| 1920 | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Charles Paddock | USA | 10,8 |
| 2 | Morris Kirksey | USA | 10,8 | |
| 3 | Harry Edwards | GBR | 10,9 | |
| 4 | Jackson Scholz | USA | 10,9 | |
| 5 | Emile Ali Kahn | FRA | 11,1 | |
| 6 | Loren Murchison | USA | 11,2 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Allen Woodring | USA | 22,0 |
| 2 | Charles Paddock | USA | 22,1 | |
| 3 | Harry Edwards | GBR | 22,2 | |
| 4 | Loren Murchison | USA | 22,2 | |
| 5 | George Davidson | NZL | 22,3 | |
| 6 | Jock Oosterlaak | RSA | 22,4 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Bevil Rudd | RSA | 49,6 |
| 2 | Guy Butler | GBR | 49,9 | |
| 3 | Nils Engdahl | SWE | 50,0 | |
| 4 | Frank Shea | USA | 50,1 | |
| 5 | John Ainsworth-Davis | GBR | 50,3 | |
| 6 | Harry Davel | RSA | 50,4 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Albert Hill | GBR | 1,53,4 |
| 2 | Earl Eby | USA | 1,53,6 | |
| 3 | Bevil Rudd | RSA | 1,54,0 | |
| 4 | Edgar Mountain | GBR | 1,54,6 | |
| 5 | Donald Scott | USA | 1,56,0 | |
| 6 | Albert Sprott | USA | 1,56,4 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Albert Hill | GBR | 4,01,8 |
| 2 | Philip Baker | GBR | 4,02,4 | |
| 3 | Lawrence Shields | USA | 4,03,1 | |
| 4 | Václav Vohralik | TCH | 4,04,6 | |
| 5 | Sven Lundgren | SWE | 4,06,3 | |
| 6 | André Audinet | FRA | 4,06,4 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Joseph Guillemot | FRA | 14,55,6 |
| 2 | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 15,00,0 | |
| 3 | Eric Backman | SWE | 15,13,0 | |
| 4 | Teodor Koskenniemi | FIN | 15,17,0 | |
| 5 | Charles Blewitt | GBR | 15,19,0 | |
| 6 | William Seagrove | GBR | 15,21,0 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Paavo Nurmi | FIN | 31,45,8 |
| 2 | Joseph Guillemot | FRA | 31,47,2 | |
| 3 | James Wilson | GBR | 31,50,8 | |
| 4 | Augusto Maccario | ITA | 32,02,0 | |
| 5 | James Hatton | GBR | 32,14,0 | |
| 6 | Jean Manhes | FRA | 32,26,0 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Hannes Kolehmainen | FIN | 2,32,35 |
| (42750m) | 2 | Juri Lossman | EST | 2,32,48 |
| 3 | Valerio Arri | ITA | 2,36,32 | |
| 4 | Augustinus Broos | BEL | 2,39,25 | |
| 5 | Viljo Tuomikoski | FIN | 2,40,10 | |
| 6 | Sofus Rose | DEN | 2,41,18 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 42,2 | |
| 2 | France | 42,6 | ||
| 3 | Sweden | 42,9 | ||
| 4 | Great Britain | 43,1 | ||
| 5 | Denmark | 43,5 | ||
| 6 | Luxembourg | 43,9 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | Great Britain | 3,22,2 | |
| 2 | South Africa | 3,24,2 | ||
| 3 | France | 3,24,8 | ||
| 4 | United States | 3,25,2 | ||
| 5 | Sweden | 3,25,4 | ||
| 6 | Belgium | 3,36,8 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Percy Hodge | GBR | 10,00,4 |
| 2 | Patrick Flynn | USA | 10,21,1 | |
| 3 | Ernesto Ambrosini | ITA | 10,23,6 | |
| 4 | Gustaf Mattsson | SWE | 10,23,7 | |
| 5 | Michael Devaney | USA | 10,26,0 | |
