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 23Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Leroy Burrell | 10.05 | |||
| 4 | Carl Lewis | 10.08 | |||
| 3 | Mark Witherspoon | 10.17 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Dennis Mitchell | 10.26 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Andre Cason | 10.28 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Andrés Simón | 10.30 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Pavel Galkin | 10.42 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Ray Stewart | 10.42 |
200 meters
July 24| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Michael Johnson | 20.54 | |||
| 2 | Robson da Silva | 20.77 | |||
| 8 | Dennis Mitchell | 20.89 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Jeff Williams | 20.93 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Félix Stevens | 21.16 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Cyprian Enweani | 21.27 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Daron Council | 21.33 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Mikhail Vdovin | 21.63 |
400 meters
July 24| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Roberto Hernández | 44.79 | GR | ||
| 4 | Danny Everett | 45.05 | |||
| 6 | Andrew Valmon | 45.46 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Tim Simon | 45.60 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Antonio Pettigrew | 46.20 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Yevgeniy Lomtyev | 46.93 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Aivar Ojastu | 47.00 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Aleksey Petukhov | 47.13 |
800 meters
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| George Kersh | 1:45.10 | GR | ||
| Mark Everett | 1:45.80 | |||
| José Luíz Barbosa | 1:45.81 | |||
| 4 | Ocky Clark | 1:45.81 | ||
| 5 | Andrey Sudnik | 1:46.24 | ||
| 6 | Valeriy Starodubtsev | 1:47.24 | ||
| 7 | Johnny Gray | 1:48.08 | ||
| William Tanui |
1500 meters
July 23| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Joe Falcon | 3:39.97 | |||
| William Tanui | 3:40.13 | |||
| Marcus O'Sullivan | 3:40.58 | |||
| Sergey Afanasyev | 3:41.15 | |||
| Maurice Smith | 3:41.18 | |||
| Davide Tirelli | 3:41.58 | |||
| Vladimir Kolpakov | 3:42.07 | |||
| Abdelaziz Sahere | 3:42.18 | |||
| Paul Vandegrift | 3:42.24 | |||
| 10 | Mohamed Shumassi | 3:43.51 | ||
| Nacer Brahmia |
5000 meters
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Paul Williams | 13:33.52 | GR | ||
| Addis Abebe | 13:35.67 | |||
| Mikhail Dasko | 13:36.44 | |||
| Terry Brahm | 13:42.49 | |||
| Rueben Reina | 13:47.90 | |||
| Nikolay Chamyev | 13:49.43 | |||
| Bob Kennedy | 13:57.22 | |||
| Debebe Demisse | 13:59.35 | |||
| Mohamed Mourhit | 14:08.52 | |||
| 10 | Sergey Smirnov | 14:08.90 | ||
| 11 | Doug Padilla | 14:26.92 | ||
| 12 | Ignacio Fragoso | 14:49.15 | ||
| Mauricio González | ||||
| João Campos |
10,000 meters
July 25| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Hammou Boutayeb | 27:26.43 | GR | ||
| Addis Abebe | 27:42.65 | |||
| John Ngugi | 27:42.95 | |||
| Gerardo Alcalá | 27:43.07 | |||
| Moses Tanui | 27:43.62 | |||
| Steve Plasencia | 27:45.20 | |||
| Pat Porter | 27:56.20 | |||
| Aaron Ramirez | 28:08.56 | |||
