Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
100 metres details | Charles Paddock United States | 10.8 | Morris Kirksey United States | 10.9 | Harry Edward Great Britain | 10.9 |
200 metres details | Allen Woodring United States | 22.0 | Charles Paddock United States | 22.0 | Harry Edward Great Britain | 22.2 |
400 metres details | Bevil Rudd South Africa | 49.6 | Guy Butler Great Britain | 50.1 | Nils Engdahl Sweden | 50.2 |
800 metres details | Albert Hill Great Britain | 1:53.4 | Earl Eby United States | 1:53.6 | Bevil Rudd South Africa | 1:53.6 |
1500 metres details | Albert Hill Great Britain | 4:01.8 | Philip Noel-Baker Great Britain | 4:02.4 | Lawrence Shields United States | 4:04.3 |
5000 metres details | Joseph Guillemot France | 14:55.6 | Paavo Nurmi Finland | 15:00.0 | Eric Backman Sweden | 15:13.0 |
10,000 metres details | Paavo Nurmi Finland | 31:45.8 | Joseph Guillemot France | 31:47.2 | James Wilson Great Britain | 31:50.8 |
110 metres hurdles details | Earl Thomson Canada | 14.8 WR | Harold Barron United States | 15.1 | Feg Murray United States | 15.1 |
400 metres hurdles details | Frank Loomis United States | 54.0 WR | John Norton United States | 54.6 | August Desch United States | 54.7 |
3,000 metres steeplechase details | Percy Hodge Great Britain | 10:00.4 OR | Patrick Flynn United States | 10:21.1 | Ernesto Ambrosini Italy | 10:32.0 |
4 × 100 metres relay details | United States (USA) Charles Paddock Jackson Scholz Loren Murchison Morris Kirksey | 42.2 WR | France (FRA) René Lorain René Tirard René Mourlon Émile Ali-Khan | 42.5 | Sweden (SWE) Agne Holmström William Petersson Sven Malm Nils Sandström | 42.8 |
4 × 400 metres relay details | Great Britain (GBR) Cecil Griffiths Robert Lindsay John Ainsworth-Davis Guy Butler | 3:22.2 | South Africa (RSA) Henry Dafel Clarence Oldfield Jack Oosterlaak Bevil Rudd | 3:23.0 | France (FRA) Géo André Gaston Féry Maurice Delvart André Devaux | 3:23.5 |
3000 metres team race details | United States (USA) Horace Brown Arlie Schardt Ivan Dresser | 10 pts | Great Britain (GBR) Joe Blewitt Albert Hill William Seagrove | 20 pts | Sweden (SWE) Eric Backman Sven Lundgren Edvin Wide | 24 pts |
Marathon details | Hannes Kolehmainen Finland | 2:32:35.8 WR | Jüri Lossmann Estonia | 2:32:48.6 | Valerio Arri Italy | 2:36:32.8 |
3 kilometres walk details | Ugo Frigerio Italy | 13:14.2 OR | George Parker Australia | (13:19.6) | Richard Remer United States | (13:22.2) |
10 kilometres walk details | Ugo Frigerio Italy | 48:06.2 | Joseph Pearman United States | (49:40.2) | Charles Gunn Great Britain | (49:43.9) |
High jump details | Richmond Landon United States | 1.936 m OR | Harold Muller United States | 1.90 m | Bo Ekelund Sweden | 1.90 m |
Pole vault details | Frank Foss United States | 4.09 m WR | Henry Petersen Denmark | 3.70 m | Edwin Myers United States | 3.60 m |
Long jump details | William Petersson Sweden | 7.15 m | Carl Johnson United States | 7.095 m | Erik Abrahamsson Sweden | 7.08 m |
Triple jump details | Vilho Tuulos Finland | 14.505 m | Folke Jansson Sweden | 14.48 m | Erik Almlöf Sweden | 14.27 m |
Shot put details | Ville Pörhölä Finland | 14.81 m | Elmer Niklander Finland | 14.155 m | Harry Liversedge United States | 14.15 m |
Discus throw details | Elmer Niklander Finland | 44.685 m | Armas Taipale Finland | 44.19 m | Gus Pope United States | 42.13 m |
Hammer throw details | Patrick Ryan United States | 52.875 m | Carl Johan Lind Sweden | 48.43 m | Basil Bennett United States | 48.25 m |
Javelin throw details | Jonni Myyrä Finland | 65.78 m OR | Urho Peltonen Finland | 63.605 m | Pekka Johansson Finland | 63.095 m |
56 lb (25 kg) weight throw details | Pat McDonald United States | 11.265 m OR | Patrick Ryan United States | 10.965 m | Carl Johan Lind Sweden | 10.255 m |
Pentathlon details | Eero Lehtonen Finland | 14 pts | Everett Bradley United States | 24 pts | Hugo Lahtinen Finland | 26 pts |
Decathlon details | Helge Løvland Norway | 6803.355 pts | Brutus Hamilton United States | 6771.085 pts | Bertil Ohlson Sweden | 6580.030 pts |
Individual cross country details | Paavo Nurmi Finland | 27:15.0 | Eric Backman Sweden | 27:17.6 | Heikki Liimatainen Finland | 27:37.0 |
Team cross country details | Finland (FIN) Paavo Nurmi Heikki Liimatainen Teodor Koskenniemi | 10 pts | Great Britain (GBR) James Wilson Anton Hegarty Alfred Nichols | 21 pts | Sweden (SWE) Eric Backman Gustaf Mattsson Hilding Ekman | 23 pts |