| 1950 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Etienne Bally | FRA | 10,7 |
| 2 | Franco Leccese | ITA | 10,7 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Sukharyev | URS | 10,7 | |
| 4 | Emil Kiszka | POL | 10,7 | |
| 5 | Haukur Clausen | ICE | 10,8 | |
| 6 | Petar Pecelj | YUG | 10,8 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Brian Shenton | GBR | 21,5 |
| 2 | Etienne Bally | FRA | 21,8 | |
| 3 | Jan Lammers | NED | 22,1 | |
| 4 | Angelo Moretti | ITA | 22,1 | |
| 5 | Asmundur Bjarnason | ICE | 22,1 | |
| 6 | Yves Camus | FRA | 22,2 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Derek Pugh | GBR | 47,3 |
| 2 | Jacques Lunis | FRA | 47,6 | |
| 3 | Lars-Erik Wolfbrandt | SWE | 47,9 | |
| 4 | Gudmundur Lárusson | ICE | 48,1 | |
| 5 | Leslie Lewis | GBR | 48,7 | |
| 6 | Luigi Paterlini | ITA | 48,9 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | John Parlett | GBR | 1,50,5 |
| 2 | Marcel Hansenne | FRA | 1,50,7 | |
| 3 | Roger Bannister | GBR | 1,50,7 | |
| 4 | Ingvar Bengtsson | SWE | 1,51,2 | |
| 5 | Audun Boysen | NOR | 1,51,4 | |
| 6 | Michel Clare | FRA | 1,51,6 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Willem Slijkhuis | NED | 3,47,2 |
| 2 | Patrick El Mabrouk | FRA | 3,47,8 | |
| 3 | William Navkeville | GBR | 3,48,0 | |
| 4 | Ilmari Taipale | FIN | 3,50,4 | |
| 5 | Leonard Eyre | GBR | 3,51,0 | |
| 6 | Václav Cevona | TCH | 3,51,4 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Emil Zátopek | TCH | 14,03,0 |
| 2 | Alain Mimoun | FRA | 14,26,0 | |
| 3 | Gaston Reiff | BEL | 14,26,2 | |
| 4 | Väinö Mäkelä | FIN | 14,30,8 | |
| 5 | Hannu Posti | FIN | 14,40,8 | |
| 6 | Lucien Theys | BEL | 14,42,4 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Emil Zátopek | TCH | 29,12,0 |
| 2 | Alain Mimoun | FRA | 30,21,0 | |
| 3 | Väinö Koskela | FIN | 30,30,8 | |
| 4 | Frank Aaron | GBR | 30,31,6 | |
| 5 | Nikifor Popov | URS | 30,34,4 | |
| 6 | Martin Stokken | NOR | 30,44,8 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Jack Holden | GBR | 2,32,13 |
| 2 | Veikko Karvonen | FIN | 2,32,45 | |
| 3 | Fyeodosiy Vanin | URS | 2,33,47 | |
| 4 | Gösta Leandersson | SWE | 2,34,26 | |
| 5 | Vasiley Gordyenko | URS | 2,34,37 | |
| 6 | Charles Cérou | FRA | 2,36,09 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 41,5 | |
| 2 | France | 41,8 | ||
| 3 | Sweden | 41,9 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 41,9 | ||
| 5 | Iceland | 41,9 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 43,2 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 3,10,2 | |
| 2 | Italy | 3,11,0 | ||
| 3 | Sweden | 3,11,6 | ||
| 4 | France | 3,11,6 | ||
| 5 | Soviet Union | 3,15,4 | ||
| 6 | Finland | 3,16,6 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Jindrich Roudný | TCH | 9,05,4 |
| 2 | Petar Segedin | YUG | 9,07,4 | |
| 3 | Erik Blomster | FIN | 9,08,8 | |
