| Athletics XIII Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh, Scotland - 26th July - 2nd August | 
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| Men Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Men 100m | Ben Johnson |  CAN | 10.07s | Linford Christie |  ENG | 10.28w | Mike McFarlane |  ENG | 10.35 | 
| Men 200m | Atlee Mahorn |  CAN | 20.31s | Todd Bennett |  ENG | 20.54w | Ben Johnson |  CAN | 20.64 | 
| Men 400m | Roger Black |  ENG | 45.57s | Darren Clark |  AUS | 45.98w | Phil Brown |  ENG | 46.8 | 
| Men 800m | Steve Cram |  ENG | 1:43.22 GR | Tom McKean |  SCO | 1:44.80 | Peter Elliott |  ENG | 1:45.42 | 
| Men 1500m | Steve Cram |  ENG | 3:50.87 | John Gladwin |  ENG | 3:52.17 | David Campbell |  CAN | 3:54.06 | 
| Men 5000m | Steve Ovett |  ENG | 13:24.11 | Jack Buckner |  ENG | 13:25.87 | Tim Hutchings |  ENG | 13:26.84 | 
| Men 10000m | Jon Solly |  ENG | 27:57.42 | Steve Binns |  ENG | 27:58.01 | Steve Jones |  WAL | 28:02.48 | 
| Men Marathon | Rob de Castella |  AUS | 2:10:15 | Dave Edge |  CAN | 2:11:08 | Steve Moneghetti |  AUS | 2:11:18 | 
| Men 3000m Steeplechase | Graeme Fell |  CAN | 8:24.49 | Roger Hackney |  WAL | 8:25.15 | Colin Reitz |  ENG | 8:26.14 | 
| Men 110m Hurdles | Mark McKoy |  CAN | 13.31s w | Colin Jackson |  WAL | 13.42s w | Don Wright |  AUS | 13.64 w | 
| Men 400m Hurdles | Phil Beattie |  NIR | 49.60s | Max Robertson |  ENG | 49.77s | John Graham |  CAN | 50.25 | 
| Men 30km Walk | Simon Baker |  AUS | 2:07:47 GR | Guillaume Leblanc |  CAN | 2:08:38 | Ian McCombie |  ENG | 2:10:36 | 
| Men High Jump | Milton Ottey |  CAN | 2.30m | Geoff Parsons |  SCO | 2.28m | Alain Metellus |  CAN | 2.14m | 
| Henderson Pierre |  ENG | 2.14m | |||||||
| Men Pole Vault | Andy Ashurst |  ENG | 5.30m | Bob Ferguson |  CAN | 5.20m | Neil Honey |  AUS | 5.20m | 
| Men Long Jump | Gary Honey |  AUS | 8.08m | Fred Salle |  ENG | 7.83m | Kyle McDuffie |  CAN | 7.79m | 
| Men Triple Jump | John Herbert |  ENG | 17.27m | Mike Makin |  ENG | 16.87m | Peter Beames |  AUS | 16.42m | 
| Men Shot Put | Billy Cole |  ENG | 18.16m | Joe Quigley |  AUS | 17.97m | Stuart Gyngell |  AUS | 17.70m | 
| Men Discus Throw | Ray Lazdins |  CAN | 58.86m | Paul Nandapi |  AUS | 57.74m | Werner Reiterer |  AUS | 57.34m | 
| Men Hammer Throw | Dave Smith |  ENG | 74.06m | Martin Girvan |  NIR | 70.48m | Phil Spivey |  AUS | 70.30m | 
| Men Javelin Throw | David Ottley |  ENG | 80.62m GR | Mick Hill |  ENG | 78.56m | Gavin Lovegrove |  NZL | 76.22m | 
| Men Decathlon | Daley Thompson |  ENG | 8663 pts GR | Dave Steen |  CAN | 8173 pts | Simon Poelman |  NZL | 8015 pts | 
| Women Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||||
| Women 100m | Heather Oakes |  ENG | 11.20s | Paula Dunn |  ENG | 11.21s | Angella Issajenko |  CAN | 11.21s | 
