| 1990 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Linford Christie | GBR | 10,00 |
| 2 | Daniel Sangouma | FRA | 10,04 | |
| 3 | John Regis | GBR | 10,07 | |
| 4 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 10,10 | |
| 5 | Max Morinière | FRA | 10,15 | |
| 6 | Darren Braithwaite | GBR | 10,27 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Krylov | URS | 10,30 | |
| 8 | Steffen Görmer | GDR | 10,42 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | John Regis | GBR | 20,11 |
| 2 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20,31 | |
| 3 | Linford Christie | GBR | 20,33 | |
| 4 | Stefano Tilli | ITA | 20,66 | |
| 5 | Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20,68 | |
| 6 | Oleg Fatun | URS | 20,77 | |
| 7 | Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20,80 | |
| 8 | Sandro Floris | ITA | 20,84 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Roger Black | GBR | 45,08 |
| 2 | Thomas Schönlebe | GDR | 45,13 | |
| 3 | Jens Carlowitz | GDR | 45,27 | |
| 4 | Cayetano Cornet | ESP | 45,30 | |
| 5 | Norbert Dobeleit | FRG | 45,42 | |
| 6 | Slobodan Brankovic | YUG | 45,49 | |
| 7 | Nenad Djurovic | YUG | 46,19 | |
| 8 | Tomasz Jedrusik | POL | 46,25 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Tom McKean | GBR | 1,44,76 |
| 2 | David Sharpe | GBR | 1,45,59 | |
| 3 | Piotr Piekarski | POL | 1,45,76 | |
| 4 | Andrey Sudnik | URS | 1,45,81 | |
| 5 | Slobodan Popovic | YUG | 1,45,90 | |
| 6 | Tonino Viali | ITA | 1,46,07 | |
| 7 | Giuseppe D'Urso | ITA | 1,47,29 | |
| 8 | Matthew Yates | GBR | 1,48,42 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3,38,35 |
| 2 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3,38,60 | |
| 3 | Mário Silva | POR | 3,38,73 | |
| 4 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 3,39,07 | |
| 5 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3,39,08 | |
| 6 | José Luis González | ESP | 3,39,15 | |
| 7 | Han Kulker | NED | 3,39,85 | |
| 8 | Markus Hacksteiner | SUI | 3,40,44 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 13,22,00 |
| 2 | Gary Staines | GBR | 13,22,45 | |
| 3 | Slawomir Majusiak | POL | 13,22,92 | |
| 4 | Dionisio Castro | POR | 13,23,99 | |
| 5 | Jonny Danielsson | SWE | 13,24,16 | |
| 6 | Risto Ulmala | FIN | 13,25,08 | |
| 7 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 13,27,13 | |
| 8 | Harri Hänninen | FIN | 13,28,22 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 27,41,27 |
| 2 | Are Nakkim | NOR | 28,04,04 | |
| 3 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 28,04,46 | |
| 4 | Antonio Prieto | ESP | 28,05,35 | |
| 5 | Richard Nerurkar | GBR | 28,07,81 | |
| 6 | José Manuel Albentosa | ESP | 28,11,00 | |
| 7 | Ezequiel Canário | POR | 28,11,95 | |
| 8 | Martin ten Kate | NED | 28,12,53 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Gelindo Bordin | ITA | 2,14,02 |
| 2 | Pier Giovanni Poli | ITA | 2,14,55 | |
| 3 | Dominique Chauvelier | FRA | 2,15,20 | |
| 4 | Salvatore Bettiol | ITA | 2,17,45 | |
| 5 | José Montiel | ESP | 2,17,51 | |
| 6 | Geoff Wightman | GBR | 2,18,01 | |
| 7 | Karel David | TCH | 2,18,05 | |
| 8 | Manuel Matias | POR | 2,18,52 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | France | 37,79 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 37,98 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 38,39 | ||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 38,46 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | 39,05 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 39,10 | ||
| 7 | Portugal | 39,33 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 2,58,22 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,00,64 | ||
| 3 | German Democratic Republic | 3,01,51 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 3,01,78 | ||
