Man:
100 m, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.58 seconds
200 m, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 19.19 seconds
400 m, Vaid van Nikek, South Africa, 43.03 seconds
Woman:
100 meters, Florence Griffith Joyna, USA, 10.49 seconds
200 m, Florence Griffith Joyna, USA, 21.34 seconds
400 m, Marita Koch, East Germany, 47.60 seconds