| MEN'S GOODWILL GAMES RECORDS | ||||
| 100m | Ben Johnson |  CAN |
9.95 | 1986 |
| 200m | Michael Johnson |  USA |
20.10 | 1994 |
| 400m | Michael Johnson | USA |
43.76 | 1998 |
| 800m | George Kersh | USA |
1:45.10 | 1990 |
| Mile | Noureddine Morceli |  ALG |
3:48.67 | 1994 |
| 5,000m | Moses Kiptanui |  KEN |
13:10.76 | 1994 |
| 10,000m | Hammou Boutayeb |  MAR |
27:26.43 | 1990 |
| 20km Walk | Nathan Deakes |  AUS |
1:19:48.10 | 2001 |
| 110m hurdles | Mark Crear | USA |
13.06 | 1998 |
| 400m hurdles | Bryan Bronson | USA |
47.15 | 1998 |
| 3000m Steeple | Bernard Barmasai | KEN |
8:14.26 | 1998 |
| High Jump | Javier Sotomayor |  CUB |
2.40m 7-10½ |
1994 |
| Pole Vault | Jeff Hartwig | USA |
6.01m 19-8½ |
1998 |
| Sergei Bubka | URS | 6.01m 19-8½ |
1986 | |
| Long Jump | Robert Emmiyan | URS | 8.61m 28-3 |
1986 |
| Triple Jump | Kenny Harrison | USA |
17.72m 58-1¾ |
1990 |
| Shot Put | Sergei Smirnov | URS | 21.79m 71-6 |
1986 |
| Discus | Frantz Kruger |  RSA |
67.84m 222.6 |
2001 |
| Hammer | Igor Astapkovich | URS | 84.12m 275-11¾ |
1990 |
| Javelin | Jan Zelezny |  CZE |
87.52m 287.14 |
2001 |
| Decathlon | Dan O'Brien | USA |
8755 pts. | 1998 |
| 4x100m Relay | U.S. Goodwill Games Team (Jon Drummond, Tim Harden, Dennis Mitchell, Maurice Greene) |
USA |
37.90 | 1998 |
| 4x400m Relay | U.S. Goodwill Games Team (Jerome Young, Antonio Pettigrew, Tyree Washington, Michael Johnson) |
USA |
2:54.20 | 1998* |