| Athletics | Men’s 10,000 metres | Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union | József Kovács Hungary | Al Lawrence Australia |
| Athletics | Men’s 100 metres | Bobby Morrow United States | Thane Baker United States | Hector Hogan Australia |
| Athletics | Men’s 110 metres hurdles | Lee Calhoun United States | Jack Davis United States | Joel Shankle United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 1500 metres | Ron Delany Ireland | Klaus Richtzenhain United Team of Germany | John Landy Australia |
| Athletics | Men’s 20 kilometres walk | Leonid Spirin Soviet Union | Antanas Mikėnas Soviet Union | Bruno Junk Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 200 metres | Bobby Morrow United States | Andy Stanfield United States | Thane Baker United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 3000 metres steeplechase | Chris Brasher Great Britain | Sándor Rozsnyói Hungary | Ernst Larsen Norway |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Ira Murchison, Leamon King, Thane Baker, Bobby Morrow United States | Leonid Bartenyev, Boris Tokarev, Yuriy Konovalov, Vladimir Sukharev Soviet Union | Lothar Knörzer, Leonhard Pohl, Heinz Fütterer, Manfred Germar United Team of Germany |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 400 metres relay | Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Charles Jenkins, Tom Courtney United States | Leon Gregory, David Lean, Graham Gipson, Kevan Gosper Australia | John Salisbury, Michael Wheeler, Peter Higgins, Derek Johnson Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres | Charles Jenkins United States | Karl-Friedrich Haas United Team of Germany | Voitto Hellsten Finland / Ardalion Ignatyev Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 metres hurdles | Glenn Davis United States | Eddie Southern United States | Josh Culbreath United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 50 kilometres walk | Norman Read New Zealand | Yevgeny Maskinskov Soviet Union | John Ljunggren Sweden |
| Athletics | Men’s 5000 metres | Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union | Gordon Pirie Great Britain | Derek Ibbotson Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 800 metres | Tom Courtney United States | Derek Johnson Great Britain | Audun Boysen Norway |
| Athletics | Men’s Decathlon | Milt Campbell United States | Rafer Johnson United States | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Discus throw | Al Oerter United States | Fortune Gordien United States | Des Koch United States |
| Athletics | Men’s Hammer throw | Hal Connolly United States | Mikhail Krivonosov Soviet Union | Anatoliy Samotsvetov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s High jump | Charles Dumas United States | Chilla Porter Australia | Igor Kashkarov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Javelin throw | Egil Danielsen Norway | Janusz Sidło Poland | Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s Long jump | Greg Bell United States | John Bennett United States | Jorma Valkama Finland |
| Athletics | Men’s Marathon | Alain Mimoun France | Franjo Mihalić Yugoslavia | Veikko Karvonen Finland |
| Athletics | Men’s Pole vault | Bob Richards United States | Bob Gutowski United States | Georgios Roubanis Greece |
| Athletics | Men’s Shot put | Parry O'Brien United States | Bill Nieder United States | Jiří Skobla Czechoslovakia |
| Athletics | Men’s Triple jump | Adhemar Ferreira da Silva Brazil | Vilhjálmur Einarsson Iceland | Vitold Kreyer Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 metres | Betty Cuthbert Australia | Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany | Marlene Mathews Australia |
| Athletics | Women’s 200 metres | Betty Cuthbert Australia | Christa Stubnick United Team of Germany | Marlene Mathews Australia |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 100 metres relay | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Norma Croker, Fleur Mellor, Betty Cuthbert Australia | Anne Pashley, Jean Scrivens, June Paul, Heather Armitage Great Britain | Mae Faggs, Margaret Matthews, Wilma Rudolph, Isabelle Daniels United States |
