| 1960 | ||||
| Män | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Armin Hary | FRG | 10,2 |
| 2 | David Sime | USA | 10,2 | |
| 3 | Peter Radford | GBR | 10,3 | |
| 4 | Enrique Figuerola | CUB | 10,3 | |
| 5 | Francis Budd | USA | 10,4 | |
| 6 | Ray Norton | USA | 10,4 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Livio Berutti | ITA | 20,5 |
| 2 | Lester Carney | USA | 20,6 | |
| 3 | Abdoulaye Seye | FRA | 20,7 | |
| 4 | Marian Foik | POL | 20,8 | |
| 5 | Stone Johnson | USA | 20,8 | |
| 6 | Ray Norton | USA | 20,9 | |
| 400 Meter | 1 | Otis Davis | USA | 44,9 |
| 2 | Carl Kaufmann | FRG | 44,9 | |
| 3 | Malcolm Spence | RSA | 45,5 | |
| 4 | Milkha Singh | IND | 45,6 | |
| 5 | Manfred Kinder | FRG | 45,9 | |
| 6 | Earl Young | USA | 45,9 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Peter Snell | NZL | 1,46,3 |
| 2 | Roger Moens | BEL | 1,46,5 | |
| 3 | George Kerr | WEI | 1,47,1 | |
| 4 | Paul Schmidt | FRG | 1,47,6 | |
| 5 | Christian Wägli | SUI | 1,48,1 | |
| 6 | Manfred Matuschewski | GDR | 1,52,0 | |
| 1500 Meter | 1 | Herb Elliott | AUS | 3,35,6 |
| 2 | Michel Jazy | FRA | 3,38,4 | |
| 3 | Istaán Rósavölgyi | HUN | 3,39,2 | |
| 4 | Dan Waern | SWE | 3,40,0 | |
| 5 | Zoltan Vamos | ROM | 3,40,8 | |
| 6 | Dyrol Burelson | USA | 3,40,9 | |
| 5000 Meter | 1 | Murray Halberg | NZL | 13,43,4 |
| 2 | Hans Grodotzki | GDR | 13,44,6 | |
| 3 | Kazimierz Zimny | POL | 13,44,8 | |
| 4 | Friedrich Janke | GDR | 13,46,8 | |
| 5 | David Power | AUS | 13,51,8 | |
| 6 | Nyandika Maiyoro | KEN | 13,52,8 | |
| 10000 M | 1 | Pyotr Bolotnikov | URS | 28,32,2 |
| 2 | Hans Grodotzki | GDR | 28,37,0 | |
| 3 | David Power | AUS | 28,38,2 | |
| 4 | Aleksey Desyatchikov | URS | 28,39,6 | |
| 5 | Murray Halberg | NZL | 28,48,8 | |
| 6 | Max Truex | USA | 28,50,2 | |
| Marathon | 1 | Abebe Bikila | ETH | 2,15,16 |
| 2 | Rhadi Ben Abdesselem | MAR | 2,15,41 | |
| 3 | Barry Magee | NZL | 2,17,18 | |
| 4 | Konstantin Vorobyev | URS | 2,19,09 | |
| 5 | Sergey Popov | URS | 2,19,18 | |
| 6 | Thyge Thögersen | DEN | 2,21,03 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | Germany | 39,5 | |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 40,1 | ||
| 3 | Great Britain | 40,2 | ||
| 4 | Italy | 40,2 | ||
| 5 | Venezuela | 40,7 | ||
| 4x400 M | 1 | United States | 3,02,2 | |
| 2 | Federal Republic of Germany | 3,02,7 | ||
| 3 | West Indies | 3,04,0 | ||
| 4 | South Africa | 3,05,0 | ||
| 5 | Great Britain | 3,08,3 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland | 3,09,4 | ||
| Hinder | 1 | Zdzislav Krzyszkowiak | POL | 8,34,2 |
| 2 | Nikolay Sokolov | URS | 8,36,4 | |
| 3 | Semyon Rzhishchin | URS | 8,42,2 | |
| 4 | Gaston Roelants | BEL | 8,47,6 | |
