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Men: 100m
Date: 23 September 1988 / 24 September 1988
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 9.92 |
| 2 | Linford Christie | GBR | 9.97 |
| 3 | Calvin Smith | USA | 9.99 |
| 4 | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 10.04 |
| 5 | Robson da Silva | BRA | 10.11 |
| 6 | Desai Williams | CAN | 10.11 |
| 7 | Ray Stewart | JAM | 12.26 |
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| 8 | Attila Kovacs | HUN | 10.31 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Joe Deloach | USA | 19.75 |
| 2 | Carl Lewis | USA | 19.79 |
| 3 | Robson da Silva | BRA | 20.04 |
| 4 | Linford Christie | GBR | 20.09 |
| 5 | Atlee Mahorn | CAN | 20.39 |
| 6 | Gilles Queneherve | FRA | 20.40 |
| 7 | Michael Rosswess | GBR | 20.51 |
| 8 | Bruno Marie-Rose | FRA | 20.58 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Steven Lewis | USA | 43.87 |
| 2 | Harry "Butch" Reynolds | USA | 43.93 |
| 3 | Danny Everett | USA | 44.09 |
| 4 | Darren Clark | AUS | 44.55 |
| 5 | Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 44.72 |
| 6 | Bert Cameron | JAM | 44.94 |
| 7 | Ian Morris | TTO | 44.95 |
| 8 | Mohamed Al Malky | OMA | 45.03 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Paul Ereng | KEN | 1:43.45 |
| 2 | Joaquim Cruz | BRA | 1:43.90 |
| 3 | Said Aouita | MAR | 1:44.06 |
| 4 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 1:44.12 |
| 5 | Johnny Gray | USA | 1:44.80 |
| 6 | Jose Luiz Barbosa | BRA | 1:46.39 |
| 7 | Donato Sabia | ITA | 1:48.03 |
| 8 | Nixon Kiprotich | KEN | 1:49.55 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Peter Rono | KEN | 3:35.96 |
| 2 | Peter Elliott | GBR | 3:36.15 |
| 3 | Jens-Peter Herold | GDR | 3:36.21 |
| 4 | Steve Cram | GBR | 3:36.24 |
| 5 | Steve Scott | USA | 3:36.99 |
| 6 | Han Kulker | NED | 3:37.08 |
| 7 | Kipkoech Cheruiyot | KEN | 3:37.94 |
| 8 | Marcus O'Sullivan | IRL | 3:38.39 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | John Ngugi | KEN | 13:11.70 |
| 2 | Dieter Baumann | FRG | 13:15.52 |
| 3 | Hansjorg Kunze | GDR | 13:15.73 |
| 4 | Domingos Castro | POR | 13:16.09 |
| 5 | Sydney Maree | USA | 13:23.69 |
| 6 | Jack Buckner | GBR | 13:23.85 |
| 7 | Stefano Mei | ITA | 13:26.17 |
| 8 | Evgeni Ignatov | BUL | 13:26.41 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Brahim Boutayeb | MAR | 27:21.46 |
| 2 | Salvatore Antibo | ITA | 27:23.55 |
| 3 | Kipkemboi Kimeli | KEN | 27:25.16 |
| 4 | Jean-Louis Prianon | FRA | 27:36.43 |
| 5 | Arturo Barrios | MEX | 27:39.32 |
| 6 | Hansjorg Kunze | GDR | 27:39.35 |
| 7 | Paul Arpin | FRA | 27:39.36 |
| 8 | Moses Tanui | KEN | 27:47.23 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Roger Kingdom | USA | 12.98 |
| 2 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 13.28 |
| 3 | Tonie Campbell | USA | 13.38 |
| 4 | Vladimir Shishkin | URS | 13.51 |
| 5 | Jon Ridgeon | GBR | 13.52 |
| 6 | Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13.54 |
| 7 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13.61 |