| Athletics | Women’s 80 metres hurdles | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | Gisela Birkemeyer United Team of Germany | Norma Thrower Australia |
| Athletics | Women’s Discus throw | Olga Fikotová Czechoslovakia | Irina Beglyakova Soviet Union | Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s High jump | Mildred McDaniel United States | Thelma Hopkins Great Britain / Mariya Pisareva Soviet Union | — |
| Athletics | Women’s Javelin throw | Inese Jaunzeme Soviet Union | Marlene Ahrens Chile | Nadezhda Konyayeva Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Long jump | Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland | Willye White United States | Nadezhda Dvalishvili Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s Shot put | Tamara Tyshkevich Soviet Union | Galina Zybina Soviet Union | Marianne Werner United Team of Germany |
| Basketball | Men's | Carl Cain, Bill Hougland, K.C. Jones, Bill Russell, James Walsh, William Evans, Burdette Haldorsson, Ronald Tomsic, Dick Boushka, Gilbert Ford, Robert Jeangerard, Charles Darling United States | Valdis Muižnieks, Maigonis Valdmanis, Vladimir Torban, Stasys Stonkus, Kazys Petkevičius, Arkadi Bochkarev, Jānis Krūmiņš, Mikhail Semyonov, Algirdas Lauritenas, Yuri Ozerov, Viktor Zubkov, Mikhail Studenetsky Soviet Union | Carlos Blixen, Ramiro Cortes, Héctor Costa, Nelson Chelle, Nelson Demarco, Héctor García Otero, Carlos Gonzáles, Sergio Matto, Oscar Moglia, Raúl Mera, Ariel Olascoaga, Milton Scaron Uruguay |
| Boxing | Men’s Bantamweight · (−54 kg) | Wolfgang Behrendt United Team of Germany | Song Soon-Chun South Korea | Claudio Barrientos Chile / Frederick Gilroy Ireland |
| Boxing | Men’s Featherweight · (−57 kg) | Vladimir Safronov Soviet Union | Thomas Nicholls Great Britain | Pentti Hämäläinen Finland / Henryk Niedźwiedzki Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Flyweight · (−51 kg) | Terence Spinks Great Britain | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | René Libeer France / John Caldwell Ireland |
| Boxing | Men’s Heavyweight · (+81 kg) | Pete Rademacher United States | Lev Mukhin Soviet Union | Giacomo Bozzano Italy / Daniel Bekker South Africa |
| Boxing | Men’s Light heavyweight · (−81 kg) | James Boyd United States | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Carlos Lucas Chile / Romualdas Murauskas Soviet Union |
| Boxing | Men’s Light middleweight · (−71 kg) | László Papp Hungary | José Torres United States | John McCormack Great Britain / Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Light welterweight · (−63.5 kg) | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | Franco Nenci Italy | Constantin Dumitrescu Romania / Henry Loubscher South Africa |
| Boxing | Men’s Lightweight · (−60 kg) | Richard McTaggart Great Britain | Harry Kurschat United Team of Germany | Anthony Byrne Ireland / Anatoly Lagetko Soviet Union |
| Boxing | Men’s Middleweight · (−75 kg) | Gennadi Schatkov Soviet Union | Ramón Tapia Chile | Victor Zalazar Argentina / Gilbert Chapron France |
| Boxing | Men’s Welterweight · (−67 kg) | Nicolae Linca Romania | Fred Tiedt Ireland | Kevin Hogarth Australia / Nicholas Gargano Great Britain |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 1000 metres | Leon Rotman Romania | István Hernek Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 10000 metres | Leon Rotman Romania | János Parti Hungary | Gennady Bukharin Soviet Union |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 1000 metres | Alexe Dumitru, Simion Ismailciuc Romania | Pavel Kharin, Gratsian Botev Soviet Union | Károly Wieland, Ferenc Mohácsi Hungary |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 10000 metres | Pavel Kharin, Gratsian Botev Soviet Union | Georges Dransart, Marcel Renaud France | Imre Farkas, József Hunics Hungary |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 1000 metres | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Igor