# Athletics at the 1990 Goodwill Games – Results

These are the official results of the athletics competition at the 1990 Goodwill Games which took place between July 22 and 26, 1990, at the Husky Stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States.

## Men's results
### 100 meters

July 23 Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Leroy Burrell | United States | 10.05 |
| | 4 | Carl Lewis | United States | 10.08 |
| | 3 | Mark Witherspoon | United States | 10.17 |
| 4 | 7 | Dennis Mitchell | United States | 10.26 |
| 5 | 6 | Andre Cason | United States | 10.28 |
| 6 | 2 | Andrés Simón | Cuba | 10.30 |
| 7 | 1 | Pavel Galkin | Soviet Union | 10.42 |
| 8 | 8 | Ray Stewart | Jamaica | 10.42 |

### 200 meters

July 24
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Michael Johnson | United States | 20.54 |
| | 2 | Robson da Silva | Brazil | 20.77 |
| | 8 | Dennis Mitchell | United States | 20.89 |
| 4 | 3 | Jeff Williams | United States | 20.93 |
| 5 | 7 | Félix Stevens | Cuba | 21.16 |
| 6 | 1 | Cyprian Enweani | Canada | 21.27 |
| 7 | 5 | Daron Council | United States | 21.33 |
| 8 | 6 | Mikhail Vdovin | Soviet Union | 21.63 |

### 400 meters

July 24
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Roberto Hernández | Cuba | 44.79 | GR |
| | 4 | Danny Everett | United States | 45.05 | |
| | 6 | Andrew Valmon | United States | 45.46 | |
| 4 | 3 | Tim Simon | United States | 45.60 | |
| 5 | 7 | Antonio Pettigrew | United States | 46.20 | |
| 6 | 2 | Yevgeniy Lomtyev | Soviet Union | 46.93 | |
| 7 | 8 | Aivar Ojastu | Soviet Union | 47.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Aleksey Petukhov | Soviet Union | 47.13 | |

### 800 meters

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | George Kersh | United States | 1:45.10 | GR |
| | Mark Everett | United States | 1:45.80 | |
| | José Luíz Barbosa | Brazil | 1:45.81 | |
| 4 | Ocky Clark | United States | 1:45.81 | |
| 5 | Andrey Sudnik | Soviet Union | 1:46.24 | |
| 6 | Valeriy Starodubtsev | Soviet Union | 1:47.24 | |
| 7 | Johnny Gray | United States | 1:48.08 | |
| | William Tanui | Kenya | DNS | |

### 1500 meters

July 23
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Joe Falcon | United States | 3:39.97 |
| | William Tanui | Kenya | 3:40.13 |
| | Marcus O'Sullivan | Ireland | 3:40.58 |
| 4 | Sergey Afanasyev | Soviet Union | 3:41.15 |
| 5 | Maurice Smith | United States | 3:41.18 |
| 6 | Davide Tirelli | Italy | 3:41.58 |
| 7 | Vladimir Kolpakov | Soviet Union | 3:42.07 |
| 8 | Abdelaziz Sahere | Morocco | 3:42.18 |
| 9 | Paul Vandegrift | United States | 3:42.24 |
| 10 | Mohamed Shumassi | Morocco | 3:43.51 |
| | Nacer Brahmia | Algeria | DNF |

### 5000 meters

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Paul Williams | Canada | 13:33.52 | GR |
| | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 13:35.67 | |
| | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | 13:36.44 | |
| 4 | Terry Brahm | United States | 13:42.49 | |
| 5 | Rueben Reina | United States | 13:47.90 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Chamyev | Soviet Union | 13:49.43 | |
| 7 | Bob Kennedy | United States | 13:57.22 | |
| 8 | Debebe Demisse | Ethiopia | 13:59.35 | |
| 9 | Mohamed Mourhit | Morocco | 14:08.52 | |
| 10 | Sergey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 14:08.90 | |
| 11 | Doug Padilla | United States | 14:26.92 | |
| 12 | Ignacio Fragoso | Mexico | 14:49.15 | |
| | Mauricio González | Mexico | DNF | |
| | João Campos | Portugal | DNS | |

