| 1986 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Linford Christie | GBR | 10,15 |
| 2 | Steffen Bringmann | GDR | 10,20 | |
| 3 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 10,21 | |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder | GDR | 10,24 | |
| 5 | Allan Wells | GBR | 10,24 | |
| 6 | Mike McFarlane | GBR | 10,29 | |
| 7 | Attila Kovacs | HUN | 10,34 | |
| 8 | Viktor Bryzgin | URS | 10,38 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Vladimir Krylov | URS | 20,52 |
| 2 | Jürgen Evers | FRG | 20,75 | |
| 3 | Andrey Fedoriv | URS | 20,84 | |
| 4 | Thomas Schröder | GDR | 20,89 | |
| 5 | Allan Wells | GBR | 20,89 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Yevgenyev | URS | 20,91 | |
| 7 | Olaf Prenzler | GDR | 21,00 | |
| 8 | Frank Emmelmann | GDR | 21,03 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Roger Black | GBR | 44,59 |
| 2 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 44,63 | |
| 3 | Mathias Schersing | GDR | 44,85 | |
| 4 | Derek Redmond | GBR | 45,25 | |
| 5 | Ralf Lübke | FRG | 45,35 | |
| 6 | Antonio Sanchez | ESP | 45,41 | |
| 7 | Aldo Canti | FRA | 45,93 | |
| 8 | Erwin Skamrahl | FRG | 46,38 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 1,44,50 |
| 2 | Tom McKean | GBR | 1,44,61 | |
| 3 | Steve Cram | GBR | 1,44,88 | |
| 4 | Rob Druppers | NED | 1,45,53 | |
| 5 | Ryszard Ostrowski | POL | 1,45,54 | |
| 6 | Peter Braun | FRG | 1,45,83 | |
| 7 | Philippe Collard | FRA | 1,45,96 | |
| 8 | Viktor Kalinkin | URS | 1,47,36 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3,41,09 |
| 2 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 3,41,67 | |
| 3 | Han Kulker | NED | 3,42,11 | |
| 4 | José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | 3,42,54 | |
| 5 | John Gladwin | GBR | 3,42,57 | |
| 6 | Marcus O´Sullivan | IRL | 3,42,60 | |
| 7 | Johnny Kroon | SWE | 3,42,61 | |
| 8 | Frank O´Mara | IRL | 3,42,90 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Jack Buckner | GBR | 13,10,15 |
| 2 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 13,11,57 | |
| 3 | Tim Hutchings | GBR | 13,12,88 | |
| 4 | Yevgeni Ignatov | BUL | 13,13,15 | |
| 5 | Antonio Leitao | POR | 13,17,67 | |
| 6 | Martti Vainio | FIN | 13,22,67 | |
| 7 | Pierre Délèze | SUI | 13,28,80 | |
| 8 | Alberto Cova | ITA | 13,35,86 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 27,56,79 |
| 2 | Alberto Cova | ITA | 27,57,93 | |
| 3 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 28,00,25 | |
| 4 | Mats Erixon | SWE | 28,01,50 | |
| 5 | Domingos Castro | POR | 28,01,62 | |
| 6 | John Treacy | IRL | 28,04,10 | |
| 7 | Martti Vainio | FIN | 28,08,72 | |
| 8 | Jean-Louis Prianon | FRA | 28,12,29 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Gelindo Bordin | ITA | 2,10,54 |
| 2 | Orlando Pizzolato | ITA | 2,10,57 | |
| 3 | Herbert Steffny | FRG | 2,11,30 | |
| 4 | Ralf Salzmann | FRG | 2,11,41 | |
| 5 | Hugh Jones | GBR | 2,11,49 | |
| 6 | Gerard Nijboer | NED | 2,12,46 | |
| 7 | Jacques Lefrand | FRA | 2,12,53 | |
| 8 | Antoni Niemczak | POL | 2,13,04 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 38,29 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 38,64 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 38,71 | ||
| 4 | France | 38,81 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 38,86 | ||
| 6 | Hungary | 39,15 | ||
| 7 | Bulgaria | 39,33 | ||
| 8 | Portugal | 39,74 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 2,59,84 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,00,17 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 3,00,47 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 3,01,37 | ||
| 5 | Spain | 3,04,12 | ||
| 6 | German Democratic Republic | 3,04,87 | ||
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 3,05,27 | ||
