100 metres | Obadele Thompson|BAR}} Americas | 9.87 (NR) | Seun Ogunkoya|NGR}} Africa | 9.92 | Dwain Chambers|GBR}} Great Britain | 10.03 |
200 metres | Frankie Fredericks|NAM}} Africa | 19.97 | Gentry Bradley|USA}} United States | 20.38 | Troy Douglas|NED}} Europe | 20.40 |
400 metres | Iwan Thomas|GBR}} Great Britain | 45.33 | Jerome Young|USA}} United States | 45.37 | Troy McIntosh|BAH}} Americas | 45.45 |
800 metres | Nils Schumann|GER}} Germany | 1:48.66 | Mark Everett|USA}} United States | 1:48.73 | Norberto Téllez|CUB}} Americas | 1:48.92 |
1500 metres | Laban Rotich|KEN}}} Africa | 3:40.87 | Rui Silva|POR}} Europe | 3:40.95 | Anthony Whiteman|GBR}} Great Britain | 3:40.99 |
3000 metres | Dieter Baumann|GER}}} Germany | 7:56.24 | Isaac Viciosa|ESP}} Europe | 7:56.47 | Tom Nyariki|KEN}} Africa | 7:59.46 |
5000 metres | Daniel Komen|KEN}} Africa | 13:46.57 | Shaun Creighton|AUS}} Oceania | 13:53.66 | Dieter Baumann|GER}}} Germany | 13:58.40 |
110 metre hurdles | Falk Balzer|GER}} Germany | 13.10 | Colin Jackson|GBR}} Great Britain | 13.11 | Anier García|CUB}} Americas | 13.14 |
400 metre hurdles | Samuel Matete|ZAM}} Africa | 48.08 | Mubarak Al-Nubi|QAT}} Asia | 48.17 | Dinsdale Morgan|JAM}} Americas | 48.40 |
3000 metre steeplechase | Damian Kallabis|GER}} Germany | 8:31.25 | Bernard Barmasai|KEN}} Africa | 8:31.85 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari|KSA}} Asia | 8:39.69 |
4×100 metre relay | Great Britain Allyn Condon Marlon Devonish Julian Golding Dwain Chambers | 38.09 | United States Jonathan Carter Curtis Perry Allen Johnson Tim Harden | 38.25 | Africa Seun Ogunkoya Leonard Myles-Mills Frankie Fredericks Eric Nkansah | 38.29 |
4×400 metre relay | Great Britain Mark Hylton Jamie Baulch Sean Baldock Iwan Thomas | 2:59.711 | Americas Michael McDonald Troy McIntosh Alejandro Cárdenas Roxbert Martin | 2:59.77 | Africa Clement Chukwu Ibrahima Wade Arnaud Malherbe Davis Kamoga | 3:03.26 |
High jump | Charles Austin|USA}} United States | 2.31 | Javier Sotomayor|CUB}} Americas | 2.28 | Sergey Klyugin|RUS}} Europe | 2.28 |
Pole vault | Maksim Tarasov|RUS}} Europe | 5.85 | Tim Lobinger|GER}} Germany | 5.80 | Jeff Hartwig|USA}} United States | 5.70 |
Long jump | Iván Pedroso|CUB}} Americas | 8.37 | Jai Taurima|AUS}} Oceania | 8.32 | Hatem Mersal|EGY}} Africa | 8.26 |
Triple jump | Charles Friedek|GER}} Germany | 17.42 | Denis Kapustin|RUS}} Europe | 17.32 | Yoelbi Quesada|CUB}} Americas | 17.25 |
Shot put | John Godina|USA}} United States | 21.48 | Oleksandr Bagach|UKR}} Europe | 20.45 | Oliver-Sven Buder|GER}} Germany | 20.42 |
Discus throw | Virgilijus Alekna|LTU}} Europe | 69.66 | Lars Riedel|GER}} Germany | 67.47 | Frantz Kruger|RSA}} Africa | 65.73 |
