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Medal Table
1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics
| RANK | NAT | COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GDR | German Dem Rep | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | USA | United States | 8 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | URS | U.S.S.R. | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | TCH | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | FRG | Fed Rep German | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | POL | Poland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | GBR | Great Britain & N.I. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Results
| discipline | winner | nat | mark | |||
| name | sex | country | mark | |||
| 100 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 100 Metres | Carl Lewis | M | USA | 10.07 | Results | |
| Women's 100 Metres | Marlies Göhr | F | GDR | 10.97 | Results | |
| 200 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 200 Metres | Calvin Smith | M | USA | 20.14 | Results | |
| Women's 200 Metres | Marita Koch | F | GDR | 22.13 | Results | |
| 400 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 400 Metres | Bert Cameron | M | JAM | 45.05 | Results | |
| Women's 400 Metres | Jarmila Kratochvílová | F | TCH | 47.99 | Results | |
| 800 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 800 Metres | Willi Wülbeck | M | FRG | 1:43.65 | Results | |
| Women's 800 Metres | Jarmila Kratochvílová | F | TCH | 1:54.68 | Results | |
| 1500 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 1500 Metres | Steve Cram | M | GBR | 3:41.59 | Results | |
| Women's 1500 Metres | Mary Slaney | F | USA | 4:00.90 | Results | |
| 3000 Metres | ||||||
| Women's 3000 Metres | Mary Slaney | F | USA | 8:34.62 | Results | |
| 5000 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 5000 Metres | Eamonn Coghlan | M | IRL | 13:28.53 | Results | |
| 10,000 Metres | ||||||
| Men's 10,000 Metres | Alberto Cova | M | ITA | 28:01.04 | Results | |
| Marathon | ||||||
| Men's Marathon | Robert de Castella | M | AUS | 2:10:03 | Results | |
| Women's Marathon | Grete Waitz | F | NOR | 2:28:09 | Results | |
| 3000 Metres Steeplechase | ||||||
| Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase | Patriz Ilg | M | FRG | 8:15.06 | Results | |
| 100 Metres Hurdles | ||||||
| Women's 100 Metres Hurdles | Bettine Jahn | F | GER | 12.35 | Results | |
| 110 Metres Hurdles | ||||||
| Men's 110 Metres Hurdles | Greg Foster | M | USA | 13.42 | Results | |
| 400 Metres Hurdles | ||||||
| Men's 400 Metres Hurdles | Edwin Moses | M | USA | 47.50 | Results | |
| Women's 400 Metres Hurdles | Yekaterina Fesenko-Grun | F | URS | 54.14 | Results | |
| High Jump | ||||||
| Men's High Jump | Gennadiy Avdeyenko | M | UKR | 2.32 | Results | |
| Women's High Jump | Tamara Bykova | F | RUS | 2.01 | Results | |
| Pole Vault | ||||||
| Men's Pole Vault | Sergey Bubka | M | UKR | 5.70 | Results | |
| Long Jump | ||||||
| Men's Long Jump | Carl Lewis | M | USA | 8.55 | Results | |
| Women's Long Jump | Heike Drechsler | F | GER | 7.27 | Results | |
| Triple Jump | ||||||
| Men's Triple Jump | Zdzislaw Hoffmann | M | POL | 17.42 | Results | |
| Shot Put | ||||||
| Men's Shot Put | Edward Sarul | M | POL | 21.39 | Results | |
| Women's Shot Put | Helena Fibingerová | F | TCH | 21.05 | Results | |
| Discus Throw | ||||||
| Men's Discus Throw | Imrich Bugár | M | CZE | 67.72 | Results | |
| Women's Discus Throw | Martina Hellmann | F | GER | 68.94 | Results | |
| Hammer Throw | ||||||
| Men's Hammer Throw | Sergey Litvinov | M | RUS | 82.68 | Results | |
| Javelin Throw | ||||||
| Men's Javelin Throw | Detlef Michel | M | GDR | 89.48 | Results | |
| Women's Javelin Throw | Tiina Lillak | F | FIN | 70.82 | Results | |
| 20 Kilometres Race Walk | ||||||
| Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Ernesto Canto | M | MEX | 1:20:49 | Results | |
| 50 Kilometres Race Walk | ||||||
| Men's 50 Kilometres Race Walk | Ronald Weigel | M | GER | 3:43:08 | Results | |
| 4x100 Metres Relay | ||||||
| Men's 4x100 Metres Relay | United States | M | USA | 37.86 | Results | |
| Women's 4x100 Metres Relay | German Democratic Republic | F | GDR | 41.76 | Results | |
| 4x400 Metres Relay | ||||||
| Men's 4x400 Metres Relay | USSR | M | URS | 3:00.79 | Results | |
| Women's 4x400 Metres Relay | German Democratic Republic | F | GDR | 3:19.73 | Results | |