| 8 | France | 3,10,17 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8,16,65 |
| 2 | Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8,16,85 | |
| 3 | Patriz Ilg | FRG | 8,16,92 | |
| 4 | Colin Reitz | GBR | 8,18,12 | |
| 5 | William van Dijck | BEL | 8,20,19 | |
| 6 | Joseph Mahmoud | FRA | 8,20,25 | |
| 7 | Rainer Schwarz | FRG | 8,20,90 | |
| 8 | Roger Hackney | GBR | 8,20,97 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 13,20 |
| 2 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13,42 | |
| 3 | Carlos Sala | ESP | 13,50 | |
| 4 | Nigel Walker | GBR | 13,52 | |
| 5 | Andreas Oschkenat | GDR | 13,55 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Ridgeon | GBR | 13,70 | |
| 7 | Liviu Giurgean | ROM | 13,71 | |
| 8 | György Bakos | HUN | 13,84 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 48,65 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Vasilyev | URS | 48,76 | |
| 3 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 49,38 | |
| 4 | Toma Tomov | BUL | 49,62 | |
| 5 | Tagir Zemskov | URS | 50,02 | |
| 6 | José Alonso | ESP | 50,30 | |
| 7 | Rik Tommelein | BEL | 50,45 | |
| 8 | Thanassis Kalogiannis | GRE | 51,83 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Igor Paklin | URS | 2,34 |
| 2 | Sergey Malchenko | URS | 2,31 | |
| 3 | Carlo Thränhardt | FRG | 2,31 | |
| 4 | Dietmar Mögenburg | FRG | 2,28 | |
| 5 | Krzysztof Krawczyk | POL | 2,28 | |
| 6 | Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 2,25 | |
| 7 | Gerd Wessig | GDR | 2,25 | |
| Eugen Popescu | ROM | 2,25 | ||
| Stav | 1 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5,85 |
| 2 | Vasiliy Bubka | URS | 5,75 | |
| 3 | Philippe Collet | FRA | 5,75 | |
| 4 | Atanas Tarev | BUL | 5,70 | |
| 5 | Kimmo Kuusela | FIN | 5,55 | |
| 6 | Zdenek Lubensky | TCH | 5,55 | |
| 7 | Stanimir Penchev | BUL | 5,55 | |
| 8 | Serge Ferreira | FRA | 5,35 | |
| Längd | 1 | Robert Emmiyan | URS | 8,41 |
| 2 | Sergey Layevskiy | URS | 8,01 | |
| 3 | Giovanni Evangilisti | ITA | 7,92 | |
| 4 | Emiel Mellaard | NED | 7,91 | |
| 5 | Stanislaw Jaskulka | POL | 7,85 | |
| 6 | Norbert Brige | FRA | 7,72 | |
| 7 | Ivo Krsek | TCH | 7,69 | |
| 8 | Zdenek Hanacek | TCH | 7,59 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 17,66 |
| 2 | Maris Bruzhiks | URS | 17,33 | |
| 3 | Oleg Protsenko | URS | 17,28 | |
| 4 | Georgi Pomashki | BUL | 16,99 | |
| 5 | Dirk Gamlin | GDR | 16,89 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Musiyenko | URS | 16,86 | |
| 7 | Volker Mai | GDR | 16,74 | |
| 8 | Didier Falise | BEL | 16,74 | |
| Kula | 1 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 22,22 |
| 2 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21,84 | |
| 3 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20,74 | |
| 4 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 20,73 | |
| 5 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 20,52 | |
| 6 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19,89 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 19,85 | |
| 8 | Udo Gelhausen | FRG | 19,76 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Romas Ubartas | URS | 67,08 |
| 2 | Georgiy Kolnootchenko | URS | 67,02 | |
| 3 | Vaclavas Kidikas | URS | 66,32 | |
| 4 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 65,60 | |
| 5 | Gejza Valent | TCH | 65,00 | |
| 6 | Erik De Bruin | NED | 64,52 | |
| 7 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 64,38 | |
| 8 | Imrich Bugar | TCH | 63,56 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 86,74 |
| 2 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 85,74 | |
| 3 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 82,00 | |
| 4 | Günther Rodehau | GDR | 79,84 | |
| 5 | Jörg Schaefer | FRG | 79,68 | |
| 6 | Ralf Haber | GDR | 78,74 | |