| 8 | Arthur Blake | USA | 13.96 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Andre Phillips | USA | 47.19 |
| 2 | Amadou Dia Ba | SEN | 47.23 |
| 3 | Edwin Moses | USA | 47.56 |
| 4 | Kevin Young | USA | 47.94 |
| 5 | Winthrop Graham | JAM | 48.04 |
| 6 | Kriss Akabusi | GBR | 48.69 |
| 7 | Harald Schmid | FRG | 48.76 |
| 8 | Edgar Itt | FRG | 48.78 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Julius Kariuki | KEN | 8:05.51 |
| 2 | Peter Koech | KEN | 8:06.79 |
| 3 | Mark Rowland | GBR | 8:07.96 |
| 4 | Alessandro Lambruschini | ITA | 8:12.17 |
| 5 | William Van Dijck | BEL | 8:13.99 |
| 6 | Henry Marsh | USA | 8:14.39 |
| 7 | Patrick Sang | KEN | 8:15.22 |
| 8 | Boguslaw Maminski | POL | 8:15.97 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Victor Bryzgine; Vladimir Krylov; Vladimir Mouraviev; Vitaly Savin | URS | 38.19 |
| 2 | Elliot Bunney; John Regis; Michael McFarlane; Linford Christie { + Clarence Callender} | GBR | 38.28 |
| 3 | Bruno Marie-Rose; Daniel Sangouma; Gilles Queneherve; Max Moriniere | FRA | 38.40 |
| 4 | Christopher Faulknor; Gregory Meghoo; Clive Wright; John Mair | JAM | 38.47 |
| 5 | Ezio Madonia; Sandro Floris; Pierfrancesco Pavoni; Stefano Tilli | ITA | 38.54 |
| 6 | Fritz Heer; Christian Haas; Peter Klein; Dirk Schweisfurth | FRG | 38.55 |
| 7 | Desai Williams; Atlee Mahorn; Cyprian Enweani; Brian Morrisson { + Andrew Mowatt} | CAN | 38.93 |
| 8 | Gyorgy Bakos; Laszlo Karaffa; Istvan Tatar; Attila Kovacs | HUN | 39.19 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Danny Everett; Steven Lewis; Kevin Robinzine; Harry "Butch" Reynolds { + Andrew Valmon; Antonio McKay} | USA | 2:56.16 |
| 2 | Howard Davis; Devon Morris; Winthrop Graham; Bert Cameron { + Trevor Graham; Howard Burnett} | JAM | 3:00.30 |
| 3 | Norbert Dobeleit; Edgar Itt; Jorg Vaihinger; Ralf Lubke { + Mark Henrich; Bodo Kuhn} | FRG | 3:00.56 |
| 4 | Jens Carlowitz; Mathias Schersing; Frank Moeller; Thomas Schoenlebe { + Michael Schimmer} | GDR | 3:01.13 |
| 5 | Brian Whittle; Kriss Akabusi; Todd Bennett; Phil Brown { + Paul Harmsworth} | GBR | 3:02.00 |
| 6 | Robert Ballard; Mark Garner; Miles Murphy; Darren Clark { + Leigh Miller} | AUS | 3:02.49 |
| 7 | Sunday Uti; Moses Ugbisie; Henry Amike; Innocent Egbunike | NGR | 3:02.50 |
| 8 | Tito Sawe; Lucas Sang; Paul Ereng; Simeon Kipkemboi | KEN | 3:04.69 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Florence Griffith Joyner | USA | 10.54 |
| 2 | Evelyn Ashford | USA | 10.83 |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 10.85 |
| 4 | Grace Jackson | JAM | 10.97 |
| 5 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 10.97 |
| 6 | Natalia Pomochtchnikova | URS | 11.00 |
| 7 | Juliet Cuthbert | JAM | 11.26 |
| 8 | Anelia Vetchernikova | BUL | 11.49 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Florence Griffith Joyner | USA | 21.34 |
| 2 | Grace Jackson | JAM | 21.72 |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 21.95 |
| 4 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 21.99 |
