Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga cikin wasan karshe shida na rana ta takwas, wasan karshe na tsalle-tsalle na maza ya taimaka wajen cika filin wasan a karon farko yayin da Mutaz Essa Barshim na Qatar ya lashe gasar mai inganci ga kasar mai masaukin baki. Barshim, Mikhail Akimenko da Ilya Ivanyuk duk sun share kafin dan wasan na gida ya zama na farko don lashe zinare na farko na kasarsa. A wasan karshe na tseren mita 400 na mata, Amurkawa Dalilah Muhammad da Sydney McLaughlin sun juya tseren zuwa duel wanda ya haifar da zakaran Olympics Muhammad ya kafa tarihin duniya na dakika 52.16 don hana McLaughlin mai shekaru 20, wanda ya gudu a karo na uku mafi sauri. Dan Habasha Lamecha Girma ya yi kokarin karya nasarar da Kenya ta samu a wasan karshe na maza amma ya yi nasara a kan layin da Conseslus Kipruto na Kenya ya kare, tare da kashi daya cikin dari na biyu da ke raba su biyu. Steven Gardiner na Bahamas ya yi nasara sosai don lashe wasan karshe na maza na mita 400, ya gama sama da rabin dakika a gaban filin kuma ya kafa tarihin Bahamian na 43.48 seconds. Kasancewar Gardiner ya yiwu ne kawai saboda kamfen na tara kudi na jama'a don tawagarsa ta kasa, kamar yadda Guguwar Dorian ta lalata kasar Caribbean wata daya da suka gabata. Wasannin karshe na mata ya kasance batun Cuba tsakanin Yaime Pérez da Denia Caballero, tare da Pérez a ƙarshe ya lashe zinare tare da ƙoƙari na biyar na. Zagaye na farko na maza da mata 4 × 100 mita relay ya ga 'yan wasa suna gudanar da rikodin Afirka, rikodin Kudancin Amurka da kuma rikodin ƙasa uku. Toshikazu Yamanishi ya dauki lambar zinare a tseren maza na kilomita 20
a cikin zaman dare.