| Event
| Gold
| Silver
| Bronze
|
| 100 m
| Harold Abrahams, GBR 10.6
| Jackson Scholz, USA 10.7
| Arthur Porritt, NZL 10.8
|
| 200 m
| Jackson Scholz, USA 21.6
| Charles Paddock, USA 21.7
| Eric Liddell, GBR 21.9
|
| 400 m
| Eric Liddell, GBR 47.6
| Horatio Fitch, USA 48.4
| Guy Butler, GBR 48.6
|
| 800 m
| Douglas Lowe, GBR 1:52.4
| Paul Martin, SUI 1:52.6
| Schuyler Enck, USA 1:53.0
|
| 1,500 m
| Paavo Nurmi, FIN 3:53.6
| Willy Scharer, SUI 3:55.0
| Henry Stallard, GBR 3:55.6
|
| 3,000 m Team
| Finland 8
| Great Britain 14
| United States 25
|
| 5,000 m
| Paavo Nurmi, FIN 14:31.2
| Ville Ritola, FIN 14:31.4
| Edvin Wide, SWE 15:01.8
|
| 10,000 m
| Ville Ritola, FIN 30:23.2
| Edvin Wide, SWE 30:55.2
| Eero Berg, FIN 31:43.0
|
| Marathon
| Albin Stenroos, FIN 2:41:22.6
| Romeo Bertini, ITA 2:47:19.6
| Clarence DeMar, USA 2:48:14.0
|
| 110 m Hurdles
| Daniel Kinsey, USA 15.0
| Sidney Atkinson, RSA 15.0
| Sten Pettersson, SWE 15.4
|
| 400 m Hurdles
| Frederick Morgan Taylor, USA 52.6
| Erik Vilen, FIN 53.8
| Ivan Riley, USA 54.2
|
| 3,000 m Steeplechase
| Ville Ritola, FIN 9:33.6
| Elias Katz, FIN 9:44.0
| Paul Bontemps, FRA 9:45.2
|
| Individual Cross-Country
| Paavo Nurmi, FIN 32:54.8
| Ville Ritola, FIN 34:19.4e
| Earl Johnson, USA 35:21.0
|
| Team Cross-Country
| Finland 11
| United States 14
| France 20
|
| 4 x 100 m Relay
| United States 41.0
| Great Britain 41.2
| Netherlands 41.8
|
| 4 x 400 m Relay
| United States 3:16.0
| Sweden 3:17.0
| Great Britain 3:17.4
|
| 10 km Walk
| Ugo Frigerio, ITA 47:49.0
| Gordon Goodwin, GBR
| Cecil McMaster, RSA
|
| High Jump
| Harold Osborn, USA 6'6"
| Leroy Brown, USA 6'4¾"
| Pierre Lewdon, FRA 6'3¼"
|
| Pole Vault
| Lee Barnes, USA 12'11½"
| Glen Graham, USA 12'11½"
| James Brooker, USA 12'9½"
|
| Long Jump
| William DeHart Hubbard, USA 24'5"
| Edward Gourdin, USA 23'10¾"
| Sverre Hansen, NOR 23'9¾"
|
| Triple Jump
| Anthony Winter, AUS 50'11¼"
| Luis Bruneto, ARG 50'7¼"
| Vilho Tuulos, FIN 50'5"
|
| Shot Put
| Clarence Houser, USA 49'2"
| Glenn Hartranft, USA 49'1¾"
| Ralph Hills, USA 48'¼"
|
| Discus
| Clarence Houser, USA 151'5"
| Vilho Nittymaa, FIN 147'5½"
| Thomas Lieb, USA 147'½"
|
| Hammer Throw
| Frederick Tootell, USA 174'10"
| Matthew McGrath, USA 166'9½"
| Malcolm Nokes, GBR 158'3½"
|
| Javelin
| Jonni Myyra, FIN 206'6½"
| Gunnar Lindstrom, SWE 199'10"
| Eugene Oberst, USA 191'5"
|
| Pentathlon
| Eero Lehtonen, FIN 14
| Elemer Somfay, HUN 16
| Robert LeGendre, USA 18
|
| Decathlon
| Harold Osborn, USA 7710.775
| Emerson Norton, USA 7350.895
| Alexander Klumberg, EST 7329.360
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