| 1997 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Maurice Greene | USA | 9,86 |
| 2 | Donovan Bailey | CAN | 9,91 | |
| 3 | Tim Montgomery | USA | 9,94 | |
| 4 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 9,95 | |
| 5 | Ato Boldon | TRI | 10,02 | |
| 6 | Davidson Ezinwa | NGR | 10,10 | |
| 7 | Bruny Surin | CAN | 10,12 | |
| 8 | Mike Marsh | USA | 10,29 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Ato Boldon | TRI | 20,04 |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 20,23 | |
| 3 | Claudenei da Silva | BRA | 20,26 | |
| 4 | Iván Garcia | CUB | 20,31 | |
| 5 | Georgios Panayotopoulos | GRE | 20,32 | |
| 6 | Obadele Thompson | BAR | 20,37 | |
| 7 | Jon Drummond | USA | 20,44 | |
| 8 | Patrick Stevens | BEL | 20,44 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Michael Johnson | USA | 44,12 |
| 2 | Davis Kamoga | UGA | 44,37 | |
| 3 | Tyree Washington | USA | 44,39 | |
| 4 | Mark Richardson | GBR | 44,47 | |
| 5 | Jerome Young | USA | 44,51 | |
| 6 | Iwan Thomas | GBR | 44,52 | |
| 7 | Antonio Pettigrew | USA | 44,57 | |
| 8 | Jamie Baulch | GBR | 45,22 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Wilson Kipketer | DEN | 1,43,38 |
| 2 | Noberto Téllez | CUB | 1,44,00 | |
| 3 | Rich Kenah | USA | 1,44,25 | |
| 4 | Patrick Konchellah | KEN | 1,44,26 | |
| 5 | Vebjørn Rodal | NOR | 1,44,53 | |
| 6 | Marko Koers | NED | 1,44,85 | |
| 7 | Patrick Ndururi | KEN | 1,45,24 | |
| 8 | Mark Everett | USA | 1,49,02 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Hicham El Guerroudj | MAR | 3,35,83 |
| 2 | Fermin Cacho | ESP | 3,36,63 | |
| 3 | Reyes Estévez | ESP | 3,37,26 | |
| 4 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 3,37,37 | |
| 5 | Ali Hakimi | TUN | 3,37,51 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Suleiman | QAT | 3,37,53 | |
| 7 | Graham Hood | CAN | 3,37,55 | |
| 8 | Robert Andersen | DEN | 3,37,66 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 13,07,38 |
| 2 | Khalid Boulami | MAR | 13,09,34 | |
| 3 | Tom Nyariki | KEN | 13,11,09 | |
| 4 | Smail Sghir | MAR | 13,17,45 | |
| 5 | Dieter Baumann | GER | 13,17,64 | |
| 6 | Bob Kennedy | USA | 13,19,45 | |
| 7 | El Hassan Lahssini | MAR | 13,20,52 | |
| 8 | Enrique Molina | ESP | 13,24,54 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 27,24,58 |
| 2 | Paul Tergat | KEN | 27,25,62 | |
| 3 | Salah Hissou | MAR | 27,28,67 | |
| 4 | Paul Koech | KEN | 27,30,39 | |
| 5 | Assefa Mezegebu | ETH | 27,32,48 | |
| 6 | Domingos Castro | POR | 27,36,52 | |
| 7 | Habte Jifar | ETH | 28,00,29 | |
| 8 | Julio Rey | ESP | 28,07,06 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Abel Anton | ESP | 2,13,16 |
| 2 | Martin Fiz | ESP | 2,13,21 | |
| 3 | Steve Moneghetti | AUS | 2,14,16 | |
| 4 | Danilo Goffi | ITA | 2,14,47 | |
| 5 | Luiz dos Santos | BRA | 2,15,31 | |
| 6 | Fabian Roncero | ESP | 2,16,53 | |
| 7 | Giacomo Leone | ITA | 2,17,16 | |
| 8 | Azzedine Sakhri | ALG | 2,17,44 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Canada | 37,86 | |
| 2 | Nigeria | 38,07 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 38,14 | ||
| 4 | Cuba | 38,18 | ||
| 5 | Ghana | 38,26 | ||
| 6 | Brazil | 38,48 | ||
| 7 | Espania | 38,72 | ||
| France | DQ | |||
| 4x400 M | 1 | United States | 2,56,47 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2,56,65 | ||
| 3 | Jamaica | 2,56,75 | ||
| 4 | Poland | 3,00,26 | ||
| 5 | South Africa | 3,00,26 | ||
| 6 | France | 3,01,06 | ||
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 3,01,43 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 3,01,52 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | 8,05,84 |
| 2 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 8,06,04 | |
| 3 | Bernard Barmasai | KEN | 8,06,04 | |
