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1999 World Top 20 Compiled by Mirko Jalava, Tilastopaja Oy. Text version here. Earlier years: 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 Last update: Friday 10th September 2010 03:21:13 |
| Men | |||||||||||
| 100 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 9.79 | 0.1 | Maurice Greene | USA | 23 Jul 74 | 175/75 | 1r3 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |
| 2 | 9.84 | NR | 0.2 | Bruny Surin | CAN | 12 Jul 67 | 180/81 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 22 Aug |
| 3 | 9.86 | NR | 0.1 | Ato Boldon | TRI | 30 Dec 73 | 176/75 | 2r3 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun |
| 4 | 9.92 | 1.0 | Tim Harden | USA | 27 Jan 74 | 178/79 | 1 | Spitzen | Luzern | 5 Jul | |
| 5 | 9.94 | 1.3 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 2 Oct 67 | 180/73 | 1 | Optus | Sydney | 20 Feb | |
| 6 | 9.96 | 0.6 | Obadele Thompson | BAR | 30 Mar 76 | 175/67 | 2 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | |
| 7 | 9.97 | AUR | 0.2 | Dwain Chambers | GBR | 5 Apr 78 | 180/83 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 22 Aug |
| 8 | 9.98 | NR | 1.6 | Leo Myles-Mills | GHA | 9 May 73 | 172/68 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun |
| 9 | 9.98 | 0.4 | Jason Gardener | GBR | 17 Sep 75 | 178/70 | 3r1 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | |
| 10 | 10.00 | 1.1 | Eric Nkansah | GHA | 12 Dec 74 | 178/80 | 3 | Live | Nürnberg | 13 Jun | |
| 11 | 10.01 | 1.9 | Tim Montgomery | USA | 28 Jan 75 | 178/73 | 1 | Mito | 5 May | ||
| 12 | 10.01A | 0.0 | Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 22 Nov 78 | 195/80 | 2 | AAG | Johannesburg | 15 Sep | |
| 13 | 10.02 | 0.8 | Brian Lewis | USA | 5 Dec 74 | 170/72 | 1s1 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | |
| 14 | 10.03 | -0.1 | Coby Miller | USA | 19 Oct 76 | 168/68 | 1r2 | Sun Angel | Tempe AZ | 10 Apr | |
| 15 | 10.03 | 1.6 | John Capel | USA | 27 Nov 78 | 180/82 | 2 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | |
| 16 | 10.04 | 0.6 | Jon Drummond | USA | 9 Sep 68 | 175/75 | 3 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | |
| 17 | 10.06A | 0.9 | André Domingos da Silva | BRA | 26 Nov 72 | 190/74 | 1 | SAmC | Bogotá | 25 Jun | |
| 18 | 10.06 | 0.4 | Koji Ito | JPN | 29 Jan 70 | 182/72 | 6r1 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | |
| 19 | 10.07 | -0.6 | Matt Shirvington | AUS | 25 Oct 78 | 184/82 | 4rA | GP | London | 7 Aug | |
| 20 | 10.08A | -0.1 | Mathew Quinn | RSA | 17 Apr 76 | 179/82 | 1-22 | NC-j | Germiston | 7 Apr | |
| 21 | 10.08 | 1.6 | Terrence Trammell | USA | 23 Nov 78 | 188/84 | 2s1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | |
| 22 | 10.08 | NR | 1.0 | Roland Németh | HUN | 19 Sep 74 | 177/77 | 1 | Budapest | 9 Jun | |
| 23 | 10.08 | 0.4 | Bernard Williams | USA | 19 Jan 78 | 181/73 | 1 | PAG | Winnipeg | 25 Jul | |
| Subsequent to drugs disqualificat | |||||||||||
| 10.02 | 0.2 | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 20 Feb 66 | 174/69 | 1r2 | Zipfer | Linz | 26 Jul | ||
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 9.83 | 7.1 | Leonard Scott | USA | 19 Jan 80 | 181/84 | 1r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 9.90 | 7.1 | Kenny Brokenburr | USA | 29 Oct 68 | 178/79 | 2r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 9.95 | 7.1 | Anthony Jones | USA | 12 Dec 71 | 180/77 | 3r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 9.97 | 2.3 | Dennis Mitchell | USA | 20 Feb 66 | 174/69 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | ||
| 10.00 | 2.3 | Brian Lewis | USA | 5 Dec 74 | 170/72 | 2 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | ||
| 10.00 | 2.3 | Tim Montgomery | USA | 28 Jan 75 | 178/73 | 3 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | ||
| 10.05 | 2.1 | Nathanaël Esprit | AHO | 7 May 78 | 175/68 | 1s2 | NedNC | Apeldoorn | 26 Jun | ||
| 10.06 | 3.3 | Bobby Cruse | USA | 20 Mar 78 | 183/79 | 1r2 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 10.06 | 2.4 | Michael Marsh | USA | 4 Aug 67 | 178/75 | 1r5 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | ||
| 10.07 | 7.1 | Mike Nicolini | CAN | 22 Feb 78 | 172/67 | 4r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 10.07 | 2.1 | Deji Aliu | NGR | 22 Nov 75 | 187/75 | 1 | Santo Ant | Lisboa | 19 Jun | ||
| 10.08 | 4.3 | Vince Henderson | USA | 20 Oct 72 | 175/66 | 1r1 | Tx Opener | Austin TX | 20 Mar | ||
| 10.08 | 3.2 | Aziz Zakari | GHA | 2 Sep 76 | 177/73 | 3r2 | ModR | Modesto CA | 8 May | ||
| Hand timing | |||||||||||
| 9.8h | 4.1 | Aaron Armstrong | USA | 14 Oct 77 | 173/70 | 1 | Garden City KS | 1 May | |||
| 200 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 19.84 | NR | 1.7 | Francis Obikwelu | NGR | 22 Nov 78 | 195/80 | 1s2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug |
| 2 | 19.86 | 0.4 | Ato Boldon | TRI | 30 Dec 73 | 176/75 | 1r2 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |
| 3 | 19.87 | -1.2 | Frank Fredericks | NAM | 2 Oct 67 | 180/73 | 1 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | |
| 4 | 19.87 | 1.4 | John Capel | USA | 27 Nov 78 | 180/82 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | |
| 5 | 19.89 | AR | -0.8 | Claudinei Quirino da Silva | BRA | 19 Nov 70 | 184/78 | 1 | GPF | München | 11 Sep |
| 6 | 19.90 | 1.2 | Maurice Greene | USA | 23 Jul 74 | 175/75 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | |
| 7 | 19.93 | 0.8 | Michael Johnson | USA | 13 Sep 67 | 185/78 | 1 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |
| 8 | 19.98 | NR | 1.7 | Marcin Urbaś | POL | 17 Sep 76 | 179/75 | 2s2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug |
| 9 | 20.04 | 1.4 | Coby Miller | USA | 19 Oct 76 | 168/68 | 2 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | |
| 10 | 20.08 | 1.7 | Aaron Armstrong | USA | 14 Oct 77 | 173/70 | 1 | Jacobs | Norman OK | 10 Apr | |
| 11 | 20.09 | -1.2 | Obadele Thompson | BAR | 30 Mar 76 | 175/67 | 2 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | |
| 12 | 20.09 | 2.0 | Tyree Washington | USA | 28 Aug 76 | 185/84 | 1 | US Open | Edwardsville IL | 22 May | |
| 13 | 20.10 | 1.7 | Kevin Little | USA | 3 Apr 68 | 183/73 | 3s2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 14 | 20.13 | 0.0 | Rohsaan Griffin | USA | 21 Feb 74 | 175/64 | 1r1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | |
| 15 | 20.20 | 1.5 | Julian Golding | GBR | 17 Feb 75 | 183/68 | 1 | Full Open | Fullerton CA | 22 Apr | |
| 16 | 20.21 | 0.4 | Bruny Surin | CAN | 12 Jul 67 | 180/81 | 3 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 17 | 20.25 | 1.7 | Marlon Devonish | GBR | 1 Jun 76 | 180/72 | 5s2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 18 | 20.26 | 0.4 | Ramon Clay | USA | 29 Jun 75 | 188/87 | 4r2 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |
| 19 | 20.27 | 0.4 | Petko Yankov | BUL | 6 Oct 77 | 185/73 | 5r2 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |
| 20 | 20.29 | -0.3 | Jon Drummond | USA | 9 Sep 68 | 175/75 | 3 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 19.83 | 9.2 | Bobby Cruse | USA | 20 Mar 78 | 183/79 | 1r2 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 19.96 | 2.2 | Rohsaan Griffin | USA | 21 Feb 74 | 175/64 | 1s1 | NC | Eugene OR | 26 Jun | ||
| 20.08 | 9.2 | Leonard Scott | USA | 19 Jan 80 | 181/84 | 2r2 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 20.08 | 2.2 | Kevin Little | USA | 3 Apr 68 | 183/73 | 2s1 | NC | Eugene OR | 26 Jun | ||
| 20.11A | 2.3 | Leo Myles-Mills | GHA | 9 May 73 | 172/68 | 1 | WAC | Fort Collins CO | 22 May | ||
| 20.14 | 9.2 | Christian Nsiah | GHA | 25 Dec 75 | 190/79 | 3r2 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 20.14A | 2.3 | Bryan Howard | USA | 7 Oct 76 | 183/82 | 2 | WAC | Fort Collins CO | 22 May | ||
| 20.17 | 5.3 | Clement Chukwu | NGR | 7 Jul 73 | 193/82 | 1r3 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 20.23 | 4.7 | Petko Yankov | BUL | 6 Oct 77 | 185/73 | 1r2 | Papaf | Kalamáta | 22 May | ||
| 20.24 | 8.6 | Kenny Brokenburr | USA | 29 Oct 68 | 178/79 | 1r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 20.24 | 4.2 | Curtis Perry | USA | 26 Oct 74 | 191/91 | 2s2 | NC | Eugene OR | 26 Jun | ||
| 20.24 | 4.2 | Jon Drummond | USA | 9 Sep 68 | 175/75 | 3s2 | NC | Eugene OR | 26 Jun | ||
| 20.27A | 5.5 | Mathew Quinn | RSA | 17 Apr 76 | 179/82 | 1 | Univ Ch | Bloemfontein | 17 Apr | ||
| Hand timing | |||||||||||
| 400 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 43.18 | WR | Michael Johnson | USA | 13 Sep 67 | 185/78 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |
| 2 | 44.29 | Derrick Brew | USA | 28 Dec 77 | 185/79 | 1 | SEC | Athens GA | 16 May | ||
| 3 | 44.29 | AR | Sanderlei Claro Parrela | BRA | 7 Oct 74 | 194/77 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |
| 4 | 44.31 | NR | Alejandro Cárdenas | MEX | 4 Sep 74 | 186/73 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |
| 5 | 44.36 | Jerome Young | USA | 14 Aug 76 | 181/79 | 1 | Pontiac | Raleigh NC | 12 Jun | ||
| 6 | 44.47 | Mark Richardson | GBR | 26 Jul 72 | 178/74 | 4s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 7 | 44.51 | Jerome Davis | USA | 20 Aug 77 | 188/81 | 1s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 8 | 44.59A | NR | Arnaud Malherbe | RSA | 20 Nov 72 | 188/69 | 1 | All Africa | Roodepoort | 19 Mar | |
| 9 | 44.59 | Greg Haughton | JAM | 10 Nov 73 | 185/79 | 1 | PAG | Winnipeg | 25 Jul | ||
| 10 | 44.62 | NR | Tomasz Czubak | POL | 16 Dec 73 | 180/62 | 6s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | |
| 11 | 44.75A | Jopie Van Oudtshoorn | RSA | 5 Feb 76 | 185/75 | 1-22 | NC-j | Germiston | 7 Apr | ||
| 12 | 44.76 | Anthuan Maybank | USA | 30 Dec 69 | 188/81 | 2rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 13 | 44.77A | Kennedy Ochieng | KEN | 30 Dec 71 | 183/73 | 1 | AAG | Johannesburg | 16 Sep | ||
| 14 | 44.79 | Troy McIntosh | BAH | 29 Mar 73 | 178/75 | 1 | Nass Inv | Nassau | 26 May | ||
| 15 | 44.79 | Clement Chukwu | NGR | 7 Jul 73 | 193/82 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | ||
| 16 | 44.82 | Jamie Baulch | GBR | 3 May 73 | 176/67 | 1rB | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | ||
| 17 | 44.83 | Danny McCray | USA | 11 Mar 74 | 181/84 | 2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 25 Jul | ||
| 18 | 44.84 | R.A. Sugath Thilakaratne | SRI | 30 Jul 73 | 170/57 | 1 | GP | Doha | 13 May | ||
| 19 | 45.02 | Milton Campbell | USA | 15 May 76 | 178/75 | 2rB | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | ||
| 20 | 45.09 | Avard Moncur | BAH | 2 Nov 78 | 196/82 | 2 | SEC | Athens GA | 16 May | ||
| Hand timing | |||||||||||
| 800 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1:42.27 | Wilson Kipketer | DEN | 12 Dec 70 | 172/62 | 1 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 2 | 1:42.69 | NR | Hezekiél Sepeng | RSA | 30 Jun 74 | 178/58 | 2 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 3 | 1:42.69 | Japheth Kimutai | KEN | 20 Dec 78 | 173/55 | 3 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 4 | 1:42.92 | André Bucher | SUI | 19 Oct 76 | 185/73 | 4 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 5 | 1:43.09 | NR | Djabir Saïd-Guerni | ALG | 29 Mar 77 | 187/70 | 5 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 6 | 1:43.33 | William Chirchir | KEN | 6 Feb 79 | 172/55 | 6 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 7 | 1:43.85 | David Kiptoo | KEN | 26 Jun 65 | 175/68 | 4 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 8 | 1:43.91 | Johan Botha | RSA | 10 Jan 74 | 186/71 | 2rA | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 9 | 1:43.93 | Andrea Longo | ITA | 26 Jun 75 | 191/85 | 5 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 10 | 1:43.98 | Kennedy Kimwetich | KEN | 1 Jan 73 | 183/73 | 3rA | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 11 | 1:44.05 | Norberto Téllez | CUB | 22 Jan 72 | 186/78 | 1rA | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | ||
| 12 | 1:44.35 | Robert Chirchir | KEN | 26 Nov 72 | 173/60 | 4rA | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | ||
| 13 | 1:44.38 | William Yiampoy | KEN | 15 May 74 | 175/59 | 1rA | IAAF | Barcelona | 29 Jul | ||
| 14 | 1:44.47 | Nils Schumann | GER | 20 May 78 | 192/78 | 7 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 15 | 1:44.48 | Fred Onyancha | KEN | 25 Dec 69 | 170/64 | 5rA | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | ||
| 16 | 1:44.56 | Benjamin Kipkurui | KEN | 28 Dec 80 | 174/57 | 2 | Rehlingen | 23 May | |||
| 17 | 1:44.57 | David Krummenacker | USA | 24 May 75 | 190/79 | 7 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 18 | 1:44.58 | Mark Everett | USA | 2 Sep 68 | 183/70 | 1 | Tofaleia | Pátra | 1 Aug | ||
| 19 | 1:44.62+ | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 2 Nov 78 | 182/68 | 1 | GP II | Rieti | 5 Sep | ||
