| 1980 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Allan Wells | GBR | 10,25 |
| 2 | Silvio Leonard | CUB | 10,25 | |
| 3 | Petar Petrov | BUL | 10,39 | |
| 4 | Aleksandr Aksinin | URS | 10,42 | |
| 5 | Osvaldo Lara | CUB | 10,43 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Muravyov | URS | 10,44 | |
| 7 | Marian Woronin | POL | 10,46 | |
| 8 | Herman Panzo | FRA | 10,49 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Pietro Mennea | ITA | 20,19 |
| 2 | Allan Wells | GBR | 20,21 | |
| 3 | Don Quarrie | JAM | 20,29 | |
| 4 | Silvio Leonard | CUB | 20,30 | |
| 5 | Bernhard Hoff | GDR | 20,50 | |
| 6 | Leszek Dunecki | POL | 20,68 | |
| 7 | Marian Woronin | POL | 20,81 | |
| 8 | Osvaldo Lara | CUB | 21,19 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Viktor Markin | URS | 44,60 |
| 2 | Richard Mitchell | AUS | 44,84 | |
| 3 | Frank Schaffer | GDR | 44,87 | |
| 4 | Alberto Juantorena | CUB | 45,09 | |
| 5 | Alfons Brijdenbach | BEL | 45,10 | |
| 6 | Michael Solomon | TRI | 45,55 | |
| 7 | David Jenkins | GBR | 45,56 | |
| 8 | Joseph Coombs | TRI | 46,33 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 1,45,4 |
| 2 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 1,45,9 | |
| 3 | Nikolay Kirov | URS | 1,46,0 | |
| 4 | Alberto Guimaraes | BRA | 1,46,2 | |
| 5 | Andreas Busse | GDR | 1,46,9 | |
| 6 | Detlef Wagenknecht | GDR | 1,47,0 | |
| 7 | José Marajo | FRA | 1,47,3 | |
| 8 | David Warren | GBR | 1,49,3 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Sebastian Coe | GBR | 3,38,4 |
| 2 | Jurgen Straub | GDR | 3,38,8 | |
| 3 | Steve Ovett | GBR | 3,39,0 | |
| 4 | Andreas Busse | GDR | 3,40,2 | |
| 5 | Vittorio Fontanella | ITA | 3,40,4 | |
| 6 | Jozef Plachy | TCH | 3,40,7 | |
| 7 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3,42,0 | |
| 8 | Dragan Zdravkovic | YUG | 3,43,1 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Miruts Yifter | ETH | 13,21,0 |
| 2 | Suleiman Nyambui | TAN | 13,21,6 | |
| 3 | Kaarlo Maaninka | FIN | 13,22,0 | |
| 4 | Eamonn Coghlan | IRL | 13,22,8 | |
| 5 | Markus Ryffel | SUI | 13,23,1 | |
| 6 | Dietmar Millonig | AUT | 13,23,3 | |
| 7 | John Treacy | IRL | 13,23,7 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Fedotkin | URS | 13,24,1 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Miruts Yifter | ETH | 27,42,7 |
| 2 | Kaarlo Maaninka | FIN | 27,44,3 | |
| 3 | Mohamed Kedir | ETH | 27,44,7 | |
| 4 | Tolossa Kotu | ETH | 27,46,5 | |
| 5 | Lasse Virén | FIN | 27,50,5 | |
| 6 | Jörg Peter | GDR | 28,05,6 | |
| 7 | Werner Schildhauer | GDR | 28,11,0 | |
| 8 | Enn Sellik | URS | 28,13,8 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Waldemar Cierpinski | GDR | 2,11,03 |
| 2 | Gerard Nijboer | NED | 2,11,20 | |
| 3 | Satymkul Dzhumanazarov | URS | 2,11,35 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Kotov | URS | 2,12,05 | |
| 5 | Leonid Moseyev | URS | 2,12,14 | |
| 6 | Rodolfo Gomez | MEX | 2,12,39 | |
| 7 | Dereje Nedi | ETH | 2,12,44 | |
| 8 | Massimo Magnani | ITA | 2,13,12 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 38,26 | |
| 2 | Poland | 38,33 | ||
| 3 | France | 38,53 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 38,62 | ||
| 5 | German Democratic Republic | 38,73 | ||
