Men
100 Meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Donovan Bailey, CAN | 9.84 | WR |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks, NAM | 9.89 | |
| 3 | Ato Boldon, TRI | 9.90 | |
Top 10 USA—4th Dennis Mitchell (9.99); 5th Michael Marsh (10.00).
200 meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Michael Johnson, USA | 19.32 | WR |
| 2 | Frank Fredericks, NAM | 19.68 | |
| 3 | Ato Boldon, TRI | 19.80 | |
Other Top 10 USA—5th Jeff Williams (20.17); 8th Michael Marsh (20.48).
400 meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Michael Johnson, USA | 43.49 | OR |
| 2 | Roger Black, GBR | 44.41 | |
| 3 | Davis Kamoga, UGA | 44.53 | |
Other Top 10 USA—4th Alvin Harrison (44.62)
800 meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Vebjoern Rodal, NOR | 1:42.58 | OR |
| 2 | Hezekiel Sepeng, S. Afr | 1:42.74 | |
| 3 | Fred Onyancha, KEN | 1:42.79 | |
Top 10 USA—7th Johnny Gray (1:44.21).
1500 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Noureddine Morceli, ALG | 3:35.78 |
| 2 | Fermin Cacho, SPA | 3:36.40 |
| 3 | Stephen Kipkorir, KEN | 3:36.72 |
5000 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Venuste Niyongabo, BUR | 13:07.96 |
| 2 | Paul Bitok, KEN | 13:08.16 |
| 3 | Khalid Boulami, MOR | 13:08.37 |
10,000 meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Haile Gebrselassie, ETH | 27:07.34 | OR |
| 2 | Paul Tergat, KEN | 27:08.17 | |
| 3 | Salah Hissou, MOR | 27:24.67 | |
Marathon
| | | Time |
| 1 | Josia Thugwane, S. Afr | 2:12:36 |
| 2 | Lee Bong-Ju, S.KOR | 2:12:39 |
| 3 | Eric Wainaina, KEN | 2:12:44 |
Top USA—28th Keith Brantly (2:18:17); 31st Bob Kempainen (2:18:38); 41st Mark Coogan (2:20:27).
4x100-meter Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | Canada | 37.69 |
| 2 | United States | 38.05 |
| 3 | Brazil | 38.41 |
CAN—Donovan Bailey, Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Carlton Chambers; USA—Tim Harden, Jon Drummond, Michael Marsh, Dennis Mitchell, Tim Montgomery; BRA—Edson Ribeiro, Arnaldo Silva, Andre Silva, Robson da Silva.
4x400-meter Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | United States | 2:55.99 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2:56.60 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 2:59.42 |
USA—Anthuan Maybank, Derek Mills, LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Jason Rouser; GBR—Jamie Baulch, Mark Hylton, Du'aine Ladejo, Mark Richardson, Iwan Thomas, Roger Black; JAM—Dennis Blake, Davian Clarke; Roxbert Martin, Michael McDonald, Greg Haughton, Garth Robinson.
110-meter Hurdles
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Allen Johnson, USA | 12.95 | OR |
| 2 | Mark Crear, USA | 13.09 | |
| 3 | Florian Schwarthoff, GER | 13.17 | |
Other Top 10 USA—6th Eugene Swift (13.23).
400-meter Hurdles
| | | Time |
| 1 | Derrick Adkins, USA | 47.54 |
| 2 | Samuel Matete, ZAM | 47.78 |
| 3 | Calvin Davis, USA | 47.96 |
3000-meter Steeplechase
| | | Time |
| 1 | Joseph Keter, KEN | 8:07.12 |
| 2 | Moses Kiptanui, KEN | 8:08.33 |
| 3 | Alessandro Lambruschini, ITA | 8:11.28 |
USA Top 12—5th Mark Croghan (8:17.84); 12th Marc Davis (9:51.96)
20-kilometer Walk
| | | Time |
| 1 | Jefferson Perez, ECU | 1:20:07 |
| 2 | Ilya Markov, RUS | 1:20:16 |
| 3 | Bernardo Segura, MEX | 1:20:23 |
Top USA—50th Curt Clausen (1:31:30).