### 10,000 meters

July 25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Hammou Boutayeb | Morocco | 27:26.43 | GR |
| | Addis Abebe | Ethiopia | 27:42.65 | |
| | John Ngugi | Kenya | 27:42.95 | |
| 4 | Gerardo Alcalá | Mexico | 27:43.07 | |
| 5 | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 27:43.62 | |
| 6 | Steve Plasencia | United States | 27:45.20 | |
| 7 | Pat Porter | United States | 27:56.20 | |
| 8 | Aaron Ramirez | United States | 28:08.56 | |
| 9 | Bedilu Kibret | Ethiopia | 28:15.51 | |
| 10 | Oleg Strizhakov | Soviet Union | 28:16.15 | |
| 11 | Ed Eyestone | United States | 28:17.58 | |
| 12 | Chala Kelele | Ethiopia | 28:18.50 | |
| 13 | Rolando Vera | Ecuador | 28:19.22 | |
| 14 | Rafael Zepeda | Mexico | 28:41.53 | |
| 15 | Sergey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 28:45.04 | |
| 16 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | Algeria | 29:03.59 | |
| 17 | Carey Nelson | Canada | 29:24.32 | |
| 18 | Herbert Steffny | West Germany | 29:56.62 | |
| 19 | Pedro Ortiz | Colombia | 30:22.45 | |
| | Abdelaziz Sahere | Morocco | DNF | |
| | Mohamed Shumassi | Morocco | DNF | |
| | Gidamis Shahanga | Tanzania | DNF | |
| | Mikhail Dasko | Soviet Union | DNS | |

### Marathon

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Dave Mora | United States | 2:14:49.27 |
| | Nikolay Tabak | Soviet Union | 2:16:27.64 |
| | Peter Maher | Canada | 2:17:15.33 |
| 4 | Budd Coates | United States | 2:18:57.86 |
| 5 | Taleb Tounsi | France | 2:19:38.31 |
| 6 | Zerihun Gizaw | Ethiopia | 2:20:46.57 |
| 7 | Wodajo Bulti | Ethiopia | 2:21:56.45 |
| 8 | Viktor Mozgovoy | Soviet Union | 2:23:26.38 |
| 9 | Thomas Robert Naali | Tanzania | 2:23:46.27 |
| 10 | Aleksandr Vychuzhanin | Soviet Union | 2:23:53.23 |
| 11 | Ricardo Cuéllar | Mexico | 2:24:50.31 |
| 12 | Mike Keohane | United States | 2:26:05.08 |
| 13 | Jean-Luc Assemat | France | 2:26:18.58 |
| 14 | Francisco Rivera | Mexico | 2:29:25.27 |
| | Jerry Marsh | United States | DNF |
| | Sergey Rozum | Soviet Union | DNF |

### 110 meters hurdles

July 23
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Roger Kingdom | United States | 13.47 |
| | 4 | Tony Dees | United States | 13.48 |
| | 3 | Arthur Blake | United States | 13.53 |
| 4 | 8 | Cletus Clark | United States | 13.62 |
| 5 | 7 | Igor Kazanov | Soviet Union | 13.71 |
| 6 | 2 | Sergey Usov | Soviet Union | 13.95 |
| 7 | 1 | Li Tong | China | 14.05 |
| | 6 | Tonie Campbell | United States | DQ |

### 400 meters hurdles

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Winthrop Graham | Jamaica | 48.78 |
| | David Patrick | United States | 49.00 |
| | Kevin Young | United States | 49.17 |
| 4 | Nat Page | United States | 49.34 |
| 5 | Aleksey Bazarov | Soviet Union | 50.13 |
| 6 | Kevin Henderson | United States | 50.48 |
| 7 | Vadim Zadoinov | Soviet Union | 50.48 |
| 8 | George Porter | United States | 51.17 |

