Athletics was one of the sports at the quadrennial Goodwill Games competition. Athletics competitions were held at every one of the five Goodwill Games. The final athletics events were held at the Games in 2001 as the 2005 edition of the Games were cancelled.

Games	Year	Host city	Host country
I	1986	Moscow	Soviet Union
II	1990	Seattle, Washington	United States
III	1994	Saint Petersburg	Russia
IV	1998	New York City, New York	United States
V	2001	Brisbane, Queensland	Australia

• List of Goodwill Games records in athletics

• All results from GBR Athletics
• Past games from the official website