Season's Bests
| Event | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Mark | Notes | Athlete | Mark | Notes | |
| 60 metres | Jason Gardener (GBR) | 6.46 | Yuliya Tabakova (RUS) | 7.06 | ||
| 100 metres | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 9.85 | Ivet Lalova (BUL) | 10.77 | ||
| 200 metres | Shawn Crawford (USA) | 19.79 | Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) | 22.05 | ||
| 400 metres | Jeremy Wariner (USA) | 44.00 | Tonique Williams-Darling (BAH) | 49.07 | ||
| 800 metres | Wilfred Bungei (KEN) | 1:43.06 | Tatyana Andrianova (RUS) | 1:56.23 | ||
| 1500 metres | Bernard Lagat (KEN) | 3:27.40 | Kelly Holmes (GBR) | 3:57.90 | ||
| 3000 metres | Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) | 7:27.72 | Isabella Ochichi (KEN) | 8:31.32 | ||
| 5000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 12:37.35 | WR | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 14:24.68 | |
| 10,000 metres | Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) | 26:20.31 | WR | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 30:17.15 | |
| 60 metres hurdles | Allen Johnson (USA) | 7.36 | Perdita Felicien (CAN) | 7.75 | ||
| 100/110 metres hurdles | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 12.91 | WR= | Joanna Hayes (USA) | 12.37 | |
| 400 metres hurdles | Félix Sánchez (DOM) | 47.63 | Faní Halkiá (GRE) | 52.77 | ||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:53.63 | WR | Gulnara Galkina (RUS) | 9:01.59 | WR |
| 10 kilometres | Gilbert Okari (KEN) | 27:35 | Lornah Kiplagat (NED) | 30:41 | ||
| 15 kilometres | Sileshi Sihine (ETH) | 41:38 | Lydia Cheromei (KEN) | 47:02 | ||
| 20 kilometres | Salah Hissou (MAR) | 57:54 | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 1:04:19 | ||
| Half marathon | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) | 1:00:11 | Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) | 1:07:47 | ||
| 25 kilometres | Paul Malakwen Kosgei (KEN) | 1:12:45 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 1:22:32 | ||
| 30 kilometres | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) Evans Rutto (KEN) |
1:29:08 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 1:39:07 | ||
| Marathon | Felix Limo (KEN) | 2:06:14 | Yoko Shibui (JPN) | 2:19:41 | ||
| 20 kilometres race walk | Vladimir Stankin (RUS) | 1:17:23 | Hongjuan Song (CHN) | 1:26:46 | ||
| 50 kilometres race walk | Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS) | 3:35:29 | — | |||
| Pole vault | Timothy Mack (USA) | 6.01 m | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.92 m | WR | |
| High jump | Stefan Holm (SWE) | 2.37 m | Elena Slesarenko (RUS) | 2.06 m | ||
| Long jump | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.60 m | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 7.33 m | ||
| Triple jump | Christian Olsson (SWE) | 17.93 m | (indoor) | Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) | 15.36 m | WR (indoor) |
| Shot put | Christian Cantwell (USA) | 22.54 m | Irina Korzhanenko (RUS) | 20.79 m | ||
| Discus throw | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 70.97 m | Iryna Yatchenko (BLR) | 69.14 m | ||
| Javelin throw | Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) | 87.73 m | Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.53 m | ||
| Hammer throw | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | 84.46 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | 75.18 m | ||
| Pentathlon | — | Naide Gomes (POR) | 4759 pts | |||
| Heptathlon | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 6438 pts | AR | Carolina Klüft (SWE) | 6952 pts | |
| Decathlon | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 8893 pts | — | |||
| 4×100 metres relay | United States Shawn Crawford Justin Gatlin Coby Miller Maurice Greene |
37.92 | Jamaica Tanya Lawrence Sherone Simpson Aleen Bailey Veronica Campbell-Brown |
41.73 | ||
| 4×400 metres relay | United States Otis Harris Derrick Brew Jeremy Wariner Darold Williamson |
2:55.91 | Russia Olesya Forsheva Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Natalya Antyukh |
3:20.16 | ||
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