| 1968 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Jim Hines | USA | 9,9 |
| 2 | Lennox Miller | JAM | 10,0 | |
| 3 | Charlie Greene | USA | 10,0 | |
| 4 | Pablo Montes | CUB | 10,1 | |
| 5 | Roger Bambuck | FRA | 10,1 | |
| 6 | Mel Pender | USA | 10,1 | |
| 7 | Harry Jerome | CAN | 10,1 | |
| 8 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | MAD | 10,2 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Tommie Smith | USA | 19,8 |
| 2 | Peter Norman | AUS | 20,0 | |
| 3 | John Carlos | USA | 20,0 | |
| 4 | Edwin Roberts | TRI | 20,3 | |
| 5 | Roger Bambuck | FRA | 20,5 | |
| 6 | Larry Questad | USA | 20,6 | |
| 7 | Michael Fray | JAM | 20,6 | |
| 8 | Joachim Eigenherr | FRG | 20,6 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Lee Evans | USA | 43,8 |
| 2 | Larry James | USA | 43,9 | |
| 3 | Ron Freeman | USA | 44,4 | |
| 4 | Amadou Gakou | SEN | 45,0 | |
| 5 | Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 45,3 | |
| 6 | Tegegne Bezabeh | ETH | 45,4 | |
| 7 | Andrzej Badenski | POL | 45,4 | |
| 8 | Amos Omolo | UGA | 47,6 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Ralph Doubell | AUS | 1,44,3 |
| 2 | Wilson Kiprugut | KEN | 1,44,5 | |
| 3 | Tom Farrell | USA | 1,45,4 | |
| 4 | Walter Adams | FRG | 1,45,8 | |
| 5 | Josef Plachy | TCH | 1,45,9 | |
| 6 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1,46,2 | |
| 7 | Thomas Saisi | KEN | 1,47,5 | |
| 8 | Benedict Cayenne | TRI | 1,54,3 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 3,34,9 |
| 2 | Jim Ryun | USA | 3,37,8 | |
| 3 | Bodo Tummler | FRG | 3,39,0 | |
| 4 | Harald Norpoth | FRG | 3,42,5 | |
| 5 | John Whetton | GBR | 3,43,8 | |
| 6 | Jacques Boxberger | FRA | 3,46,6 | |
| 7 | Henryk Szordykowski | POL | 3,46,6 | |
| 8 | Josef Odlozil | TCH | 3,48,6 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Mohamed Gammoudi | TUN | 14,05,0 |
| 2 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 14,05,2 | |
| 3 | Naftali Temu | KEN | 14,06,4 | |
| 4 | Juan Martinez | MEX | 14,10,8 | |
| 5 | Ron Clarke | AUS | 14,12,4 | |
| 6 | Wohib Masresha | ETH | 14,17,6 | |
| 7 | Nikolay Sviridov | URS | 14,18,4 | |
| 8 | Fikru Deguefu | ETH | 14,19,0 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Naftali Temu | KEN | 29,27,4 |
| 2 | Mamo Wolde | ETH | 29,28,0 | |
| 3 | Mohamed Gammoudi | TUN | 29,34,2 | |
| 4 | Juan Martinez | MEX | 29,35,0 | |
| 5 | Nikolay Sviridov | URS | 29,43,2 | |
| 6 | Ron Clarke | AUS | 29,44,2 | |
| 7 | Ron Hill | GBR | 29,53,2 | |
| 8 | Wohib Masresha | ETH | 29,57,0 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Mamo Wolde | ETH | 2,20,26 |
| 2 | Kenji Kimihara | JPN | 2,23,31 | |
| 3 | Mike Ryan | NZL | 2,23,45 | |
| 4 | Ismail Akcay | TUR | 2,25,18 | |
| 5 | Bill Adcocks | GBR | 2,25,33 | |
| 6 | Gabrou Merawi | ETH | 2,27,16 | |
| 7 | Derek Clayton | AUS | 2,27,23 | |
| 8 | Tim Johnston | GBR | 2,28,04 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 38,2 | |
| 2 | Cuba | 38,3 | ||
| 3 | France | 38,4 | ||