| 4 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari | SAU | 8,13,87 | |
| 5 | Hicham Bouaouiche | MAR | 8,14,04 | |
| 6 | Mark Croghan | USA | 8,14,09 | |
| 7 | Jim Svenøy | NOR | 8,14,80 | |
| 8 | Angelo Carosi | ITA | 8,16,01 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Allen Johnson | USA | 12,93 |
| 2 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 13,05 | |
| 3 | Igor Kovác | SVK | 13,18 | |
| 4 | Florian Schwarthoff | GER | 13,20 | |
| 5 | Dan Philibert | FRA | 13,26 | |
| 6 | Terry Reese | USA | 13,30 | |
| 7 | Mark Crear | USA | 13,55 | |
| Artur Kohutek | POL | NS | ||
| 400m Häck | 1 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 47,70 |
| 2 | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 47,86 | |
| 3 | Brian Bronson | USA | 47,88 | |
| 4 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 48,05 | |
| 5 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 48,11 | |
| 6 | Ruslan Mashchenko | RUS | 48,62 | |
| 7 | Dinsdale Morgan | JAM | 49,06 | |
| 8 | Jirí Muzik | CZE | 49,51 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 2,37 |
| 2 | Artur Partyka | POL | 2,35 | |
| 3 | Tim Forsyth | AUS | 2,35 | |
| 4 | Steinar Hoen | NOR | 2,32 | |
| Dalton Grant | GBR | 2,32 | ||
| 6 | Lambros Papakostas | GRE | 2,32 | |
| 7 | Konstantin Matusevich | ISR | 2,29 | |
| 8 | Lee Jin-taek | KOR | 2,29 | |
| Stav | 1 | Sergey Bubka | UKR | 6,01 |
| 2 | Maksim Tarasov | RUS | 5,96 | |
| 3 | Dean Starkey | USA | 5,91 | |
| 4 | Tim Lobinger | GER | 5,80 | |
| 5 | Nick Buckfield | GBR | 5,70 | |
| 6 | Pat Manson | USA | 5,70 | |
| 7 | Vadim Strogalyov | RUS | 5,70 | |
| 8 | Yeveniy Smiryagin | RUS | 5,70 | |
| Längd | 1 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 8,42 |
| 2 | Erick Walder | USA | 8,38 | |
| 3 | Kirill Sosunov | RUS | 8,18 | |
| 4 | James Beckford | JAM | 8,14 | |
| 5 | Nelson Ferreira | BRA | 8,04 | |
| 6 | Aleksandr Glovatskiy | BLR | 8,03 | |
| 7 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré | SEN | 7,98 | |
| 8 | Kevin Dilworth | USA | 7,88 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Yoelvis Quesada | CUB | 17,85 |
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 17,69 | |
| 3 | Aliecer Urrutia | CUB | 17,64 | |
| 4 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 17,59 | |
| 5 | Brian Wellman | BER | 17,22 | |
| 6 | Jerome Romain | DMN | 17,17 | |
| 7 | Hristos Meletoglou | GRE | 17,12 | |
| 8 | Andrew Owusu | GHA | 17,11 | |
| Kula | 1 | John Godina | USA | 21,44 |
| 2 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 21,24 | |
| 3 | Cottrell Hunter | USA | 20,33 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Belonog | UKR | 20,26 | |
| 5 | Mika Halvari | FIN | 20,13 | |
| 6 | Roman Virastyuk | UKR | 20,12 | |
| 7 | Kevin Toth | USA | 20,02 | |
| 8 | Michael Mertens | GER | 19,91 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Lars Riedel | GER | 68,54 |
| 2 | Virgilijus Alekna | LIT | 66,70 | |
| 3 | Jürgen Schult | GER | 66,14 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | BLR | 66,12 | |
| 5 | John Godina | USA | 65,40 | |
| 6 | Andreas Seelig | GER | 64,48 | |
| 7 | Adam Setliff | USA | 63,44 | |
| 8 | Robert Weir | GBR | 63,06 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Heinz Weis | GER | 81,78 |
| 2 | Andrey Skvaruk | UKR | 81,46 | |
| 3 | Vasiliy Sidorenko | RUS | 80,76 | |
| 4 | Balázs Kiss | HUN | 79,96 | |
| 5 | Igor Astapkovich | BLR | 79,70 | |
| 6 | Ilya Konovalov | RUS | 78,68 | |
| 7 | Vadim Khersontsev | RUS | 77,42 | |
| 8 | Aleksey Krykun | UKR | 77,14 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Marius Corbett | RSA | 88,40 |
| 2 | Steve Backley | GBR | 86,80 | |
| 3 | Kostas Gatsioudis | GRE | 86,64 | |
| 4 | Mick Hill | GBR | 86,54 | |