| 4 | Martin Stokken | NOR | 9,13,0 | |
| 5 | Alex Guyodo | FRA | 9,17,4 | |
| 6 | Robert Schoonjans | BEL | 9,18,6 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | André-Jacques Marie | FRA | 14,6 |
| 2 | Ragnar Lundberg | SWE | 14,7 | |
| 3 | Peter Hildreth | GBR | 15,0 | |
| 4 | Albano Albanese | ITA | 15,1 | |
| 5 | Gilbert Omnès | FRA | 15,2 | |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Bulanchik | URS | 15,2 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Armando Filiput | ITA | 51,9 |
| 2 | Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 52,4 | |
| 3 | Harry Whittle | GBR | 52,7 | |
| 4 | Ottavio Missoni | ITA | 53,6 | |
| 5 | Lars Ylander | SWE | 53,9 | |
| 6 | Georges Elloy | FRA | 54,3 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Alan Paterson | GBR | 1,96 |
| 2 | Arne Åhman | SWE | 1,93 | |
| 3 | Claude Bénard | FRA | 1,93 | |
| 4 | Hans Wahli | SUI | 1,90 | |
| 5 | Gösta Svensson | SWE | 1,90 | |
| 6 | Georges Damitio | FRA | 1,90 | |
| Stav | 1 | Ragnar Lundberg | SWE | 4,30 |
| 2 | Valto Olenius | FIN | 4,25 | |
| 3 | Jukka Piironen | FIN | 4,25 | |
| 4 | Victor Sillon | FRA | 4,10 | |
| 5 | Erling Kaas | NOR | 4,10 | |
| 6 | Armin Scheurer | SUI | 4,00 | |
| Längd | 1 | Torfi Bryngeirsson | ICE | 7,32 |
| 2 | Gerard Wessels | NED | 7,22 | |
| 3 | Jaroslav Fikejz | TCH | 7,20 | |
| 4 | Alvaro Dias | POR | 7,00 | |
| 5 | Rune Nilsen | NOR | 6,96 | |
| 6 | Fred Hammer | LUX | 6,92 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15,39 |
| 2 | Valdemar Rautio | FIN | 14,96 | |
| 3 | Ruhi Sarialp | TUR | 14,53 | |
| 4 | Rune Nilsen | NOR | 14,50 | |
| 5 | Arne Åhman | SWE | 14,48 | |
| 6 | Lennart Moberg | SWE | 14,46 | |
| Kula | 1 | Gunnar Huseby | ICE | 16,74 |
| 2 | Angiolo Profeti | ITA | 15,16 | |
| 3 | Otto Grigalka | URS | 15,14 | |
| 4 | Willy Senn | SUI | 14,95 | |
| 5 | Petar Sarcevic | YUG | 14,90 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Jirout | TCH | 14,89 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 53,75 |
| 2 | Guiseppe Tosi | ITA | 52,31 | |
| 3 | Olavi Partanen | FIN | 48,69 | |
| 4 | Stein Johnsen | NOR | 48,55 | |
| 5 | Arne Hellberg | SWE | 47,37 | |
| 6 | Alojzy Kormúth | TCH | 46,17 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Sverre Strandli | NOR | 55,71 |
| 2 | Teseo Taddia | ITA | 54,73 | |
| 3 | Jirí Dadák | TCH | 53,64 | |
| 4 | Ivan Gubijan | YUG | 53,44 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Kanaki | SUI | 53,09 | |
| 6 | Duncan McDougall Clark | GBR | 52,83 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Toivo Hyytiäinen | FIN | 71,26 |
| 2 | Per-Arne Berglund | SWE | 70,06 | |
| 3 | Ragnar Ericzon | SWE | 69,82 | |
| 4 | Mirko Vujacic | YUG | 66,84 | |
| 5 | Tapio Rautavaara | FIN | 66,20 | |
| 6 | Amos Matteucci | ITA | 64,99 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Ignace Heinrich | FRA | 7364 |