| 4 | Jamaica | 38,4 | ||
| 5 | German Democratic Republic | 38,6 | ||
| 6 | Federal Republic of Germany | 38,7 | ||
| 7 | Italy | 39,2 | ||
| 8 | Poland | 39,2 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | United States | 2,56,1 | |
| 2 | Kenya | 2,59,6 | ||
| 3 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,00,5 | ||
| 4 | Poland | 3,00,5 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3,01,2 | ||
| 6 | Trinidad | 3,04,5 | ||
| 7 | Italy | 3,04,6 | ||
| 8 | France | 3,07,5 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Amos Biwott | KEN | 8,51,0 |
| 2 | Benjamin Kogo | KEN | 8,51,6 | |
| 3 | George Young | USA | 8,51,8 | |
| 4 | Kerry OŽBrien | AUS | 8,52,0 | |
| 5 | Alexander Morozov | URS | 8,55,8 | |
| 6 | Mikhail Zhelev | BUL | 8,58,4 | |
| 7 | Gaston Roelants | BEL | 8,59,4 | |
| 8 | Arne Risa | NOR | 9,09,0 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Willie Davenport | USA | 13,3 |
| 2 | Ervin Hall | USA | 13,4 | |
| 3 | Eddy Ottoz | ITA | 13,4 | |
| 4 | Leon Coleman | USA | 13,6 | |
| 5 | Werner Trzmiel | FRG | 13,6 | |
| 6 | Bo Forssander | SWE | 13,7 | |
| 7 | Marcel Duriez | FRA | 13,7 | |
| 8 | Pierre Schoebel | FRA | 14,0 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Dave Hemery | GBR | 48,1 |
| 2 | Gerhard Hennige | FRG | 49,0 | |
| 3 | John Sherwood | GBR | 49,0 | |
| 4 | Geoff Vanderstock | USA | 49,0 | |
| 5 | Vyacheslav Skomorokhov | URS | 49,1 | |
| 6 | Ron Whitney | USA | 49,2 | |
| 7 | Rainer Schubert | FRG | 49,2 | |
| 8 | Roberto Frinolli | ITA | 50,1 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Dick Fosbury | URS | 2,24 |
| 2 | Ed Caruthers | USA | 2,22 | |
| 3 | Valentin Gavrilov | URS | 2,20 | |
| 4 | Valeriy Skvortsov | URS | 2,16 | |
| 5 | Reynaldo Brown | USA | 2,14 | |
| 6 | Giacomo Crosa | ITA | 2,14 | |
| 7 | Günther Spielvogel | FRG | 2,14 | |
| 8 | Lawrence Peckham | AUS | 2,12 | |
| Stav | 1 | Bob Seagren | USA | 5,40 |
| 2 | Claus Schiprowski | FRG | 5,40 | |
| 3 | Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5,40 | |
| 4 | Christos Papanikolaou | GRE | 5,35 | |
| 5 | John Pennel | USA | 5,35 | |
| 6 | Gennadiy Bliznyetsov | URS | 5,30 | |
| 7 | Hervé d'Encausse | FRA | 5,25 | |
| 8 | Heinfrid Engel | FRG | 5,20 | |
| Längd | 1 | Bob Beamon | USA | 8,90 |
| 2 | Klaus Beer | GDR | 8,19 | |
| 3 | Ralph Boston | USA | 8,16 | |
| 4 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 8,12 | |
| 5 | Tönu Lepik | URS | 8,09 | |
| 6 | Allen Crawley | AUS | 8,02 | |
| 7 | Jacq Pani | FRA | 7,97 | |
| 8 | Andrzej Stalmach | POL | 7,94 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 17,39 |
| 2 | Nelson Prudencio | BRA | 17,27 | |
| 3 | Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 17,22 | |
| 4 | Art Walker | USA | 17,12 | |
| 5 | Nikolay Dudkin | URS | 17,09 | |
| 6 | Philip May | AUS | 17,02 | |
| 7 | Jozef Schmidt | POL | 16,89 | |
| 8 | Mansour Dia | SEN | 16,73 | |
| Kula | 1 | Randy Matson | USA | 20,54 |
| 2 | George Woods | USA | 20,12 | |
