1 | Helena Fibingerova | TCH | 21,05 |
| 2 | Helma Knorscheidt | GDR | 20,70 | |
| 3 | Ilona Slupianek | GDR | 20,56 | |
| 4 | Nanu Abashidze | URS | 20,55 | |
| 5 | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | 20,02 | |
| 6 | Mihaele Loghin | ROM | 19,85 | |
| 7 | Claudia Losch | FRG | 19,72 | |
| 8 | Maria Sarria | CUB | 19,47 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Martina Opitz | GDR | 68,94 |
| 2 | Galina Murashova | URS | 67,44 | |
| 3 | Maria Petkova | BUL | 66,44 | |
| 4 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 65,62 | |
| 5 | Gisela Beyer | GDR | 65,26 | |
| 6 | Zdenka Silhava | TCH | 64,32 | |
| 7 | Ria Stalman | NED | 63,76 | |
| 8 | Meg Ritchie | GBR | 62,50 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Tiina Lillak | FIN | 70,82 |
| 2 | Fatima Whitbread | GBR | 69,14 | |
| 3 | Anna Verouli | GRE | 65,72 | |
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson | GBR | 64,76 | |
| 5 | Eva Raduly-Zörgö | ROM | 63,86 | |
| 6 | Tuula Laaksalo | FIN | 62,44 | |
| 7 | Beate Peters | FRG | 62,42 | |
| 8 | Maria Colon | CUB | 62,04 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Ramona Neubert | GDR | 6714 |
| 2 | Sabine Paetz | GDR | 6662 | |
| 3 | Anke Vater | GDR | 6532 | |
| 4 | Sabine Everts | FRG | 6398 | |
| 5 | Valentina Dimitrova | BUL | 6362 | |
| 6 | Yekaterina Smirnova | URS | 6321 | |
| 7 | Glynis Nunn | AUS | 6195 | |
| 8 | Tineke Hidding | NED | 6155 | |