50-kilometer Walk
| | | Time |
| 1 | Robert Korzeniowski, POL | 3:43:30 |
| 2 | Mikhail Shchennikov, RUS | 3:43:46 |
| 3 | Valentin Massana, SPA | 3:44:19 |
Top USA—24th Allen James (4:01:18).
High Jump
| | | Distance | |
| 1 | Charles Austin, USA | 7-10 | OR |
| 2 | Artur Partyka, POL | 7-91/4 | |
| 3 | Steve Smith, GBR | 7-81/2 | |
Pole Vault
| | | Distance | |
| 1 | Jean Galfione, FRA | 19-51/4 | OR |
| 2 | Igor Trandenkov, RUS | 19-51/4 | OR |
| 3 | Andrei Tivontchik, GER | 19-51/4 | OR |
Note: All three cleared the same height, order of finish was decided by number of misses.
Top 10 USA—8th Lawrence Johnson (18-81/4).
Long Jump
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Carl Lewis, USA | 27-103/4 |
| 2 | James Beckford, JAM | 27-21/2 |
| 3 | Joe Greene, USA | 27-01/2 |
Other Top 10 USA—5th Mike Powell (26-93/4)
Triple Jump
| | | Distance | |
| 1 | Kenny Harrison, USA | 59-41/4 | OR |
| 2 | Jonathan Edwards, GBR | 58-8 | |
| 3 | Yoelbi Quesada, CUB | 57-23/4 | |
Other Top 10 USA—4th Mike Conley (57-1); 8th Robert Howard (55-51/2)
Shot Put
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Randy Barnes, USA | 70-111/4 |
| 2 | John Godina, USA | 68-21/2 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Bagach, UKR | 68-1 |
Other Top 10 USA—7th C.J. Hunter (66-103/4).
Discus
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Lars Riedel, GER | 227-8 |
| 2 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik, BLR | 218-6 |
| 3 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh, BLR | 215-10 |
Hammer Throw
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Balazs Kiss, HUN | 266-6 |
| 2 | Lance Deal, USA | 266-2 |
| 3 | Oleksiy Krykun, UKR | 262-6 |
Javelin
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Jan Zelezny, CZE | 289-3 |
| 2 | Steve Backley, GBR | 286-10 |
| 3 | Seppo Raty, FIN | 285-4 |
Decathlon
| | | Points |
| 1 | Dan O'Brien, USA | 8824 |
| 2 | Frank Busemann, GER | 8706 |
| 3 | Tomas Dvorak, CZE | 8664 |
Other Top 10 USA—4th Steve Fritz (8644); 10th Chris Huffins (8300).
Women
100 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Gail Devers, USA | 10.94 |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey, JAM | 10.94 |
| 3 | Gwen Torrence, USA | 10.96 |
200 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Marie-Jose Perec, FRA | 22.12 |
| 2 | Merlene Ottey, JAM | 22.24 |
| 3 | Mary Onyali, NGR | 22.38 |
Top 10 USA—4th Inger Miller (22.41); 8th Carlette Guidry (22.61).
400 meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Marie-Jose Perec, FRA | 48.25 | OR |
| 2 | Cathy Freeman, AUS | 48.63 | |
| 3 | Falilat Ogunkoya, NGR | 49.10 | |
Top 10 USA—5th Jearl Miles (49.55).
800 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Svetlana Masterkova, RUS | 1:57.73 |
| 2 | Ana Quirot, CUB | 1:58.11 |
| 3 | Maria Mutola, MOZ | 1:58.71 |
1500 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Svetlana Masterkova, RUS | 4:00.83 |
| 2 | Gabriela Szabo, ROM | 4:01.54 |
| 3 | Theresia Kiesl, AUT | 4:03.02 |
Top 10 USA—10th Regina Jacobs (4:07.21).
5000 meters
| | | Time |
| 1 | Wang Junxia, CHN | 14:59.88 |
| 2 | Pauline Konga, KEN | 15:03.49 |
| 3 | Roberta Brunet, ITA | 15:07.52 |
Top 10 USA—9th Lynn Jennings (15:17.50); 10th Amy Rudolph (15:19.77).