| 20 | 1:44.64 | Mahjoub Haïda | MAR | 1 Jul 70 | 180/75 | 6rA | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 1500 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3:27.65 | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 14 Sep 74 | 176/58 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 2 | 3:28.5h | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 2 Nov 78 | 182/68 | 2 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 3 | 3:30.56 | Bernard Lagat | KEN | 12 Dec 74 | 175/61 | 3rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 4 | 3:30.57 | Reyes Estévez | ESP | 2 Aug 76 | 187/70 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 5 | 3:30.88 | Rui Silva | POR | 3 Aug 77 | 175/65 | 4rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 6 | 3:30.91 | Noureddine Morceli | ALG | 28 Feb 70 | 172/62 | 2 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 7 | 3:30.91 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | ALG | 15 Mar 78 | 170/55 | 5rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 8 | 3:31.34 | Fermín Cacho | ESP | 16 Feb 69 | 175/65 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 9 | 3:31.51 | Driss Maazouzi | FRA | 20 Oct 69 | 178/64 | 3 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 10 | 3:31.60 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 20 Jan 69 | 163/45 | 4 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 11 | 3:31.83 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | ESP | 12 Jul 69 | 187/71 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 12 | 3:32.06 | Nadir Bosch | FRA | 16 May 73 | 191/68 | 4 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 13 | 3:32.09 | Benson Koech | KEN | 10 Nov 74 | 176/65 | 2 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 14 | 3:32.45 | William Tanui | KEN | 22 Feb 64 | 183/70 | 3 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | ||
| 15 | 3:32.73 | Steve Holman | USA | 2 Mar 70 | 186/66 | 8rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 16 | 3:32.84 | David Lelei | KEN | 10 May 71 | 176/60 | 7 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 17 | 3:32.99 | Sammy Rono | KEN | 74 | 4 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |||
| 18 | 3:33.00 | Ali Hakimi | TUN | 24 Apr 76 | 176/55 | 8 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 19 | 3:33.16 | Benjamin Kipkurui | KEN | 28 Dec 80 | 174/57 | 1rB | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 20 | 3:33.44 | Sammy Mutai | KEN | 20 Dec 74 | 9 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | |||
| One Mile | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3:43.13 | WR | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 14 Sep 74 | 176/58 | 1 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |
| 2 | 3:43.40 | NR | Noah Ngeny | KEN | 2 Nov 78 | 182/68 | 2 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |
| 3 | 3:50.79 | Laban Rotich | KEN | 20 Jan 69 | 163/45 | 2 | GP | London | 7 Aug | ||
| 4 | 3:50.91 | Rui Silva | POR | 3 Aug 77 | 175/65 | 3 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 5 | 3:51.15 | Andrés Manuel Díaz | ESP | 12 Jul 69 | 187/71 | 4 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 6 | 3:51.62 | Adil Kaouch | MAR | 1 Jan 79 | 170/60 | 3 | GP | London | 7 Aug | ||
| 7 | 3:51.90 | Ali Saïdi-Sief | ALG | 15 Mar 78 | 170/55 | 6 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 8 | 3:52.19 | Sammy Mutai | KEN | 20 Dec 74 | 4 | GP | London | 7 Aug | |||
| 9 | 3:52.23 | Vyacheslav Shabunin | RUS | 27 Sep 69 | 171/56 | 7 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 10 | 3:52.39 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 18 Apr 73 | 164/53 | 1 | BUPA | Gateshead | 27 Jun | ||
| 11 | 3:52.54 | Salah Hissou | MAR | 16 Jan 72 | 176/62 | 5 | GP | London | 7 Aug | ||
| 12 | 3:52.66 | Mohamed Amyn | MAR | 25 May 76 | 168/53 | 8 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 13 | 3:52.72 | Giuseppe D'Urso | ITA | 15 Sep 69 | 178/56 | 9 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 14 | 3:52.79 | John Mayock | GBR | 26 Oct 70 | 178/63 | 10 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 15 | 3:52.96 | Kevin Sullivan | CAN | 20 Mar 74 | 180/68 | 11 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 16 | 3:52.99 | Frederick Cheruiyot | KEN | 20 Sep 70 | 167/55 | 12 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 17 | 3:53.14 | David Lelei | KEN | 10 May 71 | 176/60 | 13 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 18 | 3:53.36 | William Tanui | KEN | 22 Feb 64 | 183/70 | 6 | GP | London | 7 Aug | ||
| 19 | 3:53.64 | Youssef Baba | MAR | 7 Aug 79 | 176/58 | 15 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 20 | 3:54.17 | Adam Goucher | USA | 18 Feb 75 | 178/64 | 3 | Pre | Eugene OR | 30 May | ||
| 3000 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7:23.09 | NR | Hicham El Guerrouj | MAR | 14 Sep 74 | 176/58 | 1 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 2 | 7:26.03 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 18 Apr 73 | 164/53 | 1 | Ericsson | Helsinki | 10 Jun | ||
| 3 | 7:28.67 | Benjamin Limo | KEN | 23 Aug 74 | 178/65 | 1 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 4 | 7:28.93 | Salah Hissou | MAR | 16 Jan 72 | 176/62 | 2 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 5 | 7:28.94 | Brahim Lahlafi | MAR | 15 Apr 68 | 172/62 | 3 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 6 | 7:29.43 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 17 May 76 | 170/55 | 3 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 7 | 7:30.36 | NR | Mark Carroll | IRL | 15 Jan 72 | 177/66 | 5 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | |
| 8 | 7:32.13 | El Hassan Lahssini | MAR | 1 Jan 74 | 177/64 | 6 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 9 | 7:32.55 | Bob Kennedy | USA | 18 Aug 70 | 183/66 | 7 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 10 | 7:32.65 | Mohammed Mourhit | BEL | 10 Oct 70 | 170/64 | 8 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 11 | 7:33.00 | Hailu Mekonnen | ETH | 4 Apr 80 | 172/61 | 2 | LBBW | Stuttgart | 6 Jun | ||
| 12 | 7:34.14 | Ismaïl Sghyr | MAR | 16 Mar 72 | 168/50 | 3 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 13 | 7:34.32 | WYB18 | Richard Limo | KEN | 18 Nov 80 | 167/53 | 4 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 14 | 7:34.58 | WYB17 | Sammy Kipketer | KEN | 29 Sep 81 | 166/52 | 5 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 15 | 7:34.70 | Paul Bitok | KEN | 26 Jun 70 | 173/58 | 3 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 16 | 7:35.30 | Luke Kipkosgei | KEN | 27 Nov 75 | 176/57 | 6 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 17 | 7:35.61 | Milion Wolde | ETH | 17 Mar 79 | 175/59 | 4 | LBBW | Stuttgart | 6 Jun | ||
| 18 | 7:35.92 | Brahim Jabbour | MAR | 2 Oct 70 | 178/56 | 8 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 19 | 7:36.55 | James Koskei | KEN | 23 Nov 68 | 172/62 | 2 | GP II | Rieti | 5 Sep | ||
| 20 | 7:36.80 | Mustapha Essaïd | FRA | 20 Jan 70 | 180/61 | 9 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 5000 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 12:49.64 | Haile Gebrselassie | ETH | 18 Apr 73 | 164/53 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 2 | 12:52.53 | Salah Hissou | MAR | 16 Jan 72 | 176/62 | 1 | Milano | 9 Jun | |||
| 3 | 12:55.16 | Daniel Komen | KEN | 17 May 76 | 170/55 | 1 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 4 | 12:55.37 | Paul Tergat | KEN | 17 Jun 69 | 183/61 | 2 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 5 | 12:55.86 | Benjamin Limo | KEN | 23 Aug 74 | 178/65 | 3 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 6 | 12:57.79 | David Chelule | KEN | 7 Jul 77 | 179/66 | 5 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 7 | 12:58.10 | Sammy Kipketer | KEN | 29 Sep 81 | 166/52 | 2 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 8 | 12:58.15 | Richard Limo | KEN | 18 Nov 80 | 167/53 | 6 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 9 | 12:58.45 | Mohammed Mourhit | BEL | 10 Oct 70 | 170/64 | 7 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 10 | 12:59.09 | Brahim Lahlafi | MAR | 15 Apr 68 | 172/62 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | ||
| 11 | 13:00.83 | Luke Kipkosgei | KEN | 27 Nov 75 | 176/57 | 5 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 12 | 13:01.41 | Brahim Jabbour | MAR | 2 Oct 70 | 178/56 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 13 | 13:01.72 | Paul Koech | KEN | 25 Jun 69 | 170/60 | 8 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 14 | 13:02.38 | Benjamin Maiyo | KEN | 6 Oct 78 | 175/58 | 8 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 15 | 13:02.63 | Dieter Baumann | GER | 9 Feb 65 | 178/62 | 9 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 16 | 13:03.69 | Ismaïl Sghyr | MAR | 16 Mar 72 | 168/50 | 10 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 17 | 13:04.07 | Thomas Nyariki | KEN | 27 Sep 71 | 170/62 | 2 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 18 | 13:05.29 | Charles Kamathi | KEN | 18 May 78 | 165/51 | 11 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 19 | 13:05.45 | Julius Gitahi | KEN | 29 Apr 78 | 163/53 | 1 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | ||
| 20 | 13:05.54 | Bob Kennedy | USA | 18 Aug 70 | 183/66 | 5 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 10000 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 26:51.49 | Charles Kamathi | KEN | 18 May 78 | 165/51 | 1 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 2 | 26:52.30 | AR | Mohammed Mourhit | BEL | 10 Oct 70 | 170/64 | 2 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |
| 3 | 27:06.45 | Habte Jifar | ETH | 29 Jan 76 | 175/63 | 1 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 4 | 27:10.08 | Paul Tergat | KEN | 17 Jun 69 | 183/61 | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | ||
| 5 | 27:10.38 | Paul Koech | KEN | 25 Jun 69 | 170/60 | 3 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 6 | 27:12.39 | Ismaïl Sghyr | MAR | 16 Mar 72 | 168/50 | 2 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | ||
| 7 | 27:12.47 | NR | António Pinto | POR | 22 Mar 66 | 165/59 | 3 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | |
| 8 | 27:13.48 | Girma Tola | ETH | 13 Oct 75 | 171/57 | 2 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 9 | 27:17.66 | Julius Gitahi | KEN | 29 Apr 78 | 163/53 | 3 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 10 | 27:18.28 | Assefa Mezegebu | ETH | 19 Jun 78 | 175/55 | 4 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 11 | 27:18.74 | Simon Maina | KEN | 18 Mar 78 | 177/52 | 5 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 12 | 27:20.89 | Ismael Kirui | KEN | 20 Feb 75 | 160/55 | 6 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 13 | 27:21.29 | Luka Keitany | KEN | 75 | 7 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | |||
| 14 | 27:29.94 | NR | Hendrick Ramaala | RSA | 2 Feb 72 | 168/60 | 1 | Absa | Port Elizabeth | 22 Feb | |
| 15 | 27:34.02 | Kamiel Maase | NED | 20 Oct 71 | 188/72 | 8 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 16 | 27:38.37 | Bob Kennedy | USA | 18 Aug 70 | 183/66 | 1 | Cardinal | Stanford CA | 7 May | ||
| 17 | 27:38.64 | Mark Bett | KEN | 15 Jul 76 | 180/64 | 1 | Odlozil | Praha | 14 Jun | ||
| 18 | 27:38.86 | John Cheruiyot Korir | KEN | 13 Dec 81 | 172/57 | 2 | Odlozil | Praha | 14 Jun | ||
| 19 | 27:39.27 | Alan Culpepper | USA | 15 Sep 72 | 185/59 | 2 | Cardinal | Stanford CA | 7 May | ||
| 20 | 27:43.37 | Michael Njenga | KEN | 5 May 72 | 3 | Cardinal | Stanford CA | 7 May | |||
| Half Marathon | |||||||||||
| 1 | 59:22 | Paul Tergat | KEN | 17 Jun 69 | 183/61 | 1 | Stram | Milano | 17 Apr | ||
| 2 | 60:01 | Japhet Kosgei | KEN | 20 Dec 68 | 165/52 | 1 | Lisboa | 21 Mar | |||
| 3 | 60:24 | Elija Lagat | KEN | 19 Jun 66 | 1 | Vin | Remich-Grevenmacher | 26 Sep | |||
| 4 | 60:26 | Joseph Kimani | KEN | 1 Sep 72 | 2 | Lisboa | 21 Mar | ||||
| 5 | 60:31 | Philip Rugut | KEN | 18 May 77 | 3 | Lisboa | 21 Mar | ||||
| 6 | 60:34 | Paul Koech | KEN | 25 Jun 69 | 170/60 | 2 | Stram | Milano | 17 Apr | ||
| 7 | 60:37 | Sammy Korir | KEN | 12 Dec 71 | 160/61 | 4 | Lisboa | 21 Mar | |||
| 8 | 60:38 | Phaustin Baha Sulle | TAN | 30 May 82 | 170/51 | 1 | Lille | 4 Sep | |||
| 9 | 60:39 | Simon Bor | KEN | 13 Feb 69 | 2 | Vin | Remich-Grevenmacher | 26 Sep | |||
| 10 | 60:40 | Hendrick Ramaala | RSA | 2 Feb 72 | 168/60 | 1 | Ivry | 11 Apr | |||
| 11 | 60:47 | Khalid Khannouchi | MAR | 22 Dec 71 | 165/57 | 1 | Jefferson | Philadelphia PA | 19 Sep | ||
| 12 | 60:49 | John Kanyi | KEN | 6 Sep 80 | 160/50 | 1 | Tokyo | 15 Jan | |||
| 13 | 60:52 | John Mutai | KEN | 26 May 66 | 1 | BUPA | South Shields | 10 Oct | |||
| 14 | 60:58 | NR | Larbi Zéroual | FRA | 10 Jan 71 | 178/65 | 2 | Lille | 4 Sep | ||
| 15 | 61:00 | Lee Troop | AUS | 22 Mar 73 | 178/58 | 2 | Tokyo | 15 Jan | |||
| 16 | 61:00 | Isaac Chemobo | KEN | 25 Oct 73 | 1 | Den Haag | 27 Mar | ||||
| 17 | 61:00 | Mohammed Mourhit | BEL | 10 Oct 70 | 170/64 | 1 | Amsterdam | 19 Sep | |||
| 18 | 61:02 | Patrick Sang | KEN | 11 Apr 64 | 180/65 | 2 | Den Haag | 27 Mar | |||
| 19 | 61:05 | Laban Chege | KEN | 10 Sep 69 | 167/55 | 3 | Lille | 4 Sep | |||
| 20 | 61:06 | Moses Tanui | KEN | 20 Aug 65 | 165/55 | 1 | Kyoto | 14 Mar | |||
| 21 | 61:06 | Albert Okemwa | KEN | 3 | Den Haag | 27 Mar | |||||
| Marathon | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2:05:42 | Khalid Khannouchi | MAR | 22 Dec 71 | 165/57 | 1 | LaSalle | Chicago IL | 24 Oct | ||
| 2 | 2:06:16 | Moses Tanui | KEN | 20 Aug 65 | 165/55 | 2 | LaSalle | Chicago IL | 24 Oct | ||
| 3 | 2:06:33 | NR | Gert Thys | RSA | 12 Nov 71 | 167/54 | 1 | Tokyo | 14 Feb | ||
