| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men 100m | Jesse Owens |  USA | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | Martinus Osendarp |  HOL |
| Men 200m | Jesse Owens | USA | Mack Robinson | USA | Martinus Osendarp | HOL |
| Men 400m | Archibald Williams | USA | Arthur Brown |  GBR | James LuValle | USA |
| Men 800m | John Woodruff | USA | Mario Lanzi |  ITA | Philip Edwards |  CAN |
| Men 1500m | John Lovelock |  NZL | Glenn Cunningham | USA | Luigi Beccali | ITA |
| Men 5000m | Gunnar Hockert |  FIN | Lauri Lehtinen | FIN | Henry Jonsson |  SWE |
| Men 10000m | Ilmari Salminen | FIN | Arvo Askola | FIN | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN |
| Men Marathon | Kitei Son |  JPN | Ernest Harper | GBR | Shoryu Nan | JPN |
| Men 4x100m Relay | United States | Italy | Germany | |||
| Men 4x400m Relay | Great Britain | United States | Germany | |||
| Men 110m Hurdles | Forrest Towns | USA | Donald Finlay | GBR | Frederick Pollard | USA |
| Men 400m Hurdles | Glenn Hardin | USA | John Loaring | CAN | Miguel White |  PHI |
| Men 3000m Steeplechase | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | Kaarlo Tuominen | FIN | Alfred Dompert |  GER |
| Men High Jump | Cornelius Johnson | USA | David Albritton | USA | Delos Thurber | USA |
| Men Pole Vault | Earle Meadows | USA | Shuhei Nishida | JPN | Sueo Oe | JPN |
| Men Long Jump | Jesse Owens | USA | Ludwig Long | GER | Naoto Tajima | JPN |
| Men Triple Jump | Naoto Tajima | JPN | Masao Harada | JPN | John Metcalfe |  AUS |
| Men Shot Put | Hans Wollke | GER | Sulo Barlund | FIN | Gerhard Stock | GER |
| Men Discus Throw | Kenneth Carpenter | USA | Gordon Dunn | USA | Giorgio Oberweger | ITA |
| Men Hammer Throw | Karl Hein | GER | Erwin Blask | GER | Alfred Warngaard | SWE |
| Men Javelin Throw | Gerhard Stock | GER | Yrjo Nikkanen | FIN | Kalervo Toivonen | FIN |
| Men Decathlon | Glenn Morris | USA | Robert Clark | USA | Jack Parker | USA |
| Men 50km Walk | Harold Whitlock | GBR | Arthur Schwab |  SUI | Adalberts Bubenko |  LAT |
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Women 100m | Helen Stephens | USA | Stanislava Walasiewicz |  POL | Kathe Krauss | GER |
| Women 4x100m Relay | United States | Great Britain | Canada | |||
| Women 80m Hurdles | Trebisonda Valla | ITA | Anni Steuer | GER | Elizabeth Taylor | CAN |
| Women High Jump | Ibolya Csak |  HUN | Dorothy Odam | GBR | Elfrede Kaun | GER |
| Women Discus Throw | Gisela Mauermayer | GER | Jadwiga Wajsowna | POL | Paula Mollenhauer | GER |
| Women Javelin Throw | Ottilie Fleischer | GER | Luise Kruger | GER | Maria Kwasniewska | POL |
| Athletics World Index |