| Bedilu Kibret | 28:15.51 | |||
| 10 | Oleg Strizhakov | 28:16.15 | ||
| 11 | Ed Eyestone | 28:17.58 | ||
| 12 | Chala Kelele | 28:18.50 | ||
| 13 | Rolando Vera | 28:19.22 | ||
| 14 | Rafael Zepeda | 28:41.53 | ||
| 15 | Sergey Smirnov | 28:45.04 | ||
| 16 | Sid-Ali Sakhri | 29:03.59 | ||
| 17 | Carey Nelson | 29:24.32 | ||
| 18 | Herbert Steffny | 29:56.62 | ||
| 19 | Pedro Ortiz | 30:22.45 | ||
| Abdelaziz Sahere | ||||
| Mohamed Shumassi | ||||
| Gidamis Shahanga | ||||
| Mikhail Dasko |
Marathon
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Dave Mora | 2:14:49.27 | |||
| Nikolay Tabak | 2:16:27.64 | |||
| Peter Maher | 2:17:15.33 | |||
| Budd Coates | 2:18:57.86 | |||
| Taleb Tounsi | 2:19:38.31 | |||
| Zerihun Gizaw | 2:20:46.57 | |||
| Wodajo Bulti | 2:21:56.45 | |||
| Viktor Mozgovoy | 2:23:26.38 | |||
| Thomas Robert Naali | 2:23:46.27 | |||
| 10 | Aleksandr Vychuzhanin | 2:23:53.23 | ||
| 11 | Ricardo Cuéllar | 2:24:50.31 | ||
| 12 | Mike Keohane | 2:26:05.08 | ||
| 13 | Jean-Luc Assemat | 2:26:18.58 | ||
| 14 | Francisco Rivera | 2:29:25.27 | ||
| Jerry Marsh | ||||
| Sergey Rozum |
110 meters hurdles
July 23| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 5 | Roger Kingdom | 13.47 | |||
| 4 | Tony Dees | 13.48 | |||
| 3 | Arthur Blake | 13.53 | |||
| 4 | 8 | Cletus Clark | 13.62 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Igor Kazanov | 13.71 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Sergey Usov | 13.95 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Li Tong | 14.05 | ||
| 6 | Tonie Campbell |
400 meters hurdles
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Winthrop Graham | 48.78 | |||
| David Patrick | 49.00 | |||
| Kevin Young | 49.17 | |||
| 4 | Nat Page | 49.34 | ||
| 5 | Aleksey Bazarov | 50.13 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Henderson | 50.48 | ||
| 7 | Vadim Zadoinov | 50.48 | ||
| 8 | George Porter | 51.17 |
3000 meters steeplechase
July 24| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Brian Diemer | 8:32.24 | |||
| Vasily Koromyslov | 8:33.76 | |||
| Valeriy Vandyak | 8:34.18 | |||
| Mark Croghan | 8:35.60 | |||
| Bruno Coutant | 8:36.86 | |||
| Mark Coogan | 8:41.27 | |||
| Franco Boffi | 8:50.45 | |||
| Graeme Fell | ||||
| Patrick Sang | ||||
| Micah Boinet |
4 x 100 meters relay
July 26| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Mike Marsh, Daron Council, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell | 38.45 | |||
| 4 | Andrés Simón, Leandro Peñalver, Félix Stevens, Joel Isasi | 38.49 | |||
| 5 | Viktor Bryzgin, Vladimir Krylov, Oleg Fatun, Pavel Galkin | 38.96 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Yemi Adadefa, Osmond Ezinwa, Victor Nwankwo, Davidson Ezinwa | 39.38 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Cyprian Enweani, Mike Dwyer, Brad McCuaig, Bruny Surin | 39.39 | ||
| 6 | 7 | Wayne Watson, John Mair, Michael Green, Patrick Williams | 39.42 |
4 x 400 meters relay
July 26| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| Clarence Daniel, Andrew Valmon, Antonio Pettigrew, Tim Simon | 2:59.54 | GR | ||
| Seymour Fagan, Devon Morris, Howard Burnett, Patrick O'Connor | 3:00.45 | |||
| Juan Martínez, Félix Stevens, Héctor Herrera, Roberto Hernández | 3:03.35 | |||
