| 100m (100m) |
1. | Harrison | Dillard |  |
USA | 10,3 |
| 2. | Harold Norwood | Ewell | |
USA | 10,4 | |
| 3. | Lloyd | Labeach |  |
Panama | 10,4 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Melvin Emery | Patton | |
USA | 21,1 |
| 2. | Harold Norwood | Ewell | |
USA | 21,1 | |
| 3. | Lloyd | Labeach | |
Panama | 21,2 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Arthur | Wint |  |
Jamajka | 46,2 |
| 2. | Herbert | McKenley | |
Jamajka | 46,4 | |
| 3. | Malvin Groston | Whitfield | |
USA | 46,9 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Malvin Groston | Whitfield | |
USA | 1:49,2 |
| 2. | Arthur | Wint | |
Jamajka | 1:49,5 | |
| 3. | Marcel | Hansenne |  |
Francuska | 1:49,8 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Henry | Eriksson |  |
Švedska | 3:49,8 |
| 2. | Lennart | Strand | |
Švedska | 3:50,4 | |
| 3. | Willem | Slijkhuis |  |
Nizozemska | 3:50,4 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Gaston Etienne | Reiff |  |
Belgija | 14:17,6 |
| 2. | Emil | Zatopek |  |
Čehoslovačka | 14:17,8 | |
| 3. | Willem | Slijkhuis | |
Nizozemska | 14:26,8 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Emil | Zatopek | |
Čehoslovačka | 29:59,6 |
| 2. | Alain | Mimoun | |
Francuska | 30:47,4 | |
| 3. | Bertil | Albertsson | |
Švedska | 30:53,6 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Delfro | Cabrera |  |
Argentina | 2;34:51,6 |
| 2. | Thomas John Henry | Richards |  |
Vel.Britanija | 2;35:07,6 | |
| 3. | Etienne | Gailly | |
Belgija | 2;35:33,6 | |
| 110m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | William Franklin III | Porter | |
USA | 13,9 |
| 2. | Clyde | Scott | |
USA | 14,1 | |
| 3. | Craig | Dixon | |
USA | 14,1 | |
| 400m hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Roy Braxston | Cochran | |
USA | 51,1 |
| 2. | Duncan | White |  |
Cejlon | 51,8 | |
| 3. | Rune | Larsson | |
Švedska | 52,2 | |
| 3.000m steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Tore | Sjöstrand | |
Švedska | 9:04,6 |
| 2. | Erik | Elmsäter | |
Švedska | 9:08,2 | |
| 3. | Göte | Hagström | |
Švedska | 9:11,8 | |
| 4x100m realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 40,6 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Vel.Britanija | 41,3 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Italija | 41,5 | |
| 4x400m realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 3:10,4 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Francuska | 3:14,8 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Švedska | 3:16,0 | |
| 10.000m
walk (hod. 10.000m) |
1. | John | Mikaelsson | |
Švedska | 45:13,2 |
| 2. | Ingemar | Johansson | |
Švedska | 45:43,8 | |
| 3. | Eric Arthur Fritz | Schwab |  |
Švicarska | 46:00,2 | |
| 50km race walk road (hod. 50km) | 1. | John Artur | Ljunggren | |
Švedska | 4;41:52,0 |
| 2. | Gaston | Godel | |
Švicarska | 4;48:17,0 | |
| 3. | Terence Lloyd | Johnson | |
Vel.Britanija | 4;48:31,0 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | John | Winter |  |
Australija | 1,98 |
| 2. | Bjorn Andreas | Paulson |  |
Norveška | 1,95 | |
| 3. | George Anthony | Stanich | |
USA | 1,95 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | William Samuel | Steele | |
USA | 7,82 |
| 2. | Thomas Theodore | Bruce | |
Australija | 7,55 | |
| 3. | Herbert Paul Jr. | Douglas | |
USA | 7,54 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Arne | Ahman | |
Švedska | 15,40 |
| 2. | George Gordon | Avery | |
Australija | 15,36 | |
| 3. | Ruhi | Sarialp |  |
Turska | 15,02 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Owen Guinn | Smith | |
USA | 4,30 |
| 2. | Eekki Olavi | Kataja |  |
Finska | 4,20 | |
| 3. | Robert | Richards | |
USA | 4,20 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | Wilbur Marvin | Thompson | |
USA | 17,12 |
| 2. | Francis James | Delaney | |
USA | 16,68 | |
| 3. | James Emanuel | Fuchs | |
USA | 16,42 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Adolfo | Consolini | |
Italija | 52,78 |
| 2. | Giuseppe | Tosi | |
Italija | 51,78 | |
| 3. | Fortune Edward | Gordien | |
USA | 50,77 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Imre | Nemeth |  |
Mađarska | 56,07 |
| 2. | Ivan | Gubijan |  |
Jugoslavija | 54,27 | |
| 3. | Robert Howard | Bennett | |
USA | 53,73 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Taj Topio | Rautavaara | |
Finska | 69,77 |
| 2. | Stephen Andrew | Seymour | |
USA | 67,56 | |
| 3. | Jozsef | Varszegi | |
Mađarska | 67,03 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Robert | Mathias | |
USA | 6.826 |
| 2. | Ignace | Heinrich | |
Francuska | 6.740 | |
| 3. | Floyd Macon Jr. | Simmons | |
USA | 6.711 |