| 1991 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 9,86 |
| 2 | Leroy Burrell | USA | 9,88 | |
| 3 | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 9,91 | |
| 4 | Linford Christie | GBR | 9,92 | |
| 5 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 9,95 | |
| 6 | Ray Stewart | JAM | 9,96 | |
| 7 | Robson Da Silva | BRA | 10,12 | |
| 8 | Bruny Surin | CAN | 10,14 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Michael Johnson | USA | 20,01 |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20,34 | |
| 3 | Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20,49 | |
| 4 | Robson da Silva | BRA | 20,49 | |
| 5 | Olapade Adeniken | NGR | 20,51 | |
| 6 | Jean-Charles Trouabal | FRA | 20,58 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Antonov | BUL | 20,59 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Goremykin | URS | 20,78 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Antonio Pettigrew | USA | 44,57 |
| 2 | Roger Black | GBR | 44,62 | |
| 3 | Danny Everett | USA | 44,63 | |
| 4 | Roberto Hernandez | CUB | 44,86 | |
| 5 | Andrew Valmon | USA | 45,09 | |
| 6 | Ian Morris | TRI | 45,12 | |
| 7 | Susumu Takano | JPN | 45,39 | |
| 8 | Mark Garner | AUS | 45,57 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Billy Konchellah | KEN | 1,43,99 |
| 2 | Jose Luis Barbosa | BRA | 1,44,24 | |
| 3 | Mark Everett | USA | 1,44,67 | |
| 4 | Paul Ereng | KEN | 1,44,75 | |
| 5 | Piotr Piekarski | POL | 1,45,44 | |
| 6 | Johnny Gray | USA | 1,45,67 | |
| 7 | Andrey Sudnik | URS | 1,46,36 | |
| 8 | Tomas De Teresa | ESP | 1,47,65 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3,32,84 |
| 2 | Wilfred Kirochi | KEN | 3,34,84 | |
| 3 | Hauke Fuhlbrugge | GER | 3,35,28 | |
| 4 | Jens-Peter Herold | GER | 3,35,37 | |
| 5 | Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3,35,62 | |
| 6 | Mário Silva | POR | 3,35,76 | |
| 7 | David Kibet | KEN | 3,36,03 | |
| 8 | Gennaro Di Napoli | ITA | 3,36,56 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Yobes Ondieki | KEN | 13,14,45 |
| 2 | Fita Bayissa | ETH | 13,16,64 | |
| 3 | Brahim Boutayeb | MAR | 13,22,70 | |
| 4 | Dieter Baumann | GER | 13,28,67 | |
| 5 | Domingos Castro | POR | 13,28,88 | |
| 6 | Khalid Skah | MAR | 13,32,90 | |
| 7 | Risto Ulmala | FIN | 13,33,46 | |
| 8 | Dionisio Castro | POR | 13,35,39 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Moses Tanui | KEN | 27,38,74 |
| 2 | Richard Chelimo | KEN | 27,39,41 | |
| 3 | Khalid Skah | MAR | 27,41,74 | |
| 4 | Thomas Osano | KEN | 27,53,66 | |
| 5 | Richard Nerurkar | GBR | 27,57,14 | |
| 6 | Aloys Nizigama | BUR | 28,03,03 | |
| 7 | Mathias Ntawulikura | RWA | 28,10,38 | |
| 8 | Hammou Boutayeb | MAR | 28,12,77 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Hiromi Taniguchi | JPN | 2,14,57 |
| 2 | Ahmed Salah | DJI | 2,15,26 | |
| 3 | Steve Spence | USA | 2,15,36 | |
| 4 | Jan Huruk | POL | 2,15,47 | |
| 5 | Futoshi Shinohara | JPN | 2,15,52 | |
| 6 | Salvatore Bettiol | ITA | 2,15,58 | |
| 7 | Maurilio Castillo | MEX | 2,16,15 | |
| 8 | Gelindo Bordin | ITA | 2,17,03 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 37,50 | |
| 2 | France | 37,87 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 38,09 | ||
| 4 | Nigeria | 38,43 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 38,52 | ||
| 6 | Jamaica | 38,67 | ||
| 7 | Soviet Union | 38,68 | ||
| 8 | Canada | 39,51 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 2,57,53 | |
| 2 | United States | 2,57,57 | ||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3,00,10 | ||
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 3,00,32 | ||
| 5 | Kenya | 3,00,34 | ||
| 6 | Germany | 3,00,75 | ||
| 7 | Marocco | 3,04,49 | ||