10,000 meters
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Fernanda Ribeiro, POR | 31:01.63 | OR |
| 2 | Wang Junxia, CHN | 31:02.58 | |
| 3 | Gete Wami, ETH | 31:06.65 | |
Marathon
| | | Time |
| 1 | Fatuma Roba, ETH | 2:26:05 |
| 2 | Valentina Yegorova, RUS | 2:28:05 |
| 3 | Yuko Arimori, JPN | 2:28:39 |
Top USA—10th Anne Marie Lauck (2:31:30); 31st Linda Somers (2:36:58).
4x100-meter Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | United States | 41.95 |
| 2 | Bahamas | 42.14 |
| 3 | Jamaica | 42.24 |
USA—Chryste Gaines, Gail Devers, Inger Miller, Gwen Torrence; BAH—Eldece Clarke, Chandra Sturrup, Sevatheda Fynes, Pauline Davis; JAM—Michelle Freeman, Juliet Cuthbert, Nikole Mitchell, Merlene Ottey.
4x400-meter Relay
| | | Time |
| 1 | United States | 3:20.91 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3:21.04 |
| 3 | Germany | 3:21.14 |
USA—Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson; NGR—Bisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf, Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya; GER—Uta Rohlaender, Linda Kisabaka, Anja Ruecker, Grit Breuer.
100-meter Hurdles
| | | Time |
| 1 | Ludmila Engquist, SWE | 12.58 |
| 2 | Brigita Bukovec, SLO | 12.59 |
| 3 | Patricia Girard-Leno, FRA | 12.65 |
Top 10 USA—4th Gail Devers (12.66).
400-meter Hurdles
| | | Time | |
| 1 | Deon Hemmings, JAM | 52.82 | OR |
| 2 | Kim Batten, USA | 53.08 | |
| 3 | Tonja Buford-Bailey, USA | 53.22 | |
10-kilometer Walk
| | | Time |
| 1 | Yelena Ninikolayeva, RUS | 41:49 |
| 2 | Elisabetta Perrone, ITA | 42:12 |
| 3 | Wang Yan, CHN | 42:19 |
Top USA—14th Michelle Rohl (44:29); 20th Debbie Lawrence (45:32).
High Jump
| | | Distance | |
| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova, BUL | 6-83/4 | OR |
| 2 | Niki Bakogianni, GRE | 6-80{$} | |
| 3 | Inha Babakova, UKR | 6-70{$} | |
Top USA—11th Tisha Waller (6-4).
Long Jump
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Chioma Ajunwa, NGR | 23-41/2 |
| 2 | Fiona May, ITA | 23-01/2 |
| 3 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee, USA | 22-113/4 |
Triple Jump
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Inessa Kravets, UKR | 50-31/2 |
| 2 | Inna Lasovskaya, RUS | 49-13/4 |
| 3 | Sarka Kasparkova, CZE | 49-13/4 |
Top USA—11th Sheila Hudson, USA (46-0)
Shot Put
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Astrid Kumbernuss, GER | 67-51/2 |
| 2 | Sui Xinmei, CHN | 65-23/4 |
| 3 | Irina Khudorozhkina, RUS | 63-60{$} |
Top 10 USA—5th Connie Price-Smith (63-03/4); 9th Ramona Pagel (60-73/4).
Discus
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Ilke Wyludda, GER | 228-6 |
| 2 | Natalya Sadova, RUS | 218-1 |
| 3 | Elya Zvereva, BLR | 215-4 |
Javelin
| | | Distance |
| 1 | Heli Rantanen, FIN | 222-11 |
| 2 | Louise McPaul, AUS | 215-0 |
| 3 | Trine Hattestad, NOR | 213-2 |
Heptathlon
| | | Points |
| 1 | Ghada Shouaa, SYR | 6780 |
| 2 | Natasha Sazanovich, BLR | 6563 |
| 3 | Denise Lewis, GBR | 6489 |
Top 10 USA—8th Kelly Blair (6307); 9th Sharon Hanson (6292).
