| 1988 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 9,92 |
| 2 | Linford Christie | GBR | 9,97 | |
| 3 | Calvin Smith | USA | 9,99 | |
| 4 | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 10,04 | |
| 5 | Robson da Silva | BRA | 10,11 | |
| 6 | Desai Williams | CAN | 10,11 | |
| 7 | Ray Stewart | JAM | 12,26 | |
| Ben Johnson | CAN | DQ | ||
| 200 Meter | 1 | Joe DeLoach | USA | 19,75 |
| 2 | Carl Lewis | USA | 19,79 | |
| 3 | Robson da Silva | BRA | 20,04 | |
| 4 | Linford Christie | GBR | 20,09 | |
| 5 | Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20,39 | |
| 6 | Gilles Queneherve | FRA | 20,40 | |
| 7 | Michael Rosswess | GBR | 20,51 | |
| 8 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20,58 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Steve Lewis | USA | 43,87 |
| 2 | Butch Reynolds | USA | 43,93 | |
| 3 | Danny Everett | USA | 44,09 | |
| 4 | Darren Clark | AUS | 44,55 | |
| 5 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 44,72 | |
| 6 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 44,94 | |
| 7 | Ian Morris | TRI | 44,95 | |
| 8 | Mohamed Al Malky | OMA | 45,03 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Paul Ereng | NGR | 1,43,45 |
| 2 | Joaquim Cruz | BRA | 1,43,90 | |
| 3 | Said Aouita | MAR | 1,44,06 | |
| 4 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 1,44,12 | |
| 5 | Johnny Gray | USA | 1,44,80 | |
| 6 | Jose Luis Barbosa | BRA | 1,46,39 | |
| 7 | Donato Sabia | ITa | 1,48,03 | |
| 8 | Nixon Kiprotich | KEN | 1,49,55 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Peter Rono | KEN | 3,35,96 |
| 2 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 3,36,15 | |
| 3 | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3,36,21 | |
| 4 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3,36,24 | |
| 5 | Steve Scott | USA | 3,36,99 | |
| 6 | Han Kulker | NED | 3,37,08 | |
| 7 | Kip Cheruiyot | KEN | 3,37,94 | |
| 8 | Marcus O´Sullivan | IRL | 3,38,39 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | John Ngugi | KEN | 13,11,70 |
| 2 | Dieter Baumann | FRG | 13,15,52 | |
| 3 | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 13,15,73 | |
| 4 | Domingos Castro | POR | 13,16,09 | |
| 5 | Sydney Maree | USA | 13,23,69 | |
| 6 | Jack Buckner | GBR | 13,23,85 | |
| 7 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 13,26,17 | |
| 8 | Evgeniy Ignatov | BUL | 13,26,41 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Brahim Boutayeb | MAR | 27,21,46 |
| 2 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 27,23,55 | |
| 3 | Kipkemboi Kimeli | KEN | 27,25,16 | |
| 4 | Jean-Louis Prianon | FRA | 27,36,43 | |
| 5 | Arturo Barrios | MEX | 27,39,32 | |
| 6 | Hansjörg Kunze | GDR | 27,39,35 | |
| 7 | Paul Arpin | FRA | 27,39,36 | |
| 8 | Moses Tanui | KEN | 27,47,23 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Gelindo Bordin | ITA | 2,10,32 |
| 2 | Douglas Wakiihuru | KEN | 2,10,47 | |
| 3 | Ahmed Salah | DJI | 2,10,59 | |
| 4 | Takeyuki Nakayama | JPN | 2,11,05 | |
| 5 | Steve Moneghetti | AUS | 2,11,49 | |
| 6 | Charles Spedding | GBR | 2,12,19 | |
| 7 | Juma Ikangaa | TAN | 2,13,06 | |
| 8 | Rob de Castella | AUS | 2,13,07 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 38,19 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 38,28 | ||
| 3 | France | 38,40 | ||
| 4 | Jamaica | 38,47 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 38,54 | ||
| 6 | Federal Republic of Germany | 38,55 | ||
| 7 | Canada | 38,93 | ||
| 8 | Hungary | 39,19 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | United States | 2,56,16 | |
| 2 | Jamaica | 3,00,30 | ||
| 3 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,00,56 | ||
| 4 | German Democratic Republic | 3,01,13 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3,02,00 | ||
| 6 | Australia | 3,02,49 | ||
| 7 | Nigeria | 3,02,50 | ||
| 8 | Kenya | 3,04,69 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Julius Kariuki | KEN | 8,05,51 |