| 4 | Aleksey Petukhov, Vladimir Prosin, Aivar Ojastu, Yevgeniy Lomtyev | 3:04.64 |
20,000 meters walk
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Ernesto Canto | 1:23:13.12 | GR | ||
| Mikhail Shchennikov | 1:23:22.34 | |||
| Bernd Gummelt | 1:23:29.61 | |||
| Nick A'Hern | 1:23:49.90 | |||
| Simon Baker | 1:23:57.04 | |||
| Grigory Kornev | 1:24:56.44 | |||
| Andrew Jachno | 1:25:44.56 | |||
| Andrey Perlov | 1:25:51.90 | |||
| Guillaume LeBlanc | 1:26:19.96 | |||
| 10 | Hartwig Gauder | 1:28:26.62 | ||
| 11 | Ronald Weigel | 1:28:56.45 | ||
| 12 | Martín Bermúdez | 1:29:36.56 | ||
| Carlo Mattioli | ||||
| Doug Fournier | ||||
| Sérgio Viera | ||||
| Tim Lewis | ||||
| Frants Kostyukevich | ||||
| Tim Barrett | ||||
| Aleksander Pershin |
High jump
July 26| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.30 | 2.33 | 2.40 | Result | Notes |
| Hollis Conway | o | o | xxx | 2.33 | |||||
| Doug Nordquist | o | x | 2.30 | ||||||
| Tony Barton | 2.30 | ||||||||
| 4 | Sorin Matei | xxx | 2.30 | ||||||
| 5 | Aleksey Yemelin | 2.27 | |||||||
| 6 | Sergey Dymchenko | 2.27 | |||||||
| 7 | Charles Austin | 2.27 | |||||||
| 8 | John Morris | 2.24 |
Pole vault
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | 5.37 | 5.57 | 5.72 | 5.77 | 5.81 | 5.87 | 5.92 | 6.08 | Result | Notes |
| Radion Gataullin | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | 5.92 | ||||
| Grigoriy Yegorov | o | xo | 5.87 | |||||||||
| Tim Bright | xo | x | 5.77 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kory Tarpenning | 5.72 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Scott Huffman | o | 5.72 | |||||||||
| 6 | Maksim Tarasov | 5.57 | ||||||||||
| 7 | Igor Potapovich | 5.57 | ||||||||||
| 8 | Earl Bell | xxx | 5.37 | |||||||||
| Doug Wood |
Long jump
July 25| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| Carl Lewis | 8.34w | x | 8.38 | 8.34 | ? | 8.31 | 8.38 | |||
| Mike Powell | 8.34w | 8.06 | 8.30 | 8.22 | x | x | 8.34w | |||
| Robert Emmiyan | 8.03 | 8.23 | x | x | 7.93 | 8.07 | 8.23 | |||
| 4 | Llewellyn Starcks | 7.85 | 8.11 | 7.93 | ? | ? | ? | 8.11 | ||
| 5 | Dion Bentley | 7.75 | 8.00 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 8.00 | ||
| 6 | Jaime Jefferson | 7.73 | 7.78 | 7.77 | 7.98 | 7.95 | 7.78 | 7.98 | ||
| 7 | Andre Ester | 7.68 | ? | ? | 7.78 | ? | 7.96 | 7.96 | ||
| Andrey Ignatov | ' | |||||||||
| Luis Bueno | ' |
Triple jump
July 26| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Kenny Harrison | 17.72 | GR | ||
| Mike Conley | 17.48 | |||
| Vladimir Inozemtsev | 17.06 | |||
| 4 | Igor Lapshin | 16.96 | ||
| 5 | Vasiliy Sokov | 16.68 | ||
| 6 | Edrick Floréal | 16.64 | ||
| 7 | Gregorio Hernández | 16.58 | ||
| 8 | Charles Simpkins | 15.92 | ||
| Benjamin Koech |
Shot put
July 25| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Randy Barnes | 21.44 | |||
| Jim Doehring | 21.12 | |||
| Vyacheslav Lykho | 20.70 | |||
| 4 | Sergey Smirnov | 19.97 | ||
| 5 | Ron Backes | 19.66 | ||
| 6 | Art McDermott | 19.25 |
Discus throw
July 23| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Romas Ubartas | 67.14 | GR | ||
| Kamy Keshmiri | 65.50 | |||
| Mike Buncic | 62.06 | |||
| 4 | Ade Olukoju | 62.02 | ||
| 5 | Sergey Lyakhov | 61.94 | ||
| 6 | Randy Heisler | 56.02 | ||