| 6 | Albert Hulsebosch | USA | 10,32,0 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Earl Thomson | CAN | 14,8 |
| 2 | Harold Barron | USA | 15,1 | |
| 3 | Frederick Murray | USA | 15,1 | |
| 4 | Harry Wilson | NZL | 15,2 | |
| 5 | Walker Smith | USA | 15,2 | |
| 6 | Carl Axel Christiernsson | SWE | 15,3 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Frank Loomis | USA | 54,0 |
| 2 | John Norton | USA | 54,6 | |
| 3 | August Desch | USA | 54,7 | |
| 4 | Georges André | FRA | 54,8 | |
| 5 | Carl Axel Christiernsson | SWE | 55,6 | |
| 6 | Charles Daggs | USA | 56,4 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Richmond Landon | USA | 1,94 |
| 2 | Harold Muller | GER | 1,90 | |
| 3 | Bo Ekelund | SWE | 1,90 | |
| 4 | Walter Whalen | USA | 1,85 | |
| 5 | John Murphy | USA | 1,85 | |
| 6 | Howard Baker | GBR | 1,85 | |
| Stav | 1 | Frank Foss | USA | 4,09 |
| 2 | Henry Petersen | DEN | 3,70 | |
| 3 | Edwin Myers | USA | 3,60 | |
| 4 | Edward Knourek | USA | 3,60 | |
| 5 | Ernfrid Rydberg | SWE | 3,60 | |
| 6 | Laurits Jörgensen | DEN | 3,60 | |
| Längd | 1 | William Pettersson | SWE | 7,15 |
| 2 | Carl Johnson | USA | 7,09 | |
| 3 | Eric Abrahamsson | SWE | 7,08 | |
| 4 | Robert Templeton | USA | 6,95 | |
| 5 | Erling Aastad | NOR | 6,88 | |
| 6 | Rolf Franksson | SWE | 6,73 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Vilho Tuulos | FIN | 14,50 |
| 2 | Folke Jansson | SWE | 14,48 | |
| 3 | Erik Almlöf | SWE | 14,27 | |
| 4 | Ivar Sahlin | SWE | 14,17 | |
| 5 | Sherman Landers | USA | 14,17 | |
| 6 | Dan Ahearn | USA | 14,08 | |
| Kula | 1 | Ville Pörhölä | FIN | 14,81 |
| 2 | Elmer Niklander | FIN | 14,15 | |
| 3 | Harry Liversedge | USA | 14,15 | |
| 4 | Pat McDonald | USA | 14,08 | |
| 5 | Einar Nilsson | SWE | 13,87 | |
| 6 | Harald Tammer | EST | 13,60 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Elmer Niklander | FIN | 44,68 |
| 2 | Armas Taipale | FIN | 44,19 | |
| 3 | Augustus Pope | USA | 42,13 | |
| 4 | Otto Zallhagen | SWE | 41,07 | |
| 5 | William Bartlett | USA | 40,87 | |
| 6 | Allan Eriksson | SWE | 39,41 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Patrick Ryan | USA | 52,87 |
| 2 | Carl Johan Lind | SWE | 48,43 | |
| 3 | Basil Bennet | USA | 48,25 | |
| 4 | Malcolm Svensson | SWE | 47,29 | |
| 5 | Matt McGrath | USA | 46,67 | |
| 6 | Tom Nicholson | GBR | 45,70 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Jonni Myyrä | FIN | 65,78 |
| 2 | Urho Peltonen | FIN | 63,60 | |
| 3 | Paavo Johansson | FIN | 63,09 | |
| 4 | Julius Saaristo | FIN | 62,39 | |
| 5 | Aleksandr Klumberg | EST | 62,39 | |
| 6 | Gunnar Lindström | SWE | 60,52 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Helge Lövland | NOR | 6803 |
| 2 | Brutus Hamilton | USA | 6771 | |
| 3 | Bertil Ohlson | SWE | 6580 | |
| 4 | Gösta Holmér | SWE | 6532 | |
| 5 | Evert Nilsson | SWE | 6433 | |
| 6 | Waldemar Wickholm | FIN | 6405 |