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 3,02,46 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 3,02,74 | ||
| 7 | France | 3,03,33 | ||
| 8 | Soviet Union | 3,04,17 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8,12,66 |
| 2 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 8,13,27 | |
| 3 | Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8,15,82 | |
| 4 | Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8,17,48 | |
| 5 | William van Dijck | BEL | 8,21,71 | |
| 6 | Tom Hanlon | GBR | 8,21,73 | |
| 7 | Hagen Melzer | GDR | 8,22,48 | |
| 8 | Bruno Le Stum | FRA | 8,23,39 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 13,18 |
| 2 | Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13,21 | |
| 3 | Dietmar Koszewski | FRG | 13,50 | |
| 4 | Tomasz Nagorka | POL | 13,55 | |
| 5 | Vladimir Shishkin | URS | 13,55 | |
| 6 | Philippe Tourret | FRA | 13,61 | |
| 7 | Sergey Usov | URS | 13,65 | |
| Igor Kazanov | URS | DNF | ||
| 400m Häck | 1 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 47,92 |
| 2 | Sven Nylander | SWE | 48,43 | |
| 3 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 48,52 | |
| 4 | Vadim Zadoinov | URS | 48,61 | |
| 5 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 48,92 | |
| 6 | Carsten Köhrbrück | FRG | 48,95 | |
| 7 | José Alonso | ESP | 49,77 | |
| 8 | Edgar Itt | FRG | 49,83 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Dragutin Topic | YUG | 2,34 |
| 2 | Aleksey Yemelin | URS | 2,34 | |
| 3 | Georgi Dakov | BUL | 2,34 | |
| 4 | Sergey Dymchenko | URS | 2,31 | |
| Dalton Grant | GBR | 2,31 | ||
| Dietmar Mögenburg | FRG | 2,31 | ||
| 7 | Ralf Sonn | FRG | 2,28 | |
| 8 | Arturo Ortiz | ESP | 2,28 | |
| Luca Toso | ITA | 2,28 | ||
| Stav | 1 | Rodion Gataullin | URS | 5,85 |
| 2 | Grigoriy Yegorov | URS | 5,75 | |
| 3 | Hermann Fehringer | AUT | 5,75 | |
| 4 | Philippe Collet | FRA | 5,70 | |
| 5 | Javier Garcia | ESP | 5,70 | |
| 6 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5,70 | |
| 7 | Ferenc Salbert | FRA | 5,60 | |
| 8 | Petri Peltoniemi | FIN | 5,40 | |
| Längd | 1 | Dietmar Haaf | FRG | 8,25 |
| 2 | Angel Hernández | ESP | 8,15 | |
| 3 | Frans Maas | NED | 8,00 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Ratushkov | URS | 7,99 | |
| 5 | Jarmo Kärnä | FIN | 7,95 | |
| 6 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 7,93 | |
| 7 | Bogdan Tudor | ROM | 7,86 | |
| 8 | Sinisa Ergotic | YUG | 7,83 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Leonid Volochin | URS | 17,74 |
| 2 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 17,43 | |
| 3 | Igor Lapchin | URS | 17,34 | |
| 4 | Jörg Friess | GDR | 17,01 | |
| 5 | Volker Mai | GDR | 16,88 | |
| 6 | Andrzej Grabarczyk | POL | 16,82 | |
| 7 | Georges Sainte-Rose | FRA | 16,81 | |
| 8 | Oleg Protsenko | URS | 16,80 | |
| Kula | 1 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 21,32 |
| 2 | Oliver Sven Buder | GDR | 21,01 | |
| 3 | Georg Andersen | NOR | 20,71 | |
| 4 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 20,45 | |
| 5 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 20,21 | |
| 6 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 20,13 | |
| 7 | Sergey Nikolayev | URS | 19,97 | |
| 8 | Karsten Stolz | FRG | 19,95 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Jürgen Schult | GDR | 64,58 |
| 2 | Erik De Bruin | NED | 64,46 | |
| 3 | Wolfgang Schmidt | FRG | 64,10 | |
| 4 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | URS | 63,72 | |
| 5 | Romas Ubartas | URS | 63,70 | |
| 6 | Ralf Danneberg | FRG | 63,08 | |
| 7 | Imrich Bugar | TCH | 62,36 | |
| 8 | Attila Horváth | HUN | 62,08 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Igor Astapkovich | URS | 84,14 |
| 2 | Tibor Gécsek | HUN | 80,14 | |