| 6 | Bulgaria | 38,99 | ||
| 7 | Nigeria | 39,12 | ||
| 8 | Brazil | 39,54 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 3,01,1 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 3,01,3 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 3,04,3 | ||
| 4 | France | 3,04,8 | ||
| 5 | Brazil | 3,05,9 | ||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3,06,6 | ||
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 3,07,0 | ||
| 8 | Great Britain | DNF | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Bronislaw Malinowski | POL | 8,09,7 |
| 2 | Filbert Bayi | TAN | 8,12,5 | |
| 3 | Eshetu Tura | ETH | 8,13,6 | |
| 4 | Domingo Ramon | ESP | 8,15,8 | |
| 5 | Francisco Sanchez | ESP | 8,18,0 | |
| 6 | Giuseppe Gerbi | ITA | 8,18,5 | |
| 7 | Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8,19,5 | |
| 8 | Anatoliy Dimov | URS | 8,19,8 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13,39 |
| 2 | Alejandra Casanas | CUB | 13,40 | |
| 3 | Aleksandr Puchkov | URS | 13,44 | |
| 4 | Andrey Prokofyev | URS | 13,49 | |
| 5 | Jan Pusty | POL | 13,68 | |
| 6 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13,76 | |
| 7 | Javier Moracho | ESP | 13,78 | |
| 8 | Yuriy Chervanyev | URS | 13,80 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Volker Beck | GDR | 48,70 |
| 2 | Vasiliy Arkhipenko | URS | 48,86 | |
| 3 | Gary Oakes | GBR | 49,11 | |
| 4 | Nikolay Vasilyev | URS | 49,34 | |
| 5 | Rok Kopitar | YUG | 49,67 | |
| 6 | Horia Toboc | ROM | 49,84 | |
| 7 | Franz Meier | SUI | 50,00 | |
| 8 | Yanko Bratanov | BUL | 56,35 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Gerd Wessig | GDR | 2,36 |
| 2 | Jacek Wszola | POL | 2,31 | |
| 3 | Jörg Freimuth | GDR | 2,31 | |
| 4 | Henry Lauterbach | GDR | 2,29 | |
| 5 | Roland Dalhäuser | SUI | 2,24 | |
| 6 | Vaso Komnenic | YUG | 2,24 | |
| 7 | Adrian Proteasa | ROM | 2,21 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Grigoryev | URS | 2,21 | |
| Stav | 1 | Wladislaw Kozakiewicz | POL | 5,78 |
| 2 | Konstantin Volkov | URS | 5,65 | |
| Tadeusz Slusarski | POL | 5,65 | ||
| 4 | Philippe Houvion | FRA | 5,65 | |
| 5 | Jean-Michel Bellot | FRA | 5,60 | |
| 6 | Mariusz Klimczyk | POL | 5,55 | |
| 7 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5,45 | |
| 8 | Sergey Kulibaba | URS | 5,45 | |
| Längd | 1 | Lutz Dombrowski | GDR | 8,54 |
| 2 | Frank Paschek | GDR | 8,21 | |
| 3 | Valeriy Podluzhniy | URS | 8,18 | |
| 4 | Laszlo Szalma | HUN | 8,13 | |
| 5 | Stanislaw Jaskulka | POL | 8,13 | |
| 6 | Viktor Belskiy | URS | 8,10 | |
| 7 | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 8,09 | |
| 8 | Yordan Yanev | BUL | 8,02 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Jaak Uudmae | URS | 17,35 |
| 2 | Viktor Saneyev | USA | 17,24 | |
| 3 | Joao Carlos de Oliveira | BRA | 17,22 | |
| 4 | Keith Connor | GBR | 16,87 | |
| 5 | Ian Campbell | AUS | 16,72 | |
| 6 | Atanas Chochev | BUL | 16,56 | |
| 7 | Béla Bakosi | HUN | 16,47 | |
| 8 | Kenneth Lorraway | AUS | 16,44 | |
| Kula | 1 | Vladimir Kiselyov | URS | 21,35 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Baryshnikov | URS | 21,08 | |
| 3 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21,06 | |
| 4 | Reijo Ståhlberg | FIN | 20,82 | |
| 5 | Geoff Capes | GBR | 20,50 | |