| 7 | Mathias Moder | GDR | 78,70 | |
| 8 | Christoph Sahner | FRG | 77,12 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Klaus Tafelmeier | FRG | 84,76 |
| 2 | Detlef Michel | GDR | 81,90 | |
| 3 | Viktor Yevsyukov | URS | 81,80 | |
| 4 | Jyrki Blom | FIN | 80,48 | |
| 5 | Heino Puuste | URS | 80,34 | |
| 6 | Wolfram Gambke | FRG | 79,88 | |
| 7 | Sejad Krdzalic | YUG | 79,50 | |
| 8 | Mick Hill | GBR | 77,34 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8811 |
| 2 | Jürgen Hingsen | FRG | 8730 | |
| 3 | Siegfried Wentz | FRG | 8676 | |
| 4 | Torsten Voss | GDR | 8450 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Apaychev | URS | 8199 | |
| 6 | Uwe Freimuth | GDR | 8197 | |
| 7 | Christian Plaziat | FRA | 8196 | |
| 8 | Alain Blondel | FRA | 8185 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Marlies Göhr | GDR | 10,91 |
| 2 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 11,04 | |
| 3 | Nelli Cooman | NED | 11,08 | |
| 4 | Silke Gladich | GDR | 11,09 | |
| 5 | Ingrid Auerswald | GDR | 11,11 | |
| 6 | Olga Zolotaryeva | URS | 11,23 | |
| 7 | Paula Dunn | GBR | 11,25 | |
| 8 | Heide-Elke Gaugel | FRG | 11,26 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 21,71 |
| 2 | Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 22,32 | |
| 3 | Silke Gladich | GDR | 22,49 | |
| 4 | Marina Molokova | URS | 22,71 | |
| 5 | Ewa Kasprzyk | POL | 22,73 | |
| 6 | Natalya Bochina | URS | 22,87 | |
| 7 | Sabine Günther | GDR | 22,98 | |
| 8 | Marina Zhirova | URS | 23,18 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | 48,22 |
| 2 | Olga Vladykina | URS | 49,67 | |
| 3 | Petra Müller | GDR | 49,88 | |
| 4 | Kirsten Emmelmann | GDR | 50,43 | |
| 5 | Ute Thimm | FRG | 51,15 | |
| 6 | Tatana Kocembova | TCH | 51,50 | |
| 7 | Fabienne Ficher | FRA | 51,91 | |
| 8 | Karin Lix | FRG | 52,89 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | URS | 1,57,15 |
| 2 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1,57,42 | |
| 3 | Lyubov Gurina | URS | 1,57,73 | |
| 4 | Gaby Bussmann | FRG | 1,58,57 | |
| 5 | Milena Strnadova | TCH | 1,58,89 | |
| 6 | Mitica Junghiatu | ROM | 1,59,22 | |
| 7 | Lyubov Kiryukhina | URS | 1,59,67 | |
| 8 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 2,00,02 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Ravilya Agletdinova | URS | 4,01,19 |
| 2 | Tatyana Samolenko | URS | 4,02,36 | |
| 3 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4,02,44 | |
| 4 | Ivana Walterova | TCH | 4,03,09 | |
| 5 | Maricica Puica | ROM | 4,03,90 | |
| 6 | Svetlana Kitova | URS | 4,04,74 | |
| 7 | Kirsty Wade | GBR | 4,04,99 | |
| 8 | Cornelia Bürki | SUI | 4,05,31 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Olga Bondarenko | URS | 8,33,99 |
| 2 | Maricica Puica | ROM | 8,35,92 | |
| 3 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 8,37,15 | |
| 4 | Zola Budd | GBR | 8,38,20 | |
| 5 | Tatyana Samolenko | URS | 8,40,35 | |
| 6 | Yelena Zhupiyeva | URS | 8,40,74 | |
| 7 | Cornelia Bürki | SUI | 8,44,44 | |
| 8 | Annette Sergent | FRA | 8,47,52 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Ingrid Kristiansen | NOR | 30,23,25 |
| 2 | Olga Bondarenko | URS | 30,57,21 | |
| 3 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 31,19,76 | |
| 4 | Aurora Cunha | POR | 31,39,35 | |
| 5 | Svetlana Guskova | URS | 31,42,43 | |
| 6 | Yelena Zhupiyeva | URS | 31,42,99 | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Lynch | GBR | 31,49,46 | |
| 8 | Karolina Szabo | HUN | 31,55,93 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2,28,38 |
| 2 | Laura Fogli | ITA | 2,32,52 | |
| 3 | Yekaterina Khramenkova | URS | 2,34,18 | |
| 4 | Sinikka Keskitalo | FIN | 2,34,31 | |
| 5 | Jocelyne Villeton | FRA | 2,35,17 | |
| 6 | Bente Moe | NOR | 2,35,34 | |
| 7 | Carla Beurskens | NED | 2,39,05 | |