### 3000 meters steeplechase

July 24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Brian Diemer | United States | 8:32.24 |
| | Vasily Koromyslov | Soviet Union | 8:33.76 |
| | Valeriy Vandyak | Soviet Union | 8:34.18 |
| 4 | Mark Croghan | United States | 8:35.60 |
| 5 | Bruno Coutant | France | 8:36.86 |
| 6 | Mark Coogan | United States | 8:41.27 |
| 7 | Franco Boffi | Italy | 8:50.45 |
| | Graeme Fell | Canada | DNS |
| | Patrick Sang | Kenya | DNS |
| | Micah Boinet | Kenya | DNS |

### 4 x 100 meters relay

July 26
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | 6 | United States | Mike Marsh, Daron Council, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell | 38.45 |
| | 4 | Cuba | Andrés Simón, Leandro Peñalver, Félix Stevens, Joel Isasi | 38.49 |
| | 5 | Soviet Union | Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Oleg Fatun, Pavel Galkin | 38.96 |
| 4 | 3 | Nigeria | Yemi Aladefa, Osmond Ezinwa, Victor Nwankwo, Davidson Ezinwa | 39.38 |
| 5 | 8 | Canada | Cyprian Enweani, Mike Dwyer, Brad McCuaig, Bruny Surin | 39.39 |
| 6 | 7 | Jamaica | Wayne Watson, John Mair, Michael Green, Patrick Williams | 39.42 |

### 4 x 400 meters relay

July 26
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| | United States | Clarence Daniel, Andrew Valmon, Antonio Pettigrew, Tim Simon | 2:59.54 | GR |
| | Jamaica | Seymour Fagan, Devon Morris, Howard Burnett, Patrick O'Connor | 3:00.45 | |
| | Cuba | Juan Martínez, Félix Stevens, Héctor Herrera, Roberto Hernández | 3:03.35 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union | Aleksey Petukhov, Vladimir Prosin, Aivar Ojastu, Yevgeniy Lomtyev | 3:04.64 | |

### 20,000 meters walk

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Ernesto Canto | Mexico | 1:23:13.12 | GR |
| | Mikhail Shchennikov | Soviet Union | 1:23:22.34 | |
| | Bernd Gummelt | East Germany | 1:23:29.61 | |
| 4 | Nick A'Hern | Australia | 1:23:49.90 | |
| 5 | Simon Baker | Australia | 1:23:57.04 | |
| 6 | Grigory Kornev | Soviet Union | 1:24:56.44 | |
| 7 | Andrew Jachno | Australia | 1:25:44.56 | |
| 8 | Andrey Perlov | Soviet Union | 1:25:51.90 | |
| 9 | Guillaume LeBlanc | Canada | 1:26:19.96 | |
| 10 | Hartwig Gauder | East Germany | 1:28:26.62 | |
| 11 | Ronald Weigel | East Germany | 1:28:56.45 | |
| 12 | Martín Bermúdez | Mexico | 1:29:36.56 | |
| | Carlo Mattioli | Italy | DNF | |
| | Doug Fournier | United States | DNF | |
| | Sérgio Viera | Brazil | DNF | |
| | Tim Lewis | United States | DNF | |
| | Frants Kostyukevich | Soviet Union | DNF | |
| | Tim Barrett | Canada | DQ | |
| | Aleksander Pershin | Soviet Union | DQ | |

### High jump

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.24 | 2.30 | 2.33 | 2.40 | Result |
| | Hollis Conway | United States | | o | o | xxx | 2.33 |
| | Doug Nordquist | United States | o | | x | | 2.30 |
| | Tony Barton | United States | | | | | 2.30 |
| 4 | Sorin Matei | Romania | | | xxx | | 2.30 |
| 5 | Aleksey Yemelin | Soviet Union | | | | | 2.27 |
| 6 | Sergey Dymchenko | Soviet Union | | | | | 2.27 |
| 7 | Charles Austin | United States | | | | | 2.27 |
| 8 | John Morris | United States | | | | | 2.24 |