| 4 | 2:06:44 | Josephat Kiprono | KEN | 12 Dec 73 | 172/52 | 1 | Alberto | Berlin | 26 Sep | ||
| 5 | 2:06:47 | Fred Kiprop | KEN | 3 Jun 74 | 1 | Delta | Amsterdam | 17 Oct | |||
| 6 | 2:06:49 | Tesfaye Jifar | ETH | 23 Apr 76 | 2 | Delta | Amsterdam | 17 Oct | |||
| 7 | 2:06:50 | William Kiplagat | KEN | 21 Jun 72 | 3 | Delta | Amsterdam | 17 Oct | |||
| 8 | 2:06:57 | Takayuki Inubushi | JPN | 11 Aug 72 | 170/58 | 2 | Alberto | Berlin | 26 Sep | ||
| 9 | 2:06:57 | Tesfaye Tola | ETH | 19 Oct 74 | 167/60 | 4 | Delta | Amsterdam | 17 Oct | ||
| 10 | 2:07:09 | Japhet Kosgei | KEN | 20 Dec 68 | 165/52 | 1 | Generale | Rotterdam | 18 Apr | ||
| 11 | 2:07:23 | Fabián Roncero | ESP | 19 Oct 70 | 171/58 | 2 | Generale | Rotterdam | 18 Apr | ||
| 12 | 2:07:41 | Simon Biwott | KEN | 3 Mar 70 | 3 | Generale | Rotterdam | 18 Apr | |||
| 13 | 2:07:49 | Kim Yi-Yong | KOR | 20 Sep 73 | 168/54 | 4 | Generale | Rotterdam | 18 Apr | ||
| 14 | 2:07:54 | Gezahegn Abera | ETH | 23 Apr 78 | 168/57 | 1 | Fukuoka | 5 Dec | |||
| 15 | 2:07:55 | Mohamed Ouaadi | FRA | 1 Jan 69 | 172/57 | 2 | Fukuoka | 5 Dec | |||
| 16 | 2:07:57 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | MAR | 1 Jan 69 | 172/58 | 1 | Flora | London | 18 Apr | ||
| 17 | 2:08:00 | Ondoro Osoro | KEN | 3 Dec 67 | 168/63 | 3 | LaSalle | Chicago IL | 24 Oct | ||
| 18 | 2:08:05 | Hiroshi Miki | JPN | 10 Jun 75 | 175/57 | 2 | Tokyo | 14 Feb | |||
| 19 | 2:08:10 | Julius Rutto | KEN | 26 Dec 71 | 1 | Paris | 4 Apr | ||||
| 20 | 2:08:25 | Paul Kipsambo | KEN | 71 | 2 | Paris | 4 Apr | ||||
| Drugs disqualification | |||||||||||
| 2:07:37 | Julio Rey | ESP | 13 Jan 72 | 166/51 | - | Generale | Rotterdam | 18 Apr | |||
| 3000 m steeple | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7:58.98 | Bernard Barmasai | KEN | 6 May 74 | 173/55 | 1 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 2 | 8:05.43 | Christopher Koskei | KEN | 14 Aug 74 | 170/62 | 2 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 3 | 8:06.70 | Ali Ezzine | MAR | 3 Sep 78 | 177/57 | 1 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 4 | 8:07.10 | Wilson Boit Kipketer | KEN | 6 Oct 73 | 167/52 | 3 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 5 | 8:07.13 | Paul Kosgei | KEN | 22 Apr 78 | 175/57 | 2 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 6 | 8:08.62 | Kipkurui Misoi | KEN | 23 Dec 78 | 177/59 | 4 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 7 | 8:09.03 | Elarbi Khattabi | MAR | 16 May 67 | 174/61 | 3 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 8 | 8:09.23 | Moses Kiptanui | KEN | 1 Oct 70 | 175/60 | 5 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 9 | 8:09.48 | NR | Damian Kallabis | GER | 10 Jun 73 | 177/67 | 4 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |
| 10 | 8:10.41 | Julius Chelule | KEN | 25 Dec 78 | 171/55 | 6 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 11 | 8:10.83 | NR | Günther Weidlinger | AUT | 5 Apr 78 | 169/53 | 4h1 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | |
| 12 | 8:11.14 | Jonathan Kandie | KEN | 20 Dec 67 | 174/60 | 3 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 13 | 8:11.18 | Luís Miguel Martín | ESP | 11 Jan 72 | 180/67 | 1 | Gran Premio | Sevilla | 28 May | ||
| 14 | 8:11.64 | Eliud Barngetuny | KEN | 20 May 73 | 175/58 | 4 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 15 | 8:11.85 | Giuseppe Maffei | ITA | 28 Jan 74 | 182/64 | 2 | ASV | Köln | 8 Aug | ||
| 16 | 8:12.24 | Bouabdellah Tahri | FRA | 20 Dec 78 | 190/65 | 5 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 17 | 8:12.33 | Reuben Kosgei | KEN | 2 Aug 79 | 177/62 | 2 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 18 | 8:13.16 | Gaël Pencréach | FRA | 5 Aug 77 | 180/68 | 4 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 19 | 8:13.26 | NR | Florin Ionescu | ROU | 3 Feb 71 | 179/66 | 6h1 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | |
| 20 | 8:13.59 | Eliseo Martín | ESP | 5 Nov 73 | 172/61 | 4 | Gran Premio | Sevilla | 28 May | ||
| 110 m hurdles | |||||||||||
| 1 | 12.98 | 0.6 | Mark Crear | USA | 2 Oct 68 | 186/79 | 1 | Hanzekovic | Zagreb | 5 Jul | |
| 2 | 13.01 | 0.3 | Larry Wade | USA | 22 Nov 74 | 187/83 | 1rA | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | |
| 3 | 13.01 | 0.8 | Allen Johnson | USA | 1 Mar 71 | 178/70 | 1 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |
| 4 | 13.04 | 1.0 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 18 Feb 67 | 182/75 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 5 | 13.07 | 1.0 | Anier García | CUB | 9 Mar 76 | 189/79 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 6 | 13.12 | 1.0 | Duane Ross | USA | 5 Dec 72 | 183/78 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 7 | 13.15 | NR | 0.3 | Robin Korving | NED | 29 Jul 74 | 188/83 | 5rA | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul |
| 8 | 13.17 | 2.0 | Reggie Torian | USA | 22 Apr 75 | 191/88 | 2 | Pre | Eugene OR | 30 May | |
| 9 | 13.19 | 1.5 | Florian Schwarthoff | GER | 7 May 68 | 201/79 | 2 | Sparkassen | Dortmund | 26 Jun | |
| 10 | 13.21 | 0.5 | Falk Balzer | GER | 14 Dec 73 | 189/80 | 1 | ECp | Paris | 20 Jun | |
| 11 | 13.21 | -0.8 | Tony Jarrett | GBR | 13 Aug 68 | 188/80 | 2r2 | Ingolstadt | 11 Jul | ||
| 12 | 13.21 | 1.6 | Eugene Swift | USA | 14 Sep 64 | 183/79 | 1h2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 28 Jul | |
| 13 | 13.21 | 1.6 | Dominique Arnold | USA | 14 Sep 73 | 185/76 | 2h2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 28 Jul | |
| 14 | 13.22 | 1.0 | Tony Dees | USA | 6 Aug 63 | 193/95 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 15 | 13.24 | 1.1 | Yoel Hernández | CUB | 12 Dec 77 | 184/77 | 2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | |
| 16 | 13.28 | 1.9 | Terrence Trammell | USA | 23 Nov 78 | 188/84 | 2s1 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | |
| 17 | 13.28 | -0.5 | Staņislav Olijar | LAT | 22 Mar 79 | 190/80 | 2h5 | WC | Sevilla | 23 Aug | |
| 18 | 13.29 | 1.5 | Tomasz Ścigaczewski | POL | 18 Nov 78 | 188/88 | 1h1 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | |
| 19 | 13.30 | NR | 0.6 | Peter Coghlan | IRL | 27 Mar 75 | 186/81 | 1 | NA | Hechtel | 7 Aug |
| 20 | 13.32 | -0.5 | Dan Philibert | FRA | 6 Aug 70 | 183/77 | 1 | Vanves | 28 May | ||
| 21 | 13.32A | 1.3 | Chris Phillips | USA | 24 Jul 72 | 183/77 | 1 | IMSS | Ciudad de México | 19 Jun | |
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 13.19 | 2.4 | Tony Dees | USA | 6 Aug 63 | 193/95 | 3 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | ||
| 13.29 | 3.0 | Dudley Dorival | HAI | 1 Sep 75 | 185/77 | 2r1 | TexasR | Austin TX | 3 Apr | ||
| 400 m hurdles | |||||||||||
| 1 | 47.72 | Fabrizio Mori | ITA | 28 Jun 69 | 175/68 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 2 | 47.83A | Llewellyn Herbert | RSA | 21 Jul 77 | 185/80 | 1 | All Africa | Roodepoort | 19 Mar | ||
| 3 | 47.91 | Samuel Matete | ZAM | 27 Jul 68 | 183/81 | 1 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | ||
| 4 | 48.12 | Stéphane Diagana | FRA | 23 Jul 69 | 184/75 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 5 | 48.13 | NR | Marcel Schelbert | SUI | 26 Feb 76 | 183/77 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | |
| 6 | 48.13 | Eronilde de Araújo | BRA | 31 Dec 70 | 183/75 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 7 | 48.14 | Chris Rawlinson | GBR | 19 May 72 | 185/82 | 1rB | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 8 | 48.15 | Angelo Taylor | USA | 29 Dec 78 | 188/77 | 1rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 9 | 48.19 | Paweł Januszewski | POL | 2 Jan 72 | 180/70 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 10 | 48.22 | Joey Woody | USA | 22 May 73 | 188/78 | 2 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | ||
| 11 | 48.26 | Kazuhiko Yamazaki | JPN | 10 May 71 | 174/66 | 3 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | ||
| 12 | 48.30A | Ibou Faye | SEN | 13 Dec 69 | 190/75 | 1 | AAG | Johannesburg | 17 Sep | ||
| 13 | 48.33 | Calvin Davis | USA | 2 Apr 72 | 183/79 | 2rA | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 14 | 48.40 | Eric Thomas | USA | 1 Dec 73 | 190/88 | 2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 28 Jul | ||
| 15 | 48.41 | Ken Harnden | ZIM | 31 Mar 73 | 196/89 | 1 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | ||
| 16 | 48.45 | Torrance Zellner | USA | 6 Jan 70 | 187/75 | 3 | PAG | Winnipeg | 28 Jul | ||
| 17 | 48.54 | Thomas Goller | GER | 28 Oct 77 | 190/80 | 2=r1 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 18 | 48.59 | Dinsdale Morgan | JAM | 19 Nov 72 | 188/77 | 4 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | ||
| 19 | 48.60 | Félix Sánchez | DOM | 30 Aug 77 | 178/73 | 4 | PAG | Winnipeg | 28 Jul | ||
| 20 | 48.65 | William Porter | USA | 15 Apr 73 | 193/87 | 1 | Nass Inv | Nassau | 26 May | ||
| High jump | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2.37 | Vyacheslav Voronin | RUS | 5 Apr 74 | 190/78 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 23 Aug | ||
| 2 | 2.36 | Steve Smith | GBR | 29 Mar 73 | 185/70 | 1 | BUPA | Gateshead | 27 Jun | ||
| 3 | 2.35 | Martin Buß | GER | 7 Apr 76 | 195/82 | 1 | Sparkassen | Dortmund | 26 Jun | ||
| 4 | 2.35 | NR | Mark Boswell | CAN | 28 Jul 77 | 189/66 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 23 Aug | |
| 5 | 2.34 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 13 Oct 67 | 193/80 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 6 | 2.34 | Wolfgang Kreißig | GER | 29 Aug 70 | 193/73 | 1 | Mannheim | 11 Sep | |||
| 7 | 2.33 | Sergey Klyugin | RUS | 24 Mar 74 | 190/80 | 1 | GDN | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 13 Jun | ||
| 8 | 2.32 | Charles Austin | USA | 19 Dec 67 | 184/77 | 1= | Nass Inv | Nassau | 26 May | ||
| 9 | 2.32 | Henry Patterson | USA | 27 May 75 | 196/86 | 1= | Nass Inv | Nassau | 26 May | ||
| 10 | 2.32 | Dragutin Topić | YUG | 12 Mar 71 | 197/77 | 1 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | ||
| 11 | 2.32 | Tomáš Janků | CZE | 27 Dec 74 | 191/75 | 1 | NC | Ostrava | 27 Jun | ||
| 12 | 2.32 | Abderahmane Hammad | ALG | 27 May 77 | 189/70 | 2 | Quercia | Rovereto | 1 Sep | ||
| 13 | 2.32 | Stefan Holm | SWE | 25 May 76 | 181/70 | 1 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 14 | 2.32 sq | Andriy Sokolovskyy | UKR | 16 Jul 78 | 196/80 | 1 | Berdychiv | 19 Sep | |||
| 15 | 2.30 | Jamie Nieto | USA | 2 Nov 76 | 193/79 | 1c2 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | ||
| 16 | 2.30 | Staffan Strand | SWE | 18 Apr 76 | 188/74 | 2 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | ||
| 17 | 2.30 | Artur Partyka | POL | 25 Jul 69 | 192/71 | 1 | NC | Kraków | 2 Jul | ||
| 18 | 2.30 | Tim Forsyth | AUS | 17 Aug 73 | 199/79 | 3 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 19 | 2.30 | Ben Challenger | GBR | 7 Mar 78 | 186/75 | 1 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 13 Jul | ||
| 20 | 2.30 | Shane Lavy | USA | 15 Feb 76 | 185/72 | 1 | Lincoln NE | 18 Jul | |||
| 21 | 2.30 | Serhiy Dymchenko | UKR | 23 Aug 67 | 203/80 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 22 | 2.30 | NR | Wilbert Pennings | NED | 12 Feb 75 | 193/80 | 4 | Eberstadt | 7 Aug | ||
| Pole vault | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6.05 | NR | Maksim Tarasov | RUS | 2 Dec 70 | 194/80 | 1 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |
| 2 | 6.02 | Jeff Hartwig | USA | 25 Sep 67 | 190/82 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | ||
| 3 | 6.00 | NR | Tim Lobinger | GER | 3 Sep 72 | 193/86 | 1 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | |
| 4 | 5.98 | Jean Galfione | FRA | 9 Jun 71 | 184/82 | 1 | Amiens | 23 Jul | |||
| 5 | 5.95 | Dmitri Markov | AUS | 14 Mar 75 | 182/80 | 3 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | ||
| 6 | 5.93 | Romain Mesnil | FRA | 13 Jun 77 | 188/82 | 1-22 | EJ | Göteborg | 1 Aug | ||
| 7 | 5.91 | Michael Stolle | GER | 17 Dec 74 | 192/78 | 1 | Live | Nürnberg | 13 Jun | ||
| 8 | 5.90 | Danny Ecker | GER | 21 Jul 77 | 192/80 | 3 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 9 | 5.90 | Viktor Chistyakov | AUS | 9 Feb 75 | 203/90 | 1 | Salamanca | 15 Jul | |||
| 10 | 5.85 | Lawrence Johnson | USA | 7 May 74 | 183/83 | 1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 10 Apr | ||
| 11 | 5.85 | Andrei Tivontschik | GER | 13 Jul 70 | 184/77 | 4 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 12 | 5.81 | Alex Averbukh | ISR | 1 Oct 74 | 178/76 | 1 | Tel Aviv | 1 Aug | |||
| 13 | 5.80 | Jacob Davis | USA | 29 Apr 78 | 193/100 | 1 | Quadr | Austin TX | 17 Apr | ||
| 14 | 5.80 | Igor Potapovich | KAZ | 6 Sep 67 | 185/75 | 2 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 15 | 5.80 sq | Nick Hysong | USA | 9 Dec 71 | 183/77 | 1 | Santa Barbara CA | 20 Jun | |||
| 16 | 5.80 | Vadim Strogalyov | RUS | 9 Feb 75 | 184/75 | 4 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 17 | 5.80 | Lars Börgeling | GER | 16 Apr 79 | 189/86 | 2-22 | EJ | Göteborg | 1 Aug | ||
| 18 | 5.75A | Okkert Brits | RSA | 22 Aug 73 | 198/84 | 1 | Absa | Potchefstroom | 5 Feb | ||
| 19 | 5.75 | Grigoriy Yegorov | KAZ | 12 Jan 67 | 184/79 | 4 | Nikaïa | Nice | 17 Jul | ||
| 20 | 5.71 | Monxtu Miranda | ESP | 27 Dec 76 | 191/83 | 1 | San Sebastián | 6 Jun | |||
| 21 | 5.71 | Patrik Kristiansson | SWE | 3 Jun 77 | 191/85 | 1 | ECp-1 | Lahti | 6 Jun | ||
| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 5.95 | Viktor Chistyakov | AUS | 9 Feb 75 | 203/90 | 1 | Chari | 8 Sep | ||||
| Long jump | |||||||||||
| 1 | 8.60 | 1.8 | Iván Pedroso | CUB | 17 Dec 72 | 176/70 | 1 | EAA | Padova | 26 Jun | |
| 2 | 8.56 | NR | 1.3 | Yago Lamela | ESP | 24 Jul 77 | 178/68 | 1 | Bastino | Torino | 24 Jun |
| 3 | 8.50 | 0.2 | James Beckford | JAM | 9 Jan 75 | 183/73 | 2 | Bastino | Torino | 24 Jun | |
| 4 | 8.36 | 1.6 | Gregor Cankar | SLO | 25 Jan 75 | 180/68 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | |
| 5 | 8.35 | 0.7 | Jai Taurima | AUS | 26 Jun 72 | 190/75 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | |
| 6 | 8.34 | 1.5 | Carlos Calado | POR | 5 Oct 75 | 186/72 | 1 | Santo Ant | Lisboa | 19 Jun | |
| 7 | 8.31 | NR | 0.1 | Hatem Mersal | EGY | 20 Jan 75 | 183/76 | 3 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun |
| 8 | 8.30 | 0.2 | Roman Shchurenko | UKR | 14 Sep 76 | 187/82 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | |
| 9 | 8.24 | 1.9 | Shane Hair | AUS | 24 Oct 75 | 177/60 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | |
| 10 | 8.22 | 1.9 | Erick Walder | USA | 5 Nov 71 | 186/80 | 1 | Tyson | Fayetteville AR | 17 Apr | |
| 11 | 8.21 | 1.4 | Konstantin Krause | GER | 8 Oct 67 | 189/79 | 1 | NC | Erfurt | 3 Jul | |
| 12 | 8.21 | 1.1 | Huang Le | CHN | 25 Sep 77 | 176/65 | 1 | CISM | Zagreb | 16 Aug | |
| 13 | 8.20 | 0.6 | Nélson Carlos Ferreira | BRA | 1 Jan 73 | 188/82 | 2 | GP | Río de Janeiro | 25 Apr | |
| 14 | 8.20 | 0.3 | Younès Moudrik | MAR | 1 Oct 77 | 176/72 | 2 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | |
| 15 | 8.20 | 1.1 | Bogdan Ţăruş | ROU | 1 Aug 75 | 192/76 | 1 | GP II | Rieti | 5 Sep | |
| 16 | 8.18 | 0.8 | Joan Lino Martínez | CUB | 17 Mar 78 | 176/69 | 1 | NC | La Habana | 18 May | |
| 17 | 8.18 | 1.5 | Dwight Phillips | USA | 1 Oct 77 | 181/82 | 1 | Pac 10 | Tempe AZ | 21 May | |
| 18 | 8.18 | 1.9 | Danial Jahic | YUG | 1 Jul 79 | 191/76 | - | Vard | Réthimno | 28 May | |
| 19 | 8.18 | 1.3 | Melvin Lister | USA | 29 Aug 77 | 188/75 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 3 Jun | |
| 20 | 8.18 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré | FRA | 25 Jan 70 | 187/84 | 1 | Bad Langensalza | 12 Jun | |||
| Questionable mark | |||||||||||
| 8.39 | 1.2 | Joan Lino Martínez | CUB | 17 Mar 78 | 176/69 | 1 | La Habana | 5 Feb | |||
| 8.23 | -0.7 | Luis Felipe Méliz | CUB | 11 Aug 79 | 177/76 | 2 | La Habana | 5 Feb | |||
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 8.50 | 2.4 | Erick Walder | USA | 5 Nov 71 | 186/80 | 1 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 8.35 | 4.4 | Shane Hair | AUS | 24 Oct 75 | 177/60 | 1 | La Laguna | 5 Jun | |||
| 8.32 | 3.7 | Emmanuel Bangué | FRA | 21 Jul 71 | 180/70 | 1 | Pierre-Bénite | 11 Jun | |||
| 8.27 | 2.2 | Danial Jahic | YUG | 1 Jul 79 | 191/76 | 1 | Vard | Réthimno | 28 May | ||
| 8.22A | 2.1 | Kareem Streete-Thompson | CAY | 30 Mar 73 | 183/84 | 1 | Sierra | El Paso TX | 10 Apr | ||
| 8.22 | 2.2 | Andrey Ignatov | RUS | 3 Feb 68 | 188/76 | 2 | Santo Ant | Lisboa | 19 Jun | ||
| 8.20 | 2.3 | Cheikh Tidiane Touré | FRA | 25 Jan 70 | 187/84 | 2 | Pierre-Bénite | 11 Jun | |||
| 8.19 | 2.6 | Kofi Amoah Prah | GER | 20 Dec 74 | 175/75 | 2 | NC | Erfurt | 3 Jul | ||
| 8.19A | 2.4 | Ian Lowe | CAN | 23 Feb 73 | 183/75 | 1 | Flagstaff AZ | 17 Jul | |||
| 8.18 | 4.6 | Frankie Young | USA | 26 Oct 75 | 2 | NCAA | Boise ID | 3 Jun | |||
| Triple jump | |||||||||||
| 1 | 17.59 | 1.9 | Charles Michael Friedek | GER | 26 Aug 71 | 184/80 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 2 | 17.52 | 0.4 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 10 May 66 | 182/73 | 1 | Lahti | 28 Jul | ||
| 3 | 17.49 | 1.4 | Rostislav Dimitrov | BUL | 26 Dec 74 | 182/75 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 4 | 17.40 | -0.7 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 5 Oct 70 | 189/86 | 1 | ECp | Paris | 20 Jun | |
| 5 | 17.40 | 0.1 | Yoelbi Quesada | CUB | 4 Aug 73 | 181/71 | 1 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 10 Jul | |
| 6 | 17.32 | 1.7 | Andrew Murphy | AUS | 18 Dec 69 | 185/77 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 7 | 17.31 | 1.7 | Jérôme Romain | FRA | 12 Jun 71 | 176/72 | 3 | Castres | 8 Aug | ||
| 8 | 17.29 | 1.9 | Jiří Kuntoš | CZE | 2 Oct 73 | 186/75 | 1 | NC | Ostrava | 26 Jun | |
| 9 | 17.29 | 1.5 | Paolo Camossi | ITA | 6 Jan 74 | 176/68 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 10 | 17.27 | NR | 1.3 | Ketill Hanstveit | NOR | 2 Nov 73 | 178/65 | 1 | NC | Byrkjelo | 8 Aug |
| 11 | 17.18 | 1.2 | Brian Wellman | BER | 8 Sep 67 | 175/72 | 1 | Queen City | Springfield MO | 1 May | |
| 12 | 17.10 | 0.2 | LaMark Carter | USA | 23 Aug 70 | 180/75 | 6 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 13 | 17.09 | 1.2 | Zou Sixin | CHN | 5 Aug 67 | 178/76 | 1 | NGP | Shijiazhuang | 24 Apr | |
| 14 | 17.07 | 0.5 | Yoel García | CUB | 25 Nov 73 | 182/83 | 1 | Barrientos | La Habana | 15 May | |
| 15 | 17.06 | 1.2 | Michael Calvo | CUB | 26 Dec 77 | 181/74 | 1 | La Habana | 25 Feb | ||
| 16 | 17.05 | -0.3 | Aliecer Urrutia | CUB | 22 Sep 74 | 174/72 | 1 | La Habana | 4 Jun | ||
| 17 | 17.04 | 0.4 | Ionuţ Pungă | ROU | 4 Oct 79 | 180/66 | 1 | Dreux | 11 Jun | ||
| 18 | 17.04A | 0.8 | Desmond Hunt | USA | 10 Aug 71 | 190/75 | 1 | Monachil | 10 Aug | ||
| 19 | 17.02 | 1.3 | Melvin Lister | USA | 29 Aug 77 | 188/75 | 1 | TexasR | Austin TX | 3 Apr | |
| 20 | 17.00 | 1.7 | Kenny Boudine | FRA | 25 Jan 73 | 189/78 | 1 | Castres | 8 Aug | ||
| Drugs disqualification | |||||||||||
| 17.09 | 0.4 | Sergey Izmaylov | UKR | 1 May 75 | 180/72 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 24 Jul | ||
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 17.71 | 3.4 | Jonathan Edwards | GBR | 10 May 66 | 182/73 | 1 | Salamanca | 15 Jul | |||
| 17.65 | 9.8 | Denis Kapustin | RUS | 5 Oct 70 | 189/86 | 1 | Olympic | Thessaloníki | 23 Jun | ||
| 17.40 | 7.0 | Vasiliy Sokov | RUS | 7 Apr 68 | 186/73 | 2 | Olympic | Thessaloníki | 23 Jun | ||
| 17.15 | 2.1 | LaMark Carter | USA | 23 Aug 70 | 180/75 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 24 Jun | ||
| 17.12 | 3.7 | LeVar Anderson | USA | 26 Mar 77 | 183/77 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | ||
| 17.05 | 3.6 | Ken-ichi Sumita | JPN | 2 Feb 73 | 183/72 | 1 | NC | Shizuoka | 3 Oct | ||
| 17.01 | 9.1 | Arius Filet | FRA | 17 Dec 77 | 184/72 | 1 | Miramas | 19 Jun | |||
| Shot | |||||||||||
| 1 | 22.02 | John Godina | USA | 31 May 72 | 193/129 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | ||
| 2 | 21.79 | C. J. Hunter | USA | 14 Dec 68 | 186/135 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 3 | 21.59 | Kevin Toth | USA | 29 Dec 67 | 193/144 | 1 | Rüdlingen | 29 Aug | |||
| 4 | 21.42 | Oliver-Sven Buder | GER | 23 Jun 66 | 200/148 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 5 | 21.28 | Aleksandr Bagach | UKR | 21 Nov 66 | 194/135 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 6 | 21.27 | Andy Bloom | USA | 11 Aug 73 | 185/125 | 2 | Rüdlingen | 29 Aug | |||
| 7 | 21.00 | Mika Halvari | FIN | 13 Feb 70 | 191/140 | 1 | Ähtäri | 27 Jul | |||
| 8 | 20.90 | Saulius Kleiza | LTU | 2 Apr 64 | 196/125 | 1 | Kaunas | 14 May | |||
| 9 | 20.84 | NR | Gheorghe Guşet | ROU | 28 May 68 | 185/118 | 1 | Poiana Braşov | 7 Aug | ||
| 10 | 20.74 | Dragan Perić | YUG | 8 May 64 | 186/115 | 1 | NC | Niš | 8 Aug | ||
| 11 | 20.65 | Yuriy Bilonoh | UKR | 9 Mar 74 | 200/130 | 2 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 12 | 20.64 | Adam Nelson | USA | 7 Jul 75 | 183/115 | 2 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 10 Jul | ||
| 13 | 20.60 | Arsi Harju | FIN | 18 Mar 74 | 183/115 | 1 | Hämeenkyrö | 14 Aug | |||
| 14 | 20.59 | Roman Virastyuk | UKR | 20 Apr 68 | 189/135 | 3 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 15 | 20.51 | Brad Snyder | CAN | 8 Jan 76 | 196/128 | 1 | Quadr | Gainesville FL | 17 Apr | ||
| 16 | 20.49 | Ville Tiisanoja | FIN | 24 Dec 75 | 192/119 | 1 | NC | Seinäjoki | 6 Aug | ||
| 17 | 20.48 | Timo Aaltonen | FIN | 11 Apr 69 | 189/130 | 2 | NC | Seinäjoki | 6 Aug | ||
| 18 | 20.41A | Paolo Dal Soglio | ITA | 29 Jul 70 | 190/125 | 1 | Absa | Pretoria | 29 Jan | ||
| 19 | 20.40 | Mark Proctor | GBR | 15 Jan 63 | 193/120 | 1 | Portsmouth | 7 Jul | |||
| 20 | 20.30 | Andrei Mikhnevich | BLR | 12 Jul 76 | 202/127 | 1 | Stayki | 16 Jul | |||
| Subsequent to drugs disqualificat | |||||||||||
| 21.19 | Miroslav Menc | CZE | 16 Mar 71 | 195/131 | 1 | Praha | 5 Jun | ||||
| Discus | |||||||||||
| 1 | 69.18 | Lars Riedel | GER | 28 Jun 67 | 199/110 | 1 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 2 | 69.08 | Anthony Washington | USA | 16 Jan 66 | 186/109 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 3 | 69.05 | John Godina | USA | 31 May 72 | 193/129 | 1cA | Salinas CA | 25 May | |||
| 4 | 68.25 | Virgilijus Alekna | LTU | 13 Feb 72 | 200/130 | 2 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 5 | 68.18 | Jürgen Schult | GER | 11 May 60 | 193/110 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 6 | 67.80 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik | BLR | 7 Jan 72 | 194/115 | 1 | Stayki | 17 Jul | |||
| 7 | 67.46 | Andy Bloom | USA | 11 Aug 73 | 185/125 | 1cA | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | ||
| 8 | 67.38 | Frantz Kruger | RSA | 22 May 75 | 203/125 | 1 | Engen | Cape Town | 26 Mar | ||
| 9 | 67.00 | Michael Möllenbeck | GER | 12 Dec 69 | 200/120 | 3 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 10 | 66.95 | Aleksander Tammert | EST | 2 Feb 73 | 196/126 | 1 | NT Inv | Denton TX | 8 May | ||
| 11 | 66.76 | Doug Reynolds | USA | 11 Aug 75 | 196/124 | 3cA | Salinas CA | 25 May | |||
| 12 | 66.03 | Pieter van de Kruk | NED | 10 Feb 72 | 194/111 | 1 | Leiden | 4 Aug | |||
| 13 | 65.83 | Andreas Seelig | GER | 6 Jul 70 | 200/120 | 2 | NC | Erfurt | 4 Jul | ||
| 14 | 65.73 | Vaclovas Kidykas | LTU | 17 Oct 61 | 197/118 | 2 | Kaunas | 24 May | |||
| 15 | 65.68 | Dmitriy Shevchenko | RUS | 13 May 68 | 198/120 | 1 | NC | Tula | 1 Aug | ||
| 16 | 65.54 | Jason Tunks | CAN | 7 May 75 | 200/125 | 1 | Classic | Abilene TX | 13 May | ||
| 17 | 65.32 | Yuriy Bilonoh | UKR | 9 Mar 74 | 200/130 | 1 | NC | Kyiv | 21 Sep | ||
| 18 | 65.13 | Attila Horváth | HUN | 28 Jul 67 | 194/128 | 1 | Tatabánya | 2 Jun | |||
| 19 | 65.11 | Glen Smith | GBR | 21 May 72 | 190/110 | 1c2 | Barking | 18 Jul | |||
| 20 | 65.08 | Aleksandr Borichevskiy | RUS | 25 Jun 70 | 194/120 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 13 May | |||
| Hammer | |||||||||||
| 1 | 82.78 | Karsten Kobs | GER | 16 Sep 71 | 196/125 | 1 | Sparkassen | Dortmund | 26 Jun | ||
| 2 | 82.57 | Tibor Gécsek | HUN | 22 Sep 64 | 184/100 | 1 | Clermont-Ferrand | 13 May | |||
| 3 | 81.73 | Adrián Annus | HUN | 28 Jun 74 | 194/115 | 1 | Corgon | Nitra | 7 Aug | ||
| 4 | 81.56 | Zsolt Németh | HUN | 9 Nov 71 | 190/104 | 1 | Balaton | Veszprém | 14 Aug | ||
| 5 | 81.28 | NR | Vladimír Maška | CZE | 6 Feb 73 | 190/115 | 1 | Pacov | 25 Sep | ||
| 6 | 80.98 | Loris Paoluzzi | ITA | 14 May 74 | 191/128 | 1 | NC | Pescara | 4 Jul | ||
| 7 | 80.87 | Balázs Kiss | HUN | 21 Mar 72 | 192/115 | 2 | Balaton | Veszprém | 14 Aug | ||
| 8 | 80.75 | Andriy Skvaruk | UKR | 9 Mar 67 | 184/109 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 9 | 80.51 | Ilya Konovalov | RUS | 14 Mar 71 | 192/110 | 1 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | ||
| 10 | 80.35 | Lance Deal | USA | 21 Aug 61 | 188/116 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | ||
| 11 | 80.12 | Igor Astapkovich | BLR | 4 Jan 63 | 191/118 | 1 | Stayki | 3 Aug | |||
| 12 | 80.00 | Vladyslav Piskunov | UKR | 7 Jun 78 | 201/83 | 1 | Kyiv | 14 May | |||
| 13 | 79.95 | Vasiliy Sidorenko | RUS | 1 May 61 | 187/106 | 1 | Avtovaz | Togliatti | 15 May | ||
| 14 | 79.83 | Hrístos Polihroníou | GRE | 31 Mar 72 | 186/107 | 2 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 10 Jul | ||
| 15 | 79.81 | David Chaussinand | FRA | 19 Apr 73 | 193/93 | 1 | Clermont-Ferrand | 19 Sep | |||
| 16 | 79.59 | Nicola Vizzoni | ITA | 4 Jan 73 | 193/126 | 1 | EAA | Padova | 26 Jun | ||
| 17 | 79.55 | Sergey Kirmasov | RUS | 25 Mar 70 | 180/115 | 1 | Znam | Moskva | 4 Jun | ||
| 18 | 79.48 | Heinz Weis | GER | 14 Jul 63 | 193/120 | 2 | Königs Wusterhausen | 5 Sep | |||
| 19 | 79.26 | Kevin McMahon | USA | 26 May 72 | 183/102 | 2 | Pre | Eugene OR | 30 May | ||
| 20 | 79.17 | Koji Murofushi | JPN | 8 Oct 74 | 187/97 | 1 | Kokutai | Kumamoto | 24 Oct | ||
| Javelin | |||||||||||
| 1 | 93.09 | NR | Aki Parviainen | FIN | 26 Oct 74 | 192/100 | 1 | Kuortane | 26 Jun | ||
| 2 | 89.93 | Sergey Makarov | RUS | 19 Mar 73 | 192/100 | 1 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | ||
| 3 | 89.84 | Konstandínos Gatsioúdis | GRE | 17 Dec 73 | 188/94 | 1 | GPF | München | 11 Sep | ||
| 4 | 89.06 | Jan Železný | CZE | 16 Jun 66 | 186/88 | 1 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 5 | 88.67 | Raymond Hecht | GER | 11 Nov 68 | 191/95 | 2 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 6 | 88.62 | Boris Henry | GER | 14 Dec 73 | 193/108 | 3 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 7 | 87.88 | Matti Närhi | FIN | 17 Aug 75 | 188/100 | 2 | Kuortane | 26 Jun | |||
| 8 | 87.59 | Steve Backley | GBR | 12 Feb 69 | 196/100 | 1 | NC | Birmingham | 25 Jul | ||