| 5 | Silke Moeller | GDR | 22.09 |
| 6 | Gwen Torrence | USA | 22.17 |
| 7 | Maia Azrachvili | URS | 22.33 |
| 8 | Galina Maltchougina | URS | 22.42 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Olga Bryzgina | URS | 48.65 |
| 2 | Petra Mueller | GDR | 49.45 |
| 3 | Olga Nazarova | URS | 49.90 |
| 4 | Valerie Brisco | USA | 50.16 |
| 5 | Diane Dixon | USA | 50.72 |
| 6 | Denean Howard | USA | 51.12 |
| 7 | Helga Arendt | FRG | 51.17 |
| 8 | Maree Holland | AUS | 51.25 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Sigrun Wodars | GDR | 1:56.10 |
| 2 | Christine Wachtel | GDR | 1:56.64 |
| 3 | Kim Gallagher | USA | 1:56.94 |
| 4 | Slobodanka Colovic | YUG | 1:57.50 |
| 5 | Delisa Floyd | USA | 1:57.80 |
| 6 | Inna Evseeva | URS | 1:59.37 |
| 7 | Teresa Zuniga | ESP | 1:59.82 |
| 8 | Diane Edwards | GBR | 2:00.77 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 3:53.96 |
| 2 | Lailoute Baikauskaite | URS | 4:00.24 |
| 3 | Tatiana Samolenko | URS | 4:00.30 |
| 4 | Christina Cahill | GBR | 4:00.64 |
| 5 | Lynn Williams | CAN | 4:00.86 |
| 6 | Andrea Hahmann | GDR | 4:00.96 |
| 7 | Shireen Bailey | GBR | 4:02.32 |
| 8 | Mary Slaney | USA | 4:02.49 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Tatiana Samolenko | URS | 8:26.53 |
| 2 | Paula Ivan | ROU | 8:27.15 |
| 3 | Yvonne Murray | GBR | 8:29.02 |
| 4 | Elena Romanova | URS | 8:30.45 |
| 5 | Natalia Artemova | URS | 8:31.67 |
| 6 | Vicki Huber | USA | 8:37.25 |
| 7 | Wendy Sly | GBR | 8:37.70 |
| 8 | Lynn Williams | CAN | 8:38.43 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Olga Bondarenko | URS | 31:05.21 |
| 2 | Liz McColgan | GBR | 31:08.44 |
| 3 | Elena Joupieva | URS | 31:19.82 |
| 4 | Kathrin Ullrich | GDR | 31:29.27 |
| 5 | Francie Larrieu-Smith | USA | 31:35.52 |
| 6 | Lynn Jennings | USA | 31:39.93 |
| 7 | Wang Qinghuan | CHN | 31:40.23 |
| 8 | Susan Lee | CAN | 31:50.51 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 12.38 |
| 2 | Gloria Siebert | GDR | 12.61 |
| 3 | Claudia Zackiewicz | FRG | 12.75 |
| 4 | Natalya Grigoryeva | URS | 12.79 |
| 5 | Florence Colle | FRA | 12.98 |
| 6 | Julie Rocheleau | CAN | 12.99 |
| 7 | Monique Ewanje-Epee | FRA | 13.14 |
| 8 | Cornelia Oschkenat | GDR | 13.73 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Debbie Flintoff-King | AUS | 53.17 |
| 2 | Tatiana Ledovskaia | URS | 53.18 |
| 3 | Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 53.63 |
| 4 | Sabine Busch | GDR | 53.69 |
| 5 | Sally Gunnell | GBR | 54.03 |
| 6 | Gudrun Abt | FRG | 54.04 |
| 7 | Tatiana Kourotchkina | URS | 54.39 |
| 8 | LaTanya Sheffield | USA | 55.32 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Alice Brown; Sheila Echols; Florence Griffith Joyner; Evelyn Ashford { + Dannette Young} | USA | 41.98 |
| 2 | Silke Moeller; Kerstin Behrendt; Ingrid Lange; Marlies Gohr | GDR | 42.09 |
| 3 | Lioudmila Kondratieva; Galina Maltchougina; Marina Jirova; Natalia Pomochtchnikova | URS | 42.75 |
| 4 | Sabine Richter; Ulrike Sarvari; Andrea Thomas; Ute Thimm | FRG | 42.76 |