| 6 | Hans-Jurgen Jacobi | GDR | 20,32 | |
| 7 | Jaromir Vik | TCH | 20,24 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Milic | YUG | 20,07 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Viktor Rashchupkin | URS | 66,64 |
| 2 | Imrich Bugar | TCH | 66,38 | |
| 3 | Luis Delis | CUB | 66,32 | |
| 4 | Wolfgang Schmidt | GDR | 65,64 | |
| 5 | Yuriy Dumchev | URS | 65,58 | |
| 6 | Igor Duginyets | URS | 64,04 | |
| 7 | Emil Vladimirov | BUL | 63,18 | |
| 8 | Velko Velev | BUL | 63,04 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 81,80 |
| 2 | Sergey Litvinow | URS | 80,64 | |
| 3 | Juri Tamm | URS | 78,96 | |
| 4 | Roland Steuk | GDR | 77,54 | |
| 5 | Detlef Gerstenberg | GDR | 74,60 | |
| 6 | Emanuil Dyulgerov | BUL | 74,04 | |
| 7 | Gianpaolo Urlando | ITA | 73,90 | |
| 8 | Ireneusz Golda | POL | 73,74 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Dainis Kula | URS | 91,20 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Makarov | URS | 89,64 | |
| 3 | Wolfgang Hanisch | GDR | 86,72 | |
| 4 | Heino Puuste | URS | 86,10 | |
| 5 | Antero Puranen | FIN | 85,12 | |
| 6 | Pentti Sinersaari | FIN | 84,34 | |
| 7 | Detlef Fuhrmann | GDR | 83,50 | |
| 8 | Miklós Németh | HUN | 82,40 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8495 |
| 2 | Yuriy Kutsenko | URS | 8331 | |
| 3 | Sergey Zhelanov | URS | 8135 | |
| 4 | Georg Werthner | AUT | 8050 | |
| 5 | Sepp Zeilbauer | AUT | 8007 | |
| 6 | Dariusz Ludwig | POL | 7978 | |
| 7 | Atanas Andonov | BUL | 7927 | |
| 8 | Steffen Grummt | GDR | 7892 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | URS | 11,06 |
| 2 | Marlies Göhr | GDR | 11,07 | |
| 3 | Ingrid Auerswald | GDR | 11,14 | |
| 4 | Linda Haglund | SWE | 11,16 | |
| 5 | Romy Muller | GFR | 11,16 | |
| 6 | Kathryn Smallwood | GBR | 11,28 | |
| 7 | Chantal Rega | FRA | 11,32 | |
| 8 | Heather Hunte | GBR | 11,34 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Bärbel Wöcker | GDR | 22,03 |
| 2 | Natalya Bochina | URS | 22,19 | |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 22,20 | |
| 4 | Romy Muller | GDR | 22,47 | |
| 5 | Kathryn Smallwood | GBR | 22,61 | |
| 6 | Beverley Goddard | GBR | 22,72 | |
| 7 | Denise Boyd | AUS | 22,76 | |
| 8 | Sonia Lannaman | GBR | 22,80 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Marita Koch | GDR | 48,88 |
| 2 | Jarmila Kratochvilova | TCH | 49,46 | |
| 3 | Christina Lathan | GDR | 49,66 | |
| 4 | Irina Nazarova | URS | 50,07 | |
| 5 | Nina Zyuskova | URS | 50,17 | |
| 6 | Gabriele Löwe | GDR | 51,33 | |
| 7 | Pirjo Häggman | FIN | 51,35 | |
| 8 | Linsey McDonald | GBR | 52,40 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | URS | 1,53,5 |
| 2 | Olga Mineyeva | URS | 1,54,9 | |
| 3 | Tatyana Providokhina | URS | 1,55,5 | |
| 4 | Martina Kämpfert | GDR | 1,56,3 | |
| 5 | Hildegard Ullrich | GDR | 1,57,2 | |
| 6 | Jolanta Januchta | POL | 1,58,3 | |
| 7 | Nikolina Shtereva | BUL | 1,58,8 | |
| 8 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 1,59,2 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Tatyana Kazankina | URS | 3,56,6 |
| 2 | Christiana Wartenberg | GDR | 3,57,8 | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Olizarenko | URS | 3,59,6 | |
| 4 | Gabriella Dorio | ITA | 4,00,3 | |
