Season's Bests
| Event | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Mark | Notes | Athlete | Mark | Notes | |
| 60 metres | Dwain Chambers (GBR) | 6.42 s | AR | Carmelita Jeter (USA) | 7.11 s | |
| 100 metres | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 s | WR | Carmelita Jeter (USA) | 10.64 s | |
| 200 metres | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 19.19 s | WR | Allyson Felix (USA) | 21.88 s | |
| 400 metres | LaShawn Merritt (USA) | 44.06 s | Sanya Richards (USA) | 48.83 | ||
| 800 metres | David Rudisha (KEN) | 1:42.01 | AR | Caster Semenya (RSA) | 1:55.45 | |
| 1500 metres | Augustine Choge (KEN) | 3:29.47 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal (BHR) | 3:56.55 | ||
| 3000 metres | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 7:28.37 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 8:26.99 i | ||
| 5000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:52.32 | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 14:24.37 i | ||
| 10,000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:46.31 | Meselech Melkamu (ETH) | 29:53.80 | ||
| 60 metres hurdles | Terrence Trammell (USA) | 7.37 | Lolo Jones (USA) | 7.82 | ||
| 100/110 metres hurdles | Dayron Robles (CUB) | 13.04 s | Brigitte Foster-Hylton (JAM) | 12.46 | ||
| 400 metres hurdles | Kerron Clement (USA) | 47.91 s | Melaine Walker (JAM) | 52.42 | ||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) | 7:58.85 | Marta Domínguez (ESP) | 9:07.32 | ||
| 10 kilometres | Micah Kogo (KEN) | 27:01 | WR | Mary Keitany (KEN) | 31:04 | |
| 15 kilometres | Deriba Merga (ETH) | 41:29+ | WR | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 46:28 | WR |
| 20 kilometres | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Sammy Kitwara (KEN) |
56:48+ | Mary Keitany (KEN) | 1:02:59+ | ||
| Half marathon | Patrick Makau (KEN) | 58:52 | Mary Keitany (KEN) | 1:06:36 | ||
| 25 kilometres | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) John Kales (KEN) Samuel Kosgei (KEN) |
1:13:09+ | Peninah Jerop Arusei (KEN) | 1:22:31 | ||
| 30 kilometres | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Samuel Kosgei (KEN) |
1:27:49+ | WR | Irina Mikitenko (GER) Mara Yamauchi (GBR) |
1:41:14 | |
| Marathon | Duncan Kibet (KEN) James Kwambai (KEN) |
2:04:27 | Irina Mikitenko (GER) | 2:22:11 | ||
| 20 kilometres race walk | Valeriy Borchin (RUS) | 1:17:38 | Olga Kaniskina (RUS) | 1:24:56 | ||
| 50 kilometres race walk | Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS) | 3:38:35 | — | |||
| Pole vault | Steven Hooker (AUS) | 6.06 i | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.06 | ||
| High jump | Ivan Ukhov (RUS) | 2.40 i | Blanka Vlašić (CRO) | 2.08 | ||
| Long jump | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.74 | Brittney Reese (USA) | 7.10 | ||
| Triple jump | Phillips Idowu (GBR) | 17.73 | Nadezhda Alekhina (RUS) | 15.14 | ||
| Shot put | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 22.16 | Valerie Vili (NZL) | 21.07 | ||
| Discus throw | Gerd Kanter (EST) | 71.64 | Yanfeng Li (CHN) | 66.40 | ||
| Javelin throw | Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) | 91.28 | Maria Abakumova (RUS) | 68.92 | ||
| Hammer throw details |
Primož Kozmus (SLO) | 82.58 | Anita Wlodarczyk (POL) | 77.96 | WR | |
| Heptathlon | — | Jessica Ennis (GBR) | 6731 | |||
| Decathlon details |
Trey Hardee (USA) | 8790 | — | |||
| 4×100 metres relay | Jamaica Steve Mullings Michael Frater Usain Bolt Asafa Powell |
37.31 | United States Lauryn Williams Allyson Felix Muna Lee Carmelita Jeter |
41.58 | ||
| 4×400 metres relay | United States Angelo Taylor Jeremy Wariner Kerron Clement LaShawn Merritt |
2:57.86 | United States Debbie Dunn Allyson Felix Lashinda Demus Sanya Richards |
3:17.83 | ||
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