| 5 | Tzvetanka Ilieva; Valia Demireva; Nadejda Gueorguieva; Yordanka Donkova | BUL | 43.02 |
| 6 | Joanna Smolarek; Jolanta Janota; Ewa Pisiewicz; Agnieszka Siwek | POL | 43.93 |
| 7 | Francoise Leroux; Muriel Leroy; Laurence Bily; Patricia Girard { + Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo} | FRA | 44.02 |
| 8 | Ethlyn Tate; Grace Jackson; Juliet Cuthbert; Merlene Ottey { + Viviene Spence; Laurel Johnson} | JAM |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Tatiana Ledovskaia; Olga Nazarova; Maria Piniguina; Olga Bryzgina { + Lioudmila Djigalova} | URS | 3:15.18 |
| 2 | Denean Howard; Diane Dixon; Valerie Brisco; Florence Griffith Joyner { + Lillie Leatherwood; Sherri Howard} | USA | 3:15.51 |
| 3 | Dagmar Neubauer; Kirsten Emmelmann; Sabine Busch; Petra Mueller { + Grit Breuer} | GDR | 3:18.29 |
| 4 | Ute Thimm; Helga Arendt; Andrea Thomas; Gudrun Abt { + Michaela Schabinger; Gisela Kinzel} | FRG | 3:22.49 |
| 5 | Sandie Richards; Andrea Thomas; Cathy Rattray-Williams; Sharon Powell { + Marcia Tate} | JAM | 3:23.13 |
| 6 | Linda Keough; Jenny Stoute; Angela Piggford; Sally Gunnell { + Janet Smith} | GBR | 3:26.89 |
| 7 | Fabienne Ficher; Nathalie Simon; Nadine Debois; Evelyne Elien | FRA | 3:29.37 |
| 8 | Charmaine Crooks; Molly Killingbeck; Marita Payne Wiggins; Jillian Richardson { + Esmie Lawrence} | CAN |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Gelindo Bordin | ITA | 2:10:32 |
| 2 | Douglas Wakiihuri | KEN | 2:10:47 |
| 3 | Ahmed Salah | DJI | 2:10:59 |
| 4 | Takeyuki Nakayama | JPN | 2:11:05 |
| 5 | Steve Moneghetti | AUS | 2:11:49 |
| 6 | Charlie Spedding | GBR | 2:12:19 |
| 7 | Juma Ikangaa | TAN | 2:13:06 |
| 8 | Rob de Castella | AUS | 2:13:07 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Jozef Pribilinec | TCH | 1:19:57 |
| 2 | Ronald Weigel | GDR | 1:20:00 |
| 3 | Maurizio Damilano | ITA | 1:20:14 |
| 4 | Jose Marin | ESP | 1:20:34 |
| 5 | Roman Mrazek | TCH | 1:20:43 |
| 6 | Mikhail Shchennikov | URS | 1:20:47 |
| 7 | Carlos Mercenario | MEX | 1:20:53 |
| 8 | Axel Noack | GDR | 1:21:14 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | URS | 3:38:29 |
| 2 | Ronald Weigel | GDR | 3:38:56 |
| 3 | Hartwig Gauder | GDR | 3:39:45 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Potashov | URS | 3:41:00 |
| 5 | Jose Marin | ESP | 3:43:03 |
| 6 | Simon Baker | AUS | 3:44:07 |
| 7 | Bo Gustafsson | SWE | 3:44:49 |
| 8 | Raffaello Ducceschi | ITA | 3:45:43 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Time |
| 1 | Rosa Mota | POR | 2:25:40 |
| 2 | Lisa Martin | AUS | 2:25:53 |
| 3 | Katrin Doerre | GDR | 2:26:21 |
| 4 | Tatiana Polovinskaia | URS | 2:27:05 |
| 5 | Zhao Youfeng | CHN | 2:27:06 |
| 6 | Laura Fogli | ITA | 2:27:49 |
| 7 | Daniele Kaber | LUX | 2:29:23 |
| 8 | Maria Curatolo | ITA | 2:30:14 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Gennady Avdeyenko | URS | 2.38m [7' 9 ¾"] |
| 2 | Hollis Conway | USA | 2.36m [7' 9"] |
| 3 | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | URS | 2.36m [7' 9"] |
| 3 | Patrik Sjoberg | SWE | 2.36m [7' 9"] |
