| 1932 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Eddie Tolan | USA | 10,3 |
| 2 | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | 10,3 | |
| 3 | Arthur Jonath | GER | 10,4 | |
| 4 | George Simpson | USA | 10,5 | |
| 5 | Daniel Joubert | RSA | 10,6 | |
| 6 | Takayoshi Yoshioka | JPN | 10,7 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Eddie Tolan | USA | 21,2 |
| 2 | George Simpson | USA | 21,4 | |
| 3 | Ralph Metcalfe | USA | 21,5 | |
| 4 | Arthur Jonath | GER | 21,5 | |
| 5 | Carlos Bianchi Luti | ARG | 21,6 | |
| 6 | William Walters | RSA | 21,9 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | William Carr | USA | 46,2 |
| 2 | Benjamin Eastman | USA | 46,4 | |
| 3 | Alex Wilson | CAN | 47,4 | |
| 4 | William Walters | RSA | 48,2 | |
| 5 | James Gordon | USA | 48,2 | |
| 6 | George Golding | AUS | 48,8 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Thomas Hampson | GBR | 1,49,8 |
| 2 | Alex Wilson | CAN | 1,49,9 | |
| 3 | Phil Edwards | CAN | 1,51,5 | |
| 4 | Edwin Genung | USA | 1,51,7 | |
| 5 | Edwin Turner | USA | 1,52,5 | |
| 6 | Charles Hornbostel | USA | 1,52,7 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Luigi Beccali | ITA | 3,51,2 |
| 2 | John Cornes | GBR | 3,52,6 | |
| 3 | Phil Edwards | CAN | 3,52,8 | |
| 4 | Glenn Cunningham | USA | 3,53,4 | |
| 5 | Eric Ny | SWE | 3,54,6 | |
| 6 | Norwood Hallowell | USA | 3,55,0 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Lauri Lehtinen | FIN | 14,30,0 |
| 2 | Ralph Hill | USA | 14,30,0 | |
| 3 | Lauri Virtanen | FIN | 14,44,0 | |
| 4 | John Savidan | NZL | 14,49,6 | |
| 5 | Jean Gunnar Lindgren | SWE | 14,54,7 | |
| 6 | Max Syring | GER | 14,59,0 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Janusz Kusocinski | POL | 30,11,4 |
| 2 | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | 30,12,6 | |
| 3 | Lauri Virtanen | FIN | 30,35,0 | |
| 4 | John Savidan | NZL | 31,09,0 | |
| 5 | Max Syring | GER | 31,35,0 | |
| 6 | Jean Gunnar Lindgren | SWE | 31,37,0 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Juan Carlos Zabala | ARG | 2,31,36 |
| 2 | Samuel Ferris | GBR | 2,31,55 | |
| 3 | Armas Toivonen | FIN | 2,32,12 | |
| 4 | Duncan Wright | GBR | 2,32,41 | |
| 5 | Seiichiro Tsuda | JPN | 2,35,42 | |
| 6 | Onbai Kin | JPN | 2,37,28 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 40,0 | |
| 2 | Germany | 40,9 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 41,2 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 41,3 | ||
| 5 | Japan | 41,3 | ||
| 6 | Great Britain | 41,4 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | United States | 3,08,2 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3,11,2 | ||
| 3 | Canada | 3,12,8 | ||
| 4 | Germany | 3,14,4 | ||
| 5 | Japan | 3,14,6 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 3,17,8 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Volmari Iso-Hollo | FIN | 10,33,4 |
| (3460m) | 2 | Thomas Evenson | GBR | 10,46,0 |
| 3 | Joseph McCluskey | USA | 10,46,2 | |
| 4 | Martti Matilainen | FIN | 10,52,4 | |
| 5 | George Bailey | GBR | 10,53,2 | |
| 6 | Glen Dawson | USA | 10,58,0 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | George Saling | USA | 14,6 |
| 2 | Percy Beard | USA | 14,7 | |
| 3 | Donald Finlay | GBR | 14,8 | |
| 4 | Jack Kellner | USA | 14,8 | |
| 5 | David Burghley | GBR | 14,8 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Robert Tisdall | IRL | 51,7 |
| 2 | Glenn Hardin | USA | 51,9 | |
| 3 | Morgan Taylor | USA | 52,0 | |
| 4 | David Burghley | GBR | 52,0 | |
| 5 | Luigi Facelli | ITA | 53,0 | |
| 6 | Kjell Areskoug | SWE | 54,6 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Duncan McNaughton | CAN | 1,97 |
| 2 | Robert Van Osdel | USA | 1,97 | |
| 3 | Simeon Toribio | PHI | 1,97 | |
| 4 | Cornelius Johnson | USA | 1,97 | |