| 9 | 87.17A | Marius Corbett | RSA | 26 Sep 75 | 196/115 | 1 | Engen | Pietersburg | 13 Mar | ||
| 10 | 87.11 | Peter Blank | GER | 10 Apr 62 | 195/103 | 1 | Rehlingen | 23 May | |||
| 11 | 86.24 | Pål Arne Fagernes | NOR | 8 Jun 74 | 185/93 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 12 | 85.96 | Kimmo Kinnunen | FIN | 31 Mar 68 | 186/88 | 3 | NC | Seinäjoki | 8 Aug | ||
| 13 | 85.53 | Juha Laukkanen | FIN | 6 Jan 69 | 186/90 | 2 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 14 | 85.00 | Harri Hakkarainen | FIN | 16 Oct 69 | 194/110 | 5 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 15 | 84.94 | Mick Hill | GBR | 22 Oct 64 | 190/98 | 2 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | ||
| 16 | 84.60 | NR | Carlo Sonego | ITA | 20 Feb 72 | 189/94 | 3 | GP | Osaka | 8 May | |
| 17 | 84.52 | Patrik Bodén | SWE | 30 Jun 67 | 187/105 | 1 | Gävle | 14 Jul | |||
| 18 | 84.36 | Adrian Hatcher | AUS | 6 May 70 | 182/93 | 1 | Sydney | 16 Oct | |||
| 19 | 84.32 | Emeterio González | CUB | 11 Apr 73 | 184/105 | 7 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 20 | 84.11 | Tom Pukstys | USA | 28 May 68 | 188/98 | 1cA | Pihtipudas | 11 Jul | |||
| Decathlon | |||||||||||
| 1 | 8994 | Tomáš Dvořák | CZE | 11 May 72 | 186/90 | 1 | ECp | Praha | 4 Jul | ||
| 10.54/-0.1 7.90/1.1 16.78 2.04 48.08 13.73/0.0 48.33 4.90 72.32 4:37.20 | |||||||||||
| 2 | 8664 | Erki Nool | EST | 25 Jun 70 | 184/84 | 2 | Decastar | Talence | 19 Sep | ||
| 10.79/-1.5 7.93w/3.4 14.18 1.98 47.35 14.58/-0.9 44.47 5.50 68.84 4:44.51 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 8556 | Dean Macey | GBR | 12 Dec 77 | 196/92 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 10.69/-0.2 7.48/0.2 15.14 2.12 46.72 14.35/0.8 43.78 4.60 64.03 4:29.31 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 8547 | Chris Huffins | USA | 15 Apr 70 | 190/82 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 10.43/0.1 7.67/-0.1 15.67 2.00 49.04 13.98/0.7 49.48 4.80 64.35 4:53.83 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 8527 | Roman Šebrle | CZE | 26 Nov 74 | 186/88 | 2 | ECp | Praha | 4 Jul | ||
| 10.74/-1.7 7.73/-0.1 14.77 2.13 48.02 13.93/0.4 45.12 4.60 64.06 4:42.48 | |||||||||||
| 6 | 8524 | Sébastien Levicq | FRA | 25 Jun 71 | 186/81 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 11.05/0.2 7.52/-0.4 14.22 2.00 50.13 14.48/0.6 44.65 5.50 69.01 4:26.81 | |||||||||||
| 7 | 8494 | Lev Lobodin | RUS | 1 Apr 69 | 188/93 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 10.80/0.1 7.40/0.3 16.13 2.03 49.23 14.04/0.7 47.04 5.10 58.13 4:35.50 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 8463 | Tom Pappas | USA | 6 Sep 76 | 196/98 | 1 | Tucson AZ | 18 Mar | |||
| 10.75/0.0 7.52/0.9 15.30 2.12 49.01 14.33/-0.6 48.66 5.00 63.52 5:02.42 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 8414 | Frank Busemann | GER | 26 Feb 75 | 191/80 | 1 | WC Tr | Ratingen | 18 Jul | ||
| 10.94/0.6 7.50/-0.9 14.81 2.01 48.93 13.85/0.5 42.16 5.00 60.77 4:23.61 | |||||||||||
| 10 | 8379 | Attila Zsivoczky | HUN | 29 Apr 77 | 193/82 | 1-22 | EJ | Göteborg | 30 Jul | ||
| 11.19/-0.1 7.31/0.5 14.88 2.19 48.37 15.09/1.1 45.48 4.80 60.63 4:20.94 | |||||||||||
| 11 | 8363 | Chiel Warners | NED | 2 Apr 78 | 194/85 | 5 | Hypo | Götzis | 30 May | ||
| 10.78/-1.2 7.76/-0.2 14.74 1.97 46.61 14.32/-0.9 40.91 4.80 61.44 4:37.07 | |||||||||||
| 12 | 8357 | Francisco Benet | ESP | 25 Mar 68 | 187/82 | 1 | NC | Castellón | 6 Jun | ||
| 10.80w/3.7 7.67w/3.3 14.30 1.94 48.70 13.91/0.9 43.58 5.00 64.16 4:42.15 | |||||||||||
| 13 | 8312 | Wilfrid Boulineau | FRA | 13 May 70 | 180/68 | 2 | Arles | 30 May | |||
| 10.85w/2.2 7.63w/3.8 13.64 2.09 49.46 14.54/1.7 41.43 4.85 62.38 4:24.79 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 8274 | Klaus Isekenmeier | GER | 14 Apr 75 | 199/94 | 6 | Hypo | Götzis | 30 May | ||
| 11.17/-0.8 7.43/0.2 16.03 1.88 49.02 14.69/-1.0 50.09 4.90 64.74 4:40.76 | |||||||||||
| 15 | 8264 | Mike Maczey | GER | 28 Sep 72 | 188/81 | 1 | GERvUSA | Aachen | 8 Aug | ||
| 11.10/0.8 7.57w/2.2 14.79 2.01 49.53 14.38/0.0 44.26 4.80 60.98 4:26.52 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 8215 | Oleksandr Yurkov | UKR | 21 Jul 75 | 183/84 | 1 | Multistars | Desenzano del Garda | 9 May | ||
| 10.95/0.5 7.32/1.0 14.98 2.06 50.76 14.99/-0.8 50.44 5.00 59.52 4:44.43 | |||||||||||
| 17 | 8160 | NR | Benjamin Jensen | NOR | 13 Apr 75 | 188/78 | 1 | Roskilde | 1 Aug | ||
| 10.86/1.6 7.21w/2.1 13.50 1.97 49.54 14.50w/3.5 43.83 5.30 59.01 4:34.84 | |||||||||||
| 18 | 8150 | Henrik Dagård | SWE | 7 Aug 69 | 184/81 | 7 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 10.77/0.1 7.06/-0.1 14.95 1.97 47.88 14.35/0.6 42.35 4.80 64.77 4:47.99 | |||||||||||
| 19 | 8130 | Dan Steele | USA | 20 Mar 69 | 8 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |||
| 10.84/0.1 6.75/-0.6 14.12 1.91 47.04 14.50/0.6 50.35 4.50 65.50 4:38.03 | |||||||||||
| 20 | 8108 | Raúl Duany | CUB | 4 Jan 75 | 179/79 | 1 | Santiago de Cuba | 27 Feb | |||
| 10.8h 7.50 14.07 2.05 49.1h 14.5h 43.46 4.25 64.96 4:26.0h | |||||||||||
| 20 km walk | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1:17:46 | AR | Julio Martínez | GUA | 27 Sep 73 | 165/44 | 1 | EAA | Eisenhüttenstadt | 8 May | |
| 2 | 1:17:56 | Alejandro López | MEX | 9 Feb 75 | 173/61 | 2 | EAA | Eisenhüttenstadt | 8 May | ||
| 3 | 1:18:40 | Robert Korzeniowski | POL | 30 Jul 68 | 170/58 | 1 | Turku | 22 May | |||
| 4 | 1:18:50 | Ilya Markov | RUS | 19 Jun 72 | 174/65 | 2 | Turku | 22 May | |||
| 5 | 1:19:00 | Joel Sánchez | MEX | 16 Mar 74 | 175/53 | 3 | EAA | Eisenhüttenstadt | 8 May | ||
| 6 | 1:19:05 | Daniel García | MEX | 28 Oct 71 | 168/56 | 4 | EAA | Eisenhüttenstadt | 8 May | ||
| 7 | 1:19:24 | Andreas Erm | GER | 12 Mar 76 | 184/70 | 5 | EAA | Eisenhüttenstadt | 8 May | ||
| 8 | 1:19:36 | Roman Rasskazov | RUS | 28 Apr 79 | 186/64 | 1 | NC | Saransk | 12 Jun | ||
| 9 | 1:19:46 | Hatem Ghoula | TUN | 7 Jun 73 | 178/68 | 1 | Calella | 9 May | |||
| 10 | 1:19:55 | Rishat Shafikov | RUS | 23 Jan 70 | 168/59 | 1 | NC-w | Adler | 7 Feb | ||
| 11 | 1:19:57 | Dmitriy Yesipchuk | RUS | 17 Nov 74 | 178/66 | 2 | NC-w | Adler | 7 Feb | ||
| 12 | 1:19:57 | Vladimir Andreyev | RUS | 7 Sep 66 | 170/58 | 1 | Cheboksary | 5 Sep | |||
| 13 | 1:20:01 | Aleksey Kronin | RUS | 23 Oct 70 | 180/69 | 4 | NC-w | Adler | 7 Feb | ||
| 14 | 1:20:12 | Noé Hernández | MEX | 15 Mar 78 | 175/64 | 1 | Wajima | 18 Apr | |||
| 15 | 1:20:15 | Nathan Deakes | AUS | 17 Aug 77 | 183/66 | 1 | Optus | Adelaide | 26 Jan | ||
| 16 | 1:20:15 | Daisuke Ikeshima | JPN | 30 Jan 75 | 183/68 | 1 | NC | Kobe | 31 Jan | ||
| 17 | 1:20:17 | Bernardo Segura | MEX | 11 Feb 70 | 175/62 | 1 | PAG | Winnipeg | 26 Jul | ||
| 18 | 1:20:21 | Vladimir Stankin | RUS | 19 Feb 74 | 184/71 | 5 | NC-w | Adler | 7 Feb | ||
| 19 | 1:20:21 | Yu Guohui | CHN | 30 Apr 77 | 182/70 | 2 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 1 May | ||
| 20 | 1:20:31 | Aigars Fadejevs | LAT | 27 Dec 75 | 175/59 | 2 | EAA | Hildesheim | 12 Sep | ||
| 50 km walk | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3:39:22 | NR | Sergey Korepanov | KAZ | 9 May 64 | 170/61 | 1 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | |
| 2 | 3:40:08 | Tomasz Lipiec | POL | 10 May 71 | 185/72 | 2 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 3 | 3:40:13 | Nikolay Matyukhin | RUS | 13 Dec 68 | 179/68 | 3 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 4 | 3:40:40 | Jesús Ángel García | ESP | 17 Oct 69 | 171/62 | 4 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 5 | 3:40:54 | German Skurygin | RUS | 15 Sep 63 | 165/63 | 5 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 6 | 3:41:56 | Yevgeniy Shmalyuk | RUS | 14 Jan 76 | 182/74 | 6 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 7 | 3:43:15 | Viktar Ginko | BLR | 7 Dec 65 | 186/77 | 7 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 8 | 3:44:18 | Oleg Ishutkin | RUS | 22 Jul 75 | 181/70 | 1 | NC | Saransk | 13 Jun | ||
| 9 | 3:45:29 | Valentí Massana | ESP | 5 Jul 70 | 168/51 | 8 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 10 | 3:46:36 | Aigars Fadejevs | LAT | 27 Dec 75 | 175/59 | 9 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 11 | 3:47:16 | Valeriy Spitsyn | RUS | 5 Dec 65 | 181/68 | 2 | NC | Saransk | 13 Jun | ||
| 12 | 3:47:54 | Ivano Brugnetti | ITA | 1 Sep 76 | 175/62 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 13 | 3:48:01 | NR | Aleksandar Raković | YUG | 13 Apr 68 | 183/75 | 10 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | |
| 14 | 3:48:04 | NR | Curt Clausen | USA | 9 Oct 67 | 187/77 | 11 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | |
| 15 | 3:48:05 | Denis Trautmann | GER | 15 Aug 72 | 182/71 | 12 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 16 | 3:48:14 | Craig Barrett | NZL | 16 Nov 71 | 183/70 | 13 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 17 | 3:48:27 | Santiago Pérez | ESP | 15 Jan 72 | 179/70 | 14 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 18 | 3:48:30 | Modris Liepiņš | LAT | 3 Aug 66 | 178/68 | 15 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 19 | 3:48:42 | Daniel Plaza | ESP | 3 Jul 66 | 181/64 | 1 | Torrevieja | 21 Mar | |||
| 20 | 3:48:55 | Basilio Labrador | ESP | 29 Mar 67 | 168/60 | 16 | WCp | Deauville-Mézidon | 2 May | ||
| 4 x 100 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 37.59 | United States | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Jon Drummond, Tim Montgomery, Brian Lewis, Maurice Greene | |||||||||||
| 3 | 37.73 | AR | Great Britain | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||||
| Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Dwain Chambers | |||||||||||
| 5 | 38.05 | Brazil | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Raphael Raymundo de Oliveira, Claudinei Quirino da Silva, Édson Luciano Ribeiro, André Domingos da Silva | |||||||||||
| 7 | 38.49 | Canada | 2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | |||||
| Trevino Betty, , , | |||||||||||
| 9 | 38.56A | Nigeria | 1 | AAG | Johannesburg | 16 Sep | |||||
| Fourie, , , | |||||||||||
| 11 | 38.61 | NR | Greece | 2 | ECp | Paris | 19 Jun | ||||
| Vassilios Segos, , , | |||||||||||
| 13 | 38.61 | Cuba | 2h2 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | |||||
| Alfredo García, Iván García, Luis Pérez-Rionda, Yoel Hernández | |||||||||||
| 15 | 38.70 | Poland | 6 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Marcin Krzywanski, Marcin Urbas, Piotr Balcerzak, Marcin Nowak | |||||||||||
| 17 | 38.71 | Hungary | 3h3 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | |||||
| Viktor Kovács, , , | |||||||||||
| 19 | 38.72 | Germany | 1 | Hamburg | 29 Jul | ||||||
| Marc Blume, , , | |||||||||||
| 21 | 38.74 | South Africa | 7 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Morne Nagel, Marcus la Grange, Lee-Roy Newton, Mathew Quinn | |||||||||||
| 23 | 38.77 | Australia | 4 | GP | London | 7 Aug | |||||
| Adam Basil, , , | |||||||||||
| 25 | 38.81 | NR | Israel | 3h2 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | ||||
| Rafel Yaar, , , | |||||||||||
| 27 | 38.82 | Jamaica | 3 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | |||||
| Dwight Thomas, , , | |||||||||||
| 4 x 400 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2:57.97 | Jamaica | 1 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | |||||
| Davian Clarke, , , | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2:58.52 | Adidas, USA | 1r1 | PennR | Philadelphia PA | 24 Apr | |||||
| Michael McDonald 45.5, , , | |||||||||||
| 5 | 2:58.56 | NR | Brazil | 2 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | ||||
| Sanderlei Parrela, , , | |||||||||||
| 7 | 2:58.91 | Poland | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Tomasz Czubak, Robert Mackowiak, Jacek Bocian, Piotr Haczek | |||||||||||
| 9 | 3:00.20 | NR | South Africa | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||||
| Jopie Van Oudtshoorn, Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Adriaan Botha, Arnaud Malherbe | |||||||||||
| 11 | 3:00.59 | France | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Pierre-Marie Hilaire, Marc Foucan, Marc Raquil, Fred Mango | |||||||||||
| 13 | 3:00.61 | Great Britain | 1 | ECp | Paris | 20 Jun | |||||
| Mark Hylton, , , | |||||||||||
| 15 | 3:00.73 | Bahamas | 1h1 | PAG | Winnipeg | 28 Jul | |||||
| Timothy Munnings, , , | |||||||||||
| 17 | 3:00.98 | Russia | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||||
| Daniyil Shekin, Andrey Semyonov, Valentin Kulbatskiy, Dmitriy Golovastov | |||||||||||
| 19 | 3:01.20A | Nigeria | 1 | AAG | Johannesburg | 18 Sep | |||||
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| 21 | 3:01.73A | Kenya | 3 | AAG | Johannesburg | 18 Sep | |||||
| Kennedy Ochieng, , , | |||||||||||
| 23 | 3:01.79 | Cuba | 4 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | |||||
| Norberto Téllez, , , | |||||||||||
| 25 | 3:02.14A | Senegal | 4 | AAG | Johannesburg | 18 Sep | |||||
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| 27 | 3:02.18A | Zimbabwe | 5 | AAG | Johannesburg | 18 Sep | |||||
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| Women | |||||||||||
| 100 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 10.70 | -0.1 | Marion Jones | USA | 12 Oct 75 | 178/68 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 22 Aug | |