| 3 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 80,02 | |
| 4 | Günther Rodehau | GDR | 77,90 | |
| 5 | Plamen Minev | BUL | 77,12 | |
| 6 | Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76,28 | |
| 7 | Enrico Sgrulletti | ITA | 75,82 | |
| 8 | Heinz Weis | FRG | 75,48 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Steve Backley | GBR | 87,30 |
| 2 | Viktor Zaitsev | URS | 83,30 | |
| 3 | Patrik Bodén | SWE | 82,66 | |
| 4 | Mike Hill | GBR | 82,38 | |
| 5 | Seppo Räty | FIN | 82,18 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov | URS | 81,78 | |
| 7 | Pascal Lefévre | FRA | 79,98 | |
| 8 | Kimmo Kinnunen | FIN | 79,00 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Christian Plaziat | FRA | 8574 |
| 2 | Deszó Szabó | HUN | 8436 | |
| 3 | Christian Schenk | GDR | 8433 | |
| 4 | Robert Zmelík | TCH | 8249 | |
| 5 | Alain Blondel | FRA | 8216 | |
| 6 | Antonio Penalver | ESP | 8214 | |
| 7 | Beat Gähwiler | SUI | 8146 | |
| 8 | Andrey Nazarov | URS | 8072 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GDR | 10,89 |
| 2 | Silke Möller | GDR | 11,10 | |
| 3 | Kerstin Behrendt | GDR | 11,17 | |
| 4 | Nadezhda Raschupkina | URS | 11,26 | |
| 5 | Odiah Sidibe | FRA | 11,40 | |
| 6 | Irina Sergeyeva | URS | 11,40 | |
| 7 | Ulrike Sarvari | FRG | 11,41 | |
| 8 | Stephanie Douglas | GBR | 11,46 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GDR | 21,95 |
| 2 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 22,19 | |
| 3 | Galina Malchugina | URS | 22,23 | |
| 4 | Sandra Myers | ESP | 22,38 | |
| 5 | Silke Knoll | FRG | 22,40 | |
| 6 | Yelena Bykova | URS | 22,49 | |
| 7 | Sabine Günther | GDR | 22,51 | |
| 8 | Andrea Thomas | FRG | 23,01 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Grit Breuer | GDR | 49,50 |
| 2 | Petra Schersing | GDR | 50,51 | |
| 3 | Marie-José Pérec | FRA | 50,84 | |
| 4 | Annett Hesselbarth | GDR | 51,14 | |
| 5 | Linda Keough | GBR | 51,22 | |
| 6 | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | URS | 51,31 | |
| 7 | Marina Shmonina | URS | 51,67 | |
| 8 | Viviana Dorsile | FRA | 52,11 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1,55,87 |
| 2 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 1,56,11 | |
| 3 | Liliya Nurutdinova | URS | 1,57,39 | |
| 4 | Ellen van Langen | NED | 1,57,57 | |
| 5 | Ella Kovacs | ROM | 1,58,33 | |
| 6 | Tudorita Chidu | ROM | 1,59,09 | |
| 7 | Lyubov Gurina | URS | 1,59,59 | |
| 8 | Diana Edwards | GBR | 2,02,62 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Snezana Pajkic | YUG | 4,08,12 |
| 2 | Ellen Kiessling | GDR | 4,08,67 | |
| 3 | Sandra Gasser | SUI | 4,08,89 | |
| 4 | Lyudmila Rogachova | URS | 4,10,06 | |
| 5 | Ellen Fidatov | ROM | 4,10,87 | |
| 6 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4,10,91 | |
| 7 | Yvonne Mai | GDR | 4,10,99 | |
| 8 | Jana Kuceríková | TCH | 4,11,67 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 8,43,06 |
| 2 | Yelena Romanova | URS | 8,43,68 | |
| 3 | Roberta Brunet | ITA | 8,46,19 | |
| 4 | Lyubov Kremlyova | URS | 8,46,94 | |
| 5 | Margareta Keszeg | ROM | 8,48,04 | |
| 6 | Päivi Tikkanen | FIN | 8,50,26 | |
| 7 | Zita Agoston | HUN | 8,51,07 | |
| 8 | Sonia McGeorge | GBR | 8,51,33 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Yelena Romanova | URS | 31,46,83 |
| 2 | Kathrin Ullrich | GDR | 31,47,70 | |
| 3 | Annette Sergent | FRA | 31,51,68 | |
| 4 | Midde Hamrin | SWE | 31,58,25 | |
| 5 | Nadia Dandolo | ITA | 32,02,37 | |
| 6 | Nadezhda Galliamova | URS | 32,03,07 | |
| 7 | Wanda Panfil | POL | 32,06,01 | |
| 8 | Jill Hunter | GBR | 32,10,15 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2,31,27 |
| 2 | Valentina Yegorova | URS | 2,31,32 | |
| 3 | Maria Rebello Lelut | FRA | 2,35,51 | |
| 4 | Emma Scaunich | ITA | 2,37,19 | |