Pissarov Soviet Union | Lajos Kiss Hungary |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 10000 metres | Gert Fredriksson Sweden | Ferenc Hatlaczky Hungary | Michel Scheuer United Team of Germany |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 1000 metres | Michel Scheuer, Meinrad Miltenberger United Team of Germany | Mikhail Kaaleste, Anatoli Demitkov Soviet Union | Maximilian Raub, Herbert Wiedermann Austria |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 10000 metres | János Urányi, László Fábián Hungary | Fritz Briel, Theodor Kleine United Team of Germany | Dennis Green, Walter Brown Australia |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-1 500 metres | Yelizaveta Dementyeva Soviet Union | Therese Zenz United Team of Germany | Tove Søby Denmark |
| Cycling | Men’s Individual road race | Ercole Baldini Italy | Arnaud Geyre France | Alan Jackson Great Britain |
| Cycling | Men’s Pursuit team | Valentino Gasparella, Antonio Domenicali, Leandro Faggin, Franco Gandini, Virginio Pizzali Italy | Michel Vermeulin, René Bianchi, Jean Graczyk, Jean-Claude Lecante France | Tom Simpson, Donald Burgess, Mike Gambrill, John Geddes Great Britain |
| Cycling | Men’s Sprint | Michel Rousseau France | Guglielmo Pesenti Italy | Dick Ploog Australia |
| Cycling | Men’s Tandem | Ian Browne, Tony Marchant Australia | Ladislav Fouček, Václav Machek Czechoslovakia | Giuseppe Ogna, Cesare Pinarello Italy |
| Cycling | Men’s Team road race | Arnaud Geyre, Maurice Moucheraud, Michel Vermeulin France | Arthur Brittain, William Holmes, Alan Jackson Great Britain | Reinhold Pommer, Gustav-Adolf Schur, Horst Tüller United Team of Germany |
| Cycling | Men’s Time trial | Leandro Faggin Italy | Ladislav Fouček Czechoslovakia | Alfred Swift South Africa |
| Diving | Men’s 10 m platform | Joaquín Capilla Mexico | Gary Tobian United States | Richard Connor United States |
| Diving | Men’s 3 m springboard | Bob Clotworthy United States | Donald Harper United States | Joaquín Capilla Mexico |
| Diving | Women’s 10 m platform | Pat McCormick United States | Juno Stover-Irwin United States | Paula Jean Myers-Pope United States |
| Diving | Women’s 3 m springboard | Pat McCormick United States | Jeanne Stunyo United States | Irene MacDonald Canada |
| Equestrian | Open Individual dressage | Henri Saint Cyr Sweden | Lis Hartel Denmark | Liselott Linsenhoff United Team of Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Individual eventing | Petrus Kastenman Sweden | August Lütke-Westhues United Team of Germany | Francis Weldon Great Britain |
| Equestrian | Open Individual jumping | Hans Günter Winkler United Team of Germany | Raimondo D'Inzeo Italy | Piero D'Inzeo Italy |
| Equestrian | Open Team dressage | Henri Saint Cyr, Gehnäll Persson, Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Sweden | Liselott Linsenhoff, Hannelore Weygand, Anneliese Küppers United Team of Germany | Gottfried Trachsel, Henri Chammartin, Gustav Fischer Switzerland |
| Equestrian | Open Team eventing | Francis Weldon, Arthur Rook, Bertie Hill Great Britain | August Lütke-Westhues, Otto Rothe, Klaus Wagner United Team of Germany | John Rumble, Jim Elder, Brian Herbinson Canada |
| Equestrian | Open Team jumping | Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alfons Lütke-Westhues United Team of Germany | Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Salvatore Oppes Italy | Wilfred White, Pat Smythe, Peter Robeson Great Britain |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual foil | Christian d'Oriola France | Giancarlo Bergamini Italy | Antonio Spallino Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual sabre | Rudolf Kárpáti Hungary | Jerzy Pawłowski Poland | Lev Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Men’s Individual épée | Carlo Pavesi Italy | Giuseppe Delfino Italy | Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s Team foil | Vittorio Lucarelli, Luigi Arturo Carpaneda, Manlio Di Rosa, Giancarlo Bergamini, Antonio Spallino, Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Bernard Baudoux, Rene Coicaud, Claude Netter, Roger Closset, Christian d'Oriola, Jacques Lataste France | Lajos Somodi, Jozsef Gyuricza, Endre Tilli, Jozsef Marosi, Mihaly Fülöp, Jozsef Sakovics Hungary |
