| 1954 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Heinz Fütterer | FRG | 10,5 |
| 2 | René Bonino | FRA | 10,6 | |
| 3 | George Ellis | GBR | 10,7 | |
| 4 | Leonhard Pohl | FRG | 10,7 | |
| 5 | Jan Carlsson | SWE | 10,7 | |
| 6 | Theo Saat | NED | 11,1 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Heinz Fütterer | FRG | 20,9 |
| 2 | Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 21,1 | |
| 3 | George Ellis | GBR | 21,2 | |
| 4 | Brian Shenton | GBR | 21,3 | |
| 5 | Jan Carlsson | SWE | 21,5 | |
| 6 | Václav Janecek | TCH | 21,9 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Ardalion Ignatyev | URS | 46,6 |
| 2 | Voitto Hellsten | FIN | 47,0 | |
| 3 | Zoltán Adamik | HUN | 47,6 | |
| 4 | Karl-Friedrich Haas | FRG | 47,6 | |
| 5 | Jean-Jacques Hegg | SUI | 47,8 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Lajos Szentgáli | HUN | 1,47,1 |
| 2 | Lucien DeMuynck | BEL | 1,47,3 | |
| 3 | Audun Boysen | NOR | 1,47,4 | |
| 4 | Derek Johnson | GBR | 1,47,4 | |
| 5 | Roger Moens | BEL | 1,47,8 | |
| 6 | Gérard Rasquin | LUX | 1,51,4 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Roger Bannister | GBR | 3,43,8 |
| 2 | Gunnar Nielsen | DEN | 3,44,4 | |
| 3 | Stanislav Jungwirth | TCH | 3,45,4 | |
| 4 | Ingvar Ericsson | SWE | 3,46,2 | |
| 5 | Werner Lueg | FRG | 3,46,4 | |
| 6 | Sándor Iharos | HUN | 3,47,0 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Vladimir Kuts | URS | 13,56,6 |
| 2 | Christopher Chataway | GBR | 14,08,8 | |
| 3 | Emil Zátopek | TCH | 14,10,2 | |
| 4 | Vladimir Okorokov | URS | 14,20,0 | |
| 5 | Lucien Hanswyck | BEL | 14,25,6 | |
| 6 | Frans Herman | BEL | 14,31,4 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Emil Zátopek | TCH | 28,58,0 |
| 2 | József Kovács | HUN | 29,25,8 | |
| 3 | Frank Sando | GBR | 29,27,6 | |
| 4 | Herbert Schade | FRG | 29,32,8 | |
| 5 | Franjo Mikalic | YUG | 29,59,6 | |
| 6 | Peter Driver | GBR | 30,03,6 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Veikko Karvonen | FIN | 2,24,51 |
| 2 | B. Grishayev | URS | 2,24,55 | |
| 3 | I. Filin | URS | 2,25,26 | |
| 4 | E. Puolakka | FIN | 2,26,45 | |
| 5 | Gustaf Jansson | SWE | 2,27,27 | |
| 6 | G. Iden | GBR | 2,28,02 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Hungary | 40,6 | |
| 2 | Great Britain | 40,8 | ||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 40,9 | ||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 40,9 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 41,0 | ||
| 6 | Sweden | 41,3 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | France | 3,08,7 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,08,8 | ||
| 3 | Finland | 3,11,5 | ||
| 4 | Sweden | 3,12,5 | ||
| 5 | Hungary | 3,28,2 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Sádor Rozsnyói | HUN | 8,49,6 |
| 2 | Olavi Rinteenpää | FIN | 8,52,4 | |
| 3 | Ernst Larsen | NOR | 8,53,2 | |
| 4 | Pentti Karvonen | FIN | 8,55,2 | |
| 5 | László Jeszenszky | HUN | 8,59,4 | |