| 8 | Cuba | 3,05,33 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 8,12,59 |
| 2 | Patric Sang | KEN | 8,13,44 | |
| 3 | Azzedine Brahmi | ALG | 8,15,54 | |
| 4 | Julius Kariuki | KEN | 8,16,81 | |
| 5 | Brian Diemer | USA | 8,17,76 | |
| 6 | Abdelaziz Sahere | MAR | 8,19,40 | |
| 7 | Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8,20,80 | |
| 8 | Francesco Panetta | ITA | 8,26,79 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Greg Foster | USA | 13,06 |
| 2 | Jack Pierce | USA | 13,06 | |
| 3 | Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13,25 | |
| 4 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13,30 | |
| 5 | Dan Philibert | FRA | 13,33 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Shishkin | URS | 13,39 | |
| 7 | Florian Schwarthoff | GER | 13,41 | |
| 8 | Li Tong | CHN | 13,46 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 47,64 |
| 2 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 47,74 | |
| 3 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 47,86 | |
| 4 | Kevin Young | USA | 48,01 | |
| 5 | Danny Harris | USA | 48,46 | |
| 6 | Derrick Adkins | USA | 49,28 | |
| 7 | Erick Keter | KEN | 49,99 | |
| 8 | Niklas Wallenlind | SWE | 50,28 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Charles Austin | USA | 2,38 |
| 2 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 2,36 | |
| 3 | Hollis Conway | USA | 2,36 | |
| 4 | Dalton Grant | GBR | 2,36 | |
| 5 | Marino Drake | CUB | 2,34 | |
| Troy Kemp | BAH | 2,34 | ||
| 7 | Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 2,31 | |
| 8 | Rick Noji | USA | 2,28 | |
| Stav | 1 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5,92 |
| 2 | Istvan Bagyula | HUN | 5,90 | |
| 3 | Maksim Tarasov | URS | 5,85 | |
| 4 | Rodion Gataullin | USA | 5,85 | |
| 5 | Peter Widén | SWE | 5,75 | |
| 6 | Tim Bright | USA | 5,75 | |
| 7 | Hermann Fehringer | AUT | 5,60 | |
| 8 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5,60 | |
| Längd | 1 | Mike Powell | USA | 8,95 |
| 2 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8,91 | |
| 3 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8,42 | |
| 4 | Dietmar Haaf | GER | 8,22 | |
| 5 | Bogdan Tudor | ROM | 8,06 | |
| 6 | David Culbert | AUS | 8,02 | |
| 7 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 8,01 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Ochkan | URS | 7,99 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Kenny Harrison | USA | 17,78 |
| 2 | Leonid Voloshin | URS | 17,75 | |
| 3 | Mike Conley | USA | 17,62 | |
| 4 | Vasiliy Sokov | URS | 17,28 | |
| 5 | Tord Henriksson | SWE | 17,12 | |
| 6 | Brian Wellman | BER | 16,98 | |
| 7 | Yoelvis Quesada | CUB | 16,94 | |
| 8 | Georges Sainte-Rose | FRA | 16,92 | |
| Kula | 1 | Werner Günthör | SUI | 21,67 |
| 2 | Lars Arvid Nilsen | NOR | 20,75 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Klimenko | URS | 20,34 | |
| 4 | Sven Buder | GER | 20,10 | |
| 5 | Sergey Nikolayev | URS | 19,98 | |
| 6 | Kent Larsson | SWE | 19,92 | |
| 7 | Dragan Peric | YUG | 19,83 | |
| 8 | Ron Backes | USA | 19,34 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Lars Riedel | GER | 66,20 |
| 2 | Erik De Bruin | NED | 65,82 | |
| 3 | Attila Horvath | HUN | 65,32 | |
| 4 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GER | 64,76 | |
| 5 | Mike Buncic | USA | 64,20 | |
| 6 | Jürgen Schult | GER | 63,12 | |
| 7 | Dmitriy Shevchenko | URS | 62,90 | |
| 8 | Roberto Moya | CUB | 61,44 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 81,70 |
| 2 | Igor Astapkovich | URS | 80,94 | |
| 3 | Heinz Weis | GER | 80,44 | |
| 4 | Tibor Gécsek | HUN | 78,98 | |
| 5 | Andrey Abduvaliyev | URS | 78,30 | |
| 6 | Walter Ciofani | FRA | 76,48 | |
| 7 | Ken Flax | USA | 75,98 | |
