IAAF World Champions in Athletics - Track/Road (Outdoors)

1983 in Helsinki Filand (7-14/8 1983)

Men's events

100m : Carl Lewis (United States)
200m : Calvin Smith (United States)
400m : Bert Cameron (Jamaica)
800m : Willi Wulbeck (West Germany)
1500m : Steve Cram (Great Britain)
5000m : Eamonn Coghlan (Ireland)
10000m : Alberto Cova (Italy)
Marathon : Rob de Castella (Australia)
110m hurdles: Greg Foster (United States)
400m hurdles: Edwin Moses (United States)
3000m steeplechase: Patrick Ilg (West Germany)
20km walk: Ernesto Canto (Mexico)
50km walk: Ronald Weigl (East Germany)
4x100m relay: United States
4x400m relay:  Soviet Union

Women's events

100m: Marie Oelsner-Gohr (East Germany)
200m: Marita Koch (East Germany)
400m: Jarmila Kratochvilova (Czechoslovakia)
800m: Jamila Kratochvilova (Czechoslovakia)
1500m: Mary Decker (United States)
3000m: Mary Decker (United States)
Marathon: Grete Waitz (Norway)
100m hurdles: Bettine Jahn (East Germany)
400m hurdles: Yekaterina Fesenko (Soviet Union)
4x100m relay: East Germany
4x400m relay: East Germany

1987 in Rome Italy

Men's events

100m: Carl Lewis (United States)
200m: Calvin Smith (United States)
400m: Thomas Schoenlebe (East Germany)
800m: Billy Konchellah (Kenya)
1500m: Abdi Bile (Somalia)
5000m: Said Aouita (Morocco)
10000m: Paul Kipkoech (Kenya)
Marathon: Douglas Wakiihuri (Kenya)
110m hurdles: Greg Foster (United States)
400m hurdles: Edwin Moses (United States)
3000m steeplechase: Francesco Panetta (Italy)
20 km walk: Maurizio Damilano (Italy)
50 km walk: Hartwig Gauder (East Germany)
4x100m relay: United States
4x400m relay: United States

Women's events

100m: Silke Gladisch (East Germany)
200m: Silke Gladisch (East Germany)
400m: Olga Bryzgina (Soviet Union)
800m: Sigrun Wodars (East Germany)
1500m: Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union)
3000m: Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union)
10000m: Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway)
Marathon: Rosa Mota (Portugal)
100m hurdles: Ginka Zagorcheva (Bulgaria)
400m hurdles: Sabine Busch (East Germany)
10km walk: Irina Strakhova (Soviet Union)
4x100m relay: Soviet Union
4x400m relay: East Germany

1991 in Tokyo Japan (23/8-1/9 1991)

Men's events

100m: Carl Lewis (United States)
200m: Michael Johnson (United States)
400m: Antonio Pettigrew (United States)
800m: Billy Konchellah (Kenya)
1500m: Noureddine Morceli (Algeria)
5000m: Yobes Ondieki (Kenya)
10000m: Moses Tanui (Kenya)
Marathon: Hiromi Taniguchi (Japan)
110m hurdles: Greg Foster (United States)
400m hurdles: Samuel Matete (Zambia)
3000m steeplechase: Moses Kiptanui (Kenya)
20km walk: Maurizio Damilano (Italy)
50km walk: Aleksandr Potashov (Soviet Union)
4x100m relay: United States
4x400m relay: Great Britain

Women's events

100m: Katrin Krabbe (West Germany)
200m: Katrin Krabbe (West Germany)
400m: Marie-Jose Perec (France)
800m: Lilia Nurutdinova (Soviet Union)
1500m: Hassiba Boulmerka (Algeria)
3000m: Tatyana Dorovskikh (Soviet Union)
10000m: Liz McColgan (Great Britain)
Marathon: Wanda Panfil (Poland)
100m hurdles: Ludmila Narozhilenko (Soviet Union)
400m hurdles: Tatyana Ledovskaya (Soviet Union)
10km walk: Alina Ivanova (Soviet Union)
4x100km walk: Jamaica
4x400km: Soviet Union

2009 in Berlin, Germany (15-23/8 2009)


Men's events

100m: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) (9.58)
200m: Usain Bolt (Jamaica) (19.19) (world record)
400m: LaShawn Merritt (United States) (44.06)
800m: Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) (1:45.29)
1500m: Yusuf Saad Kamel (Bahrain) (3:35.93)
5000m: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) (26:46.31) (championship record)
Marathon: Abel Kirui (Kenya) (2:06.54) (championship record)
110m-hurdles: Ryan Brathwaite (Barbados) (national record)
3300m-steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) (championship record)
20km walk: Valeriy Borchin (Russia) (1:18:41)
50km walk: Sergey Kirdyapkin (Russia) (3:38:35)
4x100m relay: Jamaica (37.31) (championship record)
4x400m relay: United States (2:57.86)

Women's events

100m: Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica) (10.73)
200m: Allyson Felix (United States) (22.02)
400m: Sanya Richards (United States) (49.00)
800m: Caster Semenya (South Africa) (1:55.45)
1500m: Maryam Yusuf (Bahrain) (4:03.74)
5000m: Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) (14:57.97)
10000m: Linet Chepkwemoi (Kenya) (30:51.24)
Marathon: Bai Xue (China) (2:25:15)
100m-hurdles: Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) (12.51)
400m-hurdles; Melaine Walker (Jamaica) (52.42) (championship record)
3000m-steeplechase: Martha Dominguez (Spain) (9:07.32)
20km-walk: Olga Kamiskina (Russia) (42.06)
40x100m-relay: Jamaica (42.06)
4x100m-relay: United States (3:17.83)