| 6 | Viktor Kurchavov | URS | 9,00,2 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Yevgeniy Bulanchik | URS | 14,4 |
| 2 | John Parker | GBR | 14,6 | |
| 3 | Berthold Steines | FRG | 14,7 | |
| 4 | Stanko Lorger | YUG | 14,7 | |
| 5 | Eamonn Kinsella | IRL | 14,7 | |
| 6 | Ion Opris | ROM | 15,1 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Anatoliy Yulin | URS | 50,5 |
| 2 | Yuriy Lituyev | URS | 50,8 | |
| 3 | Sven-Oswald Mildh | FIN | 51,5 | |
| 4 | Guy Cury | FRA | 51,8 | |
| 5 | Robert Shaw | GBR | 52,3 | |
| 6 | Antal Lippay | HUN | 52,4 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Bengt Nilsson | SWE | 2,02 |
| 2 | Jirí Lánský | TCH | 1,98 | |
| 3 | Jaroslav Kovár | TCH | 1,96 | |
| 4 | Bertil Holmgren | SWE | 1,96 | |
| 5 | Yuriy Styepanov | URS | 1,93 | |
| 6 | Todor Belchev | BUL | 1,93 | |
| Stav | 1 | Eeles Landström | FIN | 4,40 |
| 2 | Ragnar Lundberg | SWE | 4,40 | |
| 3 | Geoffrey Elliott | GBR | 4,30 | |
| Jukka Piironen | FIN | 4,30 | ||
| 5 | Tamás Homonnay | HUN | 4,30 | |
| 6 | Georgios Roubanis | GRE | 4,25 | |
| Längd | 1 | Ödön Földessy | HUN | 7,51 |
| 2 | Zbigniew Iwanski | POL | 7,46 | |
| 3 | Ernest Wanko | FRA | 7,41 | |
| 4 | Günther Jobst | FRG | 7,38 | |
| 5 | Vilhelm Porrassalmi | FIN | 7,36 | |
| 6 | Václav Martinek | TCH | 7,32 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Leonid Shcherbakov | URS | 15,90 |
| 2 | Roger Norman | SWE | 15,17 | |
| 3 | Martin Rehák | TCH | 15,10 | |
| 4 | Zygfryd Weinberg | POL | 14,91 | |
| 5 | Fritz Portmann | SUI | 14,81 | |
| 6 | Kari Rahkamo | FIN | 14,73 | |
| Kula | 1 | Jirí Skobla | TCH | 17,20 |
| 2 | Otto Grigalka | URS | 16,69 | |
| 3 | Heino Heinaste | URS | 16,27 | |
| 4 | Roland Nilsson | SWE | 16,17 | |
| 5 | John Savidge | GBR | 16,10 | |
| 6 | Ferenc Kövesdi | HUN | 15,70 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Adolfo Consolini | ITA | 53,44 |
| 2 | Guiseppe Tosi | ITA | 52,34 | |
| 3 | József Szécsényi | HUN | 51,58 | |
| 4 | Ferenc Klics | HUN | 51,43 | |
| 5 | Roland Nilsson | SWE | 50,97 | |
| 6 | Otto Grigalka | URS | 50,60 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Mikhail Krivonosov | URS | 63,34 |
| 2 | Sverre Strandli | NOR | 61,07 | |
| 3 | József Csermák | HUN | 59,72 | |
| 4 | Tadeusz Rut | POL | 57,70 | |
| 5 | Milos Máca | TCH | 57,05 | |
| 6 | Imre Németh | HUN | 56,86 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Janusz Sidlo | POL | 76,35 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kuznyetsov | URS | 74,61 | |
| 3 | Soini Nikkinen | FIN | 73,38 | |
| 4 | Viktor Tsibulenko | URS | 72,39 | |
| 5 | Otto Bengtsson | SWE | 72,38 | |
| 6 | Gullbrand Sjöström | SWE | 71,98 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Vasiliy Kuznyetsov | URS | 6752 |
| 2 | Torbjörn Lassenius | FIN | 6424 | |
| 3 | Heinz Oberbeck | FRG | 6263 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Kutyenko | URS | 6097 | |
| 5 | Miloslav Moravec | TCH | 5953 | |