| Fencing | Men’s Team sabre | Attila Keresztes, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, Jenö Hamori, Pál Kovács, Daniel Magay Hungary | Zygmunt Pawlas, Jerzy Pawłowski, Wojciech Zabłocki, Andrzej Ryszard Piątkowski, Marian Zygmunt Kuszewski, Ryszard Zub Poland | Yakov Rylsky, David Tyshler, Lev Kuznetsov, Yevgeni Cherepovsky, Leonid Bogdanov Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Men’s Team épée | Giuseppe Delfino, Franco Bertinetti, Alberto Pellegrino, Giorgio Anglesio, Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Bela Rerrich, Ambrus Nagy, Barnabas Berzsenyi, Jozsef Marosi, Jozsef Sakovics, Lajos Balthazár Hungary | Yves Dreyfus, Rene Queyroux, Daniel Dagallier, Claude Nigon, Armand Mouyal France |
| Fencing | Women’s Individual foil | Gillian Sheen Great Britain | Olga Orban Romania | Renée Garilhe France |
| Field hockey | Men's | Leslie Claudius, Ranganathan Francis, Haripal Kaushik, Amir Kumar, Raghbir Lal, Shankar Lakshman, O. P. Malhotra, Govind Perumal, Amit Singh Bakshi, Raghbir Singh Bhola, Balbir Singh Dosanjh, Hardyal Singh Garchey, Randhir Singh Gentle, Balkishan Singh Grewal, Gurdev Singh Kullar, Udham Singh Kullar, Bakshish Singh, Charles Stephen India | Zakir Hussain, Munir Dar, Ghulam Rasul, Anwar Ahmed Khan, Qazi Massarrat Hussain, Noor Alam, Abdul Hamid, Habibur Rehman, Ahmed Naseer Bunda, Motiullah, Latif-ur Rehman, Akhtar Hussain, Habib Ali Kiddie, Manzoor Hussain Atif Pakistan | Günther Brennecke, Hugo Budinger, Werner Delmes, Hugo Dollheiser, Eberhard Ferstl, Alfred Lücker, Helmut Nonn, Wolfgang Nonn, Heinz Radzikowski, Werner Rosenbaum, Günther Ullerich United Team of Germany |
| Football | Men's | Lev Yashin, Nikolai Tishchenko, Mikhail Ogonkov, Aleksei Paramonov, Anatoli Bashashkin, Igor Netto, Boris Tatushin, Anatoli Isayev, Eduard Streltsov, Valentin Ivanov, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Boris Kuznetsov, Iosif Betsa, Sergei Salnikov, Boris Razinsky, Anatoli Maslenkin, Anatoli Ilyin, Nikita Simonyan, Yury Belyayev, Anatoli Porkhunov Soviet Union | Sava Antić, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Mladen Koščak, Dobroslav Krstić, Luka Liposinović, Muhamed Mujić, Zlatko Papec, Petar Radenković, Nikola Radović, Ivan Santek, Dragoslav Šekularac, Ljubiša Spajić, Todor Veselinović, Blagoja Vidinić Yugoslavia | Stefan Bozhkov, Todor Diev, Georgi Dimitrov, Milcho Goranov, Ivan Petkov Kolev, Nikola Kovachev, Manol Manolov, Dimitar Milanov, Georgi Naydenov, Panayot Panayotov, Kiril Rakarov, Gavril Stoyanov, Krum Yanev, Yordan Yosifov, Pavel Vladimirov, Iliya Kirchev Bulgaria |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Floor exercise | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Nobuyuki Aihara Japan / Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union / William Thoresson Sweden | — |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Horizontal bar | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Individual all-around | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Parallel bars | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union | Masumi Kubota Japan | Takashi Ono Japan / Masao Takemoto Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Pommel horse | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Takashi Ono Japan | Viktor Chukarin Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Rings | Albert Azaryan Soviet Union | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union | Masao Takemoto Japan / Masumi Kubota Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Team all-around | Albert Azaryan, Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Nobuyuki Aihara, Akira Kono, Masami Kubota, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Shinsaku Tsukawaki Japan | Raimo Heinonen, Olavi Laimuvirta, Onni Lappalainen, Berndt Lindfors, Martti Mansikka, Kalevi Suoniemi Finland |
