| 1938 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Martinus Osendarp | NED | 10,5 |
| 2 | Orazio Mariani | ITA | 10,6 | |
| 3 | Lennart Strandberg | SWE | 10,6 | |
| 4 | Wijnand Van Beveren | NED | 10,6 | |
| 5 | Arthur Sweeney | GBR | 11,0 | |
| 6 | Bernard Marchand | SUI | 11,2 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Martinus Osendarp | NED | 21,2 |
| 2 | Jakob Scheuring | GER | 21,6 | |
| 3 | Alan Pennington | GBR | 21,6 | |
| 4 | Julien Saelens | BEL | 21,7 | |
| 5 | Gyula Gyenes | HUN | 22,1 | |
| 6 | Kenneth Jenkins | GBR | 22,1 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Godfrey Brown | GBR | 47,4 |
| 2 | Karl Baumgarten | NED | 48,2 | |
| 3 | Erich Linnhoff | GER | 48,8 | |
| 4 | János Görkói | HUN | 48,9 | |
| 5 | Aki Tammisto | FIN | 49,1 | |
| 6 | Bertil von Wachenfeldt | SWE | 50,0 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Rudolf Harbig | GER | 1,50,6 |
| 2 | Jacques Léveque | FRA | 1,51,8 | |
| 3 | Mario Lanzi | ITA | 1,52,0 | |
| 4 | Sjabbe Bouman | NED | 1,52,3 | |
| 5 | Bertil Andersson | SWE | 1,53,0 | |
| 6 | Tauno Peussa | FIN | 1,55,5 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Sydney Wooderson | GBR | 3,53,6 |
| 2 | Joseph Mostert | BEL | 3,54,5 | |
| 3 | Luigi Beccali | ITA | 3,55,2 | |
| 4 | Niilo Hartikka | FIN | 3,56,5 | |
| 5 | Toivo Sarkama | FIN | 3,56,7 | |
| 6 | Jan Staniszewski | POL | 3,58,4 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Taisto Mäki | FIN | 14,26,8 |
| 2 | Henry Jonsson | SWE | 14,27,4 | |
| 3 | Kauko Pekuri | FIN | 14,29,2 | |
| 4 | John Emery | GBR | 14,46,2 | |
| 5 | Józef Noji | POL | 14,47,8 | |
| 6 | George Carstairs | GBR | 14,51,4 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Ilmari Salminen | FIN | 30,52,4 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Beviacqua | ITA | 30,53,2 | |
| 3 | Max Syring | GER | 30,57,8 | |
| 4 | Jenö Szilágyi | HUN | 30,58,6 | |
| 5 | Tore Tillman | SWE | 31,06,6 | |
| 6 | János Kelen | HUN | 31,16,6 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Väinö Muinonen | FIN | 2,37,28 |
| 2 | Squire Yarrow | GBR | 2,39,03 | |
| 3 | Henry Palmé | SWE | 2,42,13 | |
| 4 | M. Waltispurger | FRA | 2,44,28 | |
| 5 | Erich Puch | GER | 2,45,08 | |
| 6 | Eugen Bertsch | GER | 2,45,21 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Germany | 40,9 | |
| 2 | Sweden | 41,1 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 41,2 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 41,3 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Germany | 3,13,7 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3,14,9 | ||
| 3 | Sweden | 3,17,3 | ||
| 4 | France | 3,18,3 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 3,19,7 | ||
| 6 | Hungary | 3,22,9 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Lars Larsson | SWE | 9,16,2 |
| 2 | Ludwig Kaindl | GER | 9,19,2 | |
| 3 | Alf Lindblad | FIN | 9,21,4 | |
| 4 | Kaarlo Tuominen | FIN | 9,28,6 | |
| 5 | Roger Cuzol | FRA | 9,42,2 | |
| 6 | Gaston Tinard | FRA | 9,43,0 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Donald Finlay | GBR | 14,3 |
| 2 | Håkan Lidman | SWE | 14,5 | |
| 3 | Reindert Brasser | NED | 14,8 | |
| 4 | John Thornton | GBR | 14,8 | |
| 5 | Karl Kumpmann | GER | 15,3 | |
| 6 | Werner Christen | SUI | 15,4 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Prudent Joye | FRA | 53,1 |
| 2 | József Kovács | HUN | 53,3 | |
| 3 | Kell Areskoug | SWE | 53,6 | |
| 4 | Georg Glaw | GER | 54,2 | |
| 5 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Hölling | GER | 54,6 | |
| 6 | Werner Kellerhals | SUI | 55,0 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Kurt Lundqvist | SWE | 1,97 |
| 2 | Kalevi Kotkas | FIN | 1,94 | |
| 3 | Lauri Kalima | FIN | 1,94 | |
| 4 | Åke Ödmark | SWE | 1,90 | |
| Eric Stai | NOR | 1,90 | ||
| 6 | Jean Moiroud | FRA | 1,85 | |
| Harry Stubbs | GBR | 1,85 | ||
| Stav | 1 | Karl Sutter | GER | 4,05 |
| 2 | Bo Ljungberg | SWE | 4,00 | |
| 3 | Pierre Ramadier | FRA | 4,00 | |
| 4 | Wilhelm Schneider | POL | 4,00 | |
| 5 | Mario Romeo | ITA | 4,00 | |
| 6 | Aulis Reinikka | FIN | 3,90 | |
| Längd | 1 | Wilhelm Leichum | GER | 7,64 |
| 2 | Arturo Maffei | ITA | 7,60 | |
