Men | date | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Men 100m | 23.08 | John Archer | GBR | Haakon Tranberg | NOR | Carlo Monti | ITA | Men 200m | 24.08 | Nikolai Karakulov | USR | Haakon Tranberg | NOR | Jiri David | TCH | Men 400m | 23.08 | Niels Holst Sorensen | DEN | Jacques Lunis | FRA | Derek Pugh | GBR | Men 800m | 24.08 | Rune Gustafsson | SWE | Niels Holst-Sorensen | DEN | Marcel Hansenne | FRA | Men 1500m | 25.08 | Lennart Strand | SWE | Henry Eriksson | SWE | Erik Jurgensen | DEN | Men 5000m | 23.08 | Sydney Wooderson | GBR | Willem Slijkhuis | NED | Evert Nyberg | SWE | Men 10000m | 22.08 | Viljo Heino | FIN | Helge Perala | FIN | Andras Csaplar | HUN | Men Marathon | 22.08 | Mikko Hietanen | FIN | Vaino Muinonen | FIN | Yakov Punko | URS | Men 3000m Steeplechase | 2-.08 | Raphael Pujason | FRA | Eric Elmsater | SWE | Tore Sjostrand | SWE | Men 110m Hurdles | 2-.08 | Hakan Lidman | SWE | Hippolyte Braekman | BEL | Vaino Suvivuo | FIN | Men 400m Hurdles | 24.08 | Bertil Storskrubb | FIN | Sixten Larsson | SWE | Rune Larsson | SWE | Men 4x100m Relay | 25.08 | Sweden | .FRA France | .TCH Czechoslovakia | Men 4x400m Relay | 25.08 | France | .GBR Great Britain | .SWE Sweden | Men High Jump | 23.08 | Anton Bolinder | SWE | Alan Paterson | GBR | Nils Nicklen | FIN | Men Pole Vault | 2-.08 | Allan Lindberg | SWE | Nikolai Osolin | URS | Jan Bem | TCH | Men Long Jump | 24.08 | Olle Laessker | SWE | Lucien Graff | SUI | Miroslav Rihosek | TCH | Men Triple Jump | 22.08 | Valdemar Rautio | FIN | Bertil Johnsson | SWE | Arne Ahman | SWE | Men Shot Put | 23.08 | Gunnar Huseby | ISL | Dimitri Gorjanow | URS | Yrjo Lehtila | FIN | Men Discus Throw | 24.08 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | Giuseppe Tosi | ITA | Veikko Nyqvist | FIN | Men Hammer Throw | 22.08 | Bo Ericsson | SWE | Erik Johansson | SWE | Duncan Clark | GBR | Men Javelin Throw | 2-.08 | Lennart Atterwall | SWE | Yrjo Nikkanen | FIN | Tapio Rautavaara | FIN | Men Decathlon | 24.08 | Godtfred Holmvang | NOR | Sergej Kusnetzov | URS | Goran Waxberg | SWE | Men 10km Walk | 2-.08 | John Mikaelsson | SWE | Fritz Schwab | SUI | Emile Maggi | FRA | Men 50km Walk | 23.08 | John Ljunggren | SWE | Henry Forbes | GBR | Charles Megnin | GBR |
Women | date | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Women 100m | 22.08 | Yevgenia Setschenova | URS | Winifred Jordan | GBR | Claire Bresolles | FRA | Women 200m | 25.08 | Yevgenia Setschenova | URS | Winifred Jordan | GBR | Lea Caurla | FRA | Women 80m Hurdles | 23.08 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | Jelena Gokieli | URS | Valentina Fokina | URS | Women 4x100m Relay | 25.08 | Netherlands | .FRA France | Soviet Union | Women High Jump | 22.08 | Anne-Marie Colchen | FRA | Alexandra Tschudina | URS | Anne Iversen | DEN | Women Long Jump | 23.08 | Gerda Koudys | NED | Lidia Gaile | URS | Valentina Vasiljeva | URS | Women Shot Put | 22.08 | Tatiana Sewrjukova | URS | Micheline Ostermeyer | FRA | Amelia Piccinini | ITA | Women Discus Throw | 23.08 | Nina Dumbadse | URS | Ans Niesink | NED | Jadwiga Wajs | POL | Women Javelin Throw | 24.08 | Klaudia Majutschaja | URS | Ludmilla Anokina | URS | Johanna Koning | NED |
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Medals | G | S | B | All | 1. Sweden | 11 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 2. Soviet Union | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3. Finland | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4. France | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5. Holland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6. Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 7. Norway | 1 | 2 | | 3 | 8. Denmark | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8. Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10.Iceland | 1 | | | 1 | 11.Suitzerland | | 2 | | 2 | 12.Belgium | | 1 | | 1 | 13.Czechoslovakia | | | 4 | 1 | 14.Hungary | | | 1 | 1 | 14.Poland | | | 1 | 1 |
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Points | 1. Sweden | 174 | 2. Soviet Union | 96 | 3. France | 80 | 4. Finland | 70 | 5. Great Britain | 68 | 6. Netherlands | 48 | 7. Norway | 39 | 8. Denmark | 36 | 9. Italy | 28 | 10.Czechoslovakia | 22 | 11.Switzerland | 19 | 12.Hungary | 8 | 12.Iceland | 8 | 12.Poland | 8 | 15.Belgium | 7 | 16.Greece | 5 | 17.Luxembourg | 2 |
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| Table composed in modern times with points from 1st to 8th place. |
| Points Ranking | points | Gd | Sv | Br | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 1. | Sweden | 255 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | | 2. | Soviet Union | 130 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3. | France | 126 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4. | Great Britain | 111 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5. | Finland | 100 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 6. | Netherlands | 70 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | | 1 | 7. | Norway | 69 | 1 | 2 | | 6 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | 8. | Denmark | 63 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9. | Czechoslovakia | 50 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10. | Italy | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 2 | | | 11. | Switzerland | 33 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12. | Poland | 26 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13. | Hungary | 21 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14. | Iceland | 16 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15. | Belgium | 15 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | 2 | 16. | Luxembourg | 7 | | | | | | 2 | | 1 | 17. | Greece | 5 | | | 1 | | | | | |
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