| 5 | Gunnar Tjörnebo | SWE | 8,58,6 | |
| 6 | Ludwig Muller | FRG | 9,01,6 | |
| 110m Häck | 1 | Lee Calhoun | USA | 13,8 |
| 2 | Willie May | USA | 13,8 | |
| 3 | Hayes Jones | USA | 14,0 | |
| 4 | Martin Lauer | FRG | 14,0 | |
| 5 | Keith Gardner | WEI | 14,4 | |
| 6 | Valentin Chistyakov | URS | 14,6 | |
| 400m Häck | 1 | Glenn Davis | USA | 49,3 |
| 2 | Cifton Cushman | USA | 49,6 | |
| 3 | Richard Howard | USA | 49,7 | |
| 4 | Helmut Janz | FRG | 49,9 | |
| 5 | Jussi Rintamäki | AUS | 50,8 | |
| 6 | Bruno Galliker | SUI | 51,0 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Robert Shavlakadze | URS | 2,16 |
| 2 | Valeriy Brumel | URS | 2,16 | |
| 3 | John Thomas | USA | 2,14 | |
| 4 | Viktor Bolshov | URS | 2,14 | |
| 5 | Stig Pettersson | SWE | 2,09 | |
| 6 | Charles Dumas | USA | 2,03 | |
| Stav | 1 | Don Bragg | USA | 4,70 |
| 2 | Ron Morris | USA | 4,60 | |
| 3 | Eelis Landström | FIN | 4,55 | |
| 4 | Rolando Cruz | PUR | 4,55 | |
| 5 | Gunter Malcher | GDR | 4,50 | |
| 6 | Matti Sutinen | FIN | 4,50 | |
| Igor Petrenko | URS | 4,50 | ||
| Längd | 1 | Ralph Boston | USA | 8,12 |
| 2 | Irvin Roberson | USA | 8,11 | |
| 3 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 8,04 | |
| 4 | Manfred Steinbach | FRG | 8,00 | |
| 5 | Jorma Valkama | FIN | 7,69 | |
| 6 | Christian Collardot | FRA | 7,68 | |
| Tresteg | 1 | Józef Schmidt | POL | 16,81 |
| 2 | Vladimir Goryayev | URS | 16,63 | |
| 3 | Vitold Kreyer | URS | 16,43 | |
| 4 | Ira Davis | USA | 16,41 | |
| 5 | Vilhjalmur Einarsson | ISL | 16,37 | |
| 6 | Ryszard Malcherczyk | POL | 16,01 | |
| Kula | 1 | William Nieder | USA | 19,68 |
| 2 | Parry OŽBrien | USA | 19,11 | |
| 3 | Dallas Long | USA | 19,01 | |
| 4 | Viktor Lipsnis | URS | 17,90 | |
| 5 | Michael Lindsay | GBR | 17,80 | |
| 6 | Alfred Sosgórnik | POL | 17,57 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Al Oerter | USA | 59,18 |
| 2 | Rink Babka | USA | 58,02 | |
| 3 | Richard Cochran | USA | 57,16 | |
| 4 | József Szécsényi | HUN | 55,79 | |
| 5 | Edmund Piatkowski | POL | 55,12 | |
| 6 | Viktor Kompanyets | URS | 55,06 | |
| Slägga | 1 | Vasily Rudenkov | URS | 67,10 |
| 2 | Gyula Zsivótzky | HUN | 65,79 | |
| 3 | Tadeusz Rut | POL | 65,64 | |
| 4 | John Lawlor | IRL | 64,95 | |
| 5 | Olgierd Cieply | POL | 64,57 | |
| 6 | Zvonko Bezjak | YUG | 64,21 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Viktor Tsybulenko | URS | 84,64 |
| 2 | Walter Kruger | GDR | 79,36 | |
| 3 | Gergely Kulcsár | HUN | 78,57 | |
| 4 | Väinö Kuisma | FIN | 78,40 | |
| 5 | Willy Rasmussen | NOR | 78,36 | |
| 6 | Knut Fredriksson | SWE | 78,33 | |
| Tiokamp | 1 | Rafer Johnson | USA | 8392 |
| 2 | Yang Chuan-Kwang | TPE | 8334 | |
