| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|
| 100 metres | Linford Christie (GBR) Great Britain | 10.21 | Olapade Adeniken (NGR) Africa | 10.25 | Talal Mansour (QAT) Asia | 10.31 |
| 200 metres | John Regis (GBR) Great Britain | 20.45 | Frankie Fredericks (NAM) Africa | 20.55 | Geir Moen (NOR) Europe | 20.72 |
| 400 metres | Antonio Pettigrew (USA) United States | 45.26 | Du'aine Ladejo (GBR) Great Britain | 45.44 | Inaldo Sena (BRA) Americas | 45.67 |
| 800 metres | Mark Everett (USA) United States | 1:46.02 | William Tanui (KEN) Africa | 1:46.84 | Craig Winrow (GBR) Great Britain | 1:47.16 |
| 1500 metres | Noureddine Morceli (ALG)} Africa | 3:34.70 | Rüdiger Stenzel (GER) Germany | 3:40.04 | Mohamed Suleiman (QAT) Asia | 3:40.52 |
| 5000 metres | Brahim Lahlafi (MAR) Africa | 13:27.96 | John Nuttall (GBR) Great Britain | 13:32.47 | Martin Bremer (GER) Germany | 13:33.57 |
| 10,000 metres | Khalid Skah (MAR) Africa | 27:38.74 | Antonio Silio (ARG) Americas | 28:16.54 | Robert Denmark (GBR) Great Britain | 28:20.65 |
| 110 metre hurdles | Tony Jarrett (GBR) Great Britain | 13.23 | Allen Johnson (USA) United States | 13.29 | Emilio Valle (CUB) Americas | 13.45 |
| 400 metre hurdles | Samuel Matete (ZAM) Africa | 48.77 | Oleg Tverdokhleb (UKR) Europe | 49.26 | Eronilde de Araújo (BRA) Americas | 49.62 |
| 3000 metre steeplechase | Moses Kiptanui (KEN) Africa | 8:28.28 | Saad Shaddad Al-Asmari (KSA) Asia | 8:35.74 | Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA) Europe | 8:40.34 |
| 4 × 100 metre relay | Great Britain Darren Braithwaite Tony Jarrett John Regis Linford Christie | 38.46 | Africa Frank Nwankpa Emmanuel Tuffour Oluyemi Kayode Olapade Adeniken | 38.97 | United States Mark Witherspoon Roland McGhee Marcel Carter Sam Jefferson | 39.33 |
| 4 × 400 metre relay | Great Britain David McKenzie Du'aine Ladejo Jamie Baulch Roger Black | 3:01.34 | Africa Simon Kemboi Samuel Matete Samson Kitur Sunday Bada | 3:02.66 | Europe Mathias Rusterholz Stéphane Diagana Mikhail Vdovin Dmitriy Golovastov | 3:03.26 |
| High jump | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) Americas | 2.40 | Tim Forsyth (AUS) Oceania | 2.28 | Steve Smith (GBR) Great Britain | 2.28 |
| Pole vault | Okkert Brits (RSA) Africa | 5.90 | Jean Galfione (FRA) Europe | 5.75 | Alberto Manzano (CUB) Americas
Andrei Tivontchik (GER) Germany | 5.40 |
| Long jump | Fred Salle (GBR) Great Britain | 8.10 | Douglas de Souza (BRA) Americas | 7.96 | Dion Bentley (USA) United States | 7.93 |
| Triple jump | Yoelbi Quesada (CUB) Americas | 17.61 | Julian Golley (GBR) Great Britain | 17.06 | Oleg Sakirkin (KAZ) Asia | 16.81 |
| Shot put | C. J. Hunter (USA) United States | 19.92 | Aleksandr Klimenko (UKR) Europe | 19.16 | Courtney Ireland (NZL) Oceania | 18.93 |
| Discus throw | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) Europe | 64.54 | Alexis Elizalde (CUB) Americas | 61.50 | Adewale Olukoju (NGR) Africa | 60.22 |
| Hammer throw | Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK) Asia | 81.72 | Lance Deal (USA) United States | 81.14 | Heinz Weis (GER) Germany | 80.32 |
| Javelin throw | Steve Backley (GBR) Great Britain | 85.02 | Raymond Hecht (GER) Germany | 84.36 | Gavin Lovegrove (NZL) Oceania | 82.28 |