| 3 | Eduard Gushchin | URS | 20,09 | |
| 4 | Dieter Hoffmann | GDR | 20,00 | |
| 5 | David Maggard | USA | 19,43 | |
| 6 | Wladislaw Komar | POL | 19,28 | |
| 7 | Uwe Grabe | GDR | 19,03 | |
| 8 | Heinfried Birlenbach | FRG | 18,80 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Al Oerter | USA | 64,78 |
| 2 | Lothar Milde | GDR | 63,08 | |
| 3 | Ludvig Danek | TCH | 62,92 | |
| 4 | Hartmut Losch | GDR | 62,12 | |
| 5 | Jay Silvester | USA | 61,78 | |
| 6 | Gary Carlsen | USA | 59,46 | |
| 7 | Edmund Piatkowski | POL | 59,40 | |
| 8 | Rickard Bruch | SWE | 59,28 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Gyula Zsivótzky | HUN | 73,36 |
| 2 | Romuald Klim | URS | 73,28 | |
| 3 | Lázár Lovász | HUN | 69,78 | |
| 4 | Takeo Sugawara | JPN | 69,78 | |
| 5 | Sándor Eckschmidt | HUN | 69,46 | |
| 6 | Gennadiy Kondrashov | URS | 69,08 | |
| 7 | Reinhard Theimer | GDR | 68,84 | |
| 8 | Helmut Baumann | GDR | 68,26 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Jänis Lusis | URS | 90,10 |
| 2 | Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 88,58 | |
| 3 | Gergely Kulcsár | HUN | 87,06 | |
| 4 | Wladislaw Nikiciuk | POL | 85,70 | |
| 5 | Manfred Stolle | GDR | 84,42 | |
| 6 | Åke Nilsson | SWE | 83,48 | |
| 7 | Janusz Sidlo | POL | 80,58 | |
| 8 | Urs von Wartburg | SUI | 80,56 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Bill Toomey | USA | 8193 |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Walde | FRG | 8111 | |
| 3 | Kurt Bendlin | FRG | 8064 | |
| 4 | Nikolay Avilov | URS | 7909 | |
| 5 | Joachim Kirst | GDR | 7861 | |
| 6 | Tom Waddell | USA | 7720 | |
| 7 | Richard Sloan | USA | 7692 | |
| 8 | Steen Smidt-Jensen | DEN | 7648 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Wyomia Tyus | USA | 11,0 |
| 2 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11,1 | |
| 3 | Irena Szwwinska | POL | 11,1 | |
| 4 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11,1 | |
| 5 | Margaret Bailes | USA | 11,3 | |
| 6 | Dianne Burge | AUS | 11,4 | |
| 7 | Chi Cheng | TPE | 11,5 | |
| 8 | Miguelina Cobian | CUB | 11,6 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Irena Szwwinska | POL | 22,5 |
| 2 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22,7 | |
| 3 | Jennifer Lamy | AUS | 22,8 | |
| 4 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 22,9 | |
| 5 | Nicole Montandon | FRA | 23,0 | |
| 6 | Wyomia Tyus | USA | 23,0 | |
| 7 | Margaret Bailes | USA | 23,1 | |
| 8 | Jutta Stöck | FRG | 23,2 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Colette Besson | FRA | 52,0 |
| 2 | Lillian Board | GBR | 52,1 | |
| 3 | Natalya Pechenkina | URS | 52,2 | |
| 4 | Janet Simpson | GBR | 52,5 | |
| 5 | Aurelia Penton | CUB | 52,7 | |
| 6 | Jarvis Scott | USA | 52,7 | |
| 7 | Helga Henning | FRG | 52,8 | |
| 8 | Hermina van der Hoeven | NED | 53,0 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Madeline Manning | USA | 2,00,9 |
| 2 | Ileana Silai | ROM | 2,02,5 | |
| 3 | Maria Gommers | NED | 2,02,6 | |
