| Athletics | Men's 10000m | Janusz Kusociński Poland | Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland | Lauri Virtanen Finland |
| Athletics | Men's 100m | Eddie Tolan United States | Ralph Metcalfe United States | Arthur Jonath Germany |
| Athletics | Men's 110m hurdles | George Saling United States | Percy Beard United States | Donald Finlay Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men's 1500m | Luigi Beccali Italy | Jerry Cornes Great Britain | Phil Edwards Canada |
| Athletics | Men's 200m | Eddie Tolan United States | George Simpson United States | Ralph Metcalfe United States |
| Athletics | Men's 3000m steeplechase | Volmari Iso-Hollo Finland | Thomas Evenson Great Britain | Joe McCluskey United States |
| Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay | Bob Kiesel, Hector Dyer, Emmett Toppino, Frank Wykoff United States | Friedrich Hendrix, Erich Borchmeyer, Arthur Jonath, Helmut Körnig Germany | Giuseppe Castelli, Gabriele Salviati, Ruggero Maregatti, Edgardo Toetti Italy |
| Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay | Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr United States | Crew Stoneley, Tommy Hampson, David Burghley, Godfrey Rampling Great Britain | James Ball, Ray Lewis, Phil Edwards, Alex Wilson Canada |
| Athletics | Men's 400m | Bill Carr United States | Ben Eastman United States | Alex Wilson Canada |
| Athletics | Men's 400m hurdles | Bob Tisdall Ireland | Glenn Hardin United States | Morgan Taylor United States |
| Athletics | Men's 50 km walk | Tommy Green Great Britain | Jānis Daliņš Latvia | Ugo Frigerio Italy |
| Athletics | Men's 5000m | Lauri Lehtinen Finland | Ralph Hill United States | Lauri Virtanen Finland |
| Athletics | Men's 800m | Tommy Hampson Great Britain | Alex Wilson Canada | Phil Edwards Canada |
| Athletics | Men's decathlon | James Bausch United States | Akilles Järvinen Finland | Wolrad Eberle Germany |
| Athletics | Men's discus throw | John Anderson United States | Henri LaBorde United States | Paul Winter France |
| Athletics | Men's hammer throw | Pat O'Callaghan Ireland | Ville Pörhölä Finland | Peter Zaremba United States |
| Athletics | Men's high jump | Duncan McNaughton Canada | Bob Van Osdel United States | Simeon Toribio Philippines |
| Athletics | Men's javelin throw | Matti Järvinen Finland | Matti Sippala Finland | Eino Penttilä Finland |
| Athletics | Men's long jump | Ed Gordon United States | Lambert Redd United States | Chuhei Nambu Japan |
| Athletics | Men's marathon | Juan Carlos Zabala Argentina | Sam Ferris Great Britain | Armas Toivonen Finland |
| Athletics | Men's pole vault | Bill Miller United States | Shuhei Nishida Japan | George Jefferson United States |
| Athletics | Men's shot put | Leo Sexton United States | Harlow Rothert United States | František Douda Czechoslovakia |
| Athletics | Men's triple jump | Chuhei Nambu Japan | Erik Svensson Sweden | Kenkichi Oshima Japan |
| Athletics | Women's 100m | Stanisława Walasiewicz Poland | Hilda Strike Canada | Wilhelmina von Bremen United States |
| Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m relay | Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch, Annette Rogers, Wilhelmina von Bremen United States | Mary Frizzell, Mildred Fizzell, Lillian Palmer, Hilda Strike Canada | Nellie Halstead, Eileen Hiscock, Gwendoline Porter, Violet Webb Great Britain |
| Athletics | Women's 80m hurdles | Babe Didrikson United States | Evelyne Hall United States | Marjorie Clark South Africa |
| Athletics | Women's discus throw | Lillian Copeland United States | Ruth Osburn United States | Jadwiga Wajs Poland |
| Athletics | Women's high jump | Jean Shiley United States | Babe Didrikson United States | Eva Dawes Canada |
| Athletics | Women's javelin throw | Babe Didrikson United States | Ellen Braumüller Germany | Tilly Fleischer Germany |