| 2 | Peter Koech | KEN | 8,06,79 | |
| 3 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 8,07,96 | |
| 4 | Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8,12,17 | |
| 5 | William Van Dijck | BEL | 8,13,99 | |
| 6 | Henry Marsh | USA | 8,14,39 | |
| 7 | Peter Sang | KEN | 8,15,22 | |
| 8 | Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8,15,97 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Roger Kingdom | USA | 12,98 |
| 2 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 13,28 | |
| 3 | Tonie Campbell | USA | 13,38 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Shishkin | URS | 13,51 | |
| 5 | Jon Ridgeon | GBR | 13,52 | |
| 6 | Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13,54 | |
| 7 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13,61 | |
| 8 | Arthur Blake | USA | 13,96 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Andre Phillips | USA | 47,19 |
| 2 | Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 47,23 | |
| 3 | Edwin Moses | USA | 47,56 | |
| 4 | Kevin Young | USA | 47,94 | |
| 5 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 48,04 | |
| 6 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 48,69 | |
| 7 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 48,76 | |
| 8 | Edgar Itt | FRG | 48,78 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Gennadiy Avdeyenko | URS | 2,38 |
| 2 | Hollis Conway | USA | 2,36 | |
| 3 | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | URS | 2,36 | |
| Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 2,36 | ||
| 5 | Nick Saunders | BER | 2,34 | |
| 6 | Dietmar Mögenburg | FRG | 2,34 | |
| 7 | Dalton Grant | GBR | 2,31 | |
| Igor Paklin | URS | 2,31 | ||
| Carlo Thränhardt | FRG | 2,31 | ||
| Stav | 1 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5,90 |
| 2 | Rodion Gataullin | URS | 5,85 | |
| 3 | Grigoriy Yegorov | URS | 5,80 | |
| 4 | Earl Bell | USA | 5,70 | |
| 5 | Philippe Collet | FRA | 5,70 | |
| Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5,70 | ||
| 7 | István Bagyula | HUN | 5,60 | |
| 8 | Philippe D'Encausse | FRA | 5,60 | |
| Längd | 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8,72 |
| 2 | Mike Powell | USA | 8,49 | |
| 3 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8,27 | |
| 4 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 8,08 | |
| 5 | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 8,03 | |
| 6 | Laszlo Szalma | HUN | 8,00 | |
| 7 | Norbert Brige | FRA | 7,97 | |
| 8 | Leonid Voloshin | URS | 7,89 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 17,61 |
| 2 | Igor Lapshin | URS | 17,52 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kovalenko | URS | 17,42 | |
| 4 | Oleg Protsenko | URS | 17,38 | |
| 5 | Charlie Simpkins | USA | 17,29 | |
| 6 | Willie Banks | USA | 17,03 | |
| 7 | Ivan Slanar | TCH | 16,75 | |
| 8 | Jacek Patusinski | POL | 16,72 | |
| Kula | 1 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 22,47 |
| 2 | Randy Barnes | USA | 22,39 | |
| 3 | Werner Gunthör | SUI | 21,99 | |
| 4 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21,40 | |
| 5 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20,57 | |
| 6 | Gert Weil | CHI | 20,38 | |
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 20,36 | |
| 8 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 20,36 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Jurgen Schult | GDR | 68,82 |
| 2 | Romas Ubartas | URS | 67,48 | |
| 3 | Rolf Danneberg | FRG | 67,38 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Dumchev | URS | 66,42 | |
| 5 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 65,90 | |
| 6 | Gejza Valent | TCH | 65,80 | |
| 7 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 64,94 | |
| 8 | Alois Hannecker | FRG | 63,28 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 84,80 |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 83,76 | |