### Pole vault

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.37 | 5.57 | 5.72 | 5.77 | 5.81 | 5.87 | 6.08 | Result |
| | Radion Gataullin | Soviet Union | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.92 |
| | Grigoriy Yegorov | Soviet Union | | | o | | | xo | | 5.87 |
| | Tim Bright | United States | | | | xo | x | | | 5.77 |
| 4 | Kory Tarpenning | United States | | | | | | | | 5.72 |
| 5 | Scott Huffman | United States | | | o | | | | | 5.72 |
| 6 | Maksim Tarasov | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | 5.57 |
| 7 | Igor Potapovich | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | 5.57 |
| 8 | Earl Bell | United States | | xxx | | | | | | 5.37 |
| | Doug Wood | Canada | | | | | | | | NM |

### Long jump

July 25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | Carl Lewis | United States | 8.34w | x | 8.38 | 8.34 | ? | 8.31 | 8.38 |
| | Mike Powell | United States | 8.34w | 8.06 | 8.30 | 8.22 | x | x | 8.34w |
| | Robert Emmiyan | Soviet Union | 8.03 | 8.23 | x | x | 7.93 | 8.07 | 8.23 |
| 4 | Llewellyn Starcks | United States | 7.85 | 8.11 | 7.93 | ? | ? | ? | 8.11 |
| 5 | Dion Bentley | United States | 7.75 | 8.00 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 8.00 |
| 6 | Jaime Jefferson | Cuba | 7.73 | 7.78 | 7.77 | 7.98 | 7.95 | 7.78 | 7.98 |
| 7 | Andre Ester | United States | 7.68 | ? | ? | 7.78 | ? | 7.96 | 7.96 |
| | Andrey Ignatov | Soviet Union | | | | | | | DNS |
| | Luis Bueno | Cuba | | | | | | | DNS |

### Triple jump

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Kenny Harrison | United States | 17.72 | GR |
| | Mike Conley | United States | 17.48 | |
| | Vladimir Inozemtsev | Soviet Union | 17.06 | |
| 4 | Igor Lapshin | Soviet Union | 16.96 | |
| 5 | Vasiliy Sokov | Soviet Union | 16.68 | |
| 6 | Edrick Floréal | Canada | 16.64 | |
| 7 | Gregorio Hernández | Cuba | 16.58 | |
| 8 | Charles Simpkins | United States | 15.92 | |
| | Benjamin Koech | Kenya | DNS | |

### Shot put

July 25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Randy Barnes | United States | 21.44 |
| | Jim Doehring | United States | 21.12 |
| | Vyacheslav Lykho | Soviet Union | 20.70 |
| 4 | Sergey Smirnov | Soviet Union | 19.97 |
| 5 | Ron Backes | United States | 19.66 |
| 6 | Art McDermott | United States | 19.25 |

### Discus throw

July 23
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Romas Ubartas | Soviet Union | 67.14 | GR |
| | Kamy Keshmiri | United States | 65.50 | |
| | Mike Buncic | United States | 62.06 | |
| 4 | Ade Olukoju | Nigeria | 62.02 | |
| 5 | Sergey Lyakhov | Soviet Union | 61.94 | |
| 6 | Randy Heisler | United States | 56.02 | |
| | Knut Hjeltnes | Norway | DNS | |
| | Juan Martínez | Cuba | DNS | |

