| Disciplina | Moški | Ženske |
| 100 m | Marcell Jacobs (Ita) | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jam) |
| 200 m | Andre De Grasse (Kan) | Elaine Thompson-Herah (Jam) |
| 400 m | Steven Gardiner (Bah) | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (Bah) |
| 800 m | Emmanuel Korir (Ken) | Athing Mu (ZDA) |
| 1500 m | Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Nor) | Faith Kipyegon (Ken) |
| 5000 m | Joshua Cheptegei (Uga) | Sifan Hassan (Niz) |
| 10000 m | Selemon Barega (Eti) | Sifan Hassan (Niz) |
| 100 m ovire | / | Jasmine Camacho Quinn (Prt) |
| 110 m ovire | Hansle Parchment (Jam) | / |
| 400 m ovire | Karsten Warholm (Nor) | Sydney McLaughlin (ZDA) |
| 3000 m zapreke | Soufiane El Bakkali (Mar) | Peruth Chemutai (Uga) |
| 4 x 100 m | Italija | Jamajka |
| 4 x 400 m | ZDA | ZDA |
| Maraton | Eliud Kipchoge (Ken) | Peres Jepchirchir (Ken) |
| Hoja 20 km | Massimo Stano (Ita) | Antonella Palmisano (Ita) |
| Hoja 50 km | Dawid Tomala (Pol) | / |
| Daljina | Militiadis Tentoglu (Grč) | Malaika Mihambo (Nem) |
| Troskok | Pedro Pichardo (Por) | Yulimar Rojas (Ven) |
| Višina | Mutaz Essa Barshim (Kat) in Gianmarco Tamberi (Ita) | Marija Lasickene (Rus) |
| Palica | Armand Duplantis (Šve) | Katie Nageotte (ZDA) |
| Krogla | Ryan Crouser (ZDA) | Lidžiao Gong (Kit) |
| Disk | Daniel Stahl (Šve) | Valarie Allman (ZDA) |
| Kopje | Neeraj Chopra (Ind) | Šijing Liu (Kit) |
| Kladivo | Wojciech Nowicki (Pol) | Anita Wlodarczyk (Pol) |
| Sedmeroboj | / | Nafissatou Thiam (Bel) |
| Deseteroboj | Damian Warner (Kan) | / |
