The men's 100 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7. The winning margin was 0.17 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin for the men's 100 metres at these championships.
The Women's 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 29.
The Men's 100 metres at the 2011 Summer Universiade took place on 16–17 August. The gold medal was won by Jacques Harvey of Jamaica in a time of 10.14 seconds and was followed home by Rytis Sakalauskas of Lithuania in silver and Su Bingtian of China in bronze
The men's 200 metres event at the 2011 Summer Universiade was held on 18–19 August.
The men's 100 metres event at the 2007 Summer Universiade was held on 10–12 August. The final originally took place on 11 August but the results were cancelled due to a marginal false-start by Simeon Williamson, which was not at first noticed by the officials. A re-run was ordered a day later. The order of medalists, however, stayed the same after the second race.
The men's 100 metres event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 15–16 August in İzmir, Turkey.
The men's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10 and 11 August.
The men's 200 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16 and 17 August. The winning margin was 0.13 seconds.
The men's 200 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 30–31 August.
The men's 100 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, China on 27–28 August.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held on 26 and 27 August at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy.
The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.
The men's 100 metres event at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 23 and 24 August at the Taipei Municipal Stadium.
The men's 100 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 9 and 10 August.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12, 13 and 15 August.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States on 12, 13 and 15 August.
The men's 100 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 13 and 14 July 1987.
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 14 and 15 July 1987.
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 16 July 1987.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 16 and 17 July 1987.
