At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, from 27 January to 3 February 1990. A total of 42 events were contested, 23 by male and 19 by female athletes.

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

Participation

• 🇦🇺 (83) • (3) • (4) • (1) • (4) • (9) • (1) • 🇨🇦 (81) • (1) • 🇨🇰 (4) • 🇨🇾 (7) • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (105) • 🇫🇰 (2) • (4) • 🇬🇭 (8) • 🇬🇬 Guernsey (1) • 🇬🇾 (2) • 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (3) • (3) • 🇯🇲 (13) • 🇯🇪 Jersey (1) • 🇰🇪 (29) • 🇱🇸 Lesotho (4) • (5) • (3) • (3) • 🇳🇿 (81) • (14) • 🇳🇫 (1) • (9) • 🇵🇰 (5) • 🇵🇬 (8) • (1) • (25) • 🇸🇨 Seychelles (5) • 🇸🇱 (1) • 🇸🇿 Swaziland (4) • (4) • (4) • (5) • 🇺🇬 (6) • (3) • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 (14) • (6) • (5)