| Event: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze:
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| Men's 100 m
| Image:Us flag large.png Carl Lewis, USA |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Linford Christie, Great Britain |
| Image:Us flag large.png Calvin Smith, USA |
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| Men's 200 m
| Image:Us flag large.png Joe DeLoach, USA |
| Image:Us flag large.png Carl Lewis, USA |
| Image:Brazil flag large.png Robson da Silva, Brazil |
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| Men's 400 m
| Image:Us flag large.png Steve Lewis, USA |
| Image:Us flag large.png Butch Reynolds, USA |
| Image:Us flag large.png Danny Everett, USA |
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| Men's 800 m
| Image:Kenya flag large.png Paul Ereng, Kenya |
| Image:Brazil flag large.png Joaquim Cruz, Brazil |
| Image:Morocco flag large.png Said Aouita, Morocco |
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| Men's 1,500 m
| Image:Kenya flag large.png Peter Rono, Kenya |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Peter Elliott, Great Britain |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Jens-Peter Herold, East Germany |
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| Men's 5,000 m
| Image:Kenya flag large.png John Ngugi, Kenya |
| Image:Germany flag large.png Dieter Baumann, West Germany |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Hansjörg Kunze, East Germany |
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| Men's 10,000 m
| Image:Morocco flag large.png Brahim Boutayeb, Morocco |
| Image:Italy flag large.png Salvatore Antibo, Italy |
| Image:Kenya flag large.png Kipkemboy Kimeli, Kenya |
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| Men's Marathon
| Image:Italy flag large.png Gelindo Bordin, Italy |
| Image:Kenya flag large.png Douglas Wakihuriu, Kenya |
| Image:Djibouti flag large.png Ahmed Saleh, Djibouti |
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| Men's 110 m Hurdles
| Image:Us flag large.png Roger Kingdom, USA |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Colin Jackson, Great Britain |
| Image:Us flag large.png Anthony Campbell, USA |
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| Men's 400 m Hurdles
| Image:Us flag large.png Andre Phillips, USA |
| Image:Senegal flag large.png Amadou Dia Ba, Senegal |
| Image:Us flag large.png Edwin Moses, USA
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| Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
| Image:Kenya flag large.png Julius Kariuki, Kenya |
| Image:Kenya flag large.png Peter Koech, Kenya |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Mark Rowland, Great Britain |
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| Men's 4 x 100 m Relay
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Soviet Union
Viktor Bryzgin
Vladimir Krylov
Vladimir Muravyev
Vitaly Savin
| Image:Uk flag large.png Great Britain
Elliot John Bunney
John Regis
Michael McFarlane
Linford Christie
| France 38.40
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| Men's 4 x 400 m Relay
| Image:Us flag large.png United States
Danny Everett
Steve Lewis
Kevin Robinzine
Butch Reynolds
| Image:Jamaica flag large.png Jamaica
Howard Davis
Devon Morris
Winthrop Graham
Bertland Cameron
| Image:Germany flag large.png West Germany
Norbert Dobeleit
Edgar Itt
Jörg Vaihringer
Ralf Lubke
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| Men's 20 km Walk
| Image:Czechoslovakia flag.png Jozef Pribilinec, Czechoslovakia |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Ronald Weigel, East Germany |
| Image:Italy flag large.png Maurizio Damilano, Italy |
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| Men's 50 km Walk
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Vyacheslav Ivanenko, USSR |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Ronald Weigel, East Germany |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Hartwig Gauder, East Germany |
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| Men's High Jump
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Gennadi Avdeyenko, USSR |
| Image:Us flag large.png Hollis Conway, USA |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Rudolf Povarnitsin, USSR | equal with Patrik Sjöberg, Sweden |
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| Men's Pole Vault
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Sergey Bubka, USSR |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Rodion Gataullin, USSR |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Grigori Yegorov, USSR |
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| Men's Long Jump
| Image:Us flag large.png Carl Lewis, USA |
| Image:Us flag large.png Mike Powell, USA |
| Image:Us flag large.png Larry Myricks, USA |
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| Men's Triple Jump
| Image:Bulgaria flag large.png Khristo Markov, Bulgaria |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Igor Lapshin, USSR |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Alexander Kovalenko, USSR |
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| Men's Shot Put
| Image:East Germany flag.png Ulf Timmermann, East Germany |
| Image:Us flag large.png Randy Barnes, USA |
| Image:Switzerland flag large.png Werner Günthör, Switzerland |
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| Men's Discus
| Image:East Germany flag.png Jürgen Schult, East Germany |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Romas Ubartas, USSR |
| Image:Germany flag large.png Rolf Danneberg, West Germany |
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| Men's Hammer Throw
