| Event:
| Gold:
| Silver:
| Bronze:
|
| 100 m Men
| Donovan Bailey, Canada
| Bruny Surin, Canada
| Ato Boldon, Trinidad & Tobago
|
| 100 m Women
| Gwen Torrence, USA
| Merlene Ottey, Jamaica
| Irina Privalova, Russia
|
| 110 m Hurdles Men
| Allen Johnson, USA
| Tony Jarrett, Great Britain
| Roger Kingdom, USA
|
| 100 m Hurdles Women
| Gail Devers, USA
| Olga Shishigina, Kazakhstan
| Yuliya Graudyn, Russia
|
| 200 m Men
| Michael Johnson, USA
| Frankie Fredericks, Namibia
| Jeff Williams, USA
|
| 200 m Women
| Merlene Ottey, Jamaica
| Irina Privalova, Russia
| Galina Malchugina, Russia
|
| 400 m Men
| Michael Johnson, USA
| Butch Reynolds, USA
| Greg Haughton, Jamaica
|
| 400 m Women
| Marie-José Perec, France
| Pauline Davis, Bahamas
| Jearl Miles, USA
|
| 400 m Hurdles Men
| Derrick Adkins, USA
| Samuel Matete, Zambia
| Stéphane Diagana, France
|
| 400 m Hurdles Women
| Kim Batten, USA
| Tonja Buford, USA
| Deon Hemmings, Jamaica
|
| 800 m Men
| Wilson Kipketer, Denmark
| Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundi
| Vebjørn Rodal, Norway
|
| 800 m Women
| Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuba
| Letitia Vriesde, Surinam
| Kelly Holmes, Great Britain
|
| 1500 m Men
| Noureddine Morceli, Algeria
| Hicham El Guerrouj, Morocco
| Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundi
|
| 1500 m Women
| Hassiba Boulmerka, Algeria
| Kelly Holmes, Great Britain
| Carla Sacramento, Portugal
|
| 3,000 m Steeplechase Men
| Moses Kiptanui, Kenya
| Christopher Kosgei, Kenya
| Saad Shadad Al-Asmari, Saudi Arabia
|
| 5,000 m Men
| Ismael Kirui, Kenya
| Khalid Boulami, Morocco
| Shem Kororia, Kenya
|
| 5,000 m Women
| Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland
| Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal
| Zahra Ouaziz, Morocco
|
| 10,000 m Men
| Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopia
| Khalid Skah, Morocco
| Paul Tergat, Kenya
|
| 10,000 m Women
| Fernanda Ribeiro, Portugal
| Derartu Tulu, Ethiopia
| Tegla Loroupe, Kenya
|
| Marathon Men
| Martín Fiz, Spain
| Dionicio Cerón, Mexico
| Luiz dos Santos, Brazil
|
| Marathon Women
| Manuela Machado, Portugal
| Anuta Catuna, Romania
| Ornella Ferrara, Italy
|
| 10 km Walk Women
| Irina Stankina, Russia
| Elisabetta Perrone, Italy
| Yelena Nikolayeva, Russia
|
| 20 km Walk Men
| Michele Didoni, Italy
| Valentí Massana, Spain
| Yevgeniy Misyulya, Belarus
|
| 50 km Walk Men
| Valentin Kononen, Finland
| Giovanni Perricelli, Italy
| Robert Korzeniowski, Poland
|
| 4 x 100 m Relay Men
| Canada
| Australia
| Italy
|
| 4 x 100 m Women
| USA
| Jamaica
| Germany
|
| 4 x 400 m Men
| USA
| Jamaica
| Nigeria
|
| 4 x 400 m Women
| USA
| Russia
| Australia
|