| 3 | Vasily Kuznetsov | URS | 7809 | |
| 4 | Yuriy Kutenko | URS | 7567 | |
| 5 | Evert Kamerbeek | NED | 7236 | |
| 6 | Franco Sar | ITA | 7195 | |
| Kvinnor | ||||
| 100 Meter | 1 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 11,0 |
| 2 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 11,3 | |
| 3 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 11,3 | |
| 4 | Maria Itkina | URS | 11,4 | |
| 5 | Catherine Capdevielle | FRA | 11,5 | |
| 6 | Jennifer Smart | GBR | 11,6 | |
| 200 Meter | 1 | Wilma Rudolph | USA | 24,0 |
| 2 | Jutta Heine | FRG | 24,4 | |
| 3 | Dorothy Hyman | GBR | 24,7 | |
| 4 | Maria Itkina | URS | 24,7 | |
| 5 | Barbara Janiszewska | POL | 24,8 | |
| 6 | Giuseppina Leone | ITA | 24,9 | |
| 800 Meter | 1 | Lyudmila Shevtsova | URS | 2,04,3 |
| 2 | Brenda Jones | AUS | 2,04,4 | |
| 3 | Ursula Donath | GDR | 2,05,6 | |
| 4 | Vera Kummerfeldt | FRG | 2,05,9 | |
| 5 | Antje Gleichfeld | FRG | 2,06,5 | |
| 6 | Joy Jordan | GBR | 2,07,8 | |
| 4x100 M | 1 | United States | 44,5 | |
| 2 | Federal Repoblic of Germany | 44,8 | ||
| 3 | Poland | 45,0 | ||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 45,2 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 45,6 | ||
| 80m Häck | 1 | Irina Press | URS | 10,8 |
| 2 | Carole Quinton | GBR | 10,9 | |
| 3 | Gisela Birkemeyer | GDR | 11,0 | |
| 4 | Mary Bignal | GBR | 11,1 | |
| 5 | Galina Bystrova | URS | 11,2 | |
| 6 | Rimma Kosheleva | URS | 11,2 | |
| Höjd | 1 | Iolanda Balas | USA | 1,85 |
| 2 | Dorothy Shirley | GBR | 1,71 | |
| Jaroslawa Józwiakowska | POL | 1,71 | ||
| 4 | Galina Dolya | URS | 1,71 | |
| 5 | Taisia Chenchik | URS | 1,68 | |
| 6 | Inga-Britt Lorentzon | SWE | 1,65 | |
| Frances Slapp | GBR | 1,65 | ||
| Helen Frith | AUS | 1,65 | ||
| Längd | 1 | Vera Krepkina | URS | 6,37 |
| 2 | Elzbieta Krzesinska | POL | 6,27 | |
| 3 | Hildrun Claus | GDR | 6,21 | |
| 4 | Renate Junker | FRG | 6,19 | |
| 5 | Lyudmila Radchenko | URS | 6,16 | |
| 6 | Helga Hoffmann | FRG | 6,11 | |
| Kula | 1 | Tamara Press | URS | 17,32 |
| 2 | Johanna Luttge | GDR | 16,61 | |
| 3 | Earlene Brown | USA | 16,42 | |
| 4 | Valerie Sloper-Young | NZL | 16,39 | |
| 5 | Zinaida Doynikova | URS | 16,13 | |
| 6 | Renate Garisch | GDR | 15,94 | |
| Diskus | 1 | Nina Ponomaryeva | URS | 55,10 |
| 2 | Tamara Press | URS | 52,59 | |
| 3 | Lia Manoliu | ROM | 52,36 | |
| 4 | Kriemhild Hausmann | FRG | 51,47 | |
| 5 | Yevgeniya Kuznetsova | URS | 51,43 | |
| 6 | Earlene Brown | USA | 51,29 | |
| Spjut | 1 | Elvira Ozolina | URS | 55,98 |
| 2 | Dana Zátopková | TCH | 53,78 | |
| 3 | Birute Kalediené | URS | 53,45 | |
| 4 | Vlasta Peskova | TCH | 52,56 | |
| 5 | Urszula Figwer | POL | 52,33 | |
| 6 | Anna Pazera | AUS | 51,15 | |