| Track Events - MEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | James Hines
USA | 9.95s |
Lennox Miller
Jamaica | 10.04s | Charles Greeene
USA | 10.07s |
| 200 metres | Tommie Smith
USA | 19.83s | Peter Norman
Australia | 20.06s | John Carlos
USA | 20.10s |
| 400 metres | Lee Evans
USA | 43.86s | Lawrence James
USA | 43.97s | Ron Freeman
USA | 44.41s |
| 800 metres | Ralph Doubell
Australia | 1m 44.3s | Wilson Kiprugut
Kenya | 1m 44.5s | Tom Farrell
USA | 1m 45.4s |
| 1500 metres | Kip Keino
Kenya | 3m 34.9s | Jim Ryun
USA | 3m 37.8s | Bodo Tummler
Germany | 3m 39.0s |
| 5000 metres | Mohamed Gammoud
Tunisia | 14m 5.0s | Kip Keino
Kenya | 14m 5.2s | Naftali Temu
Kenya | 14m 6.4s |
| 10000 metres | Naftali Temu
Kenya | 29m 27.4s | Mamo Wolde
Ethiopa | 29m 28.0s | Mohamed Gammoudi
Tunisia | 29m 34.2s |
Marathon
(42,195 metres) | Mamo Wolde
Ethiopia | 2h 20m 26s | Kenji Kimihara
Japan | 2h 23m 31s | Michael Ryan
New Zealand | 2h 23m 45s |
Steeplechase
(3000 metres) | Amos Biwott
Kenya | 8m 51.0s | Benjamin Kogo
Kenya | 8m 51.6s | George Young
USA | 8m 51.8s |
| Field Events - MEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Dick Fosbury
USA | 2.24 m | Ed Carruthers
USA | 2.22 m | Valentin Gavrilov
USSR | 2.20 m |
| Long Jump | Bob Beamon
USA | 8.90 m | Klaus Beer
German Dem. Rep. | 8.19 m | Ralph Boston
USA | 8.16 m |
| Pole Vault | Bob Seagren
USA | 5.40 m | Claus Schiprowshi
Germany | 5.40 m | Wolfgang Nordwig
German Dem. Rep. | 5.40 m |
| Shot | Randy Matson
USA | 20.54 m | George Woods
USA | 20.12 m | Eduard Gushchin
USSR | 20.09 m |
| Discus | Al Oerter
USA | 64.78 m | Lothar Milde
German Dem. Rep. | 63.08 m | Ludwig Danek
Czechoslovakia | 62.92 m |
| Javelin | Janis Lusis
USSR | 90.10 m | Jorma Kinnunen
Finland | 88.58 m | Gergely Kulcsar
Hungary | 87.06 m |
| Track Events - WOMEN |
| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| 100 metres | Wyomia Tyus
USA | 11.08s |
Barbara Ferrell
USA | 11.15s | Irena Szewinska
Poland | 11.19s |
| 200 metres | Irena Szewinska
Poland | 22.58s |
Raelene Boyle
Australia | 22.74s | Jennifer Lamy
Australia | 22.88s |
| 400 metres | Colette Besson
France | 52.0s |
Lillian Board
GB | 52.1s | Natalya Burda
USSR | 52.2s |
| 800 metres | Madeleine Manning
USA | 2m 0.9s |
Ilona Silai
Romania | 2m 2.5s | Maria Gommers
Netherlands | 2m 2.6s |
| Field Events - WOMEN |
| | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
| High Jump | Miloslava Rezkova
Czechoslovakia | 1.82 m | Antonia Okorokova
USSR | 1.80 m | Valentina Kozyr
USSR | 1.80 m |
| Long Jump | Viorica Viscopoleanu
Romania | 6.82 m | Sheila Sherwood
GB | 6.68 m | Tatyana Talysheva
USSR | 6.66 m |
| Shot | Margitta Gummel
German Dem. Rep. | 19.61 m | Marita Lange
German Dem. Rep. | 18.78 m | Nadezyda Chizhova
USSR | 18.19 m |
| Discus | Lia Manoliu
Romania | 58.28 m | Liesel Westermann
Germany | 57.76 m | Jolan Kleiber
Hungary | 54.90 m |
| Javelin | Angela Nemeth
Hungary | 60.36 m | Mihaela Penes
Romania | 59.92 m | Eva Janko
Austria | 58.04 m |