| 8 | Raphael Piolanti | FRA | 73,64 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Kimmo Kinnunen | FIN | 90,82 |
| 2 | Seppo Räty | FIN | 88,12 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Sasimovich | URS | 87,08 | |
| 4 | Gavin Lovegrove | NZL | 84,28 | |
| 5 | Mick Hill | GBR | 84,12 | |
| 6 | Sigurdur Einarsson | ISL | 83,46 | |
| 7 | Dag Wennlund | SWE | 81,14 | |
| 8 | Patrik Bodén | SWE | 78,58 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Dan OŽBrien | USA | 8812 |
| 2 | Michael Smith | CAN | 8549 | |
| 3 | Christian Schenk | GER | 8394 | |
| 4 | Robert Zmelik | TCH | 8379 | |
| 5 | Petri Keskitalo | FIN | 8318 | |
| 6 | Simon Poelman | NZL | 8267 | |
| 7 | Eduard Hämäläinen | URS | 8233 | |
| 8 | Antonio Penalver | ESP | 8200 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GER | 10,99 |
| 2 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 11,03 | |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11,16 | |
| 4 | Irina Privalova | URS | 11,16 | |
| 5 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 11,30 | |
| 6 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11,33 | |
| 7 | Mary Onyali | NGR | 11,39 | |
| 8 | Carlette Guidry | USA | 11,52 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Katrin Krabbe | GER | 22,09 |
| 2 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 22,16 | |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22,21 | |
| 4 | Irina Privalova | URS | 22,28 | |
| 5 | Galina Malchugina | URS | 22,66 | |
| 6 | Dannette Young | USA | 22,87 | |
| 7 | Pauline Davis | BAH | 22,90 | |
| 8 | Yelena Vinogradova | URS | 23,10 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Marie-José Perec | FRA | 49,13 |
| 2 | Grit Breuer | GER | 49,42 | |
| 3 | Sandra Myers | ESP | 49,78 | |
| 4 | Olga Bryzgina | URS | 49,82 | |
| 5 | Jearl Miles | USA | 50,50 | |
| 6 | Ximena Restrepo | COL | 50,79 | |
| 7 | Lillie Leatherwood | USA | 51,53 | |
| 8 | Diane Dixon | USA | 51,73 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Lilia Nurutdinova | URS | 1,57,50 |
| 2 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1,57,55 | |
| 3 | Ella Kovacs | ROM | 1,57,58 | |
| 4 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1,57,63 | |
| 5 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1,58,25 | |
| 6 | Christine Wachtel | GER | 1,58,90 | |
| 7 | Ann Williams | GBR | 2,01,01 | |
| 8 | Svetlana Masterkova | URS | 2,02,92 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Hassiba Boulmerka | ALG | 4,02,21 |
| 2 | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh | URS | 4,02,58 | |
| 3 | Lyudmila Rogachova | URS | 4,02,72 | |
| 4 | Doina Melinte | ROM | 4,03,19 | |
| 5 | Ellen Kiessling | GER | 4,04,75 | |
| 6 | Kirsty Wade | GBR | 4,05,16 | |
| 7 | Susan Sirma | KEN | 4,05,47 | |
| 8 | Malgorzata Rydz | POL | 4,05,52 | |
| 3000 Meter | 1 | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh | URS | 8,35,82 |
| 2 | Yelena Romanova | URS | 8,36,06 | |
| 3 | Susan Sirma | KEN | 8,39,41 | |
| 4 | Päivi Tikkanen | FIN | 8,41,30 | |
| 5 | Margareta Keszeg | ROM | 8,42,02 | |
| 6 | Roberta Brunet | ITA | 8,42,64 | |
| 7 | Judi St Hilaire | USA | 8,44,02 | |
| 8 | Annette Peters | USA | 8,44,02 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Liz McColgan | GBR | 31,14,31 |
| 2 | Zhong Huandi | CHN | 31,35,08 | |
| 3 | Wang Xiuting | CHN | 31,35,99 | |
| 4 | Kathrin Ullrich | GER | 31,38,96 | |
| 5 | Lynn Jennings | USA | 31,54,44 | |
| 6 | Uta Pippig | GER | 31,55,68 | |
| 7 | Ingrid Kristiansen | NOR | 32,10,75 | |
| 8 | Derartu Tulu | ETH | 32,16,55 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Wanda Panfil | POL | 2,29,53 |
| 2 | Sachiko Yamashita | JPN | 2,29,57 | |
| 3 | Katrin Dörre | GER | 2,30,10 | |
| 4 | Yuko Arimori | JPN | 2,31,08 | |