| 2 | 10.79 | -0.1 | Inger Miller | USA | 12 Jun 72 | 163/55 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 22 Aug | |
| 3 | 10.83 | NR | 0.1 | Ekateríni Thánou | GRE | 1 Feb 75 | 165/56 | 2s1 | WC | Sevilla | 22 Aug |
| 4 | 10.90 | AR | 1.4 | Glory Alozie | NGR | 30 Dec 77 | 156/52 | 1 | La Laguna | 5 Jun | |
| 5 | 10.91 | 1.1 | Savatheda Fynes | BAH | 17 Oct 74 | 165/58 | 2 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | |
| 6 | 10.94 | 0.7 | Zhanna Block | UKR | 6 Jul 72 | 164/62 | 2q2 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | |
| 7 | 10.94 | -0.1 | Gail Devers | USA | 19 Nov 66 | 160/52 | 2s2 | WC | Sevilla | 22 Aug | |
| 8 | 10.96 | -0.5 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 12 Sep 71 | 159/52 | 1h | NC | Nassau | 18 Jun | |
| 9 | 10.97 | 0.5 | Christine Arron | FRA | 13 Sep 73 | 177/64 | 1 | ECp | Paris | 19 Jun | |
| 10 | 10.98 | 1.1 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie | BAH | 16 Jan 76 | 170/57 | 1s1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | |
| 11 | 11.01 | 0.8 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10 May 60 | 183/64 | 1 | Sparkassen | Dortmund | 26 Jun | |
| 12 | 11.03A | -0.6 | Peta-Gaye Dowdie | JAM | 18 Jan 77 | 170/60 | 1r1 | Sierra | El Paso TX | 10 Apr | |
| 13 | 11.03A | 1.0 | Philomena Mensah | CAN | 11 May 75 | 156/48 | 1 | Monachil | 10 Aug | ||
| 14 | 11.03A | 0.2 | Mercy Nku | NGR | 17 Jul 76 | 170/67 | 1 | AAG | Johannesburg | 15 Sep | |
| 15 | 11.04 | AJR | 1.4 | Angela Williams | USA | 30 Jan 80 | 156/52 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun |
| 16 | 11.05 | 2.0 | Irina Privalova | RUS | 22 Nov 68 | 174/63 | 1 | NC | Tula | 29 Jul | |
| 17 | 11.06 | 0.7 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 29 Jul 71 | 165/56 | 3q2 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | |
| 18 | 11.08 | 1.1 | LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 19 Dec 77 | 3s1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | ||
| 19 | 11.09A | NR | 1.2 | Liliana Allen | MEX | 24 May 70 | 170/62 | 1r1 | IMSS | Ciudad de México | 19 Jun |
| 20 | 11.10 | 1.1 | Torri Edwards | USA | 31 Jan 77 | 163/57 | 4s1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | |
| 21 | 11.10 | 0.5 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 15 Feb 70 | 168/59 | 1 | Leverkusen | 5 Sep | ||
| Drugs disqualification | |||||||||||
| 10.97 | 1.0 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10 May 60 | 183/64 | 1rA | Spitzen | Luzern | 5 Jul | ||
| Hand timing | |||||||||||
| 10.8h | 1.3 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 26 Jul 71 | 174/60 | 1 | Krasnodar | 29 May | |||
| 10.8h | -1.0 | Marina Trandenkova | RUS | 7 Jan 67 | 170/60 | 1h2 | Getafe | 6 Jul | |||
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 10.77 | 2.3 | Ekateríni Thánou | GRE | 1 Feb 75 | 165/56 | 1 | Vard | Réthimno | 28 May | ||
| 10.91 | 2.5 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie | BAH | 16 Jan 76 | 170/57 | 1 | NC | Nassau | 18 Jun | ||
| 10.94 | 2.5 | Chandra Sturrup | BAH | 12 Sep 71 | 159/52 | 2 | NC | Nassau | 18 Jun | ||
| 10.96 | 3.7 | Angela Williams | USA | 30 Jan 80 | 156/52 | 1 | UNLV Inv | Las Vegas NV | 3 Apr | ||
| 10.96 | 5.5 | Kelli White | USA | 1 Apr 77 | 1r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | |||
| 10.98 | 2.6 | Mercy Nku | NGR | 17 Jul 76 | 170/67 | 2 | GP II | Rieti | 5 Sep | ||
| 11.04 | 2.6 | Petya Pendareva | BUL | 20 Jan 71 | 163/50 | 2 | GP II | Rieti | 5 Sep | ||
| 11.05 | 2.5 | Torri Edwards | USA | 31 Jan 77 | 163/57 | 4 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | ||
| 11.10 | 3.3 | Virgen Benavídes | CUB | 31 Dec 74 | 162/54 | 1h2 | Madrid | 13 Jul | |||
| 200 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 21.77 | 0.6 | Inger Miller | USA | 12 Jun 72 | 163/55 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | |
| 2 | 21.81 | 1.6 | Marion Jones | USA | 12 Oct 75 | 178/68 | 1 | Pre | Eugene OR | 30 May | |
| 3 | 22.18 | 0.5 | Merlene Frazer | JAM | 27 Dec 73 | 173/62 | 1s2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 4 | 22.19 | NR | 0.0 | Debbie Ferguson McKenzie | BAH | 16 Jan 76 | 170/57 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul |
| 5 | 22.22 | 0.6 | Beverly McDonald | JAM | 15 Feb 70 | 168/59 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | |
| 6 | 22.25 | 1.8 | Andrea Philipp | GER | 29 Jul 71 | 165/56 | 2s1 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 7 | 22.26 | 0.0 | Christine Arron | FRA | 13 Sep 73 | 177/64 | 2 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | |
| 8 | 22.28 | 1.1 | Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju | NGR | 2 May 71 | 170/58 | 2q2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | |
| 9 | 22.29 | 0.6 | LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 19 Dec 77 | 1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 5 Jun | ||
| 10 | 22.31 | 1.1 | Muriel Hurtis-Houairi | FRA | 25 Mar 79 | 180/68 | 3q2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | |
| 11 | 22.32 | -0.4 | Savatheda Fynes | BAH | 17 Oct 74 | 165/58 | 1 | Nikaïa | Nice | 17 Jul | |
| 12 | 22.35 | NR | 1.3 | Ionela Tîrlea | ROU | 9 Feb 76 | 169/54 | 1 | GP | Doha | 13 May |
| 13 | 22.42 | 2.0 | Tania Van Heer-Murphy | AUS | 30 Dec 70 | 1 | Optus | Canberra | 6 Feb | ||
| 14 | 22.42 | 0.2 | Zhanna Block | UKR | 6 Jul 72 | 164/62 | 4 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | |
| 15 | 22.49 | 0.1 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10 May 60 | 183/64 | 1 | Sparkassen | Dortmund | 26 Jun | |
| 16 | 22.50 | 0.5 | Juliet Campbell | JAM | 17 Mar 70 | 173/54 | 3s2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 17 | 22.53 | -0.5 | Mercy Nku | NGR | 17 Jul 76 | 170/67 | 1 | Hanzekovic | Zagreb | 5 Jul | |
| 18 | 22.53 | 0.6 | Lauren Hewitt | AUS | 25 Nov 78 | 170/60 | 7 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | |
| 19 | 22.55 | 1.8 | Nanceen Perry | USA | 19 Apr 77 | 178/72 | 1h1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 2 Jun | |
| 20 | 22.56 | 0.0 | Peta-Gaye Dowdie | JAM | 18 Jan 77 | 170/60 | 2 | SEC | Athens GA | 16 May | |
| Subsequent to drugs disqualificat | |||||||||||
| 22.43 | 0.5 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10 May 60 | 183/64 | 1rA | NA | Hechtel | 7 Aug | ||
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 22.22 | 2.7 | LaTasha Jenkins | USA | 19 Dec 77 | 1s1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | |||
| 22.25 | 3.8 | Peta-Gaye Dowdie | JAM | 18 Jan 77 | 170/60 | 1r1 | Alumni Gold | Baton Rouge LA | 17 Apr | ||
| 22.43 | 2.6 | Merlene Ottey | JAM | 10 May 60 | 183/64 | 1 | Spitzen | Luzern | 5 Jul | ||
| 22.49 | 5.0 | Kelli White | USA | 1 Apr 77 | 1r1 | Sea Ray | Knoxville TN | 9 Apr | |||
| 22.49 | 4.1 | Nanceen Perry | USA | 19 Apr 77 | 178/72 | 1s2 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | ||
| 22.52 | 8.5 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 26 Jul 71 | 174/60 | 1 | Olympic | Thessaloníki | 23 Jun | ||
| 400 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 49.62 | Falilat Ogunkoya | NGR | 5 Dec 68 | 168/60 | 1 | NC | Lagos | 31 Jul | ||
| 2 | 49.67 | Cathy Freeman | AUS | 16 Feb 73 | 164/52 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 3 | 49.74 | Anja Rücker | GER | 20 Dec 72 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |||
| 4 | 49.88 | Ionela Tîrlea | ROU | 9 Feb 76 | 169/54 | 1 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 12 Jul | ||
| 5 | 49.92 | Lorraine Fenton | JAM | 8 Sep 73 | 173/59 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 6 | 49.98 | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 4 Sep 66 | 170/59 | 3 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 7 | 50.16 | Grit Breuer | GER | 16 Feb 72 | 166/63 | 2s2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 8 | 50.21 | Katharine Merry | GBR | 21 Sep 74 | 173/60 | 3s2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 9 | 50.32 | Olga Kotlyarova | RUS | 12 Apr 76 | 180/66 | 4s2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 10 | 50.34A | Bisi Afolabi | NGR | 31 Oct 75 | 180/62 | 2 | AAG | Johannesburg | 16 Sep | ||
| 11 | 50.48 | Natalya Nazarova | RUS | 22 May 79 | 166/56 | 4s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 12 | 50.52 | Charity Opara | NGR | 20 May 72 | 160/55 | 6s2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 13 | 50.67 | Michelle Collins | USA | 12 Feb 71 | 175/61 | 5s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 14 | 50.70 | Ana Guevara | MEX | 4 Mar 77 | 173/61 | 6s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 15 | 50.74 | Suziann Reid | USA | 14 Jan 77 | 3 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | |||
| 16 | 50.75 | Svetlana Goncharenko | RUS | 26 Jul 71 | 174/60 | 1h3 | NC | Tula | 29 Jul | ||
| 17 | 50.77 | Ami Mbacké Thiam | SEN | 10 Nov 76 | 183/70 | 7s2 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 18 | 50.79 | Marion Jones | USA | 12 Oct 75 | 178/68 | 1r2 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | ||
| 19 | 50.82 | Maicel Malone-Wallace | USA | 12 Jun 69 | 3q4 | WC | Sevilla | 23 Aug | |||
| 20 | 50.84 | Helena Fuchsová | CZE | 3 Jun 65 | 170/66 | 7s1 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 800 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1:55.87 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 17 Jan 68 | 168/50 | 1r1 | Kuts | Moskva | 18 Jun | ||
| 2 | 1:56.04 | Maria Mutola | MOZ | 27 Oct 72 | 167/50 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 3 | 1:56.40 | AR | Jearl Miles-Clark | USA | 4 Sep 66 | 170/59 | 3 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |
| 4 | 1:56.56 | Ludmila Formanová | CZE | 2 Jan 74 | 167/60 | 4 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 5 | 1:57.07 | Stephanie Graf | AUT | 26 Apr 73 | 170/60 | 6 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 6 | 1:57.15 | Natalya Tsyganova | RUS | 7 Feb 71 | 6 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |||
| 7 | 1:57.45 | Hasna Benhassi | MAR | 1 Jun 78 | 157/47 | 1 | Athletissima | Lausanne | 2 Jul | ||
| 8 | 1:57.70 | Larisa Mikhaylova | RUS | 3 Jan 69 | 1 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |||
| 9 | 1:57.90 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 18 Apr 73 | 163/50 | 6 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 10 | 1:58.24 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 19 Apr 70 | 162/55 | 3 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | ||
| 11 | 1:58.33 | Irina Mistyukevich | RUS | 17 Jun 77 | 182/63 | 1 | OT | Jena | 5 Jun | ||
| 12 | 1:58.55 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 28 Aug 63 | 167/52 | 1 | Pontiac | Raleigh NC | 12 Jun | ||
| 13 | 1:58.69 | Natallia Dukhnova | BLR | 16 Jul 66 | 176/62 | 8 | WC | Sevilla | 24 Aug | ||
| 14 | 1:58.77 | Olga Kuznetsova | RUS | 23 Oct 67 | 1r2 | Moskva | 15 Jul | ||||
| 15 | 1:58.81 | Helena Fuchsová | CZE | 3 Jun 65 | 170/66 | 2 | ECp | Paris | 19 Jun | ||
| 16 | 1:58.99 | Letitia Vriesde | SUR | 5 Oct 64 | 159/47 | 2 | Leverkusen | 5 Sep | |||
| 17 | 1:59.28 | Linda Kisabaka | GER | 9 Apr 69 | 3 | Leverkusen | 5 Sep | ||||
| 18 | 1:59.37 | NR | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 22 Aug 78 | 168/48 | 1 | PapG | Arnhem | 10 Jul | |
| 19 | 1:59.46 | Olena Buzhenko | UKR | 16 Nov 72 | 170/56 | 2rB | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | ||
| 20 | 1:59.49 | Nouriah Mérah-Benida | ALG | 19 Oct 70 | 162/53 | 2 | PapG | Arnhem | 10 Jul | ||
| Subsequent to drugs disqualificat | |||||||||||
| 1:58.50 | Tina Paulino | MOZ | 7 Jul 73 | 166/59 | 2 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |||
| 1500 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 3:59.31 | Violeta Szekely | ROU | 26 Mar 65 | 170/52 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 2 | 3:59.53 | Svetlana Masterkova | RUS | 17 Jan 68 | 168/50 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 3 | 3:59.82 | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 8 Dec 77 | 162/49 | 2 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 4 | 4:00.35 | Regina Jacobs | USA | 28 Aug 63 | 167/52 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 5 | 4:00.96 | Kutre Dulecha | ETH | 22 Aug 78 | 168/48 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 6 | 4:01.29 | Carla Sacramento | POR | 10 Dec 71 | 170/50 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 7 | 4:01.36 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 25 Jan 77 | 163/47 | 3 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 8 | 4:01.43 | Anna Jakubczak | POL | 2 Feb 73 | 169/53 | 4 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 9 | 4:01.44 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim | GER | 10 Feb 72 | 5 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |||
| 10 | 4:03.14 | Gete Wami | ETH | 11 Dec 74 | 153/44 | 1 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 11 | 4:03.65 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 16 Dec 77 | 4 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | |||
| 12 | 4:03.72 | Margarita Marusova | RUS | 25 Nov 67 | 3 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | |||
| 13 | 4:04.06 | Olga Nelyubova | RUS | 12 Jul 64 | 5 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | |||
