| Benue: Palais Omnisports Paris-Bercy. 391 competitors from 69 nations. Tournament gained official status in 1987. |
| Men Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Men 60m | Ben Johnson |  CAN | 6.62s | Sam Graddy |  USA | 6.63s | Ronald Desruelles |  BEL | 6.68s | | Men 200m | Aleksandr Yevgenyev |  URS | 20.95s | Ade Mafe |  GBR | 20.96s | João Batista da Silva |  BRA | 21.19s | | Men 400m | Thomas Schönlebe |  GDR | 45.60s | Todd Bennett | GBR | 45.97s | Mark Rowe | USA | 46.31s | | Men 800m | Colomán Trabado |  ESP | 1:47.42 | Benjamín González | ESP | 1:47.94 | Ikem Billy | GBR | 1:48.28 | | Men 1500m | Michael Hillardt |  AUS | 3:40.27 | José Luis González | ESP | 3:41.36 | Joseph Chesire |  KEN | 3:41.38 | | Men 3000m | João Campos |  POR | 7:57.63 | Don Clary | USA | 7:57.78 | Ivan Uvizl |  TCH | 7:57.92 | | Men 60m Hurdles | Stéphane Caristan |  FRA | 7.67s | Javier Moracho | ESP | 7.69s | Jon Ridgeon | GBR | 7.70s | | Men 5000m Walk | Gérard Lelièvre | FRA | 19:06.22 | Maurizio Damilano |  ITA | 19:11.41 | Dave Smith | AUS | 19:16.04 | | Men High Jump | Patrik Sjöberg |  SWE | 2.32m | Javier Sotomayor |  CUB | 2.30m | Othmane Belfaa |  ALG | 2.27m NR | | Men Pole Vault | Sergey Bubka | URS | 5.75m | Thierry Vigneron | FRA | 5.70m | Vasiliy Bubka | URS | 5.60m | | Men Long Jump | Jan Leitner | TCH | 7.96m | Gyula Pálóczi |  HUN | 7.94m | Giovanni Evangelisti | ITA | 7.88m | | Men Triple Jump | Khristo Markov |  BUL | 17.22m | Lázaro Betancourt | CUB | 17.15m | Lázaro Balcindes | CUB | 16.83m | | Men Shot Put | Remigius Machura | TCH | 21.22m | Udo Beyer | GDR | 21.10m | Jānis Bojārs | URS | 19.94 |
| Women Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Women 60m | Silke Gladisch | GDR | 7.20s | Heather Oakes | GBR | 7.21s | Christelle Bulteau | FRA | 7.34s | | Women 200m | Marita Koch | GDR | 23.09s | Marie-Christine Cazier | FRA | 23.33s | Kim Robertson |  NZL | 23.69s NR | | Women 400m | Diane Dixon | USA | 53.35s | Regine Berg | BEL | 53.81s | Charmaine Crooks | CAN | 54.08 | | Women 800m | Cristieana Cojocaru |  ROU | 2:04.22 | Jane Finch | GBR | 2:04.71 | Mariana Simeanu | ROU | 2:05.51 | | Women 1500m | Elly van Hulst |  NED | 4:11.41 | Fiţa Lovin | ROU | 4:11.42 | Brit McRoberts | CAN | 4:11.83 | | Women 3000m | Debbie Scott | CAN | 9:04.99 | Agnese Possamai | ITA | 9:09.66 | PattiSue Plumer | USA | 9:12.12 | | Women 60m Hurdles | Xénia Siska | HUN | 8.03s | Laurence Elloy | FRA | 8.08s | Anne Piquereau | FRA | 8.10s | | Women 3000m Walk | Giuliana Salce | ITA | 12:53.42 | Yan Hong |  CHN | 13:06.66 | Ann Peel | CAN | 13:06.97 | | Women High Jump | Stefka Kostadinova | BUL | 1.97m | Susanne Lorentzon | SWE | 1.94m | Debbie Brill | CAN | 1.90m | | Danuta Bułkowska |  POL | 1.90m | | Silvia Costa | CUB | 1.90m | | Women Long Jump | Helga Radtke | GDR | 6.88m | Tatyana Rodionova | URS | 6.72m | Nijolė Medvedeva | URS | 6.44m | | Women Shot Put | Natalya Lisovskaya | URS | 20.07m | Ines Müller | GDR | 19.6m | Nunu Abashidze | URS | 18.82m |
| | Medals | Gd | Sv | Br | All | | 1. |  East Germany | 4 | 2 | | 6 | | 2. |  Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | | 3. |  France | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | | 4. |  Canada | 2 | | 4 | 6 | | 5. |  Czechoslovakia | 2 | | 1 | 3 | | 6. |  Bulgaria | 2 | | | 2 | | 7. |  Spain | 1 | 3 | | 4 | | 8. |  United States | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | | 9. |  Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | | 10. |  Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | | 11. |  Hungary | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 11. |  Sweden | 1 | 1 | | 2 | | 13. |  Australia | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | 14. |  Netherlands | 1 | | | 1 | | 14. |  Portugal | 1 | | | 1 | | 16. |  Great Britain | | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 17. |  Cuba | | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 18. |  Belgium | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 19. |  China | | 1 | | 1 | | 20. |  Algeria | | | 1 | 1 | | 20. |  Brazil | | | 1 | 1 | | 20. |  Kenya | | | 1 | 1 | | 20. |  New Zealand | | | 1 | 1 | | 20. |  Poland | | | 1 | 1 |
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