| 100m (100m) |
1. | Robert Joseph | Morrow |  |
USA | 10,5 |
| 2. | Walter Thane | Baker | |
USA | 10,5 | |
| 3. | Hector | Hogan |  |
Australija | 10,6 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Robert Joseph | Morrow | |
USA | 20,6 |
| 2. | Anrew William | Stanfield | |
USA | 20,7 | |
| 3. | Walter Thane | Baker | |
USA | 20,9 | |
|
400m |
1. | Charles Lamont | Jenkins | |
USA | 46,7 |
| 2. | Karl-Friedrich | Hass |  |
Njemačka(SR+DDR) | 46,8 | |
| 3. | Voitto Valdemar | Hellsten |  |
Finska | 47,0 | |
| 3. | Ardalion | Ignatyev |  |
SSSR | 47,0 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Thomas William | Courtney | |
USA | 1:47,7 |
| 2. | Derek James Neville | Johnson |  |
Vel.Britanija | 1:47,8 | |
| 3. | Audun | Boysen |  |
Norveška | 1:48,1 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Ronald Michael | Delany |  |
Irska | 3:41,2 |
| 2. | Klaus | Richtzenhain | |
Njemačka(SR+DDR) | 3:42,0 | |
| 3. | John | Landy | |
Australija | 3:42,0 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Vladimir | Kuts | |
SSSR | 13:39,6 |
| 2. | Douglas A.Gordon | Pirie | |
Vel.Britanija | 13:50,6 | |
| 3. | George Derek | Ibbotson | |
Vel.Britanija | 13:54,4 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Vladimir | Kuts | |
SSSR | 28:45,6 |
| 2. | Jozsef | Kovacs |  |
Mađarska | 28:52,4 | |
| 3. | Allan | Lawrence | |
Australija | 28:53,6 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Alain | Mimoun |  |
Francuska | 2;25:00,0 |
| 2. | Franjo | Mihalić |  |
Jugoslavija | 2;26:32,0 | |
| 3. | Veikko Leo | Karvonen | |
Finska | 2;27:47,0 | |
| 110m hurdles (110m prepone) | 1. | Lee | Calhoun | |
USA | 13,5 |
| 2. | Jack | Davis | |
USA | 13,5 | |
| 3. | Joel | Shankle | |
USA | 14,1 | |
| 400m hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | Glenn Ashby | Davis | |
USA | 50,1 |
| 2. | Silas Edward | Southern | |
USA | 50,8 | |
| 3. | Joshua | Culbreath | |
USA | 51,6 | |
| 3.000m steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Christoper William | Brasher | |
Vel.Britanija | 8:41,2 |
| 2. | Sandor | Rozsnyoi | |
Mađarska | 8:43,6 | |
| 3. | Ernst | Larsen | |
Norveška | 8:44,0 | |
| 4x100m realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 39,5 |
| 2. | - | - | |
SSSR | 39,8 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Njemačka(SR+DDR) | 40,3 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 3:04,8 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Australija | 3:06,2 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
Vel.Britanija | 3:07,2 | |
| 20km race walk (hodanje 20km) | 1. | Leonid | Spirin | |
SSSR | 1;31:27,4 |
| 2. | Antanas | Mikenas | |
SSSR | 1;32:03,0 | |
| 3. | Bruno | Junk | |
SSSR | 1;32:12,0 | |
| 50km race walk (hodanje 50km) | 1. | Norman Richard | Read |  |
Novi Zeland | 4;30:42,8 |
| 2. | Yevgeni | Maskinskov | |
SSSR | 4;32:57,9 | |
| 3. | John Artur | Ljunggren |  |
Švedska | 4;35:02,0 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Charles Ewerett | Dumas | |
USA | 2,12 |
| 2. | Charles Michael | Porter | |
Australija | 2,10 | |
| 3. | Igor | Kahkarov | |
SSSR | 2,08 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Gregory Curtis | Bell | |
USA | 7,83 |
| 2. | John Dale | Bennett | |
USA | 7,68 | |
| 3. | Jorma Rainer | Valkama | |
Finska | 7,48 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Adhemar | Ferreira Da Silva |  |
Brazil | 16,35 |
| 2. | Vilhjalmur | Einarsson |  |
Island | 16,26 | |
| 3. | Vitold | Kreer | |
SSSR | 16,02 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Robert | Richards | |
USA | 4,56 |
| 2. | Robert Allen | Gutowski | |
USA | 4,53 | |
| 3. | Georgios | Roubanis |  |
Grčka | 4,50 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | William Patrick Jr. | O'Brien | |
USA | 18,57 |
| 2. | William Henry | Nieder | |
USA | 18,18 | |
| 3. | Jiri | Skobla |  |
Čehoslovačka | 17,65 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Alfred | Oerter | |
USA | 56,36 |
| 2. | Fortune Edwards | Gordien | |
USA | 54,81 | |
| 3. | Desmond Dalworth | Koch | |
USA | 54,40 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Harold Vincent | Connolly | |
USA | 63,19 |
| 2. | Mikhail | Krivonosov | |
SSSR | 63,03 | |
| 3. | Anatoli | Samotsvetov | |
SSSR | 62,56 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Egil | Danielsen | |
Norveška | 85,71 |
| 2. | Janusz | Sidlo |  |
Poljska | 79,98 | |
| 3. | Viktor | Tsybulenko | |
SSSR | 79,50 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | Milton Gray | Campbell | |
USA | 7.937 |
| 2. | Rafer Lewis | Johnson | |
USA | 7.587 | |
| 3. | Vasili | Kuznetsov | |
SSSR | 7.465 |