### Hammer throw

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| | Igor Astapkovich | Soviet Union | x | 82.52 | 84.12 | x | 84.04 | 83.34 | 84.12 |
| | Andrey Abduvaliyev | Soviet Union | 82.00 | 82.20 | x | x | x | x | 82.20 |
| | Igor Nikulin | Soviet Union | 82.14 | 81.90 | x | x | 81.34 | x | 82.14 |
| 4 | Vasiliy Sidorenko | Soviet Union | 77.40 | 78.94 | 78.28 | 79.02 | x | 77.80 | 79.02 |
| 5 | Lance Deal | United States | 75.76 | 76.14 | 74.92 | x | 76.94 | 76.52 | 76.94 |
| 6 | Ken Flax | United States | x | 76.12 | x | 73.74 | 74.22 | 74.80 | 76.12 |
| 7 | Jud Logan | United States | x | 75.02 | x | x | 72.42 | x | 75.02 |
| 8 | Jim Driscoll | United States | x | 69.48 | 69.48 | 68.66 | 70.68 | x | 70.68 |

### Javelin throw

July 24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Viktor Zaytsev | Soviet Union | 84.16 | GR |
| | Ramon Gonzáles | Cuba | 80.84 | |
| | Masami Yoshida | Japan | 77.36 | |
| 4 | Marek Kaleta | Soviet Union | 77.18 | |
| 5 | Klaus Tafelmeier | West Germany | 76.66 | |
| 6 | Einar Vilhjálmsson | Iceland | 76.26 | |
| 7 | Dave Stephens | United States | 73.28 | |
| | Peter Schreiber | West Germany | DNS | |
| | Siggi Einarsson | Iceland | DNS | |
| | Vince Labosky | United States | DNS | |

### Decathlon

July 24–25
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| | Dave Johnson | United States | 11.18 | 7.20 | 14.44 | 2.05 | 48.41 | 15.63 | 46.48 | 4.95 | 68.66 | 4:26.19 | 8403 | GR |
| | Dan O'Brien | United States | 10.99 | 7.91 | 15.16 | 2.08 | 48.38 | 14.44 | 46.34 | 4.55 | 57.40 | 4:36.63 | 8358 | |
| | Mikhail Medved | Soviet Union | 11.21 | 7.23 | 15.62 | 2.05 | 50.17 | 14.68 | 49.60 | 5.05 | 62.62 | 4:35.54 | 8330 | |
| 4 | Mike Smith | Canada | 11.27 | 7.14 | 14.45 | 2.05 | 47.64 | 14.82 | 46.24 | 4.85 | 64.40 | 4:23.97 | 8298 | |
| 5 | Roman Terekhov | Soviet Union | 11.34 | 7.35 | 14.48 | 2.02 | 50.76 | 14.43 | 41.92 | 4.75 | 56.88 | 4:19.95 | 8005 | |
| 6 | Sheldon Blockburger | United States | 10.98 | 7.37 | 14.16 | 2.05 | 49.59 | 15.00 | 41.30 | 4.75 | 62.28 | 4:42.44 | 8002 | |
| 7 | Andrei Nazarov | Soviet Union | 11.27 | 7.33 | 12.99 | 2.08 | 48.81 | 14.53 | 41.04 | 4.95 | 55.58 | 4:33.17 | 7993 | |
| 8 | Jay Thorson | United States | 11.54 | 6.92 | 13.79 | 1.93 | 49.54 | 15.55 | 45.46 | 4.75 | 50.72 | 4:41.48 | 7494 | |
| | Rišardas Malachovskis | Soviet Union | 11.46 | 6.76 | 14.21 | 2.08 | 48.85 | 14.89 | 41.98 | NM | DNS | – | DNF | |
| | Derek Huff | United States | 11.19 | 7.15 | 13.66 | 1.96 | 50.37 | 15.25 | 41.00 | DNS | – | – | DNF | |

## Women's results
### 100 meters

July 23 Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 11.03 |
| | 5 | Sheila Echols | United States | 11.05 |
| | 7 | Michelle Finn | United States | 11.05 |
| 4 | 3 | Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 11.24 |
| 5 | 4 | Evelyn Ashford | United States | 11.24 |
| 6 | 2 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 11.25 |
| 7 | 8 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.50 |
| 8 | 1 | Angela Bailey | Canada | 11.57 |

