| 100 Metres |
| Men's 100 Metres | Carl Lewis | M | | USA | 9.86 | Results |
| Women's 100 Metres | Katrin Krabbe | F | | GER | 10.99 | Results |
| 200 Metres |
| Men's 200 Metres | Michael Johnson | M | | USA | 20.01 | Results |
| Women's 200 Metres | Katrin Krabbe | F | | GER | 22.09 | Results |
| 400 Metres |
| Men's 400 Metres | Antonio Pettigrew | M | | USA | 44.57 | Results |
| Women's 400 Metres | Marie-José Pérec | F | | FRA | 49.13 | Results |
| 800 Metres |
| Men's 800 Metres | Billy Konchellah | M | | KEN | 1:43.99 | Results |
| Women's 800 Metres | Liliya Nurutdinova | F | | RUS | 1:57.50 | Results |
| 1500 Metres |
| Men's 1500 Metres | Noureddine Morceli | M | | ALG | 3:32.84 | Results |
| Women's 1500 Metres | Hassiba Boulmerka | F | | ALG | 4:02.21 | Results |
| 3000 Metres |
| Women's 3000 Metres | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh | F | | UKR | 8:35.82 | Results |
| 5000 Metres |
| Men's 5000 Metres | Yobes Ondieki | M | | KEN | 13:14.45 | Results |
| 10,000 Metres |
| Men's 10,000 Metres | Moses Tanui | M | | KEN | 27:38.74 | Results |
| Women's 10,000 Metres | Liz McColgan-Nuttall | F | | GBR | 31:14.31 | Results |
| Marathon |
| Men's Marathon | Hiromi Taniguchi | M | | JPN | 2:14:57 | Results |
| Women's Marathon | Wanda Panfil | F | | POL | 2:29:53 | Results |
| 3000 Metres Steeplechase |
| Men's 3000 Metres Steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui | M | | KEN | 8:12.59 | Results |
| 100 Metres Hurdles |
| Women's 100 Metres Hurdles | Ludmila Engquist | F | | SWE | 12.59 | Results |
| 110 Metres Hurdles |
| Men's 110 Metres Hurdles | Greg Foster | M | | USA | 13.06 | Results |
| 400 Metres Hurdles |
| Men's 400 Metres Hurdles | Samuel Matete | M | | ZAM | 47.64 | Results |
| Women's 400 Metres Hurdles | Tatyana Ledovskaya | F | | BLR | 53.11 | Results |
| Heptathlon |
| Women's Heptathlon | Sabine Braun | F | | GER | 6672 | Results |
| Decathlon |
| Men's Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | M | | USA | 996 | Results |
| High Jump |
| Men's High Jump | Charles Austin | M | | USA | 2.38 | Results |
| Women's High Jump | Heike Henkel | F | | GER | 2.05 | Results |
| Pole Vault |
| Men's Pole Vault | Sergey Bubka | M | | UKR | 5.95 | Results |
| Long Jump |
| Men's Long Jump | Mike Powell | M | | USA | 8.95 | Results |
| Women's Long Jump | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | F | | USA | 7.32 | Results |
| Triple Jump |
| Men's Triple Jump | Kenny Harrison | M | | USA | 17.78 | Results |
| Shot Put |
| Men's Shot Put | Werner Günthör | M | | SUI | 21.67 | Results |
| Women's Shot Put | Zhihong Huang | F | | CHN | 20.83 | Results |
| Discus Throw |
| Men's Discus Throw | Lars Riedel | M | | GER | 66.20 | Results |
| Women's Discus Throw | Tsvetanka Khristova | F | | BUL | 71.02 | Results |
| Hammer Throw |
| Men's Hammer Throw | Yuriy Sedykh | M | | URS | 81.70 | Results |
| Javelin Throw |
| Men's Javelin Throw | Kimmo Kinnunen | M | | FIN | 90.82 | Results |
| Women's Javelin Throw | Demei Xu | F | | CHN | 68.78 | Results |
| 10 Kilometres Race Walk |
| Women's 10 Kilometres Race Walk | Alina Ivanova | F | | RUS | 42:57 | Results |
| 20 Kilometres Race Walk |
| Men's 20 Kilometres Race Walk | Maurizio Damilano | M | | ITA | 1:19:37 | Results |
| 50 Kilometres Race Walk |
| Men's 50 Kilometres Race Walk | Aleksandr Potashov | M | | BLR | 3:53:09 | Results |
| 4x100 Metres Relay |
| Men's 4x100 Metres Relay | United States | M | | USA | 37.50 | Results |
| Women's 4x100 Metres Relay | Jamaica | F | | JAM | 41.94 | Results |
| 4x400 Metres Relay |
| Men's 4x400 Metres Relay | Great Britain & NI | M | | GBR | 2:57.53 | Results |
| Women's 4x400 Metres Relay | USSR | F | | URS | 3:18.43 | Results |
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