| 3 | Juri Tamm | URS | 81,16 | |
| 4 | Ralf Haber | GDR | 80,44 | |
| 5 | Heinz Weis | FRG | 79,16 | |
| 6 | Tibor Gecsek | HUN | 78,36 | |
| 7 | Imre Szitás | HUN | 77,04 | |
| 8 | Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76,08 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Tapio Korjus | FIN | 84,28 |
| 2 | Jan Zelezny | TCH | 84,12 | |
| 3 | Seppo Räty | FIN | 83,26 | |
| 4 | Klaus Tafelmeier | FRG | 82,72 | |
| 5 | Viktor Yevsyukov | URS | 82,32 | |
| 6 | Gerald Weiss | GDR | 81,30 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov | URS | 79,12 | |
| 8 | Dag Wennlund | SWE | 78,30 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Christian Schenk | GDR | 8488 |
| 2 | Torsten Voss | GDR | 8399 | |
| 3 | Dave Steen | CAN | 8328 | |
| 4 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8306 | |
| 5 | Christian Plaziat | FRA | 8272 | |
| 6 | Alain Blondel | FRA | 8268 | |
| 7 | Tim Bright | USA | 8216 | |
| 8 | Robert De Wit | NED | 8189 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 10,54 |
| 2 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 10,83 | |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 10,85 | |
| 4 | Grace Jackson | JAM | 10,97 | |
| 5 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 10,97 | |
| 6 | Natalya Pomoshchnikova | URS | 11,00 | |
| 7 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,26 | |
| 8 | Anelia Nuneva | BUL | 11,49 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 21,34 |
| 2 | Grace Jackson | JAM | 21,72 | |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 21,95 | |
| 4 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 21,99 | |
| 5 | Silke Möller | GDR | 22,09 | |
| 6 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 22,17 | |
| 7 | Maya Azarashvili | URS | 22,33 | |
| 8 | Galina Malchugina | URS | 22,42 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Olga Bryzgina | URS | 48,65 |
| 2 | Petra Muller | GDR | 49,45 | |
| 3 | Olga Nazarova | URS | 49,90 | |
| 4 | Valerie Brisco | USA | 50,16 | |
| 5 | Diane Dixon | USA | 50,72 | |
| 6 | Denean Howard | USA | 51,12 | |
| 7 | Helga Arendt | FRG | 51,17 | |
| 8 | Maree Holland | AUS | 51,25 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1,56,10 |
| 2 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 1,56,64 | |
| 3 | Kim Gallagher | USA | 1,56,91 | |
| 4 | Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 1,57,50 | |
| 5 | Delisa Walton-Floyd | USA | 1,57,80 | |
| 6 | Inna Yevseyeva | URS | 1,59,37 | |
| 7 | Teresa Zuniga | ESP | 1,59,82 | |
| 8 | Diane Edwards | GBR | 2,00,77 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Paula Ivan | ROM | 3,53,96 |
| 2 | Laimute Baikauskaite | URS | 4,00,24 | |
| 3 | Tatyana Samolenko | URS | 4,00,30 | |
| 4 | Christina Cahill | GBR | 4,00,64 | |
| 5 | Lynn Williams | CAN | 4,00,86 | |
| 6 | Andrea Hahmann | GDR | 4,00,96 | |
| 7 | Shireen Bailey | GBR | 4,02,32 | |
| 8 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4,02,49 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Tatyana Samolenko | URS | 8,26,53 |
| 2 | Paula Ivan | ROM | 8,27,15 | |
| 3 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 8,29,02 | |
| 4 | Yelena Romanova | URS | 8,30,45 | |
| 5 | Natalya Artyomova | URS | 8,31,67 | |
| 6 | Vicki Huber | USA | 8,37,25 | |
| 7 | Wendy Sly | GBR | 8,37,70 | |
| 8 | Lynn Williams | CAN | 8,38,43 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Olga Bondarenko | URS | 31,05,21 |
| 2 | Liz McColgan | GBR | 31,08,44 | |
| 3 | Yelena Zhupiyeva | URS | 31,19,82 | |
| 4 | Kathrin Ullrich | GDR | 31,29,27 | |
| 5 | Francie Larrieu-Smith | USA | 31,35,52 | |
| 6 | Lynn Jennings | USA | 31,39,93 | |
| 7 | Wang Xiuting | CHN | 31,40,23 | |
| 8 | Susan Lee | CAN | 31,50,51 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2,25,40 |
| 2 | Lisa Martin | AUS | 2,25,53 | |