### 200 meters

July 25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Dannette Young | United States | 22.64 |
| | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 22.88 |
| | Grace Jackson | Jamaica | 22.96 |
| 4 | Michelle Finn | United States | 23.00 |
| 5 | Galina Malchugina | Soviet Union | 23.03 |
| 6 | Oksana Stepicheva | Soviet Union | 23.10 |
| 7 | Yelena Bykova | Soviet Union | 23.11 |
| 8 | Miriam Ferrer | Cuba | 26.06 |

### 400 meters

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 50.34 |
| | Lyudmila Dzhigalova | Soviet Union | 51.38 |
| | Rochelle Stevens | United States | 51.54 |
| 4 | Maicel Malone | United States | 51.73 |
| 5 | Yelena Ruzina | Soviet Union | 51.93 |
| 6 | Jillian Richardson | Canada | 52.29 |
| 7 | Marina Shmonina | Soviet Union | 52.40 |
| 8 | Lillie Leatherwood | United States | 52.77 |

### 800 meters

July 23
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Ana Fidelia Quirot | Cuba | 1:57.42 | GR |
| | Liliya Nurutdinova | Soviet Union | 1:57.52 | |
| | Tatyana Grebenshuk | Soviet Union | 1:58.21 | |
| 4 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 1:58.72 | |
| 5 | Nadezhda Loboyko | Soviet Union | 1:59.05 | |
| 6 | Meredith Rainey | United States | 2:00.45 | |
| 7 | Celeste Halliday | United States | 2:01.08 | |
| 8 | Joetta Clark | United States | 2:01.94 | |
| 9 | Nadiya Olizarenko | Soviet Union | 2:03.39 | |
| | Julie Jenkins | United States | DQ | |

### 1500 meters

July 25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Natalya Artyomova | Soviet Union | 4:09.48 |
| | Yekaterina Podkopayeva | Soviet Union | 4:09.91 |
| | PattiSue Plumer | United States | 4:10.72 |
| 4 | Suzy Favor | United States | 4:11.45 |
| 5 | Ravilya Kotovich | Soviet Union | 4:11.54 |
| 6 | Robyn Meagher | Canada | 4:13.74 |
| 7 | Leah Pells | Canada | 4:14.78 |
| 8 | Linda Sheskey | United States | 4:14.96 |
| | Doina Melinte | Romania | DNS |

### 3000 meters

July 23
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | PattiSue Plumer | United States | 8:51.59 |
| | Yelena Romanova | Soviet Union | 8:51.79 |
| | Lynn Jennings | United States | 8:52.34 |
| 4 | Margareta Keszeg | Romania | 8:52.66 |
| 5 | Ravilya Kotovich | Soviet Union | 8:53.20 |
| 6 | Annette Peters | United States | 8:56.89 |
| 7 | Mahomi Muranaka | Japan | 9:12.50 |
| 8 | Trina Painter | United States | 9:17.03 |
| 9 | María Luisa Servín | Mexico | 9:27.28 |
| | Natalya Artyomova | Soviet Union | DNS |

### 5000 meters

July 24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Yelena Romanova | Soviet Union | 15:02.23 | GR |
| | Viorica Ghican | Romania | 15:27.77 | |
| | Sabrina Dornhoefer | United States | 15:38.87 | |
| 4 | Shelly Steely | United States | 15:41.23 | |
| 5 | Sammie Gdowski | United States | 15:59.72 | |
| 6 | Brenda Webb | United States | 16:00.85 | |
| 7 | Akemi Matsuno | Japan | 16:04.34 | |
| 8 | Valerie McGovern | Ireland | 16:13.56 | |
| 9 | Tamara Koba | Soviet Union | 16:18.95 | |
| 10 | Tashiro Miho | Japan | 16:45.24 | |
| | Aurora Cunha | Portugal | DNS | |