| Gymnastics | Men’s Vault | Valentin Muratov Soviet Union / Helmut Bantz United Team of Germany | — | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Balance beam | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia / Tamara Manina Soviet Union | — |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Floor exercise | Ágnes Keleti Hungary / Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | — | Elena Leușteanu Romania |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Individual all-around | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Team all-around | Polina Astakhova, Lyudmila Yegorova, Lidia Kalinina, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova Soviet Union | Andrea Molnár-Bodó, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ágnes Keleti, Alice Kertész, Margit Korondi, Olga Lemhényi-Tass Hungary | Georgeta Hurmuzachi, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leușteanu, Elena Niculescu, Elena Săcălici, Emilia Vătășoiu Romania |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Team, portable apparatus | Andrea Molnár-Bodó, Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ágnes Keleti, Alice Kertész, Margit Korondi, Olga Lemhényi-Tass Hungary | Karin Lindberg, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Eva Rönström, Evy Berggren, Doris Hedberg, Maud Karlén Sweden | Helena Rakoczy, Natalia Kot-Wala, Danuta Stachow, Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel, Barbara Ślizowska, Lidia Szczerbińska Poland / Polina Astakhova, Lyudmila Yegorova, Lidia Kalinina, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Uneven bars | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s Vault | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Olga Lemhényi-Tass Hungary / Ann-Sofi Pettersson Sweden |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Individual | Lars Hall Sweden | Olavi Mannonen Finland | Väinö Korhonen Finland |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s Team | Igor Novikov, Ivan Deryugin, Aleksandr Tarasov Soviet Union | William Andre, Jack Daniels, George Lambert United States | Olavi Mannonen, Väinö Korhonen, Berndt Katter Finland |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed four | Alberto Winkler, Romano Sgheiz, Angelo Vanzin, Franco Trincavelli, Ivo Stefanoni Italy | Olle Larsson, Gösta Eriksson, Ivar Aronsson, Evert Gunnarsson, Bertil Göransson Sweden | Kauko Hänninen, Reino Poutanen, Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen, Matti Niemi Finland |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed pair | Arthur Ayrault, Conn Findlay, Kurt Seiffert United States | Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Horst Arndt, Rainer Borkowsky United Team of Germany | Ihor Yemchuk, Heorhiy Zhylin, Vladimir Petrov Soviet Union |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless four | Archibald MacKinnon, Lorne Loomer, Walter D'Hondt, Donald Arnold Canada | John Welchli, John McKinlay, Art McKinlay, James McIntosh United States | René Guissart, Yves Delacour, Gaston Mercier, Guy Guillabert France |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless pair | James Fifer, Duvall Hecht United States | Igor Buldakov, Viktor Ivanov Soviet Union | Josef Kloimstein, Alfred Sageder Austria |
| Rowing | Men’s Double sculls | Aleksandr Berkutov, Yuriy Tyukalov Soviet Union | Pat Costello, Jim Gardiner United States | Murray Riley, Mervyn Wood Australia |
| Rowing | Men’s Eight | Thomas Charlton, David Wight, John Cooke, Donald Beer, Caldwell Esselstyn, Charles Grimes, Rusty Wailes, Robert Morey, William Becklean United States | Philip Kueber, Richard McClure, Robert Wilson, David Helliwell, Wayne Pretty, Bill McKerlich, Douglas McDonald, Lawrence West, Carlton Ogawa Canada | Michael Aikman, David Boykett, Fred Benfield, Jim Howden, Garth Manton, Walter Howell, Adrian Monger, Brian Doyle, Harold Hewitt Australia |
| Rowing | Men’s Single sculls | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Stuart Mackenzie Australia | John B. Kelly Jr. United States |