| 4 | Sheila Taylor | GBR | 2,03,8 | |
| 5 | Doris Brown | USA | 2,03,9 | |
| 6 | Pat Lowe | GBR | 2,04,2 | |
| 7 | Abigail Hoffman | CAN | 2,06,8 | |
| 8 | Maryvonne Dupureur | FRA | 2,08,2 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 42,8 | |
| 2 | Cuba | 43,3 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 43,4 | ||
| 4 | Netherlands | 43,4 | ||
| 5 | Australia | 43,4 | ||
| 6 | Federal Republic of Germany | 43,7 | ||
| 7 | Great Britain | 43,8 | ||
| 8 | France | 44,2 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Maureen Caird | AUS | 10,3 |
| 2 | Pam Kilborn | AUS | 10,4 | |
| 3 | Chi Cheng | TPE | 10,4 | |
| 4 | Patty van Wolvelaere | USA | 10,5 | |
| 5 | Karin Balzer | GDR | 10,6 | |
| 6 | Danuta Straszynska | POL | 10,6 | |
| 7 | Elzbieta Zebrowska | POL | 10,6 | |
| 8 | Tatyana Talyshova | URS | 10,7 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Miloslava Rezkova | TCH | 1,82 |
| 2 | Antonia Okorokova | URS | 1,80 | |
| 3 | Valentina Kozyr | URS | 1,80 | |
| 4 | Jaroslava Valentova | TCH | 1,78 | |
| 5 | Rita Schmidt | GDR | 1,78 | |
| 6 | Maria Faithova | TCH | 1,78 | |
| 7 | Karin Schulze | GDR | 1,76 | |
| 8 | Ilona Gusenbauer | AUT | 1,76 | |
| Längd | 1 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | ROM | 6,82 |
| 2 | Sheila Sherwood | GBR | 6,68 | |
| 3 | Tatyana Talysheva | URS | 6,66 | |
| 4 | Burghild Wieczorek | GDR | 6,48 | |
| 5 | Miroslawa Sarna | POL | 6,47 | |
| 6 | Ingrid Becker | FRG | 6,43 | |
| 7 | Berit Berthelsen | NOR | 6,40 | |
| 8 | Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 6,40 | |
| Kula | 1 | Margitta Gummel | GDR | 19,61 |
| 2 | Marita Lange | GDR | 18,78 | |
| 3 | Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 18,19 | |
| 4 | Judit Bognar | HUN | 17,78 | |
| 5 | Renate Boy | GDR | 17,72 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Khristova | BUL | 17,25 | |
| 7 | Marlene Fuchs | FRG | 17,11 | |
| 8 | Elsemia van Noorduyn | NED | 16,23 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Lia Manoliu | ROM | 58,28 |
| 2 | Liesel Westermann | FRG | 57,76 | |
| 3 | Jolán Kleiber | HUN | 54,90 | |
| 4 | Anita Otto | GDR | 54,40 | |
| 5 | Antonina Popova | URS | 53,42 | |
| 6 | Olga Connolly | USA | 52,96 | |
| 7 | Christine Spielberg | GDR | 52,86 | |
| 8 | Brigitte Berendonk | FRG | 52,80 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Angela Nemeth | HUN | 60,36 |
| 2 | Mihaela Penes | ROM | 59,92 | |
| 3 | Eva Janko | AUT | 58,04 | |
| 4 | Marta Rudas | HUN | 56,38 | |
| 5 | Daniela Jaworska | POL | 56,06 | |
| 6 | Natasa Urbancic | YUG | 55,42 | |
| 7 | Ameli Koloska | FRG | 55,20 | |
| 8 | Kaisa Launela | FIN | 53,96 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Ingrid Becker | GDR | 5098 |
| 2 | Liese Prokop | AUT | 4966 | |
| 3 | Annamaria Toth | HUN | 4959 | |
| 4 | Valentina Tikhomirova | URS | 4927 | |
| 5 | Manon Bornholdt | FRG | 4890 | |
| 6 | Pat Winslow | USA | 4877 | |
| 7 | Inge Bauer | GDR | 4849 | |
| 8 | Meta Antenen | SUI | 4848 | |