| Boxing | Men’s Bantamweight · (-53.5 kg / 118 lb) | Horace Gwynne Canada | Hans Ziglarski Germany | José Villanueva Philippines |
| Boxing | Men’s Featherweight · (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) | Carmelo Robledo Argentina | Josef Schleinkofer Germany | Allan Carlsson Sweden |
| Boxing | Men’s Flyweight · (-50.8 kg / 112 lb) | István Énekes Hungary | Francisco Cabañas Mexico | Louis Salica United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Heavyweight · (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) | Santiago Lovell Argentina | Luigi Rovati Italy | Frederick Feary United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Light heavyweight · (-79.4 kg / 175 lb) | David Carstens South Africa | Gino Rossi Italy | Peter Jørgensen Denmark |
| Boxing | Men’s Lightweight · (-61.2 kg / 135 lb) | Lawrence Stevens South Africa | Thure Ahlqvist Sweden | Nathan Bor United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Middleweight · (-72.6 kg / 160 lb) | Carmen Barth United States | Amado Azar Argentina | Ernest Peirce South Africa |
| Boxing | Men’s Welterweight · (-66.7 kg / 147 lb) | Edward Flynn United States | Erich Campe Germany | Bruno Ahlberg Finland |
| Cycling | Men’s 1000m time trial | Dunc Gray Australia | Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands | Charles Rampelberg France |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual time trial | Attilio Pavesi Italy | Guglielmo Segato Italy | Bernhard Britz Sweden |
| Cycling | Men’s Sprint | Jacobus van Egmond Netherlands | Louis Chaillot France | Bruno Pellizzari Italy |
| Cycling | Men’s Tandem | Louis Chaillot, Maurice Perrin France | Ernest Chambers, Stanley Chambers Great Britain | Harald Christensen, Willy Gervin Denmark |
| Cycling | Men’s Team pursuit | Paolo Pedretti, Nino Borsari, Marco Cimatti, Alberto Ghilardi Italy | Henri Mouillefarine, Paul Chocque, Amédée Fournier, René Legrèves France | Frank Southall, William Harvell, Charles Holland, Ernest Johnson Great Britain |
| Cycling | Men’s Team time trial | Giuseppe Olmo, Attilio Pavesi, Guglielmo Segato Italy | Henry, Leo Nielsen, Frode Sørensen Denmark | Arne Berg, Bernhard Britz, Sven Höglund Sweden |
| Diving | Men’s 10 metre platform | Harold Smith United States | Michael Galitzen United States | Frank Kurtz United States |
| Diving | Men’s 3 metre springboard | Michael Galitzen United States | Harold Smith United States | Richard Degener United States |
| Diving | Women’s 10 metre platform | Dorothy Poynton-Hill United States | Georgia Coleman United States | Marion Roper United States |
| Diving | Women’s 3 metre springboard | Georgia Coleman United States | Katherine Rawls United States | Jane Fauntz United States |
| Equestrian | Open Individual dressage | Xavier Lesage France | Charles Marion France | Hiram Tuttle United States |
| Equestrian | Open Individual eventing | Charles Pahud de Mortanges Netherlands | Earl Foster Thomson, Jenny Camp United States | Clarence von Rosen, Jr. Sweden |
| Equestrian | Open Individual jumping | Takeichi Nishi Japan | Harry Chamberlin United States | Clarence von Rosen, Jr. Sweden |
| Equestrian | Open Team dressage | Xavier Lesage, Charles Marion, André Jousseaume France | Bertil Sandström, Thomas Byström, Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern, Jr. Sweden | Hiram Tuttle, Isaac Kitts, Alvin Moore United States |
| Equestrian | Open Team eventing | Earl Foster Thomson, Jenny Camp, Harry Chamberlin, Edwin Argo United States | Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Karel Schummelketel, Aernout van Lennep Netherlands | — |
| Fencing | Men's foil | Gustavo Marzi Italy | Joseph L. Levis United States | Giulio Gaudini Italy |
| Fencing | Men's sabre | György Piller Hungary | Giulio Gaudini Italy | Endre Kabos Hungary |