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Sergey Litvinov, USSR |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Yuriy Sedykh, USSR |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Yuriy Tamm, USSR |
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| Men's Javelin
| Image:Finland flag large.png Tapio Korjus, Finland |
| Image:Czechoslovakia flag.png Jan Zelezný, Czechoslovakia |
| Image:Finland flag large.png Seppo Räty, Finland |
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| Men's Decathlon
| Image:East Germany flag.png Christian Schenk, East Germany | 8488
| Image:East Germany flag.png Torsten Voss, East Germany | 8399
| Image:Canada flag large.png Dave Steen, Canada | 8328
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| Women's 100 m
| Image:Us flag large.png Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA |
| Image:Us flag large.png Evelyn Ashford, USA |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Heike Drechsler, East Germany |
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| Women's 200 m
| Image:Us flag large.png Florence Griffith-Joyner, USA |
| Image:Jamaica flag large.png Grace Jackson, Jamaica |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Heike Drechsler, East Germany |
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| Women's 400 m
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Olga Bryzgina, USSR |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Petra Müller, East Germany |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Olga Nazarova, USSR |
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| Women's 800 m
| Image:East Germany flag.png Sigrun Wodars, East Germany |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Christine Wachtel, East Germany |
| Image:Us flag large.png Kim Gallagher, USA |
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| Women's 1,500 m
| Image:Romania flag large.png Paula Ivan, Romania |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Lelute Baikauskaite, USSR |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Tatyana Samolenko, USSR |
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| Women's 3,000 m
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png [[Tatyana Samolenko, USSR |
| Image:Romania flag large.png Paula Ivan, Romania |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Yvonne Murray, Great Britain |
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| Women's 10,000 m
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Olga Bondarenko, USSR |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Elizabeth McColgan, Great Britain |
| 20px| Yelena Yupiyeva, USSR |
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| Women's Marathon
| Image:Portugal flag large.png Rosa Mota, Portugal |
| Image:Australia flag large.png Lisa Martin, Australia |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Katrin Dorre, East Germany |
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| Women's 100 m Hurdles
| Image:Bulgaria flag large.png Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria |
| Image:East Germany flag large.png Gloria Siebert, East Germany |
| Image:Germany flag large.png Claudia Zaczkiewicz, West Germany |
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| Women's 400 m Hurdles
| Image:Australia flag large.png Debra Flintoff-King, Australia |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Tatyana Ledovskaya, USSR |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Ellen Fiedler, East Germany |
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| Women's 4 x 100 m Relay
| Image:Us flag large.png United States
Alice Brown
Shelia Echols
Evelyn Ashford
Florence Griffith-Joyner
| Image:East Germany flag.png East Germany East Germany
Silke Möller
Kerstin Behrendt
Ingrid Auerswald-Lange
Marlies Göhr
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Soviet Union
Lioudmila Kondratieva
Galina Malchougina
Marina Zhirova
Natalya Voronova
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| Women's 4 x 400 m Relay
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Soviet Union
Tatiana Ledovskaya
Olga Nazarova
Mariya Pingina
Olga Bryzgina
| Image:Us flag large.png United States
Denean Elizabeth Howard-Hill
Diane Lynn Dixon
Valerie Brisco-Hooks
Florence Griffith-Joyner
| East Germany 3:18.29
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| Women's High Jump
| Image:Us flag large.png Louise Ritter, USA |
| Image:Bulgaria flag large.png Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Tamara Bykova, USSR |
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| Women's Long Jump
| Image:Us flag large.png Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Heike Drechsler, East Germany |
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Galina Chistyakova, USSR |
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| Women's Shot Put
| Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.png Natalia Lisovskaya, USSR |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Kathrin Neimke, East Germany |
| Image:China flag large.png Meisu Li, China |
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| Women's Discus
| Image:East Germany flag.png Martina Hellmann, East Germany |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Diana Gansky, East Germany |
| Image:Bulgaria flag large.png Tzventka Khristova-Mintcheva, Bulgaria |
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| Women's Javelin
| Image:East Germany flag.png Petra Felke, East Germany |
| Image:Uk flag large.png Fatima Whitbread, Great Britain |
| Image:East Germany flag.png Beate Koch, East Germany
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| Women's Heptathlon
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA 7291
| Sabine John, GDR 6897
| Anke Behmer, GDR 6858
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