| Knut Hjeltnes | ||||
| Juan Martínez |
Hammer throw
July 26| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| Igor Astapkovich | x | 82.52 | 84.12 | x | 84.04 | 83.34 | 84.12 | |||
| Andrey Abduvaliyev | 82.00 | 82.20 | x | x | x | x | 82.20 | |||
| Igor Nikulin | 82.14 | 81.90 | x | x | 81.34 | x | 82.14 | |||
| 4 | Vasiliy Sidorenko | 77.40 | 78.94 | 78.28 | 79.02 | x | 77.80 | 79.02 | ||
| 5 | Lance Deal | 75.76 | 76.14 | 74.92 | x | 76.94 | 76.52 | 76.94 | ||
| 6 | Ken Flax | x | 76.12 | x | 73.74 | 74.22 | 74.80 | 76.12 | ||
| 7 | Jud Logan | x | 75.02 | x | x | 72.42 | x | 75.02 | ||
| 8 | Jim Driscoll | x | 69.48 | 69.48 | 68.66 | 70.68 | x | 70.68 |
Javelin throw
July 24| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Viktor Zaytsev | 84.16 | GR | ||
| Ramon Gonzáles | 80.84 | |||
| Masami Yoshida | 77.36 | |||
| Marek Kaleta | 77.18 | |||
| Klaus Tafelmeier | 76.66 | |||
| Einar Vilhjálmsson | 76.26 | |||
| Dave Stephens | 73.28 | |||
| Peter Schreiber | ||||
| Siggi Einarsson | ||||
| Vince Labosky |
Decathlon
July 24–25| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| Dave Johnson | 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 | 10.99 | 7.91 | 15.16 | 2.08 | 48.38 | 14.44 | 46.34 | 4.55 | 57.40 | 4:36.63 | 8358 | |||
| Mikhail Medved | 11.21 | 7.23 | 15.62 | 2.05 | 50.17 | 14.68 | 49.60 | 5.05 | 62.62 | 4:35.54 | 8330 | |||
| Mike Smith | 11.27 | 7.14 | 14.45 | 2.05 | 47.64 | 14.82 | 46.24 | 4.85 | 64.40 | 4:23.97 | 8298 | |||
| Roman Terekhov | 11.34 | 7.35 | 14.48 | 2.02 | 50.76 | 14.43 | 41.92 | 4.75 | 56.88 | 4:19.95 | 8005 | |||
| Sheldon Blockburger | 10.98 | 7.37 | 14.16 | 2.05 | 49.59 | 15.00 | 41.30 | 4.75 | 62.28 | 4:42.44 | 8002 | |||
| Andrei Nazarov | 11.27 | 7.33 | 12.99 | 2.08 | 48.81 | 14.53 | 41.04 | 4.95 | 55.58 | 4:33.17 | 7993 | |||
| Jay Thorson | 11.54 | 6.92 | 13.79 | 1.93 | 49.54 | 15.55 | 45.46 | 4.75 | 50.72 | 4:41.48 | 7494 | |||
| Rišardas Malachovskis | 11.46 | 6.76 | 14.21 | 2.08 | 48.85 | 14.89 | 41.98 | ' | ||||||
| Derek Huff | 11.19 | 7.15 | 13.66 | 1.96 | 50.37 | 15.25 | 41.00 | ' |
Women's results
100 meters
July 23Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 6 | Carlette Guidry | 11.03 | |||
| 5 | Sheila Echols | 11.05 | |||
| 7 | Michelle Finn | 11.05 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Galina Malchugina | 11.24 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Evelyn Ashford | 11.24 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Irina Sergeyeva | 11.25 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Liliana Allen | 11.50 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Angela Bailey | 11.57 |
200 meters
July 25| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Dannette Young | 22.64 | |||
| Pauline Davis | 22.88 | |||
| Grace Jackson | 22.96 | |||
| 4 | Michelle Finn | 23.00 | ||
| 5 | Galina Malchugina | 23.03 | ||
| 6 | Oksana Stepicheva | 23.10 | ||
| 7 | Yelena Bykova | 23.11 | ||
| 8 | Miriam Ferrer | 26.06 |
400 meters
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Ana Fidelia Quirot | 50.34 | |||
| Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 51.38 | |||
| Rochelle Stevens | 51.54 | |||
| 4 | Maicel Malone | 51.73 | ||
| 5 | Yelena Ruzina | 51.93 | ||