| Fencing | Men's team foil | Edward Gardère, René Bondoux, René Bougnol, René Lemoine, Philippe Cattiau, Jean Piot France | Giulio Gaudini, Gustavo Marzi, Ugo Pignotti, Gioachino Guaragna, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Giorgio Pessina Italy | George Charles Calnan, Richard Clarke Steere, Joseph L. Levis, Dernell Every, Hugh Vincent Alessandroni, Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer United States |
| Fencing | Men's team sabre | Endre Kabos, Attila Petschauer, Ernő Nagy, Gyula Glykais, György Piller, Aladár Gerevich Hungary | Gustavo Marzi, Giulio Gaudini, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Arturo De Vecchi, Ugo Pignotti Italy | Tadeusz Friedrich, Marian Suski, Władysław Dobrowolski, Władysław Segda, Leszek Lubicz, Adam Papée Poland |
| Fencing | Men's team épée | Fernand Jourdant, Bernard Schmetz, Georges Tainturier, Georges Buchard, Jean Piot, Philippe Cattiau France | Saverio Ragno, Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici, Franco Riccardi, Carlo Agostoni, Renzo Minoli Italy | George Charles Calnan, Gustave Marinius Heiss, Frank Stahl Jr. Righeimer, Tracy Jaeckel, Curtis Charles Shears, Miguel Angel De Capriles United States |
| Fencing | Men's épée | Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici Italy | Georges Buchard France | Carlo Agostoni Italy |
| Fencing | Women's foil | Ellen Preis Austria | Judy Guinness Great Britain | Erna Bogen Hungary |
| Field hockey | Men's tournament | Richard Allen, Muhammad Aslam, Lal Bokhari, Frank Brewin, Richard Carr, Dhyan Chand, Leslie Hammond, Arthur Hind, Sayed Jaffar, Masud Minhas, Broome Pinniger, Gurmit Singh Kullar, Roop Singh, William Sullivan, Carlyle Tapsell India | Shunkichi Hamada, Junzo Inohara, Sadayoshi Kobayashi, Haruhiko Kon, Kenichi Konishi, Hiroshi Nagata, Eiichi Nakamura, Yoshio Sakai, Katsumi Shibata, Akio Sohda, Toshio Usami Japan | William Boddington, Harold Brewster, Roy Coffin, Amos Deacon, Horace Disston, Samuel Ewing, James Gentle, Henry Greer, Lawrence Knapp, David McMullin, Leonard O'Brien, Charles Sheaffer, Frederick Wolters United States |
| Gymnastics | Men’s All-Around, Individual | Romeo Neri Italy | István Pelle Hungary | Heikki Savolainen Finland |
| Gymnastics | Men’s All-Around, Team | Oreste Capuzzo, Savino Guglielmetti, Mario Lertora, Romeo Neri, Franco Tognini Italy | Frank Haubold, Frank Cumiskey, Al Jochim, Fred Meyer, Michael Schuler United States | Mauri Nyberg-Noroma, Ilmari Pakarinen, Heikki Savolainen, Einari Teräsvirta, Martti Uosikkinen Finland |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Floor | István Pelle Hungary | Georges Miez Switzerland | Mario Lertora Italy |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Horizontal bar | Dallas Bixler United States | Heikki Savolainen Finland | Einari Teräsvirta Finland |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Indian clubs | George Roth United States | Philip Erenberg United States | William Kuhlemeier United States |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Parallel bars | Romeo Neri Italy | István Pelle Hungary | Heikki Savolainen Finland |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Pommel horse | István Pelle Hungary | Omero Bonoli Italy | Frank Haubold United States |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Rings | George Gulack United States | Bill Denton United States | Giovanni Lattuada Italy |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Rope climbing | Raymond Bass United States | William Galbraith United States | Thomas F. Connolly United States |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Tumbling | Rowland Wolfe United States | Ed Gross United States | William Herrmann United States |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Vault | Savino Guglielmetti Italy | Al Jochim United States | Ed Carmichael United States |
| Modern pentathlon | Men's | Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna Sweden | Bo Lindman Sweden | Richard Mayo United States |
