| Track Events - MEN |
|
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Justin Gatlin
USA | 9.85s | Francis Obikwelu
Portugal | 9.86s | Maurice Greene
USA | 9.87s |
| 200 metres | Shawn Crawford
USA | 19.79s | Bernard Williams
USA | 20.01s | Justin Gatlin
USA | 20.03s |
| 400 metres | Jeremy Wariner
USA | 44.00s | Otis Harris
USA | 44.16s | Derrick Brew
USA | 44.42s |
| 800 metres | Yuriy Borzakovskiy
Russia | 1m 44.45s | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
South Africa | 1m 44.61s | Wilson Kipketer
Denmark | 1m 44.65s |
| 1500 metres | Hicham El Guerrouj
Morocco | 3m 34.18s | Bernard Lagat
Kenya | 3m 34.30s | Rui Silva
Portugal | 3m 34.68s |
| 5000 metres | Hicham El Guerrouj
Morocco | 13m 14.39s | Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopia | 13m 14.59s | Eliud Kipchoge
Kenya | 13m 15.10s |
| 10000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele
Ethiopa | 27m 5.10s | Sileshi Sihine
Ethiopia | 27m 9.39s | Zersenay Tadesse
Eritrea | 27m 22.57s |
Marathon
(42,195 m) | Stephano Baldini
Italy | 2h 10m 55s | Mebrahtom Keflezighi
USA | 2h 11m 29s | Vanderlei de Lima
Brazil | 2h 12m 11s |
Steeplechase
(3000 metres) | Ezekiel Kemboi
Kenya | 8m 5.81s | Brimin Kipruto
Kenya | 8m 6.11s | Paul Kipsiele Koech
Kenya | 8m 6.64s |
| Field Events - MEN |
| | | Ht / Dist | | Ht / Dist | | Ht / Dist |
| High Jump | Stefan Holm
Sweden | 2.36 m | Matt Hemingway
USA | 2.34 m | Jaroslav Baba
Czech Republic | 2.34 m |
| Long Jump | Dwight Phillips
USA | 8.59 m | John Moffitt
USA | 8.47 m | Joan Lino Martinez
Spain | 8.32 m |
| Pole Vault | Timothy Mack
USA | 5.95 m | Toby Stevenson
USA | 5.90 m | Guiseppe Gibilisco
Italy | 5.85 m |
| Shot | Yuriy Bilonog
Ukraine | 21.16 m | Adam Nelson
USA | 21.16 m | Joachim Olsen
Denmark | 21.07 m |
| Discus | Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania | 69.89 m | Zoltan Kovago
Hungary | 67.04 m | Aleksander Tammert
Estonia | 66.66 m |
| Javelin | Andreas Thorkildsen
Norway | 86.50 m | Vadims Vasilevskis
Latvia | 84.95 m | Sergey Makarov
Russia | 84.84 m |
| Track Events - WOMEN |
|
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Yuliya Nesterenko
Belarus | 10.93s | Lauryn Williams
USA | 10.96s | Veronica Campbell
Jamaica | 10.97s |
| 200 metres | Veronica Campbell
Jamaica | 22.05s | Allyson Felix
USA | 22.18s | Debbie Ferguson
Bahamas | 22.30s |
| 400 metres | Tonique Williams-Darling
Bahamas | 49.41s | Ana Guevara
Mexico | 49.56s | Natalya Antyukh
Russia | 49.89s |
| 800 metres | Kelly Holmes
GB | 1m 56.38s | Hasna Benhassi
Morocco | 1m 56.43s | Jolanda Ceplak
Slovenia | 1m 56.43s |
| 1500 metres | Kelly Holmes
GB | 3m 57.90s | Tatyana Tomashova
Russia | 3m 58.12s | Maria Cioncan
Romania | 3m 58.39s |
| 5000 metres | Meseret Defar
Ethiopia | 14m 45.65s | Isabella Ochichi
Kenya | 14m 48.19s | Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia | 14m 51.83s |
| 10000 metres | Huina Xing
China | 30m 24.36s | Ejegayehu Dibaba
Ethiopia | 30m 24.98s | Derartu Tulu
Ethiopia | 30m 26.42s |
| Marathon | Mizuki Noguchi
Japan | 2h 26m 20s | Catherine Ndereba
Kenya | 2h 26m 32s | Deena Kastor
USA | 2h 27m 20s |
| Field Events - WOMEN |
| | | Ht / Dist | | Ht / Dist | | Ht / Dist |
| High Jump | Yelena Slesarenko
Russia | 2.06 m | Hestrie Cloete
South Africa | 2.02 m | Viktoriya Styopina
Ukraine | 2.02 m |
| Long Jump | Tatyana Lebedeva
Russia | 7.07 m | Irina Simagina
Russia | 7.05 m | Tatyana Kotova
Russia | 7.05 m |
| Shot | Irina Korzhanenko
Russia | 21.06 m | Yumileidi Cumba
Cuba | 19.59 m | Nadine Kleinert
Germany | 19.55 m |
| Discus | Natalya Sadova
Russia | 67.02 m | Anastasia Kelesidou
Greece | 66.68 m | Irina Yatchenko
Belarus | 66.17 m |
| Javelin | Osleidys Menendez
Cuba | 71.53 m | Steffi Nerius
Germany | 65.82 m | Mirela Manjani
Greece | 64.29 m |