Hammer throw | Tibor Gécsek|HUN}} Europe | 82.68 | Heinz Weis|GER}} Germany | 80.13 | Andrey Abduvaliyev|UZB}} Asia | 79.40 |
Javelin throw | Steve Backley|GBR}} Great Britain | 88.71 | Sergey Makarov|RUS}} Europe | 86.96 | Raymond Hecht|GER}} Germany | 84.92 |
100 metres | Marion Jones|USA}} United States | 10.65 | Chandra Sturrup|BAH}} Americas | 10.97 | Mary Onyali|NGR}} Africa | 11.05 |
200 metres | Marion Jones|USA}} United States | 21.62 | Falilat Ogunkoya|NGR}} Africa' | 22.25 | Zhanna Pintusevich|UKR}} Europe | 22.35 |
400 metres | Falilat Ogunkoya|NGR}} Africa | 49.52 | Grit Breuer|GER}} Germany | 49.86 | Sandie Richards|JAM}} Americas | 50.33 |
800 metres | Maria Mutola|MOZ}} Africa | 1:59.88 | Yelena Afanasyeva|RUS}} Russia | 2:00.20 | Letitia Vriesde|SUR}} Americas | 2:00.56 |
1500 metres | Svetlana Masterkova|RUS}} Russia | 4:09.41 | Jackline Maranga|KEN}} Africa | 4:10.30 | Carla Sacramento|POR}} Europe | 4:11.66 |
3000 metres | Gabriela Szabo|ROU}} Europe | 9:00.54 | Zahra Ouaziz|MAR}} Africa | 9:01.35 | Regina Jacobs|USA}} United States | 9:11.15 |
5000 metres | Sonia O'Sullivan|IRL}} Europe | 16:24.52 | Regina Jacobs|USA}} United States | 16:26.24 | Berhane Adere|ETH|1996}} Africa | 16:38.81 |
100 metre hurdles | Glory Alozie|NGR}} Africa | 12.58 | Angie Vaughn|USA}} United States | 12.67 | Irina Korotya|RUS}} Russia | 12.77 |
400 metre hurdles | Nezha Bidouane|MAR}} Africa | 52.96 | Deon Hemmings|JAM}} Americas | 53.03 | Kim Batten|USA}} United States | 53.17 |
4×100 metre relay | United States Cheryl Taplin Chryste Gaines Inger Miller Carlette Guidry | 42.00 | Americas Tayna Lawrence Chandra Sturrup Beverly McDonald Philomena Mensah | 42.44 | Germany Melanie Paschke Gabi Rockmeier Birgit Rockmeier Andrea Philipp | 42.81 |
4×400 metre relay | Germany Anke Feller Uta Rohländer Ulrike Urbansky Grit Breuer | 3:24.26 | Americas Norfalia Carabali Deon Hemmings Andrea Blackett Sandie Richards | 3:24.39 | Russia Natalya Khrushcheleva Svetlana Goncharenko Yekaterina Bakhvalova Olga Kotlyarova | 3:25.15 |
High jump | Monica Dinescu|ROU}} Europe | 1.98 | Hestrie Storbeck|RSA}} Africa | 1.96 | Tisha Waller|USA}} United States | 1.93 |
Long jump | Heike Drechsler|GER}} Germany | 7.07 | Marion Jones|USA}} United States | 7.00 | Guan Yingnan|CHN}} Asia | 6.74 |
Triple jump | Olga Vasdeki|GRE}} Europe | 14.64 | Tatyana Lebedeva|RUS}} Russia | 14.36 | Yamilé Aldama|CUB}} Americas | 14.29 |
Shot put | Vita Pavlysh|UKR}} Europe | 20.59 | Irina Korzhanenko|RUS}} Russia | 19.04 | Connie Price-Smith|USA}} United States | 18.79 |
Discus throw | Franka Dietzsch|GER}} Germany | 67.07 | Nicoleta Grasu|ROU}} Europe | 66.25 | Natalya Sadova|RUS}} Russia | 64.38 |
Javelin throw | Joanna Stone|AUS}} Oceania | 69.85 | Sonia Bisset|CUB}} Americas | 65.50 | Mikaela Ingberg|FIN}} Europe | 64.24 |