### 10,000 meters

July 26
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 32:01.17 | GR |
| | Cathy O'Brien | United States | 32:05.40 | |
| | Olga Nazarkina | Soviet Union | 32:05.76 | |
| 4 | Yelena Tolstoguzova | Soviet Union | 32:06.41 | |
| 5 | Sylvia Mosqueda | United States | 32:13.37 | |
| 6 | Collette Murphy | United States | 32:33.96 | |
| 7 | María Luisa Servín | Mexico | 32:55.22 | |
| 8 | Carole Rouillard | Canada | 33:09.37 | |
| 9 | Carmen Díaz | Mexico | 33:26.35 | |
| | Aurora Cunha | Portugal | DNS | |

### Marathon

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Zoya Ivanova | Soviet Union | 2:34:37.50 |
| | Irina Bogacheva | Soviet Union | 2:36:24.70 |
| | Ramilya Barangulova | Soviet Union | 2:37:40.70 |
| 4 | Lisa Kindelan | United States | 2:42:05.50 |
| 5 | Tatyana Zuyeva | Soviet Union | 2:45:58.80 |
| 6 | Leslie Lewis | United States | 2:51:13.30 |
| 7 | Rosa Gutierrez | United States | 2:57:43.50 |
| 8 | Debra Medina | Colombia | 3:01:04.00 |

### 100 meters hurdles

July 23
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Natalya Grigoryeva | Soviet Union | 12.70 |
| | Lyudmila Narozhilenko | Soviet Union | 12.88 |
| | LaVonna Martin | United States | 12.89 |
| 4 | Lidiya Yurkova | Soviet Union | 12.92 |
| 5 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 12.99 |
| 6 | Candy Young | United States | 13.11 |
| 7 | Lynda Tolbert | United States | 13.14 |
| 8 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 13.17 |

### 400 meters hurdles

July 26
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | United States | 55.16 |
| | 3 | Schowonda Williams | United States | 55.65 |
| | 7 | Lyudmila Khodosevich | Soviet Union | 57.33 |
| 4 | 6 | Kathy Freeman | United States | 57.71 |
| 5 | 2 | Vera Ordina | Soviet Union | 57.94 |
| | 5 | Janeene Vickers | United States | DQ |
| | 8 | Victoria Fulcher | United States | DQ |
| | 1 | Petra Krug | East Germany | DNS |

### 4 x 100 meters relay

July 26
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | 4 | United States | Carlette Guidry, Sheila Echols, Michelle Finn, Evelyn Ashford | 42.46 |
| | 5 | Soviet Union | Yelena Bykova, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Kovtun, Irina Sergeyeva | 42.67 |
| | 6 | Jamaica | Michelle Freeman, Juliet Campbell, Layphane Carnegie, Ethlyn Tate | 44.12 |
| 4 | 3 | Cuba | Miriam Ferrer, Aliuska López, Odalys Adams, Liliana Allen | 44.35 |

### 4 x 400 meters relay

July 26
| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| | Soviet Union "A" | Yelena Vinogradova, Marina Shmonina, Yelena Ruzina, Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 3:23.70 |
| | United States | Natasha Kaiser, Rochelle Stevens, Lillie Leatherwood, Maicel Malone | 3:24.53 |
| | Soviet Union "B" | Nadezhda Loboyko, Tatyana Grebenchuk, Nadiya Olizarenko, Liliya Nurutdinova | 3:30.60 |
| 4 | Jamaica | Cathy Rattray-Williams, Vivienne Spence, Andrea Thomas, Juliet Campbell | 3:33.11 |

### 10,000 meters walk

July 24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Nadezhda Ryashkina | Soviet Union | 41:56.21 | WR, GR |
| | Kerry Saxby | Australia | 41:57.22 | |
| | Beate Anders | East Germany | 42:48.51 | |
| 4 | Olga Kardapoltseva | Soviet Union | 43:38.01 | |
| 5 | Olga Krishtop | Soviet Union | 45:28.11 | |
| 6 | Pascale Grand | Canada | 46:23.80 | |
| 7 | Debbi Lawrence | United States | 46:31.71 | |
| 8 | Teresa Vaill | United States | 49:43.00 | |

