| Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| 100 meters |
Harrison Dillard |
Barney Ewell |
Lloyd LaBeach |
| 200 meters |
Mel Patton |
Barney Ewell |
Lloyd LaBeach |
| 400 meters | Arthur Wint |
Herb McKenley |
Mal Whitfield |
| 800 meters | Mal Whitfield |
Arthur Wint |
Marcel Hansenne |
| 1500 meters | Henry Eriksson |
Lennart Strand |
Wim Slijkhuis |
| 5,000 meters | Gaston Reiff |
Emil Zatopek |
Wim Slijkhuis |
| 10,000 meters | Emil Zatopek |
Alain Mimoun |
Bertil Albertsson |
| 110 meters hurdles |
William Porter |
Clyde Scott |
Craig Dixon |
| 400 meters hurdles |
Roy Cochran |
Duncan White |
Rune Larsson |
| 3,000 meters steeplechase |
Tore Sjostrand |
Erik Elmsater |
Gote Hagstrom |
| 4 x 100 meters relay |
Barney Ewell Lorenzo Wright Harrison Dillard Mel Patton |
Alastair McCorquodale John Gregory Ken Jones Jack Archer |
Michele Tito Enrico Perucconi Carlo Monti Antonio Siddi |
| 4 x 400 meters relay |
Roy Cochran Cliff Bourland Arthur Harnden Mal Whitfield |
Jean Kerebel Francis Schewetta Robert Chef D'Hotel Jacques Lunis |
Kurt Lundquist Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt Folke Alnevik Rune Larsson |
| Marathon |
Delfo Cabrera |
Tom Richards |
Etienne Gailly |
| 10 K Walk |
John Mikaelsson |
Ingemar Johansson |
Fritz Schwab |
| 50 K Walk |
John Llunggren |
Gaston Godel |
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson |
| High Jump |
John Winter |
Bjorn Paulson |
George Stanich |
| Pole Vault |
Guinn Smith |
Erkki Kataja |
Robert Richards |
| Long Jump |
Willie Steele |
Theo Bruce |
Herbert Douglas |
| Triple Jump |
Arne Ahman |
George Avery |
Ruhi Sarialp |
| Shot Put |
Wilbur Thompson |
Jim Delaney |
Jim Fuchs |
| Discus Throw |
Adolfo Consolini |
Giuseppe Tosi |
Fortune Gordien |
| Hammer Throw |
Imre Nemeth |
Ivan Gubijan |
Robert Bennett |
| Javelin Throw |
Tapio Rautavaara |
Steve Seymour |
Jozsef Varszegi |
| Decathlon |
Bob Mathias |
Ignace Heinrich |
Floyd Simmons |