| 8 | Paola Moro | ITA | 2,39,19 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 41,84 | |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 42,68 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 42,74 | ||
| 4 | France | 43,11 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | 43,44 | ||
| 6 | Poland | 43,54 | ||
| 7 | Netherlands | 44,38 | ||
| Federal Republic of Germany | DQ | |||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,16,87 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,22,80 | ||
| 3 | Poland | 3,24,65 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3,26,26 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 3,32,30 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 3,32,51 | ||
| 7 | Spain | 3,32,51 | ||
| Soviet Union | DQ | |||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12,38 |
| 2 | Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR | 12,55 | |
| 3 | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 12,70 | |
| 4 | Heike Theele | GDR | 12,82 | |
| 5 | Kerstin Knabe | GDR | 12,82 | |
| 6 | Laurence Elloy | FRA | 12,93 | |
| 7 | Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 12,96 | |
| 8 | Mihaela Pogacian | ROM | 13,17 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Marina Stepanova | URS | 53,32 |
| 2 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 53,60 | |
| 3 | Cornelia Feuerbach | GDR | 54,13 | |
| 4 | Ann-Louise Skoglund | SWE | 54,15 | |
| 5 | Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 54,74 | |
| 6 | Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 54,90 | |
| 7 | Christeana Matei | ROM | 55,23 | |
| 8 | Margarita Khromova | URS | 55,56 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 2,00 |
| 2 | Svetlana Issaeva | BUL | 1,93 | |
| 3 | Olga Turchak | URS | 1,93 | |
| 4 | Andrea Bienias | GDR | 1,90 | |
| Susanne Helm | GDR | 1,90 | ||
| 6 | Heike Redetzky | FRG | 1,90 | |
| 7 | Danuta Bulkowska | POL | 1,90 | |
| 8 | Diana Davies | GBR | 1,87 | |
| Längd | 1 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 7,27 |
| 2 | Galina Chistyakova | URS | 7,09 | |
| 3 | Helga Radtke | GDR | 6,89 | |
| 4 | Valeria Ionescu | ROM | 6,81 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Ninova | BUL | 6,65 | |
| 6 | Silvia Khristova | BUL | 6,61 | |
| 7 | Yelena Byelevskaya | URS | 6,58 | |
| 8 | Nadine Fourcade | FRA | 6,52 | |
| Kula | 1 | Heidi Krieger | GDR | 21,10 |
| 2 | Ines Müller | GDR | 20,81 | |
| 3 | Natalya Akhrimenko | URS | 20,54 | |
| 4 | Claudia Losch | FRG | 20,54 | |
| 5 | Heike Hartwig | GDR | 20,14 | |
| 6 | Nunu Abashidze | URS | 19,99 | |
| 7 | Iris Plotzizka | FRG | 19,26 | |
| 8 | Mihaela Loghin | ROM | 19,15 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Diana Sachse | GDR | 71,36 |
| 2 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 69,52 | |
| 3 | Martina Hellmann | GDR | 68,26 | |
| 4 | Irina Meszynski | GDR | 65,20 | |
| 5 | Svetla Mitkova | BUL | 63,98 | |
| 6 | Galina Yermakova | URS | 63,20 | |
| 7 | Daniela Costian | ROM | 61,42 | |
| 8 | Renata Katewicz | POL | 58,36 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Fatima Whitbread | GBR | 76,32 |
| 2 | Petra Felke | GDR | 72,52 | |
| 3 | Beate Peters | FRG | 68,04 | |
| 4 | Tiina Lillak | FIN | 66,66 | |
| 5 | Genowefa Olejarz | POL | 63,34 | |
| 6 | Natalya Yermolovich | URS | 62,84 | |
| 7 | Ingrid Thyssen | FRG | 62,42 | |
| 8 | Irina Kostyuchenkova | URS | 61,40 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Anke Behmer | GDR | 6717 |
| 2 | Natalya Shubenkova | URS | 6645 | |
| 3 | Judy Simpson | GBR | 6623 | |
| 4 | Birgit Dressel | FRG | 6487 | |
| 5 | Marianna Maslennikova | URS | 6396 | |
| 6 | Malgorzata Nowak | POL | 6352 | |
| 7 | Valda Ruskite | URS | 6331 | |
| 8 | Chantal Beaugeant | FRA | 6221 |