The 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 9, and September 10, 2005.

The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary on September 3 as the Monaco stadium was not large enough to hold the event.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago		Aziz Zakari  Ghana		Dwight Thomas  Jamaica
200 m	Tyson Gay  United States		Christopher Williams  Jamaica		Wallace Spearmon  United States
400 m	Tyree Washington  United States		Timothy Benjamin  Great Britain		Chris Brown  Bahamas
800 m	Wilfred Bungei  Kenya		Yusuf Saad Kamel  Bahrain		Yuriy Borzakovskiy  Russia
1,500 m	Ivan Heshko  Ukraine		Bernard Lagat  United States		Alex Kipchirchir  Kenya
3000 m	Bernard Lagat  United States		Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya		Augustine Kiprono Choge  Kenya
5000 m	Sileshi Sihine  Ethiopia		Boniface Kiprop  Uganda		Isaac Kiprono Songok  Kenya
110 m hurdles	Allen Johnson  United States		Dominique Arnold  United States		Terrence Trammell  United States
400 m hurdles	Bershawn Jackson  United States		Kemel Thompson  Jamaica		L.J. van Zyl  South Africa
3000 m s'chase	Paul Kipsiele Koech  Kenya		Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya		Brimin Kipruto  Kenya
Long jump	Dwight Phillips  United States		Miguel Pate  United States		James Beckford  Jamaica
Triple jump	Yoandri Betanzos  Cuba		Jádel Gregório  Brazil		Walter Davis  United States
High jump	Víctor Moya  Cuba		Vyacheslav Voronin  Russia		Yaroslav Rybakov  Russia Stefan Holm  Sweden
Pole vault	Brad Walker  United States		Tim Lobinger  Germany		Igor Pavlov  Russia Giuseppe Gibilisco  Italy
Shot put	Adam Nelson  United States		Joachim Olsen  Denmark		Reese Hoffa  United States
Discus throw	Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania		Gerd Kanter  Estonia		Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary
Javelin throw	Tero Pitkämäki  Finland		Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway		Sergey Makarov  Russia
Hammer throw[1]	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  Finland		Vadim Devyatovskiy  Belarus		Krisztián Pars  Hungary

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Veronica Campbell  Jamaica		Christine Arron  France		Lauryn Williams  United States
200 m	Allyson Felix  United States		Veronica Campbell  Jamaica		Christine Arron  France
400 m	Sanya Richards  United States		Tonique Williams-Darling  Bahamas		DeeDee Trotter  United States
800 m	Zulia Calatayud  Cuba		Hasna Benhassi  Morocco		Mayte Martínez  Spain
1500 m	Maryam Yusuf Jamal  Bahrain		Tatyana Tomashova  Russia		Natalya Yevdokimova  Russia
3000 m	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia		Gelete Burika  Ethiopia		Zakia Mrisho Mohamed  Tanzania
5000 m	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia		Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia		Berhane Adere  Ethiopia
100 m hurdles	Michelle Perry  United States		Brigitte Foster-Hylton  Jamaica		Delloreen Ennis-London  Jamaica
400 m hurdles	Lashinda Demus  United States		Yuliya Pechonkina  Russia		Sandra Glover  United States
3000 m s'chase	Docus Inzikuru  Uganda		Wioletta Janowska  Poland		Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica
Long jump[2]	Anju Bobby George  India	6.75 m	Grace Upshaw  United States	6.67 m	Eunice Barber  France	6.51 m
Triple jump	Hrysopiyi Devetzi  Greece		Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia		Yargelis Savigne  Cuba
High jump	Kajsa Bergqvist  Sweden	2.00 m	Iryna Mykhalchenko  Ukraine	1.93 m	Vita Palamar  Ukraine	1.93 m
Pole vault	Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia		Monika Pyrek  Poland		Tatyana Polnova  Russia
Shot put[3]	Valerie Vili  New Zealand	19.55 m	Natallia Kharaneka  Belarus	18.80 m	Olga Ryabinkina  Russia	18.64 m
Discus throw	Natalya Sadova  Russia		Franka Dietzsch  Germany		Aretha Thurmond  United States
Javelin throw	Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba		Steffi Nerius  Germany		Sonia Bisset  Cuba
Hammer throw	Yipsi Moreno  Cuba		Kamila Skolimowska  Poland		Olga Kuzenkova  Russia