Men's results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m |  Jamie Henderson (GBR) |
10.21 |  Andrzej Popa (POL) |
10.44 |  Sven Matthes (GDR) |
10.47 |
| 200 m | Marcus Adam (GBR) |
20.95 | Andrzej Popa (POL) |
21.11 | Jamie Henderson (GBR) |
21.18 |
| 400 m | Peter Crampton (GBR) |
46.03 | Tomasz Jędrusik (POL) |
46.31 |  Tamás Molnár (HUN) |
46.68 |
| 800 m |  Tomás de Teresa (ESP) |
1:49.37 |  António Abrantes (POR) |
1:49.74 |  Vincent Terrier (FRA) |
1:49.85 |
| 1500 m |  Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA) |
3:52.10 | Mario Neumann (GDR) |
3:52.85 |  Sergey Melnikov (URS) |
3:53.48 |
| 5000 m | Simon Mugglestone (GBR) |
14:12.83 | Giuliano Baccani (ITA) |
14:18.39 |  Luc Krotwaar (NED) |
14:20.44 |
| 10,000 m | Jens Karrass (GDR) |
29:19.38 |  Haydar Dogan (TUR) |
29:23.45 | Zoltán Káldy (HUN) |
29:26.84 |
| 110 m hurdles | Tony Jarrett (GBR) |
13.72 |  Florian Schwarthoff (FRG) |
13.81 | Paul Gray (GBR) |
14.16 |
| 400 m hurdles |  Niklas Wallenlind (SWE) |
50.65 |  Yvon Delrue (BEL) |
50.96 | Stéphane Leger (FRA) |
51.37 |
| 3000 s'chase | Andreas Fischer (FRG) |
8:54.83 | Vyacheslav Koshelev (URS) |
8:55.93 |  Arto Kuusisto (FIN) |
9:02.53 |
| 20 km run | Zoltán Holba (HUN) |
1:03:22 | Valery Chesak (URS) |
1:03:39 | Marco Di Lieto (ITA) |
1:03:57 |
| 10,000 m walk | Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA) |
39:44.71 | Valentí Massana (ESP) |
41:26.51 | German Nieto (ESP) |
41:38.29 |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Ray Burke Tony Jarrett Jamie Henderson Marcus Adam |
40.20 | West Germany (FRG) Stephan Schütz Michael Schwab Oliver Schmidt Björn Sinnhuber |
40.21 | East Germany (GDR) Lars Olbrich Sven Matthes Torsten Gratz Heiko Barthel |
40.52 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Great Britain (GBR) Richard Hill Gary Patterson Gareth Bakewell Peter Crampton |
3:07.89 | Poland (POL) Mariusz Rzadzinski Wojciech Lach Dariusz Rychter Tomasz Jędrusik |
3:08.72 | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolay Gritsay Vadim Zadoynov Vladimir Lytkin Vladimir Chubrovskiy |
3:09.55 |
| High jump | Artur Partyka (POL) |
2.19 m | Joël Vincent (FRA) |
2.15 m | Jarosław Kotewicz (POL) Aleksandr Khabarov (URS) |
2.15 m |
| Pole vault | Roman Barabashov (URS) |
5.40 m | Marco Schröder (GDR) István Bagyula (HUN) |
5.30 m | Not awarded | |
| Long jump | Vladimir Ochkan (URS) |
8.17 m | Stewart Faulkner (GBR) |
7.67 m |  Milan Gombala (TCH) |
7.63 m |
| Triple jump | Guido Schumann (GDR) |
16.45 m | Roman Sintelyev (URS) |
16.33 m | Georges Sainte-Rose (FRA) |
16.30 m (w) |
| Shot put | Pyotr Pogorelyi (URS) |
18.48 m | Yevgeniy Palchikov (URS) |
18.16 m | Jonny Reinhardt (GDR) |
18.16 m |
| Discus throw | Sergey Pachin (URS) |
59.96 m | Vyacheslav Demakov (URS) |
56.58 m | Gunnar Minstedt (GDR) |
55.84 m |
| Hammer throw | Jörn Hübner (GDR) |
72.10 m | Oleksandr Krykun (URS) |
70.92 m | Claus Dethloff (FRG) |
69.30 m |
| Javelin throw | Steve Backley (GBR) |
75.14 m | Uladzimir Sasimovich (URS) |
73.24 m | Raymond Hecht (GDR) |
72.78 m |
| Decathlon | Patrick Eseimokumoh (GDR) |
7614 pts | Roman Frolov (URS) |
7389 pts |  Barry Walsh (IRL) |
7336 pts |