| 5 | Clarence "Nick" Saunders | BER | 2.34m [7' 8 ¼"] |
| 6 | Dietmar Mogenburg | FRG | 2.34m [7' 8 ¼"] |
| 7 | Igor Paklin | URS | 2.31m [7' 7"] |
| 7 | Dalton Grant | GBR | 2.31m [7' 7"] |
| 7 | Carlo Thranhardt | FRG | 2.31m [7' 7"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5.90m [19' 4 ¼"] |
| 2 | Radion Gataullin | URS | 5.85m [19' 2 ¼"] |
| 3 | Grigoriy Yegorov | URS | 5.80m [19' ¼"] |
| 4 | Earl Bell | USA | 5.70m [18' 8 ½"] |
| 5 | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5.70m [18' 8 ½"] |
| 5 | Philippe Collet | FRA | 5.70m [18' 8 ½"] |
| 7 | Istvan Bagyula | HUN | 5.60m [18' 4 ½"] |
| 8 | Philippe D'Encausse | FRA | 5.60m [18' 4 ½"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Carl Lewis | USA | 8.72m [28' 7 ¼"] |
| 2 | Mike Powell | USA | 8.49m [27' 10 ¼"] |
| 3 | Larry Myricks | USA | 8.27m [27' 1 ½"] |
| 4 | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 8.08m [26' 6"] |
| 5 | Antonio Corgos | ESP | 8.03m [26' 4 ¼"] |
| 6 | Laszlo Szalma | HUN | 8.00m [26' 3"] |
| 7 | Norbert Brige | FRA | 7.97m [26' 1 ¾"] |
| 8 | Leonid Voloshin | URS | 7.89m [25' 10 ¾"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Khristo Markov | BUL | 17.61m [57' 9 ¼"] |
| 2 | Igor Lapshin | URS | 17.52m [57' 5 ¾"] |
| 3 | Aleksandr Kovalenko | URS | 17.42m [57' 1 ¾"] |
| 4 | Oleg Protsenko | URS | 17.38m [57' ¼"] |
| 5 | Charlie Simpkins | USA | 17.29m [56' 8 ¾"] |
| 6 | Willie Banks | USA | 17.03m [55' 10 ½"] |
| 7 | Ivan Slanar | TCH | 16.75m [54' 11 ½"] |
| 8 | Jacek Pastusinski | POL | 16.72m [54' 10 ¼"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Ulf Timmermann | GDR | 22.47m [73' 8 ¾"] |
| 2 | Randy Barnes | USA | 22.39m [73' 5 ½"] |
| 3 | Werner Gunthor | SUI | 21.99m [72' 1 ¾"] |
| 4 | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21.40m [70' 2 ½"] |
| 5 | Remigius Machura | TCH | 20.57m [67' 5 ¾"] |
| 6 | Gert Weil | CHI | 20.38m [66' 10 ¼"] |
| 7 | Alessandro Andrei | ITA | 20.36m [66' 9 ½"] |
| 8 | Sergey Smirnov | URS | 20.36m [66' 9 ½"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Juergen Schult | GDR | 68.82m [225' 9 ½"] |
| 2 | Romas Ubartas | URS | 67.48m [221' 4 ¾"] |
| 3 | Rolf Danneberg | FRG | 67.38m [221' ¾"] |
| 4 | Yury Dumchev | URS | 66.42m [217' 11"] |
| 5 | Mac Wilkins | USA | 65.90m [216' 2 ½"] |
| 6 | Gejza Valent | TCH | 65.80m [215' 10 ½"] |
| 7 | Knut Hjeltnes | NOR | 64.94m [213' ¾"] |
| 8 | Alois Hannecker | FRG | 63.28m [207' 7 ¼"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 84.80m [278' 2 ½"] |
| 2 | Yury Sedykh | URS | 83.76m [274' 9 ¾"] |
| 3 | Juri Tamm | URS | 81.16m [266' 3 ¼"] |
| 4 | Rudolf Haber | GDR | 80.44m [263' 11"] |
| 5 | Heinz Weis | FRG | 79.16m [259' 8 ½"] |
| 6 | Tibor Gecsek | HUN | 78.36m [257' 1"] |
| 7 | Imre Szitas | HUN | 77.04m [252' 9"] |
| 8 | Ivan Tanev | BUL | 76.08m [249' 7 ¼"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Tapio Korjus | FIN | 84.28m [276' 6"] |
| 2 | Jan Zelezny | TCH | 84.12m [275' 11 ¾"] |
| 3 | Seppo Raty | FIN | 83.26m [273' 2"] |
| 4 | Klaus Tafelmeier | FRG | 82.72m [271' 4 ¾"] |
