| 1936 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Jesse Owens | USA | 10,3 |
| 2 | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | 10,4 | |
| 3 | Martinus Osendarp | NED | 10,5 | |
| 4 | Frank Wykoff | USA | 10,6 | |
| 5 | Erich Borchmeyer | GER | 10,7 | |
| 6 | Lennart Strandberg | SWE | 10,9 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Jesse Owens | USA | 20,7 |
| 2 | Mack Robinson | USA | 21,1 | |
| 3 | Martinus Osendarp | NED | 21,3 | |
| 4 | Paul Hänni | SUI | 21,6 | |
| 5 | Lee Orr | CAN | 21,6 | |
| 6 | Wijnand van Beveren | NED | 21,9 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Archibald Williams | USA | 46,5 |
| 2 | Arthur Brown | GBR | 46,7 | |
| 3 | James LuValle | USA | 46,8 | |
| 4 | William Roberts | USA | 46,8 | |
| 5 | William Fritz | CAN | 47,8 | |
| 6 | John Loaring | CAN | 48,2 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | John Woodruff | USA | 1,52,9 |
| 2 | Mario Lanzi | ITA | 1,53,3 | |
| 3 | Philip Edwards | CAN | 1,53,6 | |
| 4 | Kazimierz Kucharski | POL | 1,53,8 | |
| 5 | Charles Hornbostel | USA | 1,54,6 | |
| 6 | Harry Williamsson | USA | 1,55,8 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | John Lovelock | NZL | 3,47,8 |
| 2 | Glenn Cunningham | USA | 3,48,4 | |
| 3 | Luigi Beccali | ITA | 3,49,2 | |
| 4 | Archie San Romani | USA | 3,50,0 | |
| 5 | Philip Edwards | CAN | 3,50,4 | |
| 6 | John Cornes | GBR | 3,51,4 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Gunnar Höckert | FIN | 14,22,2 |
| 2 | Lauri Lehtinen | FIN | 14,25,8 | |
| 3 | Henry Jonsson | SWE | 14,29,0 | |
| 4 | Kohei Murakoso | JPN | 14,30,0 | |
| 5 | Józef Noji | POL | 14,33,4 | |
| 6 | Ilmari Salminen | FIN | 14,39,8 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Ilmari Salminen | FIN | 30,15,4 |
| 2 | Arvo Askola | FIN | 30,15,6 | |
| 3 | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | 30,20,2 | |
| 4 | Kohei Murakoso | JPN | 30,25,0 | |
| 5 | James Burns | GBR | 30,58,2 | |
| 6 | Juan Carlos Zabala | ARG | 31,22,0 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Kitei Son | JPN | 2,29,19 |
| 2 | Ernest Harper | GBR | 2,31,23 | |
| 3 | Shoryu Nan | JPN | 2,31,42 | |
| 4 | Erkki Tamila | FIN | 2,32,45 | |
| 5 | Väinö Muinonen | FIN | 2,33,46 | |
| 6 | Johannes Coleman | RSA | 2,36,17 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 39,8 | |
| 2 | Italy | 41,1 | ||
| 3 | Germany | 41,2 | ||
| 4 | Argentina | 42,2 | ||
| 5 | Canada | 42,7 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 3,09,0 | |
| 2 | United States | 3,11,0 | ||
| 3 | Germany | 3,11,8 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 3,11,8 | ||
| 5 | Sweden | 3,13,0 | ||
| 6 | Hungary | 3,14,8 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | 9,03,8 |
| 2 | Kaarlo Tuominen | FIN | 9,06,8 | |
| 3 | Alfred Dompert | GER | 9,07,2 | |
| 4 | Martti Matilainen | FIN | 9,09,0 | |
| 5 | Harold Manning | USA | 9,11,2 | |
| 6 | Lars Larsson | SWE | 9,16,6 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Forrest Towns | USA | 14,2 |
| 2 | Donald Finlay | GBR | 14,4 | |
| 3 | Frederick Pollard | USA | 14,4 | |
| 4 | Håkan Lidman | SWE | 14,5 | |
| 5 | John Thornton | GBR | 14,7 | |
| 6 | Lawrence O´Connor | CAN | 14,8 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Glenn Hardin | USA | 52,4 |
| 2 | John Loaring | CAN | 52,7 | |
| 3 | Miguel White | CEY | 52,8 | |
| 4 | Joseph Patterson | USA | 53,0 | |
| 5 | Silvio Padilha | BRA | 54,0 | |
| 6 | Christos Mantikas | GRE | 54,2 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Cornelius Johnson | USA | 2,03 |
| 2 | David Albritton | USA | 2,00 | |
| 3 | Delos Thurber | USA | 2,00 | |
| 4 | Kalevi Kotkas | FIN | 2,00 | |
| 5 | Kimio Yada | JPN | 1,97 | |
| 6 | Hiroshi Tanaka | JPN | 1,94 | |
| Lauri Kalima | FIN | 1,94 | ||
| Yoshiro Asakuma | JPN | 1,94 | ||
| Gustav Weinkötz | GER | 1,94 | ||
| Stav | 1 | Earle Meadows | USA | 4,35 |
| 2 | Shuhei Nishida | JPN | 4,25 | |