| Rowing | Men’s coxed four | Hans Eller, Horst Hoeck, Walter Meyer, Joachim Spremberg, Carlheinz Neumann Germany | Bruno Vattovaz, Giovanni Plazzer, Riccardo Divora, Bruno Parovel, Guerrino Scher Italy | Jerzy Braun, Janusz Ślązak, Stanisław Urban, Edward Kobyliński, Jerzy Skolimowski Poland |
| Rowing | Men’s coxed pairs | Joseph Schauers, Charles Kieffer, Edward Jennings United States | Jerzy Braun, Janusz Ślązak, Jerzy Skolimowski Poland | Anselme Brusa, André Giriat, Pierre Brunet France |
| Rowing | Men’s coxless four | John Badcock, Hugh Edwards, Jack Beresford, Rowland George Great Britain | Karl Aletter, Ernst Gaber, Walter Flinsch, Hans Maier Germany | Antonio Ghiardello, Francesco Cossu, Giliante D'Este, Antonio Garzoni Provenzani Italy |
| Rowing | Men’s coxless pairs | Lewis Clive, Hugh Edwards Great Britain | Cyril Stiles, Rangi Thompson New Zealand | Henryk Budziński, Jan Mikołajczak Poland |
| Rowing | Men’s double sculls | Ken Myers, William Gilmore United States | Herbert Buhtz, Gerhard Boetzelen Germany | Charles Pratt, Noël de Mille Canada |
| Rowing | Men’s eight | Edwin Salisbury, James Blair, Duncan Gregg, David Dunlap, Burton Jastram, Charles Chandler, Harold Tower, Winslow Hall, Norris Graham United States | Vittorio Cioni, Mario Balleri, Renato Bracci, Dino Barsotti, Roberto Vestrini, Guglielmo Del Bimbo, Enrico Garzelli, Renato Barbieri, Cesare Milani Italy | Earl Eastwood, Joseph Harris, Stanley Stanyar, Harry Fry, Cedric Liddell, William Thoburn, Don Boal, Albert Taylor, Les MacDonald Canada |
| Rowing | Men’s single sculls | Bobby Pearce Australia | William Miller United States | Guillermo Douglas Uruguay |
| Sailing | Open 6 metre | Tore Holm, Martin Hindorff, Olle Åkerlund, Åke Bergqvist Sweden | Robert Carlson, Temple Ashbrook, Frederic Conant, Charles Smith, Donald Wills Douglas, Jr., Emmett Davis United States | Philip Rogers, Gerald Wilson, Gardner Boultbee, Kenneth Glass Canada |
| Sailing | Open 8 metre | John Biby, William Cooper, Carl Dorsey, Owen Churchill, Robert Sutton, Pierpont Davis, Alan Morgan, Alphonse Burnand, Thomas Webster, John Huettner, Richard Moore, Kenneth Carey United States | Ernest Cribb, Harry Jones, Peter Gordon, Hubert Wallace, Ronald Maitland, George Gyles Canada | — |
| Sailing | Open Snowbird | Jacques Lebrun France | Bob Maas Netherlands | Santiago Amat Spain |
| Sailing | Open Star | Gilbert Gray, Andrew Libano United States | George Colin Ratsey, Peter Jaffe Great Britain | Gunnar Asther, Daniel Sundén-Cullberg Sweden |
| Shooting | Men’s 25 metre rapid fire pistol | Renzo Morigi Italy | Heinz Hax Germany | Domenico Matteucci Italy |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 metre rifle prone | Bertil Rönnmark Sweden | Gustavo Huet Mexico | Zoltán Soós-Hradetzky Hungary |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m backstroke | Masaji Kiyokawa Japan | Toshio Irie Japan | Kentaro Kawatsu Japan |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m freestyle | Yasuji Miyazaki Japan | Tatsugo Kawaishi Japan | Albert Schwartz United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 1500 m freestyle | Kusuo Kitamura Japan | Shozo Makino Japan | Jim Cristy United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m breaststroke | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta Japan | Reizo Koike Japan | Teófilo Yldefonso Philippines |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Yasuji Miyazaki, Hisakichi Toyoda, Takashi Yokoyama, Masanori Yusa Japan | Frank Booth, George Fissler, Maiola Kalili, Manuella Kalili United States | István Bárány, László Szabados, András Székely, András Wanié Hungary |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m freestyle | Buster Crabbe United States | Jean Taris France | Tsutomu Ōyokota Japan |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m backstroke | Eleanor Holm United States | Bonnie Mealing Australia | Valerie Davies Great Britain |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m