| 5 | Judit Földingné | HUN | 2,37,55 | |
| 6 | Francoise Bonnet | FRA | 2,39,04 | |
| 7 | Sissel Grottenberg | NOR | 2,39,21 | |
| 8 | Sylvianne Geffray | FRA | 2,39,42 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 41,68 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 43,02 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 43,32 | ||
| 4 | France | 43,43 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 43,71 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 44,36 | ||
| Finland | DQ | |||
| Soviet Union | DNF | |||
| 4x400 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 3,21,02 | |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3,23,34 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3,24,78 | ||
| 4 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,24,78 | ||
| 5 | France | 3,25,16 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland | 3,29,94 | ||
| 7 | Hungary | 3,32,30 | ||
| 8 | Finland | 3,32,84 | ||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Monique Ewanje-Epée | FRA | 12,79 |
| 2 | Gloria Siebert | GDR | 12,91 | |
| 3 | Lidia Yurkova | URS | 12,92 | |
| 4 | Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR | 12,94 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Narozhilenko | URS | 12,97 | |
| 6 | Ginka Zagorcheva | BUL | 13,02 | |
| 7 | Kerstin Patzwahl | GDR | 13,25 | |
| Gabi Lippe | FRG | DNF | ||
| 400m Häck | 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 53,62 |
| 2 | Anita Protti | SUI | 54,36 | |
| 3 | Monica Westén | SWE | 54,75 | |
| 4 | Gudrun Abt | FRG | 54,97 | |
| 5 | Margarita Pomomaryova | URS | 55,22 | |
| 6 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 55,45 | |
| 7 | Cristina Perez | ESP | 56,09 | |
| Petra Krug | GDR | DNS | ||
| Höjd | 1 | Heike Henkel | FRG | 1,99 |
| 2 | Biljana Petrovic | YUG | 1,96 | |
| 3 | Yelena Yelesina | URS | 1,96 | |
| 4 | Sigrid Kirchmann | AUT | 1,89 | |
| 5 | Heike Balck | GDR | 1,89 | |
| Judit Kovács | HUN | 1,89 | ||
| 7 | Valentina Gotovskaya | URS | 1,89 | |
| 8 | Hanne Haugland | NOR | 1,89 | |
| Längd | 1 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 7,30 |
| 2 | Marieta Ilcu | ROM | 7,02 | |
| 3 | Helga Radtke | GDR | 6,94 | |
| 4 | Larisa Berezhnaya | URS | 6,93 | |
| 5 | Yolanda Chen | URS | 6,90 | |
| 6 | Inessa Kravets | URS | 6,85 | |
| 7 | Fiona May | GBR | 6,77 | |
| 8 | Ringa Ropo | FIN | 6,76 | |
| Kula | 1 | Astrid Kumbernuss | GDR | 20,38 |
| 2 | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | 20,06 | |
| 3 | Kathrin Neimke | GDR | 19,96 | |
| 4 | Claudia Losch | FRG | 19,92 | |
| 5 | Iris Plotzitzka | FRG | 19,51 | |
| 6 | Heike Hartwig | GDR | 18,90 | |
| 7 | Stephanie Storp | FRG | 18,88 | |
| 8 | Marina Antonyuk | URS | 18,82 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Ilke Wyludda | GDR | 68,46 |
| 2 | Olga Burova | URS | 66,72 | |
| 3 | Martina Hellmann | GDR | 66,66 | |
| 4 | Gabrielle Reinsch | GDR | 66,08 | |
| 5 | Irina Yatchenko | URS | 65,16 | |
| 6 | Ellina Zveryeva | URS | 63,88 | |
| 7 | Ursula Kreutel | FRG | 63,28 | |
| 8 | Dagmar Galler | FRG | 62,08 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Päivi Alafrantti | FIN | 67,68 |
| 2 | Karen Forkel | GDR | 67,56 | |
| 3 | Petra Felke | GDR | 66,56 | |
| 4 | Silke Renk | GDR | 64,76 | |
| 5 | Katalin Hartai | HUN | 63,52 | |
| 6 | Ingrid Thyssen | FRG | 61,84 | |
| 7 | Antoaneta Selenska | BUL | 61,24 | |
| 8 | Anna Verouli | GRE | 59,32 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Sabine Braun | FRG | 6688 |
| 2 | Heike Tischler | GDR | 6572 | |
| 3 | Peggy Beer | GDR | 6531 | |
| 4 | Irina Byelova | URS | 6521 | |
| 5 | Christiana Scharf | FRG | 6390 | |
| 6 | Remigia Nazaroviene | URS | 6380 | |
| 7 | Birgit Clarius | FRG | 6359 | |
| 8 | Petra Vaidianu | ROM | 6264 |