| 6 | Jillian Richardson | 52.29 | ||
| 7 | Marina Shmonina | 52.40 | ||
| 8 | Lillie Leatherwood | 52.77 |
800 meters
July 23| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Ana Fidelia Quirot | 1:57.42 | GR | ||
| Liliya Nurutdinova | 1:57.52 | |||
| Tatyana Grebenshuk | 1:58.21 | |||
| Charmaine Crooks | 1:58.72 | |||
| Nadezhda Loboyko | 1:59.05 | |||
| Meredith Rainey | 2:00.45 | |||
| Celeste Halliday | 2:01.08 | |||
| Joetta Clark | 2:01.94 | |||
| Nadiya Olizarenko | 2:03.39 | |||
| Julie Jenkins |
1500 meters
July 25| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Natalya Artyomova | 4:09.48 | |||
| Yekaterina Podkopayeva | 4:09.91 | |||
| PattiSue Plumer | 4:10.72 | |||
| 4 | Suzy Favor | 4:11.45 | ||
| 5 | Ravilya Kotovich | 4:11.54 | ||
| 6 | Robyn Meagher | 4:13.74 | ||
| 7 | Leah Pells | 4:14.78 | ||
| 8 | Linda Sheskey | 4:14.96 | ||
| Doina Melinte |
3000 meters
July 23| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| PattiSue Plumer | 8:51.59 | |||
| Yelena Romanova | 8:51.79 | |||
| Lynn Jennings | 8:52.34 | |||
| Margareta Keszeg | 8:52.66 | |||
| Ravilya Kotovich | 8:53.20 | |||
| Annette Peters | 8:56.89 | |||
| Mahomi Muranaka | 9:12.50 | |||
| Trina Painter | 9:17.03 | |||
| María Luisa Servín | 9:27.28 | |||
| Natalya Artyomova |
5000 meters
July 24| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Yelena Romanova | 15:02.23 | GR | ||
| Viorica Ghican | 15:27.77 | |||
| Sabrina Dornhoefer | 15:38.87 | |||
| Shelly Steely | 15:41.23 | |||
| Sammie Gdowski | 15:59.72 | |||
| Brenda Webb | 16:00.85 | |||
| Akemi Matsuno | 16:04.34 | |||
| Valerie McGovern | 16:13.56 | |||
| Tamara Koba | 16:18.95 | |||
| 10 | Tashiro Miho | 16:45.24 | ||
| Aurora Cunha |
10,000 meters
July 26| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Wanda Panfil | 32:01.17 | GR | ||
| Cathy O'Brien | 32:05.40 | |||
| Olga Nazarkina | 32:05.76 | |||
| Yelena Tolstoguzova | 32:06.41 | |||
| Sylvia Mosqueda | 32:13.37 | |||
| Collette Murphy | 32:33.96 | |||
| María Luisa Servín | 32:55.22 | |||
| Carole Rouillard | 33:09.37 | |||
| Carmen Díaz | 33:26.35 | |||
| Aurora Cunha |
Marathon
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Zoya Ivanova | 2:34:37.50 | |||
| Irina Bogacheva | 2:36:24.70 | |||
| Ramilya Barangulova | 2:37:40.70 | |||
| 4 | Lisa Kindelan | 2:42:05.50 | ||
| 5 | Tatyana Zuyeva | 2:45:58.80 | ||
| 6 | Leslie Lewis | 2:51:13.30 | ||
| 7 | Rosa Gutierrez | 2:57:43.50 | ||
| 8 | Debra Medina | 3:01:04.00 |
100 meters hurdles
July 23| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Natalya Grigoryeva | 12.70 | |||
| Lyudmila Narozhilenko | 12.88 | |||
| LaVonna Martin | 12.89 | |||
| 4 | Lidiya Yurkova | 12.92 | ||
| 5 | Aliuska López | 12.99 | ||
| 6 | Candy Young | 13.11 | ||
| 7 | Lynda Tolbert | 13.14 | ||
| 8 | Mihaela Pogăcean | 13.17 |
400 meters hurdles
July 26| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick | 55.16 | |||
| 3 | Schowonda Williams | 55.65 | |||
| 7 | Lyudmila Khodosevich | 57.33 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Kathy Freeman | 57.71 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Vera Ordina | 57.94 | ||
| 5 | Janeene Vickers | ||||
| 8 | Victoria Fulcher | ||||
| 1 | Petra Krug |
4 x 100 meters relay