| 5 | Ilmari Reinikka | FIN | 1,94 | |
| 6 | Kazuo Kimura | JPN | 1,94 | |
| Stav | 1 | William Miller | USA | 4,31 |
| 2 | Shuhei Nishida | JPN | 4,30 | |
| 3 | George Jefferson | USA | 4,20 | |
| 4 | Bill Graber | USA | 4,15 | |
| 5 | Shizuo Mochizuki | JPN | 4,00 | |
| 6 | Lucio de Castro | BRA | 3,90 | |
| Längd | 1 | Edward Gordon | USA | 7,64 |
| 2 | Lambert Redd | USA | 7,60 | |
| 3 | Chuhei Nambu | JPN | 7,45 | |
| 4 | Eric Svensson | SWE | 7,41 | |
| 5 | Richard Barber | USA | 7,39 | |
| 6 | Naoto Tajima | JPN | 7,15 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Chuhei Nambu | JPN | 15,72 |
| 2 | Eric Svensson | SWE | 15,32 | |
| 3 | Kenkichi Oshima | JPN | 15,12 | |
| 4 | Eamonn Fitzgerald | IRL | 15,01 | |
| 5 | Willem Peters | NED | 14,93 | |
| 6 | Solomon Furth | USA | 14,88 | |
| Kula | 1 | Leo Sexton | USA | 16,00 |
| 2 | Harlow Rothert | USA | 15,67 | |
| 3 | Frantisek Douda | TCH | 15,61 | |
| 4 | Emil Hirschfeld | GER | 15,56 | |
| 5 | Nelson Gray | USA | 15,46 | |
| 6 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert | GER | 15,07 | |
| Diskus | 1 | John Anderson | USA | 49,49 |
| 2 | Henri LaBorde | USA | 48,47 | |
| 3 | Paul Winter | FRA | 47,85 | |
| 4 | Jules Noel | FRA | 47,74 | |
| 5 | Istvan Donogan | HUN | 47,08 | |
| 6 | Endre Madárasz | HUN | 46,52 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Patrick O´Callaghan | IRL | 53,92 |
| 2 | Wilhelm Pörhölä | FIN | 52,27 | |
| 3 | Peter Zaremba | USA | 50,33 | |
| 4 | Ossian Skiöld | SWE | 49,25 | |
| 5 | Grant MacDougall | USA | 49,12 | |
| 6 | Federico Kleger | ARG | 48,33 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Matti Järvinen | FIN | 72,71 |
| 2 | Matti Sippala | FIN | 69,80 | |
| 3 | Eino Penttilä | FIN | 68,70 | |
| 4 | Gottfried Weimann | GER | 68,18 | |
| 5 | Lee Bartlett | USA | 64,46 | |
| 6 | Kenneth Churchill | USA | 63,24 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | James Bausch | USA | 8462 |
| 2 | Akilles Järvinen | FIN | 8292 | |
| 3 | Wolrad Eberle | GER | 8030 | |
| 4 | Wilson Charles | USA | 7985 | |
| 5 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert | GER | 7941 | |
| 6 | Paavo Yrjölä | FIN | 7687 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Stanislava Walasiewicz | POL | 11,9 |
| 2 | Hilda Strike | CAN | 11,9 | |
| 3 | Wilhelmina von Bremen | USA | 12,0 | |
| 4 | Maria Dollinger | GER | 12,2 | |
| 5 | Eileen Hiscock | GBR | 12,3 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Wilde | USA | 12,3 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 47,0 | |
| 2 | Canada | 47,0 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 47,6 | ||
| 4 | Netherlands | 47,7 | ||
| 5 | Japan | 48,9 | ||
| 6 | Germany | 50,0 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Mildred Didrikson | USA | 11,7 |
| 2 | Evelyne Hall | USA | 11,7 | |
| 3 | Marjorie Clark | RSA | 11,8 | |
| 4 | Simone Schaller | USA | 11,8 | |
| 5 | Violet Webb | GBR | 11,9 | |
| 6 | Alda Wilson | CAN | 12,0 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Jean Shiley | USA | 1,65 |
| 2 | Mildred Didrikson | USA | 1,65 | |
| 3 | Eva Dawes | CAN | 1,60 | |
| 4 | Carolina Gisolf | NED | 1,58 | |
| 5 | Marjorie Clark | RSA | 1,58 | |
| 6 | Annette Rogers | USA | 1,58 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Lillian Copeland | USA | 40,58 |
| 2 | Ruth Osburn | USA | 40,12 | |
| 3 | Jadwiga Wajsowna | POL | 38,74 | |
| 4 | Ottilie Fleischer | GER | 36,12 | |
| 5 | Grete Heublein | GER | 34,66 | |
| 6 | Stanislava Walasiewicz | POL | 33,60 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Mildred Didrikson | USA | 43,69 |
| 2 | Ellen Braumuller | GER | 43,50 | |
| 3 | Ottilie Fleischer | GER | 43,15 | |
| 4 | Masako Shinpo | JPN | 39,08 | |
| 5 | Nan Gindele | USA | 37,95 | |
| 6 | Gloria Russell | USA | 37,74 | |