Track Events - MEN |
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
100 metres | Bob Hayes USA | 10.0s |
Eugene Figuerola Cuba | 10.2s | Harry Jerome Canada | 10.2s |
200 metres | Henry Carr USA | 20.3s | Paul Drayton USA | 20.5s | Edwin Roberts Trinidad | 20.6s |
400 metres | Mike Larrabee USA | 45.1s | Wendell Mottley Trinidad | 45.2s | Andrzej Badenski Poland | 45.6s |
800 metres | Peter Snell New Zealand | 1m 45.1s | Bill Crothers Canada | 1m 45.6s | Wilson Kiprugut Kenya | 1m 45.9s |
1500 metres | Peter Snell New Zealand | 3m 38.1s | Josef Odlozil Czechoslovakia | 3m 39.6s | John Davies New Zealand | 3m 39.6s |
5000 metres | Bob Schul USA | 13m 48.8s | Harald Norpoth Germany | 13m 49.6s | Bill Dellinger USA | 13m 49.8s |
10000 metres | Billy Mills USA | 28m 24.4s | Mohamed Gammoudi Tunisia | 28m 24.8s | Ron Clarke Australia | 28m 25.8s |
Marathon (42,195 metres) | Abebe Bikila Ethiopia | 2h 12m 11s | Basil Heatley GB | 2h 16m 19s | Kokichi Tsuburaya Japan | 2h 16m 22s |
Steeplechase (3000 metres) | Gaston Roelants Belgium | 8m 30.8s | Maurice Herriott GB | 8m 32.4s | Ivan Bylyayev USSR | 8m 33.8s |
Field Events - MEN |
| | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
High Jump | Valeriy Brumel USSR | 2.18 m | John Thomas USA | 2.18 m | John Rambo USA | 2.16 m |
Long Jump | Lyn Davies GB | 8.07 m | Ralph Boston USA | 8.03 m | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan USSR | 7.99 m |
Pole Vault | Frederick Hansen USA | 5.10 m | Wolfgang Reinhardt Germany | 5.05 m | Klaus Lehnertz Germany | 5.00 m |
Shot | Dallas Long USA | 20.33 m | Randy Matson USA | 20.20 m | Vilmos Varju Hungary | 19.39 m |
Discus | Al Oerter USA | 61.00 m | Ludvik Danek Czechoslovakia | 60.52 m | Dave Weill USA | 59.49 m |
Javelin | Pauli Nevala Finland | 82.66 m | Gergely Kulcsar Hungary | 82.32 m | Janis Lusis USSR | 80.57 m |
Track Events - WOMEN |
Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
100 metres | Wyomia Tyus USA | 11.4s |
Edith Maguire USA | 11.6s | Ewa Klobukowska Poland | 11.6s |
200 metres | Edith Maguire USA | 23.0s |
Irena Kirzenstein Poland | 23.1s | Marilyn Black Australia | 23.1s |
400 metres | Betty Cuthbert Australia | 52.0s |
Ann Packer GB | 52.2s | Judith Amoore Australia | 53.4s |
800 metres | Ann Packer GB | 2m 1.1s |
Maryvonne Dupureur France | 2m 1.9s | Marise Chamberlain New Zealand | 2m 2.8s |
Field Events - WOMEN |
| | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist | | Ht/Dist |
High Jump | Iolands Balas Romania | 1.90 m | Michelle Brown Australia | 1.80 m | Tasia Chenchik USSR | 1.78 m |
Long Jump | Mary Rand GB | 6.76 m | Irena Kirszenstein Poland | 6.60 m | Tatyana Schelkanova USSR | 6.42 m |
Shot | Tamara Press USSR | 18.14 m | Renate Garisch German Dem. Rep. | 17.61 m | Galina Zybina USSR | 17.45 m |
Discus | Tamara Press USSR | 57.27 m | Ingrid Lotz Germany | 57.21 m | Lia Manoliu Romania | 56.97 m |
Javelin | Mihaela Penes Romania | 60.54 m | Marta Rudas Hungary | 58.27 m | Yelena Gorchakova USSR | 57.06 m |