| discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Men 100m | Maurice Greene | USA | 9.87s | Ato Boldon | TRI | 9.99s | Obadele Thompson | BAR | 10.04s |
| Men 200m | Konstantinos Kenteris | GRE | 20.09s | Darren Campbell | GBR | 20.14s | Ato Boldon | TRI | 20.20s |
| Men 400m | Michael Johnson | USA | 43.84s | Alvin Harrison | USA | 44.40 | Gregory Haughton | JAM | 44.70s |
| Men 800m | Nils Schumann | GER | 1:45.08 | Wilson Kipketer | DEN | 1:45.14 | Aissa Djabir Said-Guerni | ALG | 1:45.16 |
| Men 1500m | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 3:32.07 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MOR | 3:32.32 | Bernard Lagat | KEN | 3:32.44 |
| Men 5000m | Mildon Wolde | ETH | 13:35.49 | Ali Saidi-Sief | ALG | 13:36.20 | Brahim Lahlafi | MAR | 13:36.47 |
| Men 10000m | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 27:18.20 | Paul Tergat | KEN | 27:18.29 | Assefa Mezgebu | ETH | 27:19.75 |
| Men Marathon | Abera Gezahgne | ETH | 2:10:11 | Eric Wainaina | KEN | 2:10:31 | Tesfaye Tola | ETH | 2:11:10 |
| Men 110m Hurdles | Anier Garcia | CUB | 13.00s | Terrence Trammell | USA | 13.16s | Mark Crear | USA | 13.22s |
| Men 400m Hurdles | Angelo Taylor | USA | 47.50s | Hadi Souan Somayli | KSA | 47.53s | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 47.81s |
| Men 3000m Steeplechase | Reuben Kosgei | KEN | 8:21.43 | Wilson Bolt Kipketer | KEN | 8:21.77 | Ali Ezzine | MAR | 8:22.15 |
| Men 4x100m Relay | United States | 37.61s | Brazil | 37.90s | Cuba | 38.04s | |||
| Men 4x400m Relay | United States | 2:56.35 | Nigeria | 2:58.68 | Jamaica | 2:58.78 | |||
| Men High Jump | Sergey Kliugin | RUS | 2.35m | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 2.32m | Abderrahmane Hammad | ALG | 2.32m |
| Men Long Jump | Ivan Pedroso | CUB | 8.55m | Jai Taurima | AUS | 8.49m | Roman Schurenko | UKR | 8.31m |
| Men Triple Jump | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 17.71m | Yoel Garcia | CUB | 17.47m | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 17.46m |
| Men Pole Vault | Nick Hysong | USA | 5.90m | Lawrence Johnson | USA | 5.90m | Maksim Tarasov | RUS | 5.90m |
| Men Shot Put | Arsi Harju | FIN | 21.29m | Adam Nelson | USA | 21.21m | John Godina | USA | 21.20m |
| Men Discus Throw | Virgilijus Alekna | LTU | 69.30m | Lars Riedel | GER | 68.50m | Frantz Kruger | RSA | 68.19m |
| Men Hammer Throw | Szymon Ziolkowski | POL | 80.02m | Nicola Vizzoni | ITA | 79.64m | Igor Astapkovich | BLR | 79.17m |
| Men Javelin Throw | Jan Zelezny | CZE | 90.17m | Steve Backley | GBR | 89.85m | Sergey Makarov | RUS | 88.67m |
| Men Decathlon | Erki Nool | EST | 8641 | Roman Sebrle | CZE | 8606 | Chris Huffins | USA | 8595 |
| Men 20km Walk | Robert Korzeniowski | POL | 1:18:59 | Noe Hernandez | MEX | 1:19:03 | Vladimir Andreyev | RUS | 1:19:27 |
| Men 50km Walk | Robert Korzeniowski | POL | 3:42:22 | Aigars Fadejevs | LAT | 3:43:40 | Joel Sanchez | MEX | 3:44:36 |
| discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Women 100m | Marion Jones | USA | 10.75s | Ekaterini Thanou | GRE | 11.12s | Tanya Lawrence | JAM | 11.18s |
| Women 200m | Marion Jones | USA | 21.84s | Pauline Davis-Thompson | BAH | 22.27s | Susanthika Jayasinghe | SRI | 22.28s |
| Women 400m | Cathy Freeman | AUS | 49.11s | Lorraine Graham | JAM | 49.58s | Katharine Merry | GBR | 49.72s |
| Women 800m | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 1:56.15 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 1:56.64 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 1:56.80 |
| Women 1500m | Nouria Merah-Benida | ALG | 4:05.10 | Violeta Szekely | ROM | 4:05.15 | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 4:05.27 |
| Women 5000m | Gabriela Szabo | ROM | 14:40.79 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL | 14:41.02 | Gete Wami | ETH | 14:42.23 |
| Women 10000m | Derartu Tulu | ETH | 30:17.49 | Gete Wami | ETH | 30:22.48 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 30:22.88 |
| Women Marathon | Naoko Takahashi | JPN | 2:23:14 | Lidia Simon | ROM | 2:23:22 | Joyce Chepchumba | KEN | 2:24:45 |
| Women 100m Hurdles | Olga Shishigina | KAZ | 12.65s | Glory Alozie | NGR | 12.68s | Melissa Morrisson | USA | 12.76s |
| Women 400m Hurdles | Irina Privalova | RUS | 53.02s | Deon Hemmings | JAM | 53.45s | Nouzha Bidouane | MAR | 53.57s |
| Women 4x100m Relay | Bahamas | 41.95 | Jamaica | 42.13s | United States | 42.20s | |||
| Women 4x400m Relay | United States | 3:22.62 | Jamaica | 3:23.25 | Russia | 3:23.46 | |||
| Women High Jump | Yelena Yelesina | RUS | 2.01m | Hestrie Cloete | RSA | 2.01m | Kajsa Bergqvist | SWE | 1.99m |
| . | . | . | . | . | . | . | Oana Manuela Pantelimon | ROM | 1.99m |
Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev
todor1966@yahoo.com
Last updated: 20 Aug 2009