| 14 | 4:04.19 | Lyudmila Rogachova | RUS | 30 Oct 66 | 1 | NC | Tula | 1 Aug | |||
| 15 | 4:04.27 | Elena Antoci | ROU | 16 Jan 75 | 165/55 | 6 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | ||
| 16 | 4:04.58 | Kelly Holmes | GBR | 19 Apr 70 | 162/55 | 6 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 17 | 4:04.59 | Ana Menéndez | ESP | 17 Mar 72 | 7 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |||
| 18 | 4:04.97 | Leah Pells | CAN | 9 Nov 64 | 1 | Vancouver | 10 Jul | ||||
| 19 | 4:05.12 | Natalya Gorelova | RUS | 18 Apr 73 | 163/50 | 3 | NC | Tula | 1 Aug | ||
| 20 | 4:05.27 | Marla Runyan | USA | 4 Jan 69 | 170/52 | 4h1 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 3000 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 8:25.03 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 14 Nov 75 | 158/42 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 2 | 8:26.48 | NR | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 20 Dec 69 | 166/50 | 2 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |
| 3 | 8:27.40 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 17 Dec 73 | 173/54 | 3 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 4 | 8:29.72 | Gete Wami | ETH | 11 Dec 74 | 153/44 | 3 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 5 | 8:30.18 | Mariya Konovalova | RUS | 14 Aug 74 | 179/58 | 4 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 6 | 8:30.22 | NR | Carla Sacramento | POR | 10 Dec 71 | 170/50 | 2 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | |
| 7 | 8:30.66 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 23 Jun 69 | 160/50 | 3 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 8 | 8:33.02 | Olga Yegorova | RUS | 28 Mar 72 | 160/46 | 4 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 9 | 8:33.36 | Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 9 May 73 | 153/40 | 5 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 10 | 8:34.19 | Lidia Chojecka | POL | 25 Jan 77 | 163/47 | 5 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 11 | 8:35.74 | Leah Malot | KEN | 7 Jun 72 | 5 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |||
| 12 | 8:35.83 | NR | Anita Weyermann | SUI | 8 Dec 77 | 162/49 | 6 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |
| 13 | 8:37.30 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim | GER | 10 Feb 72 | 4 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | |||
| 14 | 8:37.81 | Asmae Leghzaoui | MAR | 30 Aug 76 | 158/44 | 3 | Nikaïa | Nice | 17 Jul | ||
| 15 | 8:38.13 | Marina Bastos | POR | 7 Jul 71 | 1 | Gran Premio | Sevilla | 28 May | |||
| 16 | 8:38.13 | Yamna Oubouhou | FRA | 20 Feb 74 | 164/48 | 8 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | ||
| 17 | 8:38.98 | Ebru Kavaklioglu | TUR | 14 Mar 70 | 168/54 | 5 | VD | Bruxelles | 3 Sep | ||
| 18 | 8:39.18 | Jackline Maranga | KEN | 16 Dec 77 | 9 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | |||
| 19 | 8:39.51 | Ayelech Worku | ETH | 12 Jun 79 | 162/46 | 8 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | ||
| 20 | 8:40.46 | Berhane Adere | ETH | 21 Jul 73 | 168/50 | 3 | Gran Premio | Sevilla | 28 May | ||
| 5000 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 14:40.59 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 14 Nov 75 | 158/42 | 1 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 2 | 14:41.34 | Zahra Ouaziz | MAR | 20 Dec 69 | 166/50 | 2 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 3 | 14:42.03 | NR | Irina Mikitenko | GER | 23 Aug 72 | 158/49 | 3 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | |
| 4 | 14:43.54 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 17 Dec 73 | 173/54 | 1 | GP | London | 7 Aug | ||
| 5 | 14:44.22 | Ayelech Worku | ETH | 12 Jun 79 | 162/46 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 6 | 14:49.12 | Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 9 May 73 | 153/40 | 4 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 7 | 14:51.69 | Ebru Kavaklioglu | TUR | 14 Mar 70 | 168/54 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 8 | 14:52.59 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 23 Jun 69 | 160/50 | 1 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | ||
| 9 | 14:54.88 | Berhane Adere | ETH | 21 Jul 73 | 168/50 | 4 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 10 | 14:56.00 | Julia Vaquero | ESP | 18 Sep 70 | 6 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | |||
| 11 | 14:56.84 | Deena Kastor | USA | 14 Feb 73 | 163/47 | 3 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | ||
| 12 | 14:58.18 | Fatima Yvelain | FRA | 31 Dec 69 | 165/51 | 6 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 13 | 14:58.43 | Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim | GER | 10 Feb 72 | 7 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | |||
| 14 | 14:58.60 | Mariya Konovalova | RUS | 14 Aug 74 | 179/58 | 7 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 15 | 15:02.34 | Yamna Oubouhou | FRA | 20 Feb 74 | 164/48 | 9 | ISTAF | Berlin | 7 Sep | ||
| 16 | 15:03.75 | Leah Malot | KEN | 7 Jun 72 | 6 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | |||
| 17 | 15:06.14 | Susan Chepkemei | KEN | 25 Jun 75 | 164/48 | 8 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 18 | 15:06.40 | Lornah Kiplagat | KEN | 1 May 74 | 167/49 | 8 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | ||
| 19 | 15:06.73 | Iulia Olteanu | ROU | 26 Jan 67 | 166/57 | 3 | ECp | Paris | 20 Jun | ||
| 20 | 15:08.52 | Merima Denboba | ETH | 21 Aug 74 | 9 | APM | Hengelo | 30 May | |||
| 10000 m | |||||||||||
| 1 | 30:24.56 | Gete Wami | ETH | 11 Dec 74 | 153/44 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 2 | 30:27.13 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 17 Dec 73 | 173/54 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 3 | 30:32.03 | Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 9 May 73 | 153/40 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 4 | 31:26.84 | Harumi Hiroyama | JPN | 2 Sep 68 | 160/47 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 5 | 31:27.62 | Chiemi Takahashi | JPN | 16 Feb 76 | 159/42 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 6 | 31:31.73 | Leah Malot | KEN | 7 Jun 72 | 1 | GDN | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 13 Jun | |||
| 7 | 31:32.02 | NR | Restituta Joseph | TAN | 30 Jul 71 | 164/58 | 2 | GDN | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 13 Jun | |
| 8 | 31:32.06 | Merima Hashim | ETH | 81 | 6 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |||
| 9 | 31:32.51 | Berhane Adere | ETH | 21 Jul 73 | 168/50 | 7 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 10 | 31:32.63 | Merima Denboba | ETH | 21 Aug 74 | 3 | GDN | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 13 Jun | |||
| 11 | 31:38.02 | Masako Chiba | JPN | 18 Jul 76 | 155/38 | 5 | GDN | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 13 Jun | ||
| 12 | 31:38.68 | Irina Mikitenko | GER | 23 Aug 72 | 158/49 | 2rA | Euro Chall | Barakaldo | 10 Apr | ||
| 13 | 31:39.52 | Ana Dias | POR | 15 Jan 74 | 168/50 | 3rA | Euro Chall | Barakaldo | 10 Apr | ||
| 14 | 31:41.33 | Libbie Hickman | USA | 17 Feb 65 | 168/51 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 26 Jun | ||
| 15 | 31:41.38 | Marina Bastos | POR | 7 Jul 71 | 4rA | Euro Chall | Barakaldo | 10 Apr | |||
| 16 | 31:43.01 | Yuko Kawakami | JPN | 1 Aug 75 | 152/40 | 1 | Hyogo | Kobe | 25 Apr | ||
| 17 | 31:43.22 | Helena Sampaio | POR | 9 Oct 73 | 5rA | Euro Chall | Barakaldo | 10 Apr | |||
| 18 | 31:43.50 | Anne Marie Lauck | USA | 7 Mar 69 | 168/50 | 2 | NC | Eugene OR | 26 Jun | ||
| 19 | 31:43.80 | Teresa Recio | ESP | 7 Jul 63 | 154/45 | 8 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | ||
| 20 | 31:45.53 | Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen | FIN | 2 Jan 77 | 170/55 | 6rA | Euro Chall | Barakaldo | 10 Apr | ||
| Half Marathon | |||||||||||
| 1 | 66:44 | NR | Elana Meyer | RSA | 10 Oct 66 | 158/55 | 1 | Tokyo | 15 Jan | ||
| 2 | 66:49 | Esther Wanjiru-Maina | KEN | 27 Mar 77 | 162/42 | 2 | Tokyo | 15 Jan | |||
| 3 | 67:52 | Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 9 May 73 | 153/40 | 1 | Lisboa | 21 Mar | |||
| 4 | 68:34 | Asmae Leghzaoui | MAR | 30 Aug 76 | 158/44 | 1 | Marrakech | 31 Jan | |||
| 5 | 68:44 | Fernanda Ribeiro | POR | 23 Jun 69 | 160/50 | 2 | Lisboa | 21 Mar | |||
| 6 | 68:51 | Lidia Simon | ROU | 4 Sep 73 | 157/44 | 1 | Sapporo | 18 Jul | |||
| 7 | 69:00 | Cristina Pomacu | ROU | 15 Sep 73 | 164/46 | 2 | Marrakech | 31 Jan | |||
| 8 | 69:05 | Kerryn McCann | AUS | 2 May 67 | 162/47 | 3 | Tokyo | 15 Jan | |||
| 9 | 69:07 | Joyce Chepchumba | KEN | 6 Nov 70 | 150/45 | 1 | BUPA | South Shields | 10 Oct | ||
| 10 | 69:10 | Alina Gherasim | ROU | 10 Nov 71 | 166/46 | 3 | Marrakech | 31 Jan | |||
| 11 | 69:12 | Mizuki Noguchi | JPN | 3 Jul 78 | 150/41 | 2 | WC | Palermo | 3 Oct | ||
| 12 | 69:23 | Catherine Ndereba | KEN | 21 Jul 72 | 160/45 | 3 | WC | Palermo | 3 Oct | ||
| 13 | 69:26 | Florina Pana | ROU | 20 Jan 73 | 4 | WC | Palermo | 3 Oct | |||
| 14 | 69:27 | Masako Chiba | JPN | 18 Jul 76 | 155/38 | 1 | Fukuoka | 31 Jan | |||
| 15 | 69:28 | Susan Chepkemei | KEN | 25 Jun 75 | 164/48 | 2 | Amsterdam | 19 Sep | |||
| 16 | 69:33 | Lornah Kiplagat | KEN | 1 May 74 | 167/49 | 3 | Amsterdam | 19 Sep | |||
| 17 | 69:34 | Katrin Dörre-Heinig | GER | 6 Oct 61 | 1 | Vin | Remich-Grevenmacher | 26 Sep | |||
| 18 | 69:36 | Melanie Kraus | GER | 24 Oct 74 | 164/48 | 2 | Vin | Remich-Grevenmacher | 26 Sep | ||
| 19 | 69:36 | Reiko Tosa | JPN | 11 Jun 76 | 165/51 | 6 | WC | Palermo | 3 Oct | ||
| 20 | 69:37 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR | 17 Dec 73 | 173/54 | 3 | BUPA | South Shields | 10 Oct | ||
| Marathon | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2:20:43 | Tegla Loroupe | KEN | 9 May 73 | 153/40 | 1 | Alberto | Berlin | 26 Sep | ||
| 2 | 2:22:12 | Eri Yamaguchi | JPN | 14 Jan 73 | 163/48 | 1 | Tokyo | 21 Nov | |||
| 3 | 2:23:22 | Joyce Chepchumba | KEN | 6 Nov 70 | 150/45 | 1 | Flora | London | 18 Apr | ||
| 4 | 2:23:24 | Lidia Simon | ROU | 4 Sep 73 | 157/44 | 1 | Osaka | 31 Jan | |||
| 5 | 2:23:25 | Fatuma Roba | ETH | 18 Dec 70 | 166/45 | 1 | BAA | Boston MA | 19 Apr | ||
| 6 | 2:23:58 | Marleen Renders | BEL | 24 Dec 68 | 166/42 | 2 | Alberto | Berlin | 26 Sep | ||
| 7 | 2:24:06 | Adriana Fernández | MEX | 4 Apr 71 | 165/52 | 2 | Flora | London | 18 Apr | ||
| 8 | 2:24:35 | Katrin Dörre-Heinig | GER | 6 Oct 61 | 1 | Hamburg | 25 Apr | ||||
| 9 | 2:25:09 | Manuela Machado | POR | 9 Aug 63 | 158/45 | 3 | Flora | London | 18 Apr | ||
| 10 | 2:25:29 | Lornah Kiplagat | KEN | 1 May 74 | 167/49 | 1 | Delta | Amsterdam | 17 Oct | ||
| 11 | 2:25:40 | Esther Wanjiru-Maina | KEN | 27 Mar 77 | 162/42 | 3 | Osaka | 31 Jan | |||
| 12 | 2:25:51 | NR | Franziska Moser-Rochat | SUI | 17 Aug 66 | 2 | BAA | Boston MA | 19 Apr | ||
| 13 | 2:25:52 | Nicole Carroll | AUS | 14 Jan 72 | 178/50 | 4 | Flora | London | 18 Apr | ||
| 14 | 2:25:57 | Maria Guida | ITA | 23 Jan 66 | 1 | Ferrari | Carpi | 10 Oct | |||
| 15 | 2:26:00 | Margaret Okayo | KEN | 30 May 76 | 2 | LaSalle | Chicago IL | 24 Oct | |||
| 16 | 2:26:11 | Cristina Costea | ROU | 10 Oct 66 | 1 | Paris | 4 Apr | ||||
| 17 | 2:26:18 | Kayoko Obata | JPN | 18 Sep 71 | 156/46 | 4 | Osaka | 31 Jan | |||
| 18 | 2:26:39 | Susan Chepkemei | KEN | 25 Jun 75 | 164/48 | 2 | Generale | Rotterdam | 18 Apr | ||
| 19 | 2:26:39 | Yuko Arimori | JPN | 17 Dec 66 | 3 | BAA | Boston MA | 19 Apr | |||
| 20 | 2:26:59 | Jong Song Ok | PRK | 18 Aug 74 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||
| 2000 m steeple | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6:23.40 | Yelena Motalova | RUS | 28 Jan 71 | 1 | ArmyC | Rostov | 14 Jul | |||
| 2 | 6:28.31 | Yekaterina Volkova | RUS | 16 Feb 78 | 166/56 | 1-22 | NC-j | Cheboksary | 3 Jul | ||
| 3 | 6:30.3hA | Chedor | KEN | 1 | NC | Nairobi | 26 Jun | ||||
| 4 | 6:33.41 | Elizabeth Jackson | USA | 27 Oct 77 | 170/59 | 1 | TexasR | Austin TX | 2 Apr | ||
| 5 | 6:34.22 | Melissa Rollison | AUS | 13 Apr 83 | 165/51 | 1-19 | NC-j | Melbourne | 19 Mar | ||
| 6 | 6:38.10 | Tara Krzywicki | GBR | 9 Mar 74 | 1 | Loughborough | 8 Aug | ||||
| 7 | 6:38.8h | Marina Pluzhnikova | RUS | 25 Feb 63 | 1 | Dzerzhinsk | 29 May | ||||
| 8 | 6:39.0h | Natalya Cherepanova | RUS | 9 Mar 67 | 1 | Sochi | 17 Sep | ||||
| 9 | 6:40.0h | Lisa Nye | USA | 17 Nov 68 | 1 | Ellensburg WA | 24 Apr | ||||
| 10 | 6:40.0hA | J Ruto | KEN | 2 | NC | Nairobi | 26 Jun | ||||
| 11 | 6:41.72 | Kara Ormond | USA | 17 Jun 77 | 2 | TexasR | Austin TX | 2 Apr | |||
| 12 | 6:42.19 | Venera Nikiforova | RUS | 79 | 2-22 | NC-j | Cheboksary | 3 Jul | |||
| 13 | 6:43.35 | Ebba Stenbäck Morrison | SWE | 29 Aug 81 | 1-18 | SWEvFIN | Göteborg | 4 Sep | |||
| 14 | 6:44.90 | Lyubov Kharlamova | RUS | 2 Mar 81 | 3-22 | NC-j | Cheboksary | 3 Jul | |||
| 15 | 6:45.0hA | Beatrice Omwanza | KEN | 24 Feb 74 | 3 | NC | Nairobi | 26 Jun | |||
| 16 | 6:46.3h | Donna MacFarlane | AUS | 18 Jun 77 | 176/58 | 1 | Hobart | 20 Nov | |||
| 17 | 6:46.68 | NR | Renata Hoppová | CZE | 11 Jun 76 | 165/50 | 1 | Jablonec | 3 Aug | ||
| 18 | 6:48.01 | Kerttu Airila | FIN | 81 | 2-18 | SWEvFIN | Göteborg | 4 Sep | |||
| 19 | 6:48.40 | Nikki Egyed | AUS | 19 Apr 82 | 1-17 | Sydney | 11 Dec | ||||
| 20 | 6:49.40 | Nadezhda Zolotaryova | RUS | 16 Feb 76 | 3 | ArmyC | Rostov | 14 Jul | |||