freestyle | Helene Madison United States | Willy den Ouden Netherlands | Eleanor Saville United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m breaststroke | Clare Dennis Australia | Hideko Maehata Japan | Else Jacobsen Denmark |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Helen Johns, Helene Madison, Josephine McKim, Eleanor Saville United States | Corrie Laddé, Willy den Ouden, Puck Oversloot, Maria Vierdag Netherlands | Joyce Cooper, Valerie Davies, Edna Hughes, Helen Varcoe Great Britain |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m freestyle | Helene Madison United States | Lenore Wingard United States | Jenny Maakal South Africa |
| Water polo | Men's tournament | István Barta, György Bródy, Olivér Halassy, Márton Homonnai, Sándor Ivády, Alajos Keserű, Ferenc Keserű, János Németh, Miklós Sárkány, József Vértesy Hungary | Emil Benecke, Otto Cordes, Hans Eckstein, Fritz Gunst, Erich Rademacher, Joachim Rademacher, Hans Schulze, Heiko Schwartz Germany | Austin Clapp, Philip Daubenspeck, Charles Finn, Charles McCallister, Wally O'Connor, Cal Strong, Herbert Wildman United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s Featherweight · –60 kg | Raymond Suvigny France | Hans Wölpert Germany | Anthony Terlazzo United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s Heavyweight · +82.5 kg | Jaroslav Skobla Czechoslovakia | Václav Pšenička Czechoslovakia | Josef Straßberger Germany |
| Weightlifting | Men’s Light-heavyweight · –82.5 kg | Louis Hostin France | Svend Olsen Denmark | Henry Duey United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s Lightweight · –67.5 kg | René Duverger France | Hans Haas Austria | Gastone Pierini Italy |
| Weightlifting | Men’s Middleweight · –75 kg | Rudolf Ismayr Germany | Carlo Galimberti Italy | Karl Hipfinger Austria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Bantamweight · (- 56 kg) | Robert Pearce United States | Ödön Zombori Hungary | Aatos Jaskari Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Featherweight · (- 61 kg) | Hermanni Pihlajamäki Finland | Edgar Nemir United States | Einar Karlsson Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Heavyweight · (+ 87 kg) | Johan Richthoff Sweden | Jack Riley United States | Nikolaus Hirschl Austria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Light Heavyweight · (- 87 kg) | Peter Mehringer United States | Thure Sjöstedt Sweden | Eddie Scarf Australia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Lightweight · (- 66 kg) | Charles Pacôme France | Károly Kárpáti Hungary | Gustaf Klarén Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Middleweight · (- 79 kg) | Ivar Johansson Sweden | Kyösti Luukko Finland | József Tunyogi Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Welterweight · (- 72 kg) | Jack van Bebber United States | Daniel MacDonald Canada | Eino Leino Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Bantamweight · (- 56 kg) | Jakob Brendel Germany | Marcello Nizzola Italy | Louis François France |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Featherweight · (- 61 kg) | Giovanni Gozzi Italy | Wolfgang Ehrl Germany | Lauri Koskela Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Heavyweight · (+ 87 kg) | Carl Westergren Sweden | Josef Urban Czechoslovakia | Nikolaus Hirschl Austria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Light Heavyweight · (- 87 kg) | Rudolf Svensson Sweden | Onni Pellinen Finland | Mario Gruppioni Italy |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Lightweight · (- 66 kg) | Eric Malmberg Sweden | Abraham Kurland Denmark | Eduard Sperling Germany |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Middleweight · (- 79 kg) | Väinö Kokkinen Finland | Jean Földeák Germany | Axel Cadier Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Welterweight · (- 72 kg) | Ivar Johansson Sweden | Väinö Kajander Finland | Ercole Gallegati Italy |