100 m - wind +0.7 m/s - 27-07-1996
1. Donovan Bailey - Canada - 9.84
(World record)
2. Frank Fredericks - Namibia - 9.89
3. Ato Boldon - Trinidad and Tobago - 9.90
200 m - wind +0.4 m/s - 01-08-1996
1. Michael Johnson - United States - 19.32
(World record)
2. Frank Fredericks - Namibia - 19.68
(African record)
3. Ato Boldon - Trinidad and Tobago - 19.80
400 m - 29-07-1996
1. Michael Johnson - USA - 43.49
(Olympic record)
2. Roger Black - Great Britain - 44.41
3. Davis Kamoga - Uganda - 44.53
800 m - 31-07-1996
1. Vebjřrn Rodal - Norway - 1:42.58
2. Hezekiél Sepeng - South Africa - 1:42.74
3. Fred Onyancha - Kenya - 1:42.79
1500 m - 03-08-1996
1. Noureddine Morceli - Algeria - 3:35.78
2. Fermín Cacho - Spain - 3:36.40
3. Stephen Kipkorir - Kenya - 3:36.72
5000 m - 03-08-1996
1. Venuste Niyongabo - Burundi - 13:07.96
2. Paul Bitok - Kenya - 13:08.16
3. Khalid Boulami - Morocco - 13:08.37
10000 m - 29-07-1996
1. Haile Gebreselassie - Ethiopia - 27:07.34
2. Paul Tergat - Kenya - 27:08.17
3. Salah Hissou - Morocco - 27:24.67
marathon - 04-08-1996
1. Josia Thugwane - South Africa - 2:12:36
2. Lee Bong-Ju - South Korea - 2:12:39
3. Erick Wainaina - Kenya - 2:12:44
110 m hurdles - wind - 29-07-1996
1. Allen Johnson - USA - 12.95
(Olympic record)
2. Mark Crear - USA - 13.09
3. Florian Schwarthoff - Germany - 13.17
400m hurdles - 01-08-1996
1. Derrick Adkins - USA - 47.54
2. Samuel Matete - Zambia - 47.78
3. Calvin Davis - USA - 47.96
3000 m steeple - 02-08-1996
1. Joseph Keter - Kenya - 8:07.12
2. Moses Kiptanui - Kenya - 8:08.33
3. Alessandro Lambruschini - Italy - 8:11.28
20 km walk - 26-07-1996
1. Jefferson Pérez - Ecuador - 1:20:07
2. Ilya Markov - Russia - 1:20:16
3. Bernardo Segura - Mexico - 1:20:23
50 km walk - 02-08-1996
1. Robert Korzeniowski - Poland - 3:43:30
2. Mikhail Shchennikov - Russia - 3:43:46
3. Valentí Massana - Spain - 3:44:49
4 x 100 m - 03-08-1996
1. Canada - 37.69
(Robert Esmie, Glenroy Gilbert, Bruny Surin, Donovan Bailey)
2. United States - 38.05
(Jon Drummond, Tim Harden, Michael Marsh, Dennis Mitchell)
3. Brazil - 38.41
(Arnaldo da Silva, Robson da Silva, Édson Ribeiro, André da Silva)
4 x 400 m - 03-08-1996
1. United States - 2:55.99
(Lamont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank)
2. Great Britain - 2:56.60
(Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch, Mark Richardson, Roger Black)
3. Jamaica - 2:59.42
(Michael McDonald, Roxbert Martin, Gregory Haughton, Davian Clarke)
long jump - 29-07-1996
1. Carl Lewis - USA - 8,50 m
2. James Beckford - Jamaica - 8,29 m
3. Joe Greene - USA - 8,24 m
triple jump - 27-07-1996
1. Kenny Harrison - USA - 18,09 m
(Olympic record)
2. Jonathan Edwards - Great Britain - 17,88 m
3. Yoelbi Quesada - Cuba - 17,44 m
high jump - 28-07-1996
1. Charles Austin - USA - 2,39 m
(Olympic record)
2. Artur Partyka - Poland - 2,37 m
3. Steve Smith - 2,35 m
pole vault - 02-08-1996
1. Jean Galfione - France - 5,92 m
(equals Olympic record)
2. Igor Trandenkov - Russia - 5,92 m
(Olympic record)
3. Andrei Tivontchik - Germany - 5,92 m
(equals Olympic record)
shot put - 26-07-1996
1. Randy Barnes - USA - 21,62 m
2. John Godina - USA - 20,79 m
3. Oleksandr Bagach - Ukraine - 20,75 m
discus throw - 31-07-1996
1. Lars Riedel - Germany - 69,40 m
(Olympic record)
2. Vladimir Dubrovshchik - Belarus - 66,60 m
3. Vasiliy Kaptyukh - Belarus - 65,80 m
javelin throw - 03-08-1996
1. Jan Železný - Czech Republic - 88,16 m
2. Steve Backley - Great Britain - 87,44 m
3. Seppo Räty - Finland - 86,98 m
hammer throw - 28-07-1996
1. Balázs Kiss - Hungary - 81,24 m
2. Lance Deal - USA - 81,12 m
3. Oleksandr Krykun - Ukraine - 80,02 m
decathlon - 31-07/01-08-1996
1. Dan O'Brien - USA - 8824 points
2. Frank Busemann - Germany - 8706 points
3. Tomáš Dvorák - Czech Republic - 8664 points