### High jump

July 23
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| | Yelena Yelesina | Soviet Union | 2.02 | PB |
| | Yolanda Henry | United States | 1.92 | |
| | Megumi Sato | Japan | 1.89 | |
| 4 | Vicki Borsheim | United States | 1.89 | |
| 5 | Jan Wohlschlag | United States | 1.89 | |
| 6 | Niki Gavera | Greece | 1.86 | |
| 7 | Phyllis Bluntson | United States | 1.86 | |
| | Tamara Bykova | Soviet Union | DQ | |

### Long jump

July 24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Inessa Kravets | Soviet Union | 6.93 |
| | Larisa Berezhnaya | Soviet Union | 6.61 |
| | Sheila Echols | United States | 6.51 |
| 4 | Cindy Greiner | United States | 6.49 |
| 5 | Jennifer Inniss | United States | 6.26 |
| 6 | Sheila Hudson | United States | 6.14 |
| 7 | Gwen Loud | United States | 6.09 |

### Shot put

July 24
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Natalya Lisovskaya | Soviet Union | 20.60 |
| | Huang Zhihong | China | 20.50 |
| | Belsis Laza | China | 18.98 |
| 4 | Marina Antonyuk | Soviet Union | 18.92 |
| 5 | Larisa Peleshenko | Soviet Union | 18.67 |
| 6 | Ramona Pagel | United States | 18.37 |
| 7 | Connie Price | United States | 18.24 |
| | Claudia Losch | West Germany | DNS |

### Discus throw

July 22
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Ilke Wyludda | East Germany | 68.08 |
| | Irina Yatchenko | Soviet Union | 67.04 |
| | Olga Burova | Soviet Union | 65.46 |
| 4 | Maritza Martén | Cuba | 64.90 |
| 5 | Hilda Ramos | Cuba | 63.92 |
| 6 | Hou Xuemei | China | 62.92 |
| 7 | Lacy Barnes | United States | 57.84 |
| 8 | Connie Price | United States | 57.24 |
| | Yelena Zvereva | Soviet Union | NM |

### Javelin throw

July 25
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Natalya Shikolenko | Soviet Union | 61.62 |
| | Tatyana Shikolenko | Soviet Union | 59.06 |
| | Karin Smith | United States | 58.94 |
| 4 | Donna Mayhew | United States | 58.62 |
| 5 | Laverne Eve | Bahamas | 56.84 |
| 6 | Marilyn Senz | United States | 56.04 |
| | Petra Felke | East Germany | DNS |
| | Isel López | Cuba | DNS |

### Heptathlon

July 22–23
| Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points |
| Jackie Joyner | United States | 12.79 | 1.87 | 13.93 | 24.26 | 6.91 | 47.64 | 2:17.41 | 6783 |
| Svetlana Zinina | Soviet Union | 13.72 | 1.75 | 13.63 | 25.09 | 6.36 | 44.80 | 2:19.96 | 6128 |
| Gea Johnson | United States | 13.83 | 1.78 | 14.18 | 25.26 | 6.11 | 37.60 | 2:19.25 | 5963 |
| Cindy Greiner | United States | 13.87 | 1.75 | 13.77 | 25.30 | 6.13 | DNS | – | DNF |
| Irina Belova | Soviet Union | 13.84 | 1.81 | 12.44 | 24.65 | DNS | – | – | DNF |
| Liliana Năstase | Romania | 13.16 | 1.72 | 11.61 | 25.07 | DNS | – | – | DNF |
| Larisa Nikitina | Soviet Union | 14.00 | 1.84 | 15.49 | 25.66 | 6.21 | 48.84 | 2:25.14 | DQ |