| 5 | Viktor Yevsyukov | URS | 82.32m [270' 1"] |
| 6 | Gerald Weiss | GDR | 81.30m [266' 8 ¾"] |
| 7 | Vladimir Ovchinnikov | URS | 79.12m [259' 7"] |
| 8 | Dag Wennlund | SWE | 78.30m [256' 10 ¾"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Louise Ritter | USA | 2.03m [6' 8"] |
| 2 | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 2.01m [6' 7 ¼"] |
| 3 | Tamara Bykova | URS | 1.99m [6' 6 ¼"] |
| 4 | Olga Tourtchak | URS | 1.96m [6' 5 ¼"] |
| 5 | Lyudmila Ndonova | BUL | 1.93m [6' 4"] |
| 5 | Galina Astafei | ROU | 1.93m [6' 4"] |
| 7 | Christine Tanton | AUS | 1.93m [6' 4"] |
| 8 | Diana Davies | GBR | 1.90m [6' 2 ¾"] |
| 8 | Kim Hee-Sun | KOR | 1.90m [6' 2 ¾"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7.40m [24' 3 ¼"] |
| 2 | Heike Drechsler | GDR | 7.22m [23' 8 ¼"] |
| 3 | Galina Tchistiakova | URS | 7.11m [23' 4"] |
| 4 | Elena Belevskaia | URS | 7.04m [23' 1 ¼"] |
| 5 | Nicole Boegman | AUS | 6.73m [22' 1"] |
| 6 | Fiona May | GBR | 6.62m [21' 8 ¾"] |
| 7 | Agata Karczmarek | POL | 6.60m [21' 7 ¾"] |
| 8 | Sabine John | GDR | 6.55m [21' 5 ¾"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Natalia Lisovskaya | URS | 22.24m [72' 11 ½"] |
| 2 | Kathrin Neimke | GDR | 21.07m [69' 1 ½"] |
| 3 | Li Meisu | CHN | 21.06m [69' 1 ¼"] |
| 4 | Ines Mueller | GDR | 20.37m [66' 10"] |
| 5 | Claudia Losch | FRG | 20.27m [66' 6"] |
| 6 | Heike Hartwig | GDR | 20.20m [66' 3 ¼"] |
| 7 | Natalia Akhremenko | URS | 20.13m [66' ½"] |
| 8 | Huang Zhihong | CHN | 19.82m [65' ¼"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Martina Hellmann | GDR | 72.30m [237' 2 ½"] |
| 2 | Diana Gansky | GDR | 71.88m [235' 10"] |
| 3 | Tsvetanka Khristova | BUL | 69.74m [228' 9 ¾"] |
| 4 | Svetla Mitkova | BUL | 69.14m [226' 10"] |
| 5 | Ellina Zvereva | URS | 68.94m [226' 2 ¼"] |
| 6 | Zdenka Silhava | TCH | 67.84m [222' 6 ¾"] |
| 7 | Gabriele Reinsch | GDR | 67.26m [220' 8"] |
| 8 | Hou Xuemei | CHN | 65.94m [216' 4"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Petra Felke | GDR | 74.68m [245' ¼"] |
| 2 | Fatima Whitbread | GBR | 70.32m [230' 8 ½"] |
| 3 | Beate Koch | GDR | 67.30m [220' 9 ½"] |
| 4 | Irina Kostioutchenkova | URS | 67.00m [219' 9 ¾"] |
| 5 | Silke Renk | GDR | 66.38m [217' 9 ½"] |
| 6 | Natalia Ermolovitch | URS | 64.84m [212' 8 ¾"] |
| 7 | Donna Mayhew | USA | 61.78m [202' 8 ¼"] |
| 8 | Ingrid Thyssen | FRG | 60.76m [199' 4 ¼"] |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Christian Schenk | GDR | 8488 |
| 2 | Torsten Voss | GDR | 8399 |
| 3 | Dave Steen | CAN | 8328 |
| 4 | Daley Thompson | GBR | 8306 |
| 5 | Christian Plaziat | FRA | 8272 |
| 6 | Alain Blondel | FRA | 8268 |
| 7 | Tim Bright | USA | 8216 |
| 8 | Rob de Wit | NED | 8189 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | USA | 7291 |
| 2 | Sabine John | GDR | 6897 |
| 3 | Anke Behmer | GDR | 6858 |
| 4 | Natalia Choubenkova | URS | 6540 |
| 5 | Remigulia Sablovskaite | URS | 6456 |
| 6 | Ines Schulz | GDR | 6411 |
| 7 | Jane Flemming | AUS | 6351 |
| 8 | Cindy Greiner | USA | 6297 |