| Women 200m | Angella Issajenko |  CAN | 22.91s | Kathy Cook |  ENG | 23.18s | Sandra Whittaker |  SCO | 23.46s | 
| Women 400m | Debbie Flintoff |  AUS | 51.29s | Jillian Richardson |  CAN | 51.62s | Kathy Cook |  ENG | 51.88s | 
| Women 800m | Kirsty Wade |  WAL | 2:00.94 | Diane Edwards |  ENG | 2:01.12 | Lorraine Baker |  ENG | 2:01.79 | 
| Women 1500m | Kirsty Wade |  WAL | 4:10.91 | Debbie Bowker |  CAN | 4:11.94 | Lynn Williams |  CAN | 4:12.66 | 
| Women 3000m | Lynn Williams |  CAN | 8:54.29 | Debbie Bowker |  CAN | 8:54.83 | Yvonne Murray |  SCO | 8:55.32 | 
| Women 10000m | Liz Lynch |  SCO | 31:41.42 | Anne Audain |  NZL | 31:53.31 | Angela Tooby |  WAL | 32:25.38 | 
| Women Marathon | Lisa Martin |  AUS | 2:26:07 | Lorraine Moller |  NZL | 2:28:17 | Odette Lapierre |  CAN | 2:31:48 | 
| Women 100m Hurdles | Sally Gunnell |  ENG | 13.29s | Wendy Jeal |  ENG | 13.41s | Glynis Nunn |  AUS | 13.44s | 
| Women 400m Hurdles | Debbie Flintoff |  AUS | 54.94s | Donalda Duprey |  CAN | 56.55s | Jenny Laurendet |  AUS | 56.57s | 
| Women High Jump | Christine Stanton |  AUS | 1.92m | Sharon McPeake |  NIR | 1.90m | Janet Boyle |  NIR | 1.90m | 
| Women Long Jump | Joyce Oladapo |  ENG | 6.43m | Mary Berkeley |  ENG | 6.40m | Robyn Lorraway |  AUS | 6.35m | 
| Women Shot Put | Gael Martin |  AUS | 19.00m | Judy Oakes |  ENG | 18.75m | Myrtle Augee |  ENG | 17.52m | 
| Women Discus Throw | Gael Martin |  AUS | 56.42m | Venissa Head |  WAL | 56.20m | Karen Pugh |  ENG | 54.72m | 
| Women Javelin Throw | Tessa Sanderson |  ENG | 69.80m GR | Fatima Whitbread |  ENG | 68.54m | Sue Howland |  AUS | 64.74m | 
| Women Heptathlon | Judy Simpson |  ENG | 6282 pts | Jane Flemming |  AUS | 6278 pts | Kim Hagger |  ENG | 5823 pts | 
| Men 4×100m Relay |  Canada Mark Mc, KoyAtlee Mahorn, Desai Williams, Ben Johnson | 39.15s |  England Lincoln Asquith, Daley Thompson, Mike McFarlane, Clarence Callender | 39.19s |  Scotland Jamie Henderson, Cameron Sharp, George McCallum, Elliot Bunney | 40.41s | 
| Men 4×400m Relay |  England Kriss Akabusi, Roger Black, Todd Bennett, Phil Brown | 3:07.19 |  Australia Bruce Frayne, Miles Murphy, David Johnston, Darren Clark | 3:07.81 |  Canada Anton Skerritt, Andre Smith, John Graham, Atlee Mahorn | 3:08.69 | 
| Women 4×100m Relay |  England Paula Dunn, Kathy Cook, Joan Baptiste, Heather Oakes | 43.39s |  Canada Angela Bailey, Esmie Lawrence, Angela Phipps, Angella Issajenko | 43.83s |  Wales Helen Miles, Sian Morris, Sallyanne Short, Carmen Smart | 45.37s | 
| Women 4×400m Relay |  Canada Charmaine Crooks, Marita Payne, Molly Killingbeck, Jillian Richardson | 3:28.92 |  England Jane Parry, Linda Keough, Angela Piggford, Kathy Cook | 3:32.82 |  Australia Maree Chapman, Sharon Stewart, Julie Schwass, Debbie Flintoff | 3:32.86 |