| 3 | Sueo Oe | JPN | 4,25 | |
| 4 | William Sefton | USA | 4,25 | |
| 5 | William Graber | USA | 4,15 | |
| 6 | Josef Haunzwickel | AUT | 4,00 | |
| Kiyoshi Adachi | JPN | 4,00 | ||
| Richard Webster | GBR | 4,00 | ||
| Alfred Proksh | AUT | 4,00 | ||
| Péter Bacsalmasi | HUN | 4,00 | ||
| Viktor Zsuffka | HUN | 4,00 | ||
| Jan Korejs | TCH | 4,00 | ||
| Wilhelm Schneider | POL | 4,00 | ||
| Sylvanus Apps | CAN | 4,00 | ||
| Danilo Innocenti | ITA | 4,00 | ||
| Bo Ljungberg | SWE | 4,00 | ||
| Längd | 1 | Jesse Owens | USA | 8,06 |
| 2 | Ludwig Long | GER | 7,87 | |
| 3 | Naoto Tajima | JPN | 7,74 | |
| 4 | Wilhelm Leichum | GER | 7,73 | |
| Arturo Maffei | ITA | 7,73 | ||
| 6 | Robert Clark | USA | 7,67 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Naoto Tajima | JPN | 16,00 |
| 2 | Masao Harada | JPN | 15,66 | |
| 3 | John Metcalfe | AUS | 15,50 | |
| 4 | Heinz Wöllner | GER | 15,27 | |
| 5 | Rolland Romero | USA | 15,08 | |
| 6 | Kenkichi Oshima | JPN | 15,07 | |
| Kula | 1 | Hans Wöllke | GER | 16,20 |
| 2 | Sulo Bärlund | FIN | 16,12 | |
| 3 | Gerhard Stöck | GER | 15,66 | |
| 4 | Samuel Francis | USA | 15,45 | |
| 5 | John Torrance | USA | 15,38 | |
| 6 | Dimitri Zaitz | USA | 15,32 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Kenneth Carpenter | USA | 50,48 |
| 2 | Gordon Dunn | USA | 49,36 | |
| 3 | Giorgio Oberweger | ITA | 49,23 | |
| 4 | Reidar Sörlie | NOR | 48,77 | |
| 5 | Wilhelm Schröder | GER | 47,93 | |
| 6 | Nikolas Syllas | GRE | 47,75 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Karl Hein | GER | 56,49 |
| 2 | Erwin Blask | GER | 55,04 | |
| 3 | Alfred Warngård | SWE | 54,83 | |
| 4 | Gustaf Koutonen | FIN | 51,90 | |
| 5 | William Rowe | USA | 51,66 | |
| 6 | Donald Favor | USA | 51,01 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Gerhard Stöck | GER | 71,84 |
| 2 | Yrjö Nikkanen | FIN | 70,77 | |
| 3 | Kalervo Toivonen | FIN | 70,72 | |
| 4 | Lennart Atterwall | SWE | 69,20 | |
| 5 | Matti Järvinen | FIN | 69,18 | |
| 6 | Alton Terry | USA | 67,15 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Glenn Morris | USA | 7900 |
| 2 | Robert Clark | USA | 7601 | |
| 3 | Jack Parker | USA | 7275 | |
| 4 | Erwin Huber | GER | 7087 | |
| 5 | Reindert Brasser | NED | 7046 | |
| 6 | Armin Guhl | SUI | 7033 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Helen Stephens | USA | 11,5 |
| 2 | Stanislava Walasiewicz | POL | 11,7 | |
| 3 | Kathe Krauss | GER | 11,9 | |
| 4 | Maria Dollinger | GER | 12,0 | |
| 5 | Annette Rogers | USA | 12,2 | |
| 6 | Emmy Albus | GER | 12,3 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 46,9 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 47,6 | ||
| 3 | Canada | 47,8 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 48,7 | ||
| 5 | Netherlands | 48,8 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Trebisonda Valla | ITA | 11,7 |
| 2 | Anni Steuer | GER | 11,7 | |
| 3 | Elizabeth Taylor | CAN | 11,7 | |
| 4 | Claudia Testoni | ITA | 11,7 | |
| 5 | Catharina ter Braake | NED | 11,8 | |
| 6 | Doris Eckert | GER | 12,0 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Ibolya Csak | HUN | 1,60 |
| 2 | Dorothy Odam | GBR | 1,60 | |
| 3 | Elfrede Kaun | GER | 1,60 | |
| 4 | Marguérite Nicolas | FRA | 1,58 | |
| 5 | Doris Carter | AUS | 1,55 | |
| Annette Rogers | USA | 1,55 | ||
| Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 1,55 | ||
| Diskus | 1 | Gisela Mauermayer | GER | 47,63 |
| 2 | Jadwiga Wajsowna | POL | 46,22 | |
| 3 | Paula Mollenhauer | GER | 39,80 | |
| 4 | Toyoko Nakamura | JPN | 38,24 | |
| 5 | Hide Mineshima | JPN | 37,35 | |
| 6 | Birgit Lundström | SWE | 35,92 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Ottilie Fleischer | GER | 45,18 |
| 2 | Luise Kruger | GER | 43,29 | |
| 3 | Maria Kwasniewska | POL | 41,80 | |
| 4 | Hermine Bauma | AUT | 41,66 | |
| 5 | Sadako Yamamoto | JPN | 41,45 | |
| 6 | Lydia Eberhardt | GER | 41,37 | |