| Track Events - MEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Donovan Bailey
Canada | 9.84s | Frankie Fredericks
Namimbia | 9.89s | Ato Boldon
Trinidad | 9.90s |
| 200 metres | Michael Johnson
USA | 19.32s | Frankie Fredericks
Namimbia | 19.68 | Ato Boldon
Trinidad | 19.80s |
| 400 metres | Michael Johnson
USA | 43.49s | Roger Black
GB | 44.41s | Davis Kamoga
Uganda | 44.53s |
| 800 metres | Vebjoern Rodal
Norway | 1m 42.58s | Hezekiel Sepeng
South Africa | 1m 42.74s | Fred Onyancha
Kenya | 1m 42.79s |
| 1500 metres | Noureddine Morceli
Algeria | 3m 35.78s | Fermin Cacho
Spain | 3m 36.40s | Stephen Kipkorir
Kenya | 3m 36.72s |
| 5000 metres | Venuste Niyongabo
Burundi | 13m 7.96s | Paul Bitok
Kenya | 13m 8.16s | Khalid Boulami
Morocco | 13m 8.37s |
| 10000 metres | Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia | 27m 7.34s | Paul Tergat
Kenya | 27m 8.17s | Salah Hissou
Morocco | 27m 24.67s |
Marathon
(42,195 m) | Josia Thugwane
South Africa | 2h 12m 36s | Bong-Ju Lee
Korea | 2h 12m 39s | Eric Wainaina
Kenya | 2h 12m 44s |
Steeplechase
(3000 metres) | J Keter
Kenya | 8m 7.12s | M Kiptanui
Kenya | 8m 8.33s | Alessandro Lambruschini
Italy | 8m 11.28s |
| Field Events - MEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Charles Austin
USA | 2.39 m | Artur Partyka
Poland | 2.37 m | Steve Smith
GB | 2.35 m |
| Long Jump | Carl Lewis
USA | 8.50 m | James Beckford
Jamaica | 8.29 m | Joe Greene
USA | 8.24 m |
| Pole Vault | Jean Galfione
France | 5.92 m | Igor Trandenkov
Russia | 5.92 m | Andrei Tivontchik
Germany | 5.92 m |
| Shot | Randy Barnes
USA | 21.62 m | John Godina
USA | 20.79 m | Oleksandr Bagach
Ukraine | 20.75 m |
| Discus | Lars Riedel
Germany | 69.40 m | Vladimir Dubrovshchik
Belarus | 66.60 m | Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Belarus | 65.80 m |
| Javelin | Jan Zelezny
Czech Republic | 88.16 m | Steve Backley
GB | 87.44 m | Seppo Raty
Finland | 86.98 m |
| Track Events - WOMEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Gail Devers
USA | 10.94s | Merlene Ottey
Jamaica | 10.94s | Gwen Torrence
USA | 10.96s |
| 200 metres | Marie-Jose Perec
France | 22.12s | Merlene Ottey
Jamaica | 22.24s | Mary Onyali
Nigeria | 22.38s |
| 400 metres | Marie-Jose Perec
France | 48.25s | Cathy Freeman
Australia | 48.63s | Falilat Ogunkoya
Nigeria | 49.10s |
| 800 metres | Svetlana Masterkova
Russia | 1m 57.73s | Ana Fidelia Quirot
Cuba | 1m 58.11s | Maria Lurdes Mutola
Mozambique | 1m 58.71s |
| 1500 metres | Svetlana Masterkova
Russia | 4m 0.83s | Gabriela Szabo
Romania | 4m 1.54s | Theresia Kiesl
Austria | 4m 3.02s |
| 5000 metres | Junxia Wang
China | 14m 59.88s | Pauline Konga
Kenya | 15m 3.49s | Roberta Brunet
Italy | 15m 7.52s |
| 10000 metres | Fernanda Ribeiro
Portugal | 31m 1.63s | Junxia Wang
China | 31m 2.58s | Gete Wami
Ethiopia | 31m 6.65s |
| Marathon | Fatuma Roba
Ethiopa | 2h 26m 5s | Valentina Yegorova
Russia | 2h 28m 5s | Yuko Arimori
Japan | 2h 28m 39s |
| Field Events - WOMEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Stefka Kostadinova
Bulgaria | 2.05 m | Niki Bakogianni
Greece | 2.03 m | Inha Babakova
Ukraine | 2.01 m |
| Long Jump | Chioma Ajunwa
Nigeria | 7.12 m | Fiona May
Italy | 7.02 m | Jackie Joyner-Kersee
USA | 7.00 m |
| Shot | Astrid Kumbernuss
Germany | 20.56 | Xinmei Sui
China | 19.88 m | Irina Khudorozhkina
Russia | 19.35 m |
| Discus | Ilke Wyludda
Germany | 69.66 m | Natalya Sadova
Russia | 66.48 m | Elya Zvereva
Belarus | 65.64 m |
| Javelin | Heli Rantanen
Finland | 67.94 m | Louise McPaul
Australia | 65.54 m | Trine Hattestad
Norway | 64.98 m |