| 5 | Maria Rebelo | FRA | 2,32,05 | |
| 6 | Kamila Gradus | POL | 2,32,09 | |
| 7 | Manuela Machado | POR | 2,32,33 | |
| 8 | Ramilya Barangulova | URS | 2,33,00 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Jamaica | 41,94 | |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 42,20 | ||
| 3 | Germany | 42,33 | ||
| 4 | Nigeria | 42,77 | ||
| 5 | France | 43,34 | ||
| 6 | Cuba | 43,75 | ||
| 7 | Italy | 43,76 | ||
| 8 | Australia | 43,79 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 3,18,43 | |
| 2 | United States | 3,20,15 | ||
| 3 | Germany | 3,21,25 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 3,22,01 | ||
| 5 | Nigeria | 3,25,45 | ||
| 6 | Canada | 3,27,42 | ||
| 7 | Spain | 3,27,57 | ||
| 8 | Hungary | 3,29,07 | ||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Lyudmila Narozhilenko | URS | 12,59 |
| 2 | Gail Devers | USA | 12,63 | |
| 3 | Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 12,69 | |
| 4 | Monique Ewanje-Epée | FRA | 12,84 | |
| 5 | Julie Baumann | SUI | 12,88 | |
| 6 | Florence Colle | FRA | 13,01 | |
| 7 | Aliuska Lopez | CUB | 13,06 | |
| 8 | Kristin Patzwahl | GER | 13,07 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Tatyana Ledovskaya | URS | 53,11 |
| 2 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 53,16 | |
| 3 | Janeene Vickers | USA | 53,47 | |
| 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | USA | 53,95 | |
| 5 | Kim Batten | USA | 53,98 | |
| 6 | Anita Protti | SUI | 54,25 | |
| 7 | Heike Meissner | GER | 55,26 | |
| 8 | Margarita Pomomaryova | URS | 55,27 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Heike Redetzky-Henkel | GER | 2,05 |
| 2 | Yelena Yelesina | URS | 1,98 | |
| 3 | Inga Babakova | URS | 1,96 | |
| 4 | Beata Holub | POL | 1,96 | |
| 5 | Birgit Kähler | GER | 1,93 | |
| 6 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 1,93 | |
| 7 | Tamara Bykova | URS | 1,93 | |
| 8 | Judit Kovács | HUN | 1,90 | |
| Längd | 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7,32 |
| 2 | Heike Daute-Drechsler | GDR | 7,29 | |
| 3 | Larisa Berezhnaya | URS | 7,11 | |
| 4 | Yelena Sinchukova | URS | 7,04 | |
| 5 | Susen Tiedtke | GER | 6,77 | |
| 6 | Marieta Ilcu | ROM | 6,72 | |
| 7 | Ludmila Ninova | AUT | 6,72 | |
| 8 | Yelena Byelevskaya | URS | 6,69 | |
| Kula | 1 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | 20,83 |
| 2 | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | 20,29 | |
| 3 | Svetlana Krivelyova | URS | 20,16 | |
| 4 | Claudia Losch | FRG | 19,74 | |
| 5 | Zhou Tianhua | CHN | 19,64 | |
| 6 | Stephanie Storp | GER | 19,50 | |
| 7 | Marina Antonyuk | URS | 19,12 | |
| 8 | Kathrin Neimke | GER | 18,83 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 71,02 |
| 2 | Ilke Wyludda | GER | 69,12 | |
| 3 | Larisa Mikhalchenko | URS | 68,26 | |
| 4 | Martina Opitz-Hellmann | GDR | 67,14 | |
| 5 | Daniela Costian | AUS | 66,06 | |
| 6 | Min Chunfeng | CHN | 65,56 | |
| 7 | Irina Yatchenko | URS | 64,92 | |
| 8 | Zhao Yonghua | CHN | 63,62 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Xu Demei | CHN | 68,78 |
| 2 | Petra Felke-Meier | GER | 68,68 | |
| 3 | Silke Renk | GER | 66,80 | |
| 4 | Natalya Cherkyenko | URS | 65,22 | |
| 5 | Trine Hattestad | NOR | 63,36 | |
| 6 | Louise McPaul | AUS | 63,34 | |
| 7 | Dulce Garcia | CUB | 62,68 | |
| 8 | Päivi Alafrantti | FIN | 62,26 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Sabine Braun | GER | 6672 |
| 2 | Liliana Nastase | ROM | 6493 | |
| 3 | Irina Belova | URS | 6448 | |
| 4 | Satu Ruotsalainen | FIN | 6404 | |
| 5 | Yasmina Azzini | ALG | 6392 | |
| 6 | Urszula Wlodarczyk | POL | 6391 | |
| 7 | Peggy Beer | GER | 6380 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Zhuravlyova | URS | 6370 | |