| 3 | Kathrin Dörre | GDR | 2,26,21 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Polovinskaya | URS | 2,27,05 | |
| 5 | Zhao Youfeng | CHN | 2,27,06 | |
| 6 | Laura Fogli | ITA | 2,27,49 | |
| 7 | Danièle Kaber | LUX | 2,29,23 | |
| 8 | Maria Curatolo | ITA | 2,30,14 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 41,98 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 42,09 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 42,75 | ||
| 4 | Federal Republic of Germany | 42,76 | ||
| 5 | Bulgaria | 43,02 | ||
| 6 | Poland | 43,93 | ||
| 7 | France | 44,02 | ||
| Jamaica | DNS | |||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 3,15,17 | |
| 2 | United States | 3,15,51 | ||
| 3 | German Democratic Republic | 3,18,29 | ||
| 4 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,22,49 | ||
| 5 | Jamaica | 3,23,13 | ||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3,26,89 | ||
| 7 | France | 3,29,37 | ||
| Canada | DNF | |||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12,38 |
| 2 | Gloria Siebert | GDR | 12,61 | |
| 3 | Claudia Zaczkiewicz | FRG | 12,75 | |
| Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 12,79 | ||
| 5 | Florence Colle | FRA | 12,98 | |
| 6 | Julie Rocheleau | CAN | 12,99 | |
| 7 | Monique Ewanje-Epeé | FRA | 13,14 | |
| 8 | Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR | 13,73 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 53,17 |
| 2 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 53,18 | |
| 3 | Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 53,63 | |
| 4 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 53,69 | |
| 5 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 54,03 | |
| 6 | Gudrun Abt | FRG | 54,04 | |
| 7 | Tatyana Kurochkina | URS | 54,39 | |
| 8 | LaTanya Sheffield | USA | 55,32 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Louise Ritter | USA | 2,01 |
| 2 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 2,01 | |
| 3 | Tamara Bykova | URS | 1,99 | |
| 4 | Olga Turchak | URS | 1,96 | |
| 5 | Galina Astafei | ROM | 1,93 | |
| Lyudmila Andonova | BUL | 1,93 | ||
| 7 | Christine Stanton | AUS | 1,93 | |
| 8 | Diana Davies | GBR | 1,90 | |
| Längd | 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7,40 |
| 2 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 7,22 | |
| 3 | Galina Chistyakova | URS | 7,11 | |
| 4 | Yelena Byelevskaya | URS | 7,04 | |
| 5 | Nicole Boegman | AUS | 6,73 | |
| 6 | Fiona May | GBR | 6,62 | |
| 7 | Agata Karczmarek | POL | 6,60 | |
| 8 | Sabine John | GDR | 6,55 | |
| Kula | 1 | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | 22,24 |
| 2 | Kathrin Neimke | GDR | 21,07 | |
| 3 | Li Meisu | CHN | 21,06 | |
| 4 | Ines Muller | GDR | 20,37 | |
| 5 | Claudia Losch | FRG | 20,27 | |
| 6 | Heike Hartwig | GDR | 20,20 | |
| 7 | Natalya Akhrimenko | URS | 20,13 | |
| 8 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | 19,82 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Martina Hellmann | GDR | 72,30 |
| 2 | Diana Gansky | GDR | 71,88 | |
| 3 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 69,74 | |
| 4 | Svetla Mitkova | BUL | 69,14 | |
| 5 | Ellina Zveryeve | URS | 68,94 | |
| 6 | Zdenka Silhava | TCH | 67,84 | |
| 7 | Gabrielle Reinsch | GDR | 67,26 | |
| 8 | Hou Xuemei | CHN | 65,94 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Petra Felke | GDR | 74,68 |
| 2 | Fatima Whitbread | GBR | 70,32 | |
| 3 | Beate Koch | GDR | 67,30 | |
| 4 | Irina Kostyuchenkova | URS | 67,00 | |
| 5 | Silke Renk | GDR | 66,38 | |
| 6 | Natalya Yermolovich | URS | 64,84 | |
| 7 | Donna Mayhew | USA | 61,78 | |
| 8 | Ingrid Thyssen | FRG | 60,76 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7291 |
| 2 | Sabine John | GDR | 6897 | |
| 3 | Anke Behmer | GDR | 6858 | |
| 4 | Natalya Shubenkova | URS | 6540 | |
| 5 | Remigija Sablovskaite | URS | 6456 | |
| 6 | Ines Schulz | BDR | 6411 | |
| 7 | Jane Flemming | AUS | 6351 | |
| 8 | Cindy Greiner | USA | 6297 | |