100 m, Men |
Jack Archer
|
GBR
|
Haakon Tranberg
|
NOR
|
Carlo Monti
|
ITA
|
200 m, Men |
Nikolay Karakulov
|
URS
|
Haakon Tranberg
|
NOR
|
Jiří David
|
TCH
|
400 m, Men |
Niels Holst-Sørensen
|
DEN
|
Jacques Lunis
|
FRA
|
Derek Pugh
|
GBR
|
800 m, Men |
Rune Gustafsson
|
SWE
|
Niels Holst-Sørensen
|
DEN
|
Marcel Hansenne
|
FRA
|
1,500 m, Men |
Lennart Strand
|
SWE
|
Henry Eriksson
|
SWE
|
Erik Jørgensen
|
DEN
|
5,000 m, Men |
Sydney Wooderson
|
GBR
|
Wim Slijkhuis
|
NED
|
Evert Nyberg
|
SWE
|
10,000 m, Men |
Viljo Heino
|
FIN
|
Helge Perälä
|
FIN
|
András Csaplár
|
HUN
|
Marathon, Men |
Mikko Hietanen
|
FIN
|
Väinö Muinonen
|
FIN
|
Yakov Punko
|
URS
|
110 m Hurdles, Men |
Håkan Lidman
|
SWE
|
Pol Braekman
|
BEL
|
Väinö Suvivuo
|
FIN
|
400 m Hurdles, Men |
Bebbe Storskrubb
|
FIN
|
Sixten Larsson
|
SWE
|
Rune Larsson
|
SWE
|
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men |
Raphaël Pujazon
|
FRA
|
Erik Elmsäter
|
SWE
|
Tore Sjöstrand
|
SWE
|
4 x 100 m Relay, Men |
Sweden
|
SWE
|
France
|
FRA
|
Czechoslovakia
|
TCH
|
4 x 400 m Relay, Men |
France
|
FRA
|
Great Britain
|
GBR
|
Sweden
|
SWE
|
10,000 m Walk, Men |
John Mikaelsson
|
SWE
|
Fritz Schwab
|
SUI
|
Émile Maggi
|
FRA
|
50 km Walk, Men |
John Ljunggren
|
SWE
|
Harry Forbes
|
GBR
|
Charles Megnin
|
GBR
|
High Jump, Men |
Anton Bolinder
|
SWE
|
Alan Paterson
|
GBR
|
Nils Nicklén
|
FIN
|
Pole Vault, Men |
Allan Lindberg
|
SWE
|
Nikolay Ozolin
|
URS
|
Jan Bém
|
TCH
|
Long Jump, Men |
Olle Laessker
|
SWE
|
Lucien Graff
|
SUI
|
Miroslav Řihošek
|
TCH
|
Triple Jump, Men |
Valle Rautio
|
FIN
|
Bertil Johnsson
|
SWE
|
Arne Åhman
|
SWE
|
Shot Put, Men |
Gunnar Huseby
|
ISL
|
Dmitry Goryaynov
|
URS
|
Yrjö Lehtilä
|
FIN
|
Discus Throw, Men |
Adolfo Consolini
|
ITA
|
Giuseppe Tosi
|
ITA
|
Veikko Nyqvist
|
FIN
|
Hammer Throw, Men |
Bo Ericsson
|
SWE
|
Eric Johansson-Umedalen
|
SWE
|
Duncan Clark
|
GBR
|
Javelin Throw, Men |
Lennart Atterwall
|
SWE
|
Yrjö Nikkanen
|
FIN
|
Tapio Rautavaara
|
FIN
|
Decathlon, Men |
Godtfred Holmvang
|
NOR
|
Sergey Kuznetsov
|
URS
|
Göran Waxberg
|
SWE
|
100 m, Women |
Yevgeniya Sechenova
|
URS
|
Winnie Jordan
|
GBR
|
Claire Brésolles
|
FRA
|
200 m, Women |
Yevgeniya Sechenova
|
URS
|
Winnie Jordan
|
GBR
|
Léa Caurla
|
FRA
|
80 m Hurdles, Women |
Fanny Blankers-Koen
|
NED
|
Elene Gok'ieli
|
URS
|
Valentina Fokina
|
URS
|
4 x 100 m Relay, Women |
Netherlands
|
NED
|
France
|
FRA
|
Soviet Union
|
URS
|
High Jump, Women |
Anne-Marie Colchen
|
FRA
|
Aleksandra Chudina
|
URS
|
Anne Iversen
|
DEN
|
Long Jump, Women |
Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs
|
NED
|
Lidiya Gaile
|
URS
|
Valentina Vasilyeva
|
URS
|
Shot Put, Women |
Tatyana Sevryukova
|
URS
|
Micheline Ostermeyer
|
FRA
|
Amelia Piccinini
|
ITA
|
Discus Throw, Women |
Nino Dumbadze
|
URS
|
Ans Panhorst-Niesink
|
NED
|
Jadwiga Wajs-Marcinkiewicz
|
POL
|
Javelin Throw, Women |
Klavdiya Mayuchaya
|
URS
|
Lyudmila Anokhina
|
URS
|
Ans Koning
|
NED
|