| 5 | Sergey Makarov | RUS | 86,32 | |
| 6 | Boris Henry | GER | 84,54 | |
| 7 | Emeterio González | CUB | 83,56 | |
| 8 | Aki Parviainen | FIN | 82,80 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Thomás Dvorák | CZE | 8837 |
| 2 | Eduard Hämäläinen | FIN | 8730 | |
| 3 | Frank Busemann | GER | 8652 | |
| 4 | Steve Fritz | USA | 8463 | |
| 5 | Ramil Ganiyev | UZB | 8445 | |
| 6 | Erki Nool | EST | 8413 | |
| 7 | Stefan Schmid | GER | 8360 | |
| 8 | Mike Smith | CAN | 8307 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Marion Jones | USA | 10,83 |
| 2 | Zhanna Pintusevich | UKR | 10,85 | |
| 3 | Savetheda Fynes | BAH | 11,03 | |
| 4 | Christine Arron | FRA | 11,05 | |
| 5 | Inger Miller | USA | 11,18 | |
| 6 | Melaine Paschke | GER | 11,19 | |
| 7 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 11,29 | |
| 8 | Chryste Gaines | USA | 11,32 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Zhanna Pintusevich | UKR | 22,32 |
| 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 22,39 | |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22,40 | |
| 4 | Yekaterina Leshchova | RUS | 22,50 | |
| 5 | Inger Miller | USA | 22,52 | |
| 6 | Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 22,65 | |
| 7 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | AUS | 22,73 | |
| 8 | Sylvianne Félix | FRA | 22,81 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Cathy Freeman | AUS | 49,77 |
| 2 | Sandie Richards | JAM | 49,79 | |
| 3 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 49,90 | |
| 4 | Grit Breuer | GER | 50,06 | |
| 5 | Falilat Ogunkoya | NGR | 50,27 | |
| 6 | Helena Fuchsová | CZE | 50,66 | |
| 7 | Pauline Davis | BAH | 50,68 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Alekseyeva | RUS | 51,37 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Ana Fidelia Quirot | CUB | 1,57,14 |
| 2 | Yelena Afanasyeva | RUS | 1,57,56 | |
| 3 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1,57,59 | |
| 4 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 1,58,12 | |
| 5 | Ludmila Formanová | CZE | 1,59,52 | |
| 6 | Toni Hodgkinson | NZL | 2,00,40 | |
| 7 | Joetta Clark | USA | 2,02,05 | |
| 8 | Stella Jongmans | NED | 2,05,50 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 4,04,24 |
| 2 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 4,04,63 | |
| 3 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 4,04,70 | |
| 4 | Mayte Zuñiga | ESP | 4,04,80 | |
| 5 | Leah Pells | CAN | 4,06,18 | |
| 6 | Andrea Suldesová | CZE | 4,06,23 | |
| 7 | Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 4,07,34 | |
| 8 | Sonia O´Sullivan | IRL | 4,07,81 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 14,57,68 |
| 2 | Roberta Brunet | ITA | 14,58,29 | |
| 3 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 14,58,85 | |
| 4 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 15,01,74 | |
| 5 | Lydia Cheromei | KEN | 15,07,88 | |
| 6 | Liu Jianying | CHN | 15,10,64 | |
| 7 | Libbie Hickman | USA | 15,11,15 | |
| 8 | Harumi Hiroyama | JPN | 15,21,19 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Sally Barsosio | KEN | 31,32,92 |
| 2 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 31,39,15 | |
| 3 | Masako Chiba | JPN | 31,41,93 | |
| 4 | Birhane Adere | ETH | 31,48,95 | |
| 5 | Ren Xiujuan | CHN | 31,50,63 | |
| 6 | Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 32,00,93 | |
| 7 | Yang Siju | CHN | 32,01,61 | |
| 8 | Colleen de Reuck | RSA | 32,03,81 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Hiromi Suzuki | JPN | 2,29,48 |
| 2 | Manuela Machado | POR | 2,31,12 | |
| 3 | Lidia Simon | ROM | 2,31,55 | |
| 4 | Takako Tobise | JPN | 2,32,18 | |
| 5 | Ornella Ferrara | ITA | 2,33,10 | |
| 6 | Iris Biba | GER | 2,34,06 | |
| 7 | Sonja Oberem | GER | 2,35,28 | |