| 2 | Örn Clausen | ICE | 7297 | |
| 3 | Kjell Tånnander | SWE | 7175 | |
| 4 | Göran Widenfelt | SWE | 7005 | |
| 5 | Armin Scheurer | SUI | 6944 | |
| 6 | Vladimir Volkov | URS | 6869 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 11,7 |
| 2 | Yevgeniya Sechenova | URS | 12,3 | |
| 3 | June Foulds | GBR | 12,4 | |
| 4 | Zoya Dukhovich | URS | 12,4 | |
| 5 | Eileen Hay | GBR | 12,5 | |
| 6 | Colette Aitelli | FRA | 12,5 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 24,0 |
| 2 | Yevgeniya Sechenova | URS | 24,8 | |
| 3 | Dorothy Hall | GBR | 25,0 | |
| 4 | Sofya Malshina | URS | 25,0 | |
| 5 | Bertha Brouwer | NED | 25,0 | |
| 6 | Zoya Dukhovich | URS | 25,5 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Great Britain | 47,4 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 47,4 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 47,5 | ||
| 4 | France | 48,5 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 48,7 | ||
| 6 | Yugoslavia | 49,8 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Fanny Blankers-Koen | NED | 11,1 |
| 2 | Maureen Dyson | GBR | 11,6 | |
| 3 | Micheline Ostermeyer | FRA | 11,7 | |
| 4 | Aleksandra Yakusheva | URS | 11,7 | |
| 5 | Jean Desforges | GBR | 11,8 | |
| 6 | Yelena Gokieli | URS | 11,8 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Sheila Alexander | GBR | 1,63 |
| 2 | Dorothy Tyler | GBR | 1,63 | |
| 3 | Galina Ganyeker | URS | 1,63 | |
| 4 | Anne Knudsen | DEN | 1,60 | |
| 5 | Bertha Crowther | GBR | 1,55 | |
| 6 | Anne-Marie Colchen | FRA | 1,50 | |
| Längd | 1 | Valentina Bogdanova | URS | 5,82 |
| 2 | Wilhelmina Lust | NED | 5,63 | |
| 3 | Maire Österdahl | FIN | 5,57 | |
| 4 | Yvonne Curtet-Chabot | FRA | 5,38 | |
| 5 | Silvana Pierucci | ITA | 5,34 | |
| 6 | Margaret Erskine | GBR | 5,29 | |
| Kula | 1 | Anna Andreyeva | URS | 14,32 |
| 2 | Klavdiya Tochenova | URS | 13,92 | |
| 3 | Micheline Ostermeyer | FRA | 13,37 | |
| 4 | Galina Zibina | URS | 13,07 | |
| 5 | Magdalena Bregula | POL | 12,80 | |
| 6 | Maria Radosavljevic | YUG | 12,75 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Nina Dumbadze | URS | 48,03 |
| 2 | Rimma Shumskaya | URS | 42,85 | |
| 3 | Edera Cordiale-Gentile | ITA | 41,57 | |
| 4 | Micheline Ostermeyer | FRA | 41,22 | |
| 5 | Julia Matej | YUG | 40,58 | |
| 6 | Paulette Veste | FRA | 37,86 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Natalya Smirnitskaya | URS | 47,55 |
| 2 | Herma Bauma | AUT | 43,87 | |
| 3 | Galina Zibina | URS | 42,75 | |
| 4 | Vyera Nabokova | URS | 41,88 | |
| 5 | Dana Zátopková | TCH | 41,34 | |
| 6 | Lily Kelsby | DEN | 40,25 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Arlette Ben Hamo | FRA | 3204 |
| 2 | Bertha Crowther | GBR | 3048 | |
| 3 | Olga Modrachová | TCH | 3026 | |
| 4 | Mona-Lisa Englund | SWE | 2936 | |
| 5 | Marguerite Martel | FRA | 2918 | |
| 6 | Unni Saether | NOR | 2870 |