| Sailing | Open 12 m sharpie | Peter Mander, Jack Cropp New Zealand | Rolland Tasker, John Scott Australia | Jasper Blackall, Terence Smith Great Britain |
| Sailing | Open 5.5 metre | Lars Thörn, Hjalmar Karlsson, Sture Stork Sweden | Robert Perry, David Bowker, John Dillon, Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick Great Britain | Jock Sturrock, Douglas Buxton, Devereaux Mytton Australia |
| Sailing | Open Dragon | Folke Bohlin, Bengt Palmquist, Leif Wikström Sweden | Ole Berntsen, Cyril Andresen, Christian von Bülow Denmark | Graham Mann, Ronald Backus, Jonathan Janson Great Britain |
| Sailing | Open Finn | Paul Elvstrøm Denmark | André Nelis Belgium | John Marvin United States |
| Sailing | Open Star | Herbert Williams, Lawrence Low United States | Agostino Straulino, Nicolò Rode Italy | Durward Knowles, Sloane Farrington Bahamas |
| Shooting | Men’s 100 m running deer | Vitali Romanenko Soviet Union | Per Olof Sköldberg Sweden | Vladimir Sevryugin Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol | Ștefan Petrescu Romania | Yevgeny Cherkasov Soviet Union | Gheorghe Lichiardopol Romania |
| Shooting | Men’s 300 m free rifle three positions | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union | Allan Erdman Soviet Union | Vilho Ylönen Finland |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 m pistol | Pentti Linnosvuo Finland | Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union | Offutt Pinion United States |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 m rifle prone | Gerald Ouellette Canada | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union | Stuart Boa Canada |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 m rifle three positions | Anatoli Bogdanov Soviet Union | Otakar Hořínek Czechoslovakia | John Sundberg Sweden |
| Shooting | Men’s Trap | Galliano Rossini Italy | Adam Smelczyński Poland | Alessandro Ciceri Italy |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m backstroke | David Theile Australia | John Monckton Australia | Frank McKinney United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m freestyle | Jon Henricks Australia | John Devitt Australia | Gary Chapman Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 1500 m freestyle | Murray Rose Australia | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | George Breen United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m breaststroke | Masaru Furukawa Japan | Masahiro Yoshimura Japan | Kharis Yunichev Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m butterfly | William Yorzyk United States | Takashi Ishimoto Japan | György Tumpek Hungary |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks Australia | Dick Hanley, George Breen, Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno United States | Vitaly Sorokin, Vladimir Struzhanov, Gennady Nikolayev, Boris Nikitin Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m freestyle | Murray Rose Australia | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | George Breen United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m backstroke | Judy Grinham Great Britain | Carin Cone United States | Margaret Edwards Great Britain |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m butterfly | Shelley Mann United States | Nancy Ramey United States | Mary Sears United States |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m freestyle | Dawn Fraser Australia | Lorraine Crapp Australia | Faith Leech Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m breaststroke | Ursula Happe United Team of Germany | Éva Székely Hungary | Eva-Maria Elsen United Team of Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Dawn Fraser, Faith Leech, Sandra Morgan, Lorraine Crapp Australia | Sylvia Ruuska, Shelley Mann, Nancy Simons, Joan Rosazza United States | Natalie Myburgh, Susan Roberts, Moira Abernethy, Jeanette Myburgh South Africa |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m freestyle | Lorraine Crapp Australia | Dawn Fraser Australia | Sylvia Ruuska United States |
