| 100 m | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 9.85 |
| 200 m | Shawn Crawford (USA) | 19.79 |
| 400 m | Jeremy Wariner (USA) | 44.00 |
| 800m | Yurii Borzakovskii (Rus) | 1:44.45 |
| 1500 m | Hiscaam al-Qaruug (Mar) | 3:34.18 |
| 5000 m | Hiscaam al-Qaruug (Mar) | 13:14.39 |
| 10000 m | Kenenisa Bikila (Eti) | 27:05.10 |
| Maratona | Stefano Baldini (Ita) | |
| 110 m ostacoli | Liu Xiang (China) | 12.91 |
| 400 m ostacoli | Felix Sanchez (Dom) | 47.63 |
| 3000 m siepi | Ezekiel Kemboi (Ken) | 8:05.81 |
| Marcia 20 km | Ivano Brugnetti (Ita) | |
| 4x100 m | Gran Bretagna | 38.07 |
| 4x400 m | USA | 2:55.91 |
| Marcia 50 km | Robert Korzeniowski (Pol) | |
| Lungo | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.59 |
| Triplo | Christian Olsson (Sve) | 17.79 |
| Alto | Stefan Holm (Sve) | 2.36 |
| Asta | Timothy Mack (USA) | 5.95 |
| Peso | Yurii Bilonog (Ucr) | 21.16 |
| Disco | Virgilyus Alekhna (Lit) | 69.89 |
| Martello | Koji Murofushi (Gia) | 82.91 |
| Giavellotto | Andreas Thorkildsen (Nor) | 86.50 |
| Decatlon | Roman Sebrle (Cec) | 8893 |
| 100 m | Yulia Nesterenko (Bielorus) | 10.93 |
| 200 m | Veronica Campbell (Jam) | 22.05 |
| 400 m | Tonique Williams Darling (Bah) | 49.41 |
| 800 m | Kelly Holmes (GB) | 1:56.38 |
| 1500 m | Kelly Holmes (GB) | 3:57.90 |
| 5000 m | Meseret Defar (Eti) | 14:45.65 |
| 10000 m | Hui-na Xing (China) | 30:24.36 |
| Maratona | Mizuki Noguchi (Gia) | |
| 100 m ostacoli | Joanna Hayes (USA) | 12.37 |
| 400 m ostacoli | Fani Halkia (Gre) | 52.82 |
| 4x100 m | Jamaica | 41.73 |
| 4x400 m | USA | 3:19.01 |
| Marcia 20 km | Athanasia Tsoumeleka (Gre) | 1:29.12 |
| Lungo | Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) | 7.07 |
| Triplo | Françoise Mbango Etone (Cam) | 15.30 |
| Alto | Elena Slesarenko (Rus) | 2.06 |
| Asta | Elena Isinbayeva (Rus) | 4.91 |
| Peso | Yumileidi Cumba (Cub) | 19.59 |
| Disco | Natalya Sadova (Rus) | 67.02 |
| Martello | Olga Kuzenkova (Rus) | 75.02 |
| Giavellotto | Osleidys Menendez (Cub) | 71.53 |
| Eptatlon | Carolina Kluft (Sve) | 6952 |