| Men Events | | Men 60m | Valeriy Borzov |  URS | 6.59s | Christer Garpenborg |  SWE | 6.60s | Marian Woronin |  POL | 6.67 | | Men 400m | Fons Brijdenbach |  BEL | 46.53s | Francis Demarthon |  FRA | 47.11s | Marian Gęsicki | POL | 47.21 | | Men 800m | Sebastian Coe |  GBR | 1:46.54 CR | Erwin Gohlke |  GDR | 1:47.2 | Rolf Gysin |  SUI | 1:47.6a | | Men 1500m | Jürgen Straub | GDR | 3:46.5 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann |  FRG | 3:46.6 | János Zemen |  HUN | 3:46.6a | | Men 3000m | Karl Fleschen | FRG | 7:57.5 | Pekka Päivärinta |  FIN | 7:59.3 | Markus Ryffel | SUI | 8:00.3a | | Men 60m Hurdles | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 7.62s CR | Viktor Myasnikov | URS | 7.79s | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 7.79 | | Men High Jump | Jacek Wszoła | POL | 2.25m CR | Rolf Beilschmidt | GDR | 2.22m | Ruud Wielart |  NED | 2.22 | | Men Pole Vault | Władysław Kozakiewicz | POL | 5.51m CR | Antti Kalliomäki | FIN | 5.31m | Mariusz Klimczyk | POL | 5.20 | | Men Long Jump | Hans Baumgartner | FRG | 7.96m | Lutz Franke | GDR | 7.89m | László Szalma | HUN | 7.78 | | Men Triple Jump | Viktor Sanyeyev | URS | 16.65m | Jaak Uudmäe | URS | 16.46m | Bernard Lamitié | FRA | 16.45 | | Men Shot Put | Hreinn Halldórsson |  ISL | 20.59m | Geoff Capes | GBR | 20.46m | Władysław Komar | POL | 20.17 |
| Women Events | | Women 60m | Marlies Oelsner | GDR | 7.17s | Lyudmila Storozhkova | URS | 7.24s | Rita Bottiglieri |  ITA | 7.34s | | Women 400m | Marita Koch | GDR | 51.14s WR | Verona Elder | GBR | 52.75s | Jelica Pavličić |  YUG | 53.49s | | Women 800m | Jane Colebrook | GBR | 2:01.12 CR | Totka Petrova |  BUL | 2:01.17 | Elżbieta Katolik | POL | 2:01.3 | | Women 1500m | Mary Stewart | GBR | 4:09.37 CR | Vesela Yatsinska | BUL | 4:10.0 | Rumyana Chavdarova | BUL | 4:11.3 | | Women 60m Hurdles | Lyubov Nikitenko | URS | 8.29s | Zofia Filip | POL | 8.34s | Rita Bottiglieri | ITA | 8.39s | | Women High Jump | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 1.92m =CR | Brigitte Holzapfel | FRG | 1.89m | Edit Sámuel | HUN | 1.86m | | Women Long Jump | Jarmila Nygrýnová |  TCH | 6.63m | Ildikó Erdélyi | HUN | 6.55m | Heidemarie Wycisk | GDR | 6.40m | | Women Shot Put | Helena Fibingerová | TCH | 21.46m CR | Ilona Slupianek | GDR | 21.12m | Eva Wilms | FRG | 20.87m |
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