| Men | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Men 60m | Andres Simon | CUB | John Myles | GHA | Francesco Pavoni | ITA | | Men 200m | John Regis | GBR | Adeoye Mafe | GBR | Kevin Little | USA | | Men 400m | Antonio McKay | USA | Ian Morris | TRI | Cayetano Cornet | ESP | | Men 800m | Paul Ereng | KEN | José Luis Barbosa | BRA | Tonino Viali | ITA | | Men 1500m | Marcus O'Sullivan | IRL | Hauke Fuhlbrügge | GDR | Jeff Atkinson | USA | | Men 3000m | Said Aouita | MAR | José Luis Gonzalez | ESP | Dieter Baumann | FRG | | Men 60m Hurdles | Roger Kingdom | USA | Colin Jackson | GBR | Igor Kasanov | URS | | Men 5000m Walk | Michail Shtshennikov | URS | Roman Mrazek | TCH | Franz Kostyukevich | URS | | Men High Jump | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | Dietmar Mögenburg | FRG | Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | | Men Pole Vault | Rodion Gataullin | URS | Grigoriy Yegorov | URS | Joe Dial | USA | | Men Long Jump | Larry Myricks | USA | Dietmar Haaf | FRG | Mike Conley | USA | | Men Triple Jump | Mike Conley | USA | Jorge Reyna | CUB | Juan Miguel López | CUB | | Men Shot Put | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | Randy Barnes | USA | Georg Andersen | NOR |
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| Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. United States | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | | 2. Soviet Union | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | 3. Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | 4. Great Britain | 1 | 2 | | 3 | | 5. East Germany | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 6. Ireland | 1 | | | 1 | | 6. Kenya | 1 | | | 1 | | 6. Morocco | 1 | | | 1 | | 9. West Germany | | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 10.Spain | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 11.Czechoslovakia | | 1 | | 1 | | 12.Brazil | | 1 | | 1 | | 12.Ghana | | 1 | | 1 | | 12.Trinidad Tobago | | 1 | | 1 | | 15.Italy | | | 2 | 2 | | 16.Norway | | | 1 | 2 | | 16.Sweden | | | 1 | 2 |
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| Women | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Women 60m | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | NED | Gwen Torrance | USA | Merlene Ottey | JAM | | Women 200m | Merlene Ottey | JAM | Grace Jackson | JAM | Natalya Kovzun | URS | | Women 400m | Helga Arendt | FRG | Diane Dixon | USA | Jillian Richardson | CAN | | Women 800m | Christine Wachtel | GDR | Tatyana Grebenchuk | URS | Ellen Kießling | GDR | | Women 1500m | Doina Melinte | ROM | Svetlana Kitova | URS | Yvonne Mai | GDR | | Women 3000m | Elly van Hulst | NED | Elizabeth McColgan | GBR | Margareta Keszeg | ROM | | Women 60m Hurdles | Yelisaveta Chernyshova | URS | Ludmilla Naroshilenko | URS | Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR | | Women 3000m Walk | Kerry Saxby | AUS | Beate Anders | GDR | Ileana Salvador | ITA | | Women High Jump | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | Tamara Bykova | URS | Heike Redetzky | FRG | | Women Long Jump | Galina Chistyakova | URS | Marieta Ilcu | ROM | Larissa Bereshnaya | URS | | Women Shot Put | Claudia Losch | FRG | Huang Zhihong | CHN |
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| Medals | G | S | B | All | | 1. Soviet Union | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | | 2. West Germany | 2 | | 1 | 3 | | 3. Netherlands | 2 | | | 2 | | 4. East Germany | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | | 5. Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 5. Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 7. Australia | 1 | | | 1 | | 7. Bulgaria | 1 | | | 1 | | 9. United States | | 2 | | 2 | | 10.Great Britain | | 1 | | 1 | | 10.China | | 1 | | 1 | | 12.Italy | | | 1 | 1 | | 12.Canada | | | 1 | 1 |
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