| 3000 m steeple | |||||||||||
| 1 | 9:48.88 | Yelena Motalova | RUS | 28 Jan 71 | 1 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | |||
| 2 | 9:55.69 | Laurence Duquenoy | FRA | 29 Sep 69 | 160/46 | 1 | Castres | 8 Aug | |||
| 3 | 9:58.44 | Daniela Petrescu | ROU | 13 Mar 68 | 170/52 | 1 | Bucureşti | 13 Jun | |||
| 4 | 9:58.77 | Justyna Bąk | POL | 1 Aug 74 | 174/52 | 1 | NC | Białystok | 8 Sep | ||
| 5 | 10:03.68 | Alina Cucerzan | ROU | 28 Jul 74 | 160/42 | 1 | NC | Bucureşti | 5 Jul | ||
| 6 | 10:04.46 | Yekaterina Volkova | RUS | 16 Feb 78 | 166/56 | 2 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | ||
| 7 | 10:06.76 | Joan Nesbit Mabe | USA | 20 Jan 62 | 1 | Fila | Los Angeles CA | 12 Jun | |||
| 8 | 10:08.46 | Mihaela Botezan | ROU | 21 Nov 76 | 160/46 | 3 | NC | Bucureşti | 5 Jul | ||
| 9 | 10:08.58 | Lisa Nye | USA | 17 Nov 68 | 1 | Eugene OR | 29 Jul | ||||
| 10 | 10:09.83 | Olimpia Pop | ROU | 25 Feb 76 | 167/52 | 3 | Bucureşti | 30 May | |||
| 11 | 10:14.67 | Svetlana Rogova | RUS | 4 Aug 67 | 3 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | |||
| 12 | 10:14.86 | Karen Harvey-Sullivan | CAN | 9 Aug 72 | 1 | Sarnia | 8 Aug | ||||
| 13 | 10:15.77 | Melissa Rollison | AUS | 13 Apr 83 | 165/51 | 1 | NC | Melbourne | 18 Mar | ||
| 14 | 10:18.10 | Wioletta Frankiewicz | POL | 9 Jun 77 | 177/59 | 2 | NC | Białystok | 8 Sep | ||
| 15 | 10:18.69 | Marina Pluzhnikova | RUS | 25 Feb 63 | 4 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | |||
| 16 | 10:20.10 | Nadezhda Zolotaryova | RUS | 16 Feb 76 | 5 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | |||
| 17 | 10:20.48 | Mary Fien | AUS | 1 Sep 72 | 1 | NSW Ch | Sydney | 6 Mar | |||
| 18 | 10:20.89 | Meriem Mered | FRA | 4 Apr 76 | 166/50 | 2 | Castres | 8 Aug | |||
| 19 | 10:22.38 | Venera Nikiforova | RUS | 79 | 6 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | |||
| 20 | 10:23.89 | Tonya Dodge | USA | 24 May 75 | 1 | Albany NY | 12 Jun | ||||
| Illegal mark | |||||||||||
| 10:07.23 | Elizabeth Jackson | USA | 27 Oct 77 | 170/59 | 1 | NC | New Orleans LA | 24 Jun | |||
| 10:20.50 | Tonya Dodge | USA | 24 May 75 | 4 | NC | Eugene OR | 24 Jun | ||||
| 100 m hurdles | |||||||||||
| 1 | 12.37 | 0.7 | Gail Devers | USA | 19 Nov 66 | 160/52 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug | |
| 2 | 12.44 | AR | 0.7 | Glory Alozie | NGR | 30 Dec 77 | 156/52 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug |
| 3 | 12.47 | 0.0 | Olga Shishigina | KAZ | 23 Dec 68 | 165/57 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | |
| 4 | 12.47 | NR | 0.7 | Ludmila Engquist | SWE | 21 Apr 64 | 174/66 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 28 Aug |
| 5 | 12.61 | 1.4 | Katie Anderson | CAN | 9 Jan 68 | 163/63 | 1 | GDN | Villeneuve d'Ascq | 13 Jun | |
| 6 | 12.67 | 0.8 | Melissa Morrison-Howard | USA | 9 Jul 71 | 163/52 | 3 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | |
| 7 | 12.71 | 1.3 | Delloreen Ennis | JAM | 5 Mar 75 | 178/70 | 1 | NC | Kingston | 19 Jun | |
| 8 | 12.72 | 0.2 | Svetla Pishtikova | BUL | 27 Jan 70 | 171/64 | 2q2 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |
| 9 | 12.73 | 1.1 | Sharon Couch | USA | 13 Sep 67 | 173/66 | 3 | DNG | Stockholm | 30 Jul | |
| 10 | 12.73 | 1.4 | Patricia Girard | FRA | 8 Apr 68 | 162/48 | 1s1 | NC | Niort | 31 Jul | |
| 11 | 12.76 | 1.2 | Aliuska López | CUB | 29 Aug 69 | 174/68 | 1 | PAG | Winnipeg | 30 Jul | |
| 12 | 12.78 | 1.2 | Yolanda McCray | USA | 11 Sep 76 | 2s1 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | ||
| 13 | 12.79 | 1.0 | Dionne Rose-Henley | JAM | 7 Nov 69 | 3s2 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug | ||
| 14 | 12.82 | 1.2 | Miesha McKelvy-Jones | USA | 26 Jul 76 | 170/64 | 3s1 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | |
| 15 | 12.82 | 0.2 | Irina Shevchenko | RUS | 2 Sep 75 | 171/64 | 3q2 | WC | Sevilla | 26 Aug | |
| 16 | 12.83 | NR | 1.9 | Trecia Roberts | THA | 4 Feb 71 | 160/52 | 5s1 | WC | Sevilla | 27 Aug |
| 17 | 12.84 | 1.3 | Donica Merriman | USA | 24 Jan 79 | 178/64 | 1s1 | NCAA | Boise ID | 4 Jun | |
| 18 | 12.84 | NR | 2.0 | Rosa Rakotozafy | MAD | 12 Nov 77 | 165/56 | 1s2 | NC | Niort | 31 Jul |
| 19 | 12.84 | 2.0 | Nicole Ramalalanirina | FRA | 5 Mar 72 | 164/56 | 2s2 | NC | Niort | 31 Jul | |
| 20 | 12.85 | 1.7 | Dominqué Calloway | USA | 19 Jul 78 | 1 | Big 10 | West Lafayette IN | 23 May | ||
| 21 | 12.85 | 1.6 | Svetlana Laukhova | RUS | 7 May 73 | 168/60 | 1s1 | NC | Tula | 31 Jul | |
| 22 | 12.85 | 0.9 | Feng Yun | CHN | 23 Feb 76 | 170/60 | 2h1 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| Wind assisted | |||||||||||
| 12.55 | 3.1 | Melissa Morrison-Howard | USA | 9 Jul 71 | 163/52 | 1r5 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | ||
| 12.60 | 4.2 | Delloreen Ennis | JAM | 5 Mar 75 | 178/70 | 1r2 | PennR | Philadelphia PA | 24 Apr | ||
| 12.64 | 3.2 | Svetla Pishtikova | BUL | 27 Jan 70 | 171/64 | 2h6 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 12.65 | 2.6 | Sharon Couch | USA | 13 Sep 67 | 173/66 | 1 | NA | Hechtel | 7 Aug | ||
| 12.67 | 2.2 | Miesha McKelvy-Jones | USA | 26 Jul 76 | 170/64 | 2 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | ||
| 12.68 | 3.1 | Anjanette Kirkland | USA | 24 Feb 74 | 173/66 | 2r5 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | ||
| 12.71 | 3.5 | Irina Shevchenko | RUS | 2 Sep 75 | 171/64 | 1h3 | NC | Tula | 30 Jul | ||
| 12.73 | 2.2 | Andria King | USA | 22 Jun 76 | 3 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | |||
| 12.77 | 2.2 | Yolanda McCray | USA | 11 Sep 76 | 5 | NC | Eugene OR | 27 Jun | |||
| 12.84 | 2.3 | Linda Khodadin | FRA | 24 Dec 76 | 168/60 | 1 | Montgeron | 15 May | |||
| 12.85 | 4.1 | Joyce Bates-Fair | USA | 16 Feb 77 | 163/59 | 2r2 | TexasR | Austin TX | 3 Apr | ||
| 400 m hurdles | |||||||||||
| 1 | 52.89 | NR | Daimí Pernía | CUB | 27 Dec 76 | 167/58 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 2 | 52.90 | AR | Nezha Bidouane | MAR | 18 Sep 69 | 174/63 | 2 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 3 | 53.16 | Deon Hemmings | JAM | 9 Oct 68 | 178/62 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 4 | 53.25 | NR | Ionela Tîrlea | ROU | 9 Feb 76 | 169/54 | 2 | GGala | Roma | 7 Jul | |
| 5 | 53.36 | NR | Andrea Blackett | BAR | 24 Jan 76 | 156/51 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | |
| 6 | 53.46 | Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova | UKR | 11 Oct 69 | 185/63 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 7 | 53.65 | Sandra Glover | USA | 30 Dec 68 | 170/59 | 5 | WC | Sevilla | 25 Aug | ||
| 8 | 53.98 | Yuliya Pechonkina | RUS | 21 Apr 78 | 176/66 | 1 | Znam | Moskva | 5 Jun | ||
| 9 | 53.99 | Kim Batten | USA | 29 Mar 69 | 170/58 | 1 | Gran Premio | Sevilla | 28 May | ||
| 10 | 54.15 | Michelle Johnson | USA | 12 Apr 74 | 5 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | |||
| 11 | 54.55 | Debbie Parris-Thymes | JAM | 24 Mar 73 | 158/52 | 1 | Hanzekovic | Zagreb | 5 Jul | ||
| 12 | 54.57 | Joanna Hayes | USA | 23 Dec 76 | 2 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 10 Jul | |||
| 13 | 54.65 | Yekaterina Bakhvalova | RUS | 29 Oct 72 | 3h3 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | |||
| 14 | 54.67 | Ulrike Urbansky | GER | 6 Apr 77 | 170/48 | 4h3 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 15 | 54.70 | Natalya Alimzhanova | KAZ | 4 Oct 68 | 172/57 | 1 | ECCC | Athína | 29 May | ||
| 16 | 54.75 | NR | Tacko Diouf | SEN | 17 Oct 76 | 166/54 | 3 | Tsiklitiria | Athína | 16 Jun | |
| 17 | 54.86 | Judit Szekeres | HUN | 18 Nov 66 | 168/55 | 5s2 | WC | Sevilla | 23 Aug | ||
| 18 | 55.01 | Petra Stenman | FIN | 12 Mar 74 | 170/58 | 1 | SWEvFIN | Göteborg | 5 Sep | ||
| 19 | 55.06 | Susan Smith-Walsh | IRL | 14 Sep 71 | 168/60 | 4h4 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 20 | 55.09 | Silvia Rieger | GER | 14 Nov 70 | 1 | ECp | Paris | 19 Jun | |||
| High jump | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2.04 | Hestrie Cloete | RSA | 26 Aug 78 | 185/68 | 1 | Herculis | Monaco | 4 Aug | ||
| 2 | 2.01 | Monica Iagăr | ROU | 1 Apr 73 | 186/68 | 1 | Milano | 9 Jun | |||
| 3 | 2.01 | Yelena Yelesina | RUS | 5 Apr 70 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | |||
| 4 | 2.01 | Inga Babakova | UKR | 27 Jun 67 | 180/60 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 5 | 2.00 | Tisha Waller | USA | 1 Dec 70 | 1c2 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | |||
| 6 | 1.99 | Yelena Gulyayeva | RUS | 14 Aug 67 | 1 | ECp | Paris | 20 Jun | |||
| 7 | 1.99 | Zuzana Hlavoňová | CZE | 16 Apr 73 | 179/58 | 1 | WK | Zürich | 11 Aug | ||
| 8 | 1.99 | Svetlana Lapina | RUS | 12 Apr 78 | 3 | WC | Sevilla | 29 Aug | |||
| 9 | 1.98A | Kajsa Bergqvist | SWE | 12 Oct 76 | 175/58 | 1 | WAC | Fort Collins CO | 22 May | ||
| 10 | 1.96 | Hanne Haugland | NOR | 14 Dec 67 | 2 | Bislett | Oslo | 30 Jun | |||
| 11 | 1.96 | Viktoriya Styopina | UKR | 21 Feb 76 | 175/56 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 12 | 1.96 | Iryna Myhalchenko | UKR | 20 Jan 72 | 174/60 | 2 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | ||
| 13 | 1.96 | Viktoriya Seryogina | RUS | 22 May 73 | 181/60 | 1 | Somoskő | 12 Sep | |||
| 14 | 1.95 | Amy Acuff | USA | 14 Jul 75 | 188/66 | 2c2 | MSR | Walnut CA | 18 Apr | ||
| 15 | 1.95 | Níki Bakoyiánni | GRE | 9 Jun 68 | 2 | Papaf | Kalamáta | 22 May | |||
| 16 | 1.95 | Britta Bilac | SLO | 4 Dec 68 | 1 | ECp-1 | Athína | 6 Jun | |||
| 17 | 1.95 | Ina Gliznuţa | MDA | 18 Apr 73 | 186/70 | 1 | ECp-2 | Tel Aviv | 13 Jun | ||
| 18 | 1.95 | Olga Kychanova | RUS | 14 Jul 75 | 182/56 | 1 | Sankt Peterburg | 22 Jun | |||
| 19 | 1.95 | NJR | Tatyana Efimenko | KGZ | 2 Jan 81 | 180/66 | 1 | Bishkek | 6 Oct | ||
| Pole vault | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4.60 | Emma George | AUS | 1 Nov 74 | 172/64 | 1 | Optus | Sydney | 20 Feb | ||
| 2 | 4.60 | Stacy Dragila | USA | 25 Mar 71 | 172/63 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 3 | 4.55 | Anzhela Balahonova | UKR | 18 Dec 72 | 162/55 | 1 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 4 | 4.50 | Tatiana Grigorieva | AUS | 8 Oct 75 | 178/65 | 1 | Salamanca | 15 Jul | |||
| 5 | 4.46 | Yelena Belyakova | RUS | 7 Apr 76 | 178/55 | 2 | Ingolstadt | 11 Jul | |||
| 6 | 4.44 | Anastasija Reiberger | GER | 19 Sep 77 | 170/58 | 3 | Nikaïa | Nice | 17 Jul | ||
| 7 | 4.42 | NJR WYB18 | Yvonne Buschbaum | GER | 14 Jul 80 | 170/57 | 1 | Rheinau-Freistett | 24 Jun | ||
| 8 | 4.41 | Alejandra García | ARG | 13 Jun 73 | 174/60 | 1 | Buenos Aires | 12 Jun | |||
| 9 | 4.41 | Nicole Humbert | GER | 5 Feb 72 | 168/53 | 1 | Live | Nürnberg | 13 Jun | ||
| 10 | 4.40 | Zsuzsanna Olgyay-Szabó | HUN | 6 May 73 | 176/63 | 4 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 11 | 4.40 | Daniela Bártová | CZE | 6 May 74 | 163/64 | 6= | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 12 | 4.40 | Pavla Rybová | CZE | 20 May 78 | 170/68 | 6= | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 13 | 4.38 | Mel Mueller | USA | 16 Nov 72 | 178/68 | 4 | Nikaïa | Nice | 17 Jul | ||
| 14 | 4.36 | Elmarie Gerryts | RSA | 25 Aug 72 | 170/62 | 4 | Ingolstadt | 11 Jul | |||
| 15 | 4.35 sq | Melissa Price | USA | 20 Sep 77 | 160/54 | 2 | Santa Barbara CA | 20 Jun | |||
| 16 | 4.35 | Kellie Suttle | USA | 9 May 73 | 170/58 | 9 | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | ||
| 17 | 4.33 | Doris Auer | AUT | 10 May 71 | 168/55 | 1 | Wien | 25 Aug | |||
| 18 | 4.31 | Amandine Homo | FRA | 24 Dec 80 | 170/58 | 3 | Gaz | Saint-Denis | 3 Jul | ||
| 19 | 4.30 | Annika Becker | GER | 12 Nov 81 | 170/67 | 2-19 | Mannheim | 18 Jun | |||
| 20 | 4.30 | Marie Poissonnier | FRA | 4 May 79 | 166/53 | 2 | ECp | Paris | 19 Jun | ||
| 21 | 4.30 | Vala Flosadóttir | ISL | 16 Feb 78 | 181/69 | 1-22 | EJ | Göteborg | 31 Jul | ||
| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 4.55 | Tatiana Grigorieva | AUS | 8 Oct 75 | 178/65 | 1 | Iglesias | 4 Sep | ||||
| 4.45 | Yvonne Buschbaum | GER | 14 Jul 80 | 170/57 | 1 | Rheinau-Freistett | 24 Jun | ||||
| Long jump | |||||||||||
| 1 | 7.26A | AR | 1.8 | Maurren Higa Maggi | BRA | 25 Jun 76 | 173/62 | 1 | SAmC | Bogotá | 26 Jun |
| 2 | 7.06 | NR | -0.1 | Niurka Montalvo | ESP | 4 Jun 68 | 170/58 | 1 | WC | Sevilla | 23 Aug |
| 3 | 7.04 | 0.2 | Fiona May | ITA | 12 Dec 69 | 180/63 | q | WC | Sevilla | 21 Aug | |
| 4 | 7.01 | -0.3 | Marion Jones | USA | 12 Oct 75 | 178/68 | 1 | Pontiac | Raleigh NC | 12 Jun | |
| 5 | 7.01 | -0.4 | Eunice Barber | FRA | 17 Nov 74 | 175/68 | 1 | Golden | Paris | 21 Jul | |
| 6 | 6.99 | 1.8 | Tatyana Kotova | RUS | 11 Dec 76 | 178/57 | 1 | Leverkusen | 5 Sep | ||
| 7 | 6.98 | 0.9 | Níki Xánthou | GRE | 11 Oct 73 | 172/54 | 1 | Papaf | Kalamáta | 22 May | |
| 8 | 6.96 | 1.6 | Dawn Campbell | USA | 1 Nov 73 | 173/59 | 1 | NC | Eugene OR | 25 Jun | |
| 9 | 6.95 | Lyudmila Galkina | RUS | 20 Jan 72 | 172/58 | 1 | Znam | Moskva | 5 Jun | ||
| 10 | 6.93 | -1.0 | Paraskevi Tsiamíta | GRE | 10 Mar 72 | 1 | Tofaleia | Pátra | 1 Aug | ||
| 11 | 6.92 | -0.1 | Olena Bobrovnyk | UKR | 31 May 72 | 178/55 | 1 | WUG | Palma de Mallorca | 13 Jul | |
| 12 | 6.92 | 0.5 | Viktoriya Vershinina | UKR | 11 Jun 71 | 177/60 | 1 | WC Tr | Bila Tserkva | 25 Jul | |
| 13 | 6.92 | 1.5 | Erica Johansson | SWE | 5 Feb 74 | 176/69 | 1 | DNG | Stoc | ||