July 26| Rank | Lane | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Carlette Guidry, Sheila Echols, Michelle Finn, Evelyn Ashford | 42.46 | |||
| 5 | Yelena Bykova, Galina Malchugina, Natalya Kovtun, Irina Sergeyeva | 42.67 | |||
| 6 | Michelle Freeman, Juliet Campbell, Layphane Carnegie, Ethlyn Tate | 44.12 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Miriam Ferrer, Aliuska López, Odalys Adams, Liliana Allen | 44.35 |
4 x 400 meters relay
July 26| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time | Notes |
| "A" | Yelena Vinogradova, Marina Shmonina, Yelena Ruzina, Lyudmila Dzhigalova | 3:23.70 | ||
| Natasha Kaiser, Rochelle Stevens, Lillie Leatherwood, Maicel Malone | 3:24.53 | |||
| "B" | Nadezhda Loboyko, Tatyana Grebenchuk, Nadiya Olizarenko, Liliya Nurutdinova | 3:30.60 | ||
| 4 | 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 | 41:56.21 | WR, GR | ||
| Kerry Saxby | 41:57.22 | |||
| Beate Anders | 42:48.51 | |||
| 4 | Olga Kardapoltseva | 43:38.01 | ||
| 5 | Olga Krishtop | 45:28.11 | ||
| 6 | Pascale Grand | 46:23.80 | ||
| 7 | Debbi Lawrence | 46:31.71 | ||
| 8 | Teresa Vaill | 49:43.00 |
High jump
July 23| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Yelena Yelesina | 2.02 | PB | ||
| Yolanda Henry | 1.92 | |||
| Megumi Sato | 1.89 | |||
| 4 | Vicki Borsheim | 1.89 | ||
| 5 | Jan Wohlschlag | 1.89 | ||
| 6 | Niki Gavera | 1.86 | ||
| 7 | Phyllis Bluntson | 1.86 | ||
| Tamara Bykova |
Long jump
July 24| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Inessa Kravets | 6.93 | |||
| Larisa Berezhnaya | 6.61 | |||
| Sheila Echols | 6.51 | |||
| 4 | Cindy Greiner | 6.49 | ||
| 5 | Jennifer Inniss | 6.26 | ||
| 6 | Sheila Hudson | 6.14 | ||
| 7 | Gwen Loud | 6.09 |
Shot put
July 24| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Natalya Lisovskaya | 20.60 | |||
| Huang Zhihong | 20.50 | |||
| Belsis Laza | 18.98 | |||
| 4 | Marina Antonyuk | 18.92 | ||
| 5 | Larisa Peleshenko | 18.67 | ||
| 6 | Ramona Pagel | 18.37 | ||
| 7 | Connie Price | 18.24 | ||
| Claudia Losch |
Discus throw
July 22| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Ilke Wyludda | 68.08 | |||
| Irina Yatchenko | 67.04 | |||
| Olga Burova | 65.46 | |||
| 4 | Maritza Martén | 64.90 | ||
| 5 | Hilda Ramos | 63.92 | ||
| 6 | Hou Xuemei | 62.92 | ||
| 7 | Lacy Barnes | 57.84 | ||
| 8 | Connie Price | 57.24 | ||
| Yelena Zvereva |
Javelin throw
July 25| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Natalya Shikolenko | 61.62 | |||
| Tatyana Shikolenko | 59.06 | |||
| Karin Smith | 58.94 | |||
| 4 | Donna Mayhew | 58.62 | ||
| 5 | Laverne Eve | 56.84 | ||
| 6 | Marilyn Senz | 56.04 | ||
| Petra Felke | ||||
| Isel López |
Heptathlon
July 22–23| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m H | HJ | SP | 200m | LJ | JT | 800m | Points | Notes |
| Jackie Joyner | 12.79 | 1.87 | 13.93 | 24.26 | 6.91 | 47.64 | 2:17.41 | 6783 | |||
| Svetlana Zinina | 13.72 | 1.75 | 13.63 | 25.09 | 6.36 | 44.80 | 2:19.96 | 6128 | |||
| Gea Johnson | 13.83 | 1.78 | 14.18 | 25.26 | 6.11 | 37.60 | 2:19.25 | 5963 | |||
| Cindy Greiner | 13.87 | 1.75 | 13.77 | 25.30 | 6.13 | ' | |||||
| Irina Belova | 13.84 | 1.81 | 12.44 | 24.65 | ' | ||||||
| Liliana Năstase | 13.16 | 1.72 | 11.61 | 25.07 | ' | ||||||
| Larisa Nikitina | ' |