| 8 | Franziska Rochat-Moser | SUI | 2,36,16 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 41,47 | |
| 2 | Jamaica | 42,10 | ||
| 3 | France | 42,21 | ||
| 4 | Germany | 42,44 | ||
| 5 | Russia | 42,50 | ||
| 6 | Bahamas | 42,77 | ||
| 7 | Nigeria | 43,27 | ||
| 8 | China | 43,32 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Germany | 3,20,92 | |
| 2 | United States | 3,21,03 | ||
| 3 | Jamaica | 3,21,30 | ||
| 4 | Russia | 3,21,57 | ||
| 5 | Czech Republic | 3,23,73 | ||
| 6 | Great Britain | 3,26,27 | ||
| 7 | Nigeria | 3,30,04 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 3,30,63 | ||
| 100 m Häck | 1 | Lyudmila Narozhilenko-Engquist | SWE | 12,50 |
| 2 | Svetla Dimitrova | BUL | 12,58 | |
| 3 | Michelle Freeman | JAM | 12,61 | |
| 4 | Brigita Bukovec | SLO | 12,69 | |
| 5 | Dionne Ross | JAM | 12,87 | |
| 6 | Katie Anderson | CAN | 12,88 | |
| 7 | Svetlana Laukhova | RUS | 12,98 | |
| Patricia Girard | FRA | FS | ||
| 400m Häck | 1 | Nezha Bidouane | MAR | 52,97 |
| 2 | Deon Hemmings | JAM | 53,09 | |
| 3 | Kim Batten | USA | 53,52 | |
| 4 | Tatyana Tereshchuk | UKR | 53,81 | |
| 5 | Debbie-Ann Parris | JAM | 54,19 | |
| 6 | Tonja Buford-Bailey | USA | 54,77 | |
| 7 | Susan Smith | IRL | 55,25 | |
| 8 | Andrea Blackett | BAR | 55,63 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Hanne Haugland | NOR | 1,99 |
| 2 | Inga Babakova | UKR | 1,96 | |
| Olga Kaliturina | RUS | 1,96 | ||
| 4 | Yuliya Lyakhova | RUS | 1,96 | |
| 5 | Kajsa Bergqvist | SWE | 1,93 | |
| 7 | Alina Astafei | GER | 1,93 | |
| Antonella Bevilacqua | ITA | 1,93 | ||
| Britta Bilac | SLO | 1,93 | ||
| Längd | 1 | Lyudmila Galkina | RUS | 7,05 |
| 2 | Niki Xanthou | GRE | 6,94 | |
| 3 | Fiona May | ITA | 6,91 | |
| 4 | Heike Daute-Drechsler | GER | 6,89 | |
| 5 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 6,79 | |
| 6 | Susen Tiedtke-Greene | GER | 6,78 | |
| 7 | Viktoriya Vershinina | UKR | 6,71 | |
| 8 | Erica Johansson | SWE | 6,64 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Sárka Kaspárková | CZE | 15,20 |
| 2 | Rodica Petrescu | ROM | 15,16 | |
| 3 | Yelena Govorova | UKR | 14,67 | |
| 4 | Olga Vasdeki | GRE | 14,62 | |
| 5 | Ashia Hansen | GBR | 14,49 | |
| 6 | Tereza Marinova | BUL | 14,34 | |
| 7 | Jelena Blazevica | LAT | 14,06 | |
| 8 | Betty Lise | FRA | 14,03 | |
| Kula | 1 | Astrid Kumbernuss | GER | 20,71 |
| 2 | Vita Pavlysh | UKR | 20,66 | |
| 3 | Stephanie Storp | GER | 19,22 | |
| 4 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | 19,15 | |
| 5 | Connie Price-Smith | USA | 19,00 | |
| 6 | Li Meisu | CHN | 18,62 | |
| 7 | Nadine Kleinert | GER | 18,42 | |
| 8 | Krystyna Danilczyk | POL | 17,83 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Beatrice Faumuina | NZL | 66,82 |
| 2 | Ellina Zvereva | BLR | 65,90 | |
| 3 | Natalya Sadova | RUS | 65,14 | |
| 4 | Larisa Korotkevich | RUS | 63,02 | |
| 5 | Irina Yatchenko | BLR | 62,58 | |
| 6 | Teresa Machado | POR | 62,00 | |
| 7 | Stella Tsikouna | GRE | 61,92 | |
| 8 | Agnese Maffeis | ITA | 61,40 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Trine Hattestad | NOR | 68,78 |
| 2 | Joanna Stone | AUS | 68,64 | |
| 3 | Tanja Damaske | GER | 67,12 | |
| 4 | Mikaela Ingberg | FIN | 66,00 | |
| 5 | Felicea Tilea | ROM | 64,90 | |
| 6 | Sonia Bisset | CUB | 63,80 | |
| 7 | Osleidys Menéndez | CUB | 63,76 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Shikolenko | RUS | 63,76 | |
| Sjukamp | 1 | Sabine Braun | GER | 6739 |
| 2 | Denise Lewis | GBR | 6654 | |
| 3 | Remigia Nazaroviene | LIT | 6566 | |
| 4 | Urszula Wlodarczyk | POL | 6542 | |
| 5 | Maya Sazanovich | BLR | 6428 | |
| 6 | Mona Steigauf | GER | 6406 | |
| 7 | DeDee Nathan | USA | 6298 | |
| 8 | Irina Vostrikova | RUS | 6277 | |