| 100m (100m) |
1. | Lindy | Remigino |  |
USA | 10,4 |
| 2. | Herbert | McKenley |  |
Jamajka | 10,4 | |
| 3. | Emmanuel Mcdonald | Balley |  |
Vel.Britanija | 10,4 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Andrew William | Stanfield | |
USA | 20,7 |
| 2. | Walter Thane | Baker | |
USA | 20,8 | |
| 3. | James | Gathers | |
USA | 20,8 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Vincent George | Rhoden | |
Jamajka | 45,9 |
| 2. | Herbert | McKenley | |
Jamajka | 45,9 | |
| 3. | Oliver Adrian | Matson | |
USA | 46,8 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Malvin Groston | Whitfield | |
USA | 1:49,2 |
| 2. | Arthur | Wint | |
Jamajka | 1:49,4 | |
| 3. | Heinz | Ulzheimer |  |
SR Njemačka | 1:49,7 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Joseph | Barthel |  |
Luxemburg | 3:45,1 |
| 2. | Robert | McMillen | |
USA | 3:45,2 | |
| 3. | Werner | Lueg | |
SR Njemačka | 3:45,4 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Emil | Zatopek |  |
Čehoslovačka | 14:06,6 |
| 2. | Alain | Mimoun |  |
Francuska | 14:07,4 | |
| 3. | Herbert | Schade | |
SR Njemačka | 14:08,6 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Emil | Zatopek | |
Čehoslovačka | 29:17,0 |
| 2. | Alain | Mimoun | |
Francuska | 29:32,8 | |
| 3. | Aleksandr | Anufriyev |  |
SSSR | 29:48,2 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Emil | Zatopek | |
Čehoslovčka | 2;23:03,2 |
| 2. | Reinaldo | Gorno |  |
Argentina | 2;25:35,0 | |
| 3. | Gustaf | Jansson |  |
Švedska | 2;26:07,0 | |
| 110m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Harrison | Dillard | |
USA | 13,7 |
| 2. | Jack | Davis | |
USA | 13,7 | |
| 3. | Arthur | Barnard | |
USA | 14,1 | |
| 400m hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Charles Hewes Jr. | Moore | |
USA | 50,8 |
| 2. | Yuri | Lituev | |
SSSR | 51,3 | |
| 3. | John Macfarlane | Holland |  |
Novi Zeland | 52,2 | |
| 3.000m steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Horace III | Ashenfelter | |
USA | 8:45,4 |
| 2. | Vladimir | Kazantsev | |
SSSR | 8:51,6 | |
| 3. | John Ivor | Disley | |
Vel.Britanija | 8:51,8 | |
| 4x100m realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 40,1 |
| 2. | - | - | |
SSSR | 40,3 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Mađarska | 40,5 | |
| 4x400m realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
Jamajka | 3:03,9 |
| 2. | - | - | |
USA | 3:04,0 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
SR Njemačka | 3:06,0 | |
| 10.000
walk (hodanje 10.000m) |
1. | John | Mikaelsson | |
Švedska | 45:13,2 |
| 2. | Erich Arthur Fritz | Schwab |  |
Švicarska | 45:41,0 | |
| 3. | Bruno | Junk | |
SSSR | 45:41,0 | |
| 50km
race walk (hod. 50km) |
1. | Giuseppe | Dordoni |  |
Italija | 4;28:07,8 |
| 2. | Josef | Dolezal | |
Čehoslovačka | 4;30:17,8 | |
| 3. | Antal | Roka | |
Mađarska | 4;31:27,2 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Walter Francis | Davis | |
USA | 2,04 |
| 2. | Kenneth George | Wiesner | |
USA | 2,01 | |
| 3. | Jose | Telles da Conceicao |  |
Brazil | 1,98 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Jerome Cousins | Biffle | |
USA | 7,57 |
| 2. | Meredith Charles | Gourdine | |
USA | 7,53 | |
| 3. | Adam | Földessy | |
Mađarska | 7,30 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Ademar | Ferreira da Silva | |
Brazil | 16,22 |
| 2. | Leonid | Šhcherbakov | |
SSSR | 15,98 | |
| 3. | Arnaldo | Devonish |  |
Venezuela | 15,52 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Robert | Richards | |
USA | 4,55 |
| 2. | Donald Robert | Laz | |
USA | 4,50 | |
| 3. | Ragnar | Lundberg | |
Švedska | 4,40 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | William Patrick Jr. | O'Brien | |
USA | 17,41 |
| 2. | Darrow Clarence | Hooper | |
USA | 17,39 | |
| 3. | James Emanuel | Fuchs | |
USA | 17,06 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Simeon Garland | Iness | |
USA | 55,03 |
| 2. | Adolfo | Consolini | |
Italija | 53,78 | |
| 3. | James Leo | Dillion | |
USA | 53,28 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Jozsef | Csermak | |
Mađarska | 60,34 |
| 2. | Karl | Stroch | |
SR Njemačka | 58,86 | |
| 3. | Imre | Nemeth | |
Mađarska | 57,74 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Cyrus C. Jr. | Young | |
USA | 73,78 |
| 2. | William Preston | Miller | |
USA | 72,46 | |
| 3. | Toivo Armas | Hyytiäinen |  |
Finska | 71,89 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Robert | Mathias | |
USA | 7.731 |
| 2. | Milton Gray | Campbell | |
USA | 7.132 | |
| 3. | Floyd Macon Jr. | Simmons | |
USA | 7.069 |