| 100m (100m) |
1. | James Ray | Hines |  |
USA | 9,9 |
| 2. | Lenox | Miller |  |
Jamajka | 10,0 | |
| 3. | Charles Edward | Grenne | |
USA | 10,0 | |
| 200m (200m) |
1. | Thomas C. | Smith | |
USA | 19,8 |
| 2. | Peter George | Norman |  |
Australija | 20,0 | |
| 3. | John Wesley | Carlos | |
USA | 20,0 | |
| 400m (400m) |
1. | Lee Edward | Evans | |
USA | 43,8 |
| 2. | George Lawrence | James | |
USA | 43,9 | |
| 3. | Ronald John III | Freeman | |
USA | 44,4 | |
| 800m (800m) |
1. | Ralph | Doubell | |
Australija | 1:44,3 |
| 2. | Wilson Chuma | Kiprugut |  |
Kenija | 1:44,5 | |
| 3. | Thomas Francis | Farrell | |
USA | 1:45,4 | |
| 1.500m (1.500m) |
1. | Kipchoge | Keino | |
Kenija | 3:34,9 |
| 2. | James Ronald | Ryun | |
USA | 3:37,8 | |
| 3. | Bodo | Tümmler |  |
SR Njemačka | 3:39,0 | |
| 5.000m (5.000m) |
1. | Mohamed | Gammoudi |  |
Tunis | 14:05,0 |
| 2. | Kipchoge | Keino | |
Kenija | 14:05,2 | |
| 3. | Nabiba Naftali | Temu | |
Kenija | 14:06,4 | |
| 10.000m (10.000m) |
1. | Nabiba Naftali | Temu | |
Kenija | 29:27,4 |
| 2. | Mamo | Wolde |  |
Etiopia | 29:28,0 | |
| 3. | Mohamed | Gammoudi | |
Tunis | 29:34,2 | |
| marathon (maraton 42.195m) |
1. | Mamo | Wolde | |
Etiopija | 2;20:26,4 |
| 2. | Kenji | Kimihara |  |
Japan | 2;23:31,0 | |
| 3. | Michael Robert | Ryan |  |
Novi Zeland | 2;23:45,0 | |
| 110meters
hurdles (110m prepone) |
1. | Willie | Davenport | |
USA | 13,3 |
| 2. | Eevin | Hall | |
USA | 13,4 | |
| 3. | Eddy | Ottoz |  |
Italija | 13,4 | |
| 400meters
hurdles (400m prepone) |
1. | David Peter | Hemery |  |
Vel.Britanija | 48,1 |
| 2. | Gerhard | Hennige | |
SR Njemačka | 49,0 | |
| 3. | John | Sherwood | |
Vel.Britanija | 49,0 | |
| 3.000m steeplechase (3.000m zapreke) | 1. | Amos Kipwabok | Biwott | |
Kenija | 8:51,0 |
| 2. | Benjamin | Kogo | |
Kenija | 8:51,6 | |
| 3. | George L. | Young | |
USA | 8:51,8 | |
| 4x100m
realy (štafeta 4x100m) |
1. | _ | _ | |
USA | 38,2 |
| 2. | - | - |  |
Kuba | 38,3 | |
| 3. | - | - |  |
Francuska | 38,4 | |
| 4x400m
realy (štafeta 4x400m) |
1. | - | - | |
USA | 2:56,1 |
| 2. | - | - | |
Kenija | 2:59,6 | |
| 3. | - | - | |
SR Njemačka | 3:00,5 | |
| 20km race walk (hodanje 20km) | 1. | Vladimir | Golubnichy |  |
SSSR | 1;33:58,4 |
| 2. | Jose | Petraza Zuniga |  |
Meksiko | 1;34:00,0 | |
| 3. | Nikolai | Smaga | |
SSSR | 1;34:03,4 | |
| 50km
race walk (hodanje 50km) |
1. | Christoph | Höhne |  |
DDR | 4;20:30,6 |
| 2. | Antal | Kiss |  |
Mađarska | 4;30:17,0 | |
| 3. | Lawrence Dean | Young | |
USA | 4;31:55,4 | |
| high
jump (skok u vis) |
1. | Richard Douglas | Fosbury | |
USA | 2,24 |
| 2. | Edward J. Jr. | Caruthers | |
USA | 2,22 | |
| 3. | Valentin | Gavrilov | |
SSSR | 2,20 | |
| long
jump (skok u dalj) |
1. | Bob | Beamon | |
USA | 8,90 |
| 2. | Klaus | Beer | |
DDR | 8,19 | |
| 3. | Ralph Harold | Boston | |
USA | 8,16 | |
| triple
jump (troskok) |
1. | Viktor | Saneev | |
SSSR | 17,39 |
| 2. | Nelson | Prudencio |  |
Brazil | 17,27 | |
| 3. | Giuseppe | Gaentile | |
Italija | 17,22 | |
| pole
vault (skok s motk.) |
1. | Robert Lloyd | Seagren | |
USA | 5,40 |
| 2. | Claus | Schiprowski | |
SR Njemačka | 5,40 | |
| 3. | Wolfgang | Nordwig | |
DDR | 5,40 | |
| shot
put (bac. kugle) |
1. | James Randel | Matson | |
USA | 20,54 |
| 2. | George Roger | Woods | |
USA | 20,12 | |
| 3. | Eduard | Gushchin | |
SSSR | 20,09 | |
| discus
throw (bac. diska) |
1. | Alfred | Oerter | |
USA | 64,78 |
| 2. | Lothar | Milde | |
DDR | 63,08 | |
| 3. | Ludvik | Danek |  |
Čehoslovačka | 62,92 | |
| hammer
throw (bac. kladiva) |
1. | Gyula | Zsivotsky | |
Mađarska | 73,36 |
| 2. | Romuald | Klim | |
SSSR | 73,28 | |
| 3. | Lazar | Lovasz | |
Mađarska | 69,78 | |
| javelin
throw (bac. koplja) |
1. | Yanis | Lusis | |
SSSR | 90,10 |
| 2. | Jorma Viljo Palaavi | Kinnunen |  |
Finska | 88,58 | |
| 3. | Gergely | Kulcsar | |
Mađarska | 87,06 | |
| decathlon (desetoboj) | 1. | William Anthony | Toomey | |
USA | 8.193 |
| 2. | Hans Jochim | Walde | |
SR Njemačka | 8.111 | |
| 3. | Kurt | Bendlin | |
SR Njemačka | 8.064 |