| 3 | Ludwig Long | GER | 7,55 | |
| 4 | Gyula Gyuricza | HUN | 7,27 | |
| 5 | Ruudi Toomsalu | EST | 7,24 | |
| 6 | William Breach | GBR | 7,15 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Onni Rajasaari | FIN | 15,32 |
| 2 | Jouko Norén | FIN | 14,95 | |
| 3 | Karl Kotratschek | GER | 14,73 | |
| 4 | Ioannis Palamiotis | GRE | 14,70 | |
| 5 | Vittorio Turco | ITA | 14,64 | |
| 6 | Lennart Andersson | SWE | 14,56 | |
| Kula | 1 | Aleksander Kreek | EST | 15,83 |
| 2 | Gerhard Stöck | GER | 15,59 | |
| 3 | Hans Wöllke | GER | 15,52 | |
| 4 | Sulo Bärlund | FIN | 15,07 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Bergh | SWE | 14,92 | |
| 6 | Jaroslav Vitek | TCH | 14,77 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Willy Schröder | GER | 49,70 |
| 2 | Giorgio Oberweger | ITA | 49,48 | |
| 3 | Gunnar Bergh | SWE | 48,72 | |
| 4 | Kalevi Kotkas | FIN | 48,63 | |
| 5 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 48,02 | |
| 6 | Jenö Kulitzy | HUN | 47,19 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Karl Hein | GER | 58,77 |
| 2 | Erwin Blask | GER | 57,34 | |
| 3 | Oscar Malmbrant | SWE | 51,23 | |
| 4 | Gösta Hannula | FIN | 49,84 | |
| 5 | Joseph Wirtz | FRA | 48,75 | |
| 6 | Silvio Nido | SUI | 46,68 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Matti Järvinen | FIN | 76,87 |
| 2 | Yrjö Nikkanen | FIN | 75,00 | |
| 3 | József Várszegi | HUN | 72,78 | |
| 4 | Gustav Sule | EST | 70,50 | |
| 5 | Fredrik Issak | EST | 70,23 | |
| 6 | Lennart Atterwall | SWE | 68,58 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Olle Bexell | SWE | 7214 |
| 2 | Witold Gerutto | POL | 7006 | |
| 3 | Josef Neumann | SUI | 6664 | |
| 4 | Rudolf Glötzner | GER | 6492 | |
| 5 | Raymond Anet | SUI | 6118 | |
| 6 | Jerzy Plawczyk | POL | 5946 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Stanislawa Walasiewicz | POL | 11,9 |
| 2 | Käthe Krauss | GER | 12,0 | |
| 3 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 12,0 | |
| 4 | Dorothy Saunders | GBR | 12,1 | |
| 5 | Ida Kühnel | GER | 12,3 | |
| 6 | Emmy Albus | GER | 12,4 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Stanislawa Walasiewicz | POL | 23,8 |
| 2 | Käthe Krauss | GER | 24,4 | |
| 3 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 24,9 | |
| 4 | Ida Ehrl | GER | 25,0 | |
| 5 | Dorothy Saunders | GBR | 25,0 | |
| 6 | Lilian Chalmers | GBR | 25,0 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Germany | 46,8 | |
| 2 | Poland | 48,3 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 49,4 | ||
| 4 | Hungary | 50,8 | ||
| 5 | Norway | 51,1 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Claudia Testoni | ITA | 11,6 |
| 2 | Lisa Gelius | GER | 11,7 | |
| 3 | Kitty Braaketer | NED | 11,8 | |
| 4 | Annemarie Westphal | GER | 12,0 | |
| 5 | Agatha Doorgeest | NED | 12,0 | |
| 6 | Anni Spitzweg | GER | 12,1 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Ibolya Csák Kádárné | HUN | 1,64 |
| 2 | Nelly van Balen Blanken | NED | 1,64 | |
| 3 | Feodora Solms | GER | 1,64 | |
| 4 | Dorothy Cosnett | GBR | 1,58 | |
| 5 | Dora Gardner | GBR | 1,58 | |
| 6 | Ilsebill Pfenning | SUI | 1,55 | |
| Längd | 1 | Irmgard Praetz | GER | 5,88 |
| 2 | Stanislawa Walasiewicz | POL | 5,81 | |
| 3 | Gisela Voss | GER | 5,47 | |
| 4 | Ethel Raby | GBR | 5,44 | |
| 5 | Veronika Kohlbach | GER | 5,41 | |
| 6 | Vedder Schenk | GBR | 5,34 | |
| Kula | 1 | Hermine Schröder | GER | 13,29 |
| 2 | Gisela Mauermayer | GER | 13,27 | |
| 3 | Wanda Flakowicz | POL | 12,55 | |
| 4 | Helma Wessel | GER | 12,55 | |
| 5 | Bebis Reid | GBR | 12,10 | |
| 6 | Lavize Aldzere-Puce | LAT | 11,70 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Gisela Mauermayer | GER | 44,80 |
| 2 | Hidegard Sommer | GER | 40,95 | |
| 3 | Paula Mollenhauer | GER | 39,81 | |
| 4 | Birgit Lundström | SWE | 38,11 | |
| 5 | Genowefa Cejzik | POL | 36,51 | |
| 6 | Gabre Gabric | ITA | 35,53 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Lisa Gelius | GER | 45,58 |
| 2 | Susi Pastoors | GER | 44,14 | |
| 3 | Luise Krüger | GER | 42,49 | |
| 4 | Lux Stiefel | SUI | 40,50 | |
| 5 | Lavize Aldzere-Puce | LAT | 40,20 | |
| 6 | Stanislawa Walasiewicz | POL | 33,33 | |