| Water polo | Men's | Antal Bolvári, Ottó Boros, Dezső Gyarmati, István Hevesi, László Jeney, Tivadar Kanizsa, György Kárpáti, Kálmán Markovits, Miklos Martin, Mihály Mayer, István Szivós, Ervin Zádor Hungary | Ivo Cipci, Tomislav Franjković, Vladimir Ivković, Zdravko Ježić, Hrvoje Kačić, Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, Lovro Radonjić, Marijan Žužej Yugoslavia | Viktor Ageev, Pyotr Breus, Boris Goykhman, Nodar Gvakhariya, Vyacheslav Kurennoy, Boris Markarov, P'et're Mshveniyeradze, Valentin Prokopov, Mikhail Ryzhak, Yury Shlyapin Soviet Union |
| Weightlifting | Men’s +90 kg | Paul Anderson United States | Humberto Selvetti Argentina | Alberto Pigaiani Italy |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 56 kg | Charles Vinci United States | Vladimir Stogov Soviet Union | Mahmoud Namjoo Iran |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 60 kg | Isaac Berger United States | Yevgeni Minaev Soviet Union | Marian Zieliński Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 67.5 kg | Igor Rybak Soviet Union | Ravil Khabutdinov Soviet Union | Kim Chang-Hee South Korea |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 75 kg | Fyodor Bogdanovsky Soviet Union | Pete George United States | Ermanno Pignatti Italy |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 82.5 kg | Tommy Kono United States | Vasili Stepanov Soviet Union | James George United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s 90 kg | Arkadi Vorobyev Soviet Union | David Sheppard United States | Jean Debuf France |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Bantamweight | Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey | Mehdi Yaghoubi Iran | Mikhail Shakhov Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Featherweight | Shozo Sasahara Japan | Joseph Mewis Belgium | Erkki Penttilä Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Flyweight | Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Soviet Union | M. Ali Khojastehpour Iran | Hüseyin Akbaş Turkey |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Heavyweight | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | Hussein Mehmedov Bulgaria | Taisto Kangasniemi Finland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Light heavyweight | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Boris Kulayev Soviet Union | Peter Blair United States |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Lightweight | Emam-Ali Habibi Iran | Shigeru Kasahara Japan | Alimbeg Bestayev Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Middleweight | Nikola Stanchev Bulgaria | Danny Hodge United States | Georgi Skhirtladze Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · Welterweight | Mitsuo Ikeda Japan | Ibrahim Zengin Turkey | Vakhtang Balavadze Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Bantamweight | Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union | Edvin Vesterby Sweden | Francisc Horvat Romania |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Featherweight | Rauno Mäkinen Finland | Imre Polyák Hungary | Roman Dzeneladze Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Flyweight | Nikolai Solovyov Soviet Union | Ignazio Fabra Italy | Dursun Ali Egribas Turkey |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Heavyweight | Anatoli Parfenov Soviet Union | Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany | Adelmo Bulgarelli Italy |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Light Heavyweight | Valentin Nikolayev Soviet Union | Petko Sirakov Bulgaria | Karl-Erik Nilsson Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Lightweight | Kyösti Lehtonen Finland | Riza Dogan Turkey | Gyula Tóth Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Middleweight | Givi Kartozia Soviet Union | Dimitar Dobrev Bulgaria | Rune Jansson Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · Welterweight | Mithat Bayrak Turkey | Vladimir Maneyev Soviet Union | Per Gunnar Berlin Sweden |