| 6 | Manfred Huber | SUI | 5813 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Irina Turova | URS | 11,8 |
| 2 | Bertha van Duyne-Brouwer | NED | 11,9 | |
| 3 | Ann Pashley | GBR | 11,9 | |
| 4 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 12,0 | |
| 5 | Vera Neszmélyi | HUN | 12,1 | |
| 6 | Heather Armitage | GBR | 12,1 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Mariya Itkina | URS | 24,3 |
| 2 | Irina Turova | URS | 24,4 | |
| 3 | Shirley Hampton | GBR | 24,4 | |
| 4 | Barbara Lerczak | POL | 24,4 | |
| 5 | Rimma Ulitkina | URS | 24,7 | |
| 6 | Charlotte Böhmer | FRG | 25,0 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Nina Otkalyenko | URS | 2,08,8 |
| 2 | Diane Leather | GBR | 2,09,8 | |
| 3 | Lyudmila Lisyenko | URS | 2,11,2 | |
| 4 | Aranka Kazi | HUN | 2,11,9 | |
| 5 | Bozena Pestka | POL | 2,12,6 | |
| 6 | Valerie Winn | GBR | 2,13,3 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Soviet Union | 45,8 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 46,3 | ||
| 3 | Italy | 46,6 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 46,7 | ||
| 5 | Poland | 47,1 | ||
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 48,5 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Mariya Golubnichaya | URS | 11,0 |
| 2 | Anneliese Seonbuchner | FRG | 11,2 | |
| 3 | Pam Seaborne | GBR | 11,3 | |
| 4 | Denise Laborie | FRA | 11,3 | |
| 5 | Milka Babovic | YUG | 11,5 | |
| 6 | Jean Desforges | FRA | 11,5 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Thelma Hopkins | GBR | 1,67 |
| 2 | Iolanda Balas | ROM | 1,65 | |
| 3 | Olga Modrachová | TCH | 1,63 | |
| 4 | Gunhild Larking | SWE | 1,63 | |
| 5 | Sheila Lerwill | GBR | 1,60 | |
| 6 | Aleksandra Chudina | URS | 1,60 | |
| Längd | 1 | Jean Desforges | GBR | 6,04 |
| 2 | Aleksandra Chudina | URS | 5,93 | |
| 3 | Elzbieta Dunska | POL | 5,83 | |
| 4 | Erika Fisch | FRG | 5,81 | |
| 5 | Galina Vinogradova | URS | 5,79 | |
| 6 | Maria Ilwicka | POL | 5,73 | |
| Kula | 1 | Galina Zibina | URS | 15,65 |
| 2 | Mariya Kuznyetsova | URS | 14,99 | |
| 3 | Tamara Tishkyevich | URS | 14,78 | |
| 4 | Adéla Tislerová | TCH | 14,02 | |
| 5 | Marianne Werner | FRG | 13,93 | |
| 6 | Maria Radosavljevic | YUG | 13,71 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Nina Ponomaryeva | URS | 48,02 |
| 2 | Irina Beglyakova | URS | 45,79 | |
| 3 | Galina Zibina | URS | 44,77 | |
| 4 | Stepánka Mertová | TCH | 44,37 | |
| 5 | Jirina Voborilová | TCH | 44,33 | |
| 6 | Julia Matej | YUG | 43,95 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Dana Zátopková | TCH | 52,91 |
| 2 | Virve Roolaid | URS | 49,94 | |
| 3 | Nadyezhda Konyayeva | URS | 49,49 | |
| 4 | Jutta Krüger | FRG | 47,39 | |
| 5 | Aleksandra Chudina | URS | 47,05 | |
| 6 | Cmiljka Kalusevic | YUG | 46,78 | |
| Femkamp | 1 | Aleksandra Chudina | URS | 4526 |
| 2 | Maria Sander | FRG | 4485 | |
| 3 | Maria Sturm | FRG | 4357 | |
| 4 | Lena Stumpf | FRG | 4336 | |
| 5 | Sofya Burdulenko | URS | 4265 | |
| 6 | Maria Ilwicka | POL | 4233 |