| 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 |
| Medals | G | S | B | All |
| 1. United States | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| 2. Germany | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 3. Finland | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4. Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 5. Japan | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6. Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7. Hungary | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7. New Zealand | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9. Poland | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 10.Canada | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 11.Switzerland | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.Sweden | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.Holland | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14.Latvia | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.Australia | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14.Philippines | 1 | 1 |
Prepared and maintained by Todor Krastev
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