| 5 | Ulrike Bruns | GDR | 4,00,7 | |
| 6 | Lyubov Smolka | URS | 4,01,3 | |
| 7 | Maricica Puica | ROM | 4,01,3 | |
| 8 | Liliana Silai | ROM | 4,03,0 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | German Democratic Republic | 41,60 | |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 42,10 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 42,43 | ||
| 4 | Bulgaria | 42,67 | ||
| 5 | France | 42,84 | ||
| 6 | Jamaica | 43,19 | ||
| 7 | Poland | 43,59 | ||
| Sweden | DNF | |||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 3,20,2 | |
| 2 | German Democratic Republic | 3,20,4 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 3,27,5 | ||
| 4 | Romania | 3,27,7 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | 3,27,9 | ||
| 6 | Poland | 3,27,9 | ||
| 7 | Belgium | 3,31,6 | ||
| Bulgaria | DNF | |||
| 100m Häck | 1 | Vera Komisova | URS | 12,56 |
| 2 | Johanna Klier | GDR | 12,63 | |
| 3 | Lucyna Langer | POL | 12,65 | |
| 4 | Kerstin Claus | GDR | 12,66 | |
| 5 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | POL | 12,74 | |
| 6 | Irina Litovchenko | URS | 12,84 | |
| 7 | Bettina Gärtz | GDR | 12,93 | |
| 8 | Zofia Bielczyk | POL | 13,08 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 1,97 |
| 2 | Urszula Kielan | POL | 1,94 | |
| 3 | Jutta Kirst | GDR | 1,94 | |
| 4 | Rosemarie Ackermann | GDR | 1,91 | |
| 5 | Marina Sysoyeva | URS | 1,91 | |
| 6 | Andrea Reichstein | GDR | 1,91 | |
| Christine Stanton | AUS | 1,91 | ||
| 8 | Cornelia Popa | ROM | 1,88 | |
| Längd | 1 | Tatyana Kolpakova | URS | 7,06 |
| 2 | Brigitte Wujak | GDR | 7,04 | |
| 3 | Tatyana Skachko | URS | 7,01 | |
| 4 | Anna Wlodarczyk | POL | 6,95 | |
| 5 | Siegrun Siegl | GDR | 6,87 | |
| 6 | Jarmila Nygrynova | TCH | 6,83 | |
| 7 | Sigrid Heimann | GDR | 6,71 | |
| 8 | Lidiya Alfeyeva | URS | 6,71 | |
| Kula | 1 | Ilona Slupianek | GDR | 22,41 |
| 2 | Svetlana Krachevskaya | URS | 21,42 | |
| 3 | Margitta Pufe | GDR | 21,20 | |
| 4 | Nunu Abashidze | URS | 21,15 | |
| 5 | Verzhinia Veselinova | BUL | 20,72 | |
| 6 | Elena Stoyanova | BUL | 20,22 | |
| 7 | Natalya Akhrimenko | URS | 19,74 | |
| 8 | Ines Reichenbach | GDR | 19,66 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Evelin Jahl | GDR | 69,96 |
| 2 | Maria Vergova | BUL | 67,90 | |
| 3 | Tatyana Lesovaya | URS | 67,40 | |
| 4 | Gisela Beyer | GDR | 67,08 | |
| 5 | Margitta Pufe | GDR | 66,12 | |
| 6 | Florenta Tacu | ROM | 64,38 | |
| 7 | Galina Murashova | URS | 63,84 | |
| 8 | Svetlana Bozhkova | BUL | 63,14 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Maria Colon | CUB | 68,40 |
| 2 | Saida Gunba | URS | 67,76 | |
| 3 | Ute Hommola | GDR | 66,56 | |
| 4 | Ute Richter | GDR | 66,54 | |
| 5 | Ivanka Vancheva | BUL | 65,38 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Biryulina | URS | 65,08 | |
| 7 | Eva Raduly | ROM | 64,08 | |
| 8 | Ruth Fuchs | GDR | 63,94 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Nadezhda Tkachenko | URS | 5083 |
| 2 | Olga Rukavishnikova | URS | 4937 | |
| 3 | Olga Kuragina | URS | 4875 | |
| 4 | Ramona Neubert | GDR | 4698 | |
| 5 | Margit Papp | HUN | 4562 | |
| 6 | Burgline Pollack | GDR | 4553 | |
| 7 | Valentina Dimitrova | BUL | 4458 | |
| 8 | Emilia Kunova | BUL | 4431 | |