| Athletics | Men’s 10,000 m | Pyotr Bolotnikov Soviet Union | Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany | David Power Australia |
| Athletics | Men’s 100 m | Armin Hary United Team of Germany | Dave Sime United States | Peter Radford Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 110 m hurdles | Lee Calhoun United States | William May United States | Hayes Jones United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 1500 m | Herb Elliott Australia | Michel Jazy France | István Rózsavölgyi Hungary |
| Athletics | Men’s 20 km walk | Vladimir Golubnichy Soviet Union | Noel Freeman Australia | Stan Vickers Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 200 m | Livio Berruti Italy | Lester Carney United States | Abdoulaye Seye France |
| Athletics | Men’s 3000 m steeplechase | Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Poland | Nikolay Sokolov Soviet Union | Semyon Rzhishchin Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 100 m relay | Bernd Cullmann, Armin Hary, Walter Mahlendorf, Martin Lauer United Team of Germany | Gusman Kosanov, Leonid Bartenev, Yuriy Konovalov, Edvin Ozolin Soviet Union | Peter Radford, David Jones, David Segal, Nick Whitehead Great Britain |
| Athletics | Men’s 4 × 400 m relay | Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis United States | Manfred Kinder, Joachim Reske, Johannes Kaiser, Carl Kaufmann United Team of Germany | George Kerr, James Wedderburn, Keith Gardner, Malcolm Spence British West Indies |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 m | Otis Davis United States | Carl Kaufmann United Team of Germany | Malcolm Spence South Africa |
| Athletics | Men’s 400 m hurdles | Glenn Davis United States | Clifton Cushman United States | Dick Howard United States |
| Athletics | Men’s 50 km walk | Don Thompson Great Britain | John Ljunggren Sweden | Abdon Pamich Italy |
| Athletics | Men’s 5000 m | Murray Halberg New Zealand | Hans Grodotzki United Team of Germany | Kazimierz Zimny Poland |
| Athletics | Men’s 800 m | Peter Snell New Zealand | Roger Moens Belgium | George Kerr British West Indies |
| Athletics | Men’s decathlon | Rafer Johnson United States | Yang Chuan-Kwang Formosa | Vasili Kuznetsov Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s discus throw | Al Oerter United States | Rink Babka United States | Dick Cochran United States |
| Athletics | Men’s hammer throw | Vasili Rudenkov Soviet Union | Gyula Zsivótzky Hungary | Tadeusz Rut Poland |
| Athletics | Men’s high jump | Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union | Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union | John Thomas United States |
| Athletics | Men’s javelin throw | Viktor Tsybulenko Soviet Union | Walter Krüger United Team of Germany | Gergely Kulcsár Hungary |
| Athletics | Men’s long jump | Ralph Boston United States | Irvin Roberson United States | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Men’s marathon | Abebe Bikila Ethiopia | Rhadi Ben Abdesselam Morocco | Barry Magee New Zealand |
| Athletics | Men’s pole vault | Don Bragg United States | Ron Morris United States | Eeles Landström Finland |
| Athletics | Men’s shot put | Bill Nieder United States | Parry O'Brien United States | Dallas Long United States |
| Athletics | Men’s triple jump | Józef Szmidt Poland | Vladimir Goryaev Soviet Union | Vitold Kreer Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s 100 m | Wilma Rudolph United States | Dorothy Hyman Great Britain | Giuseppina Leone Italy |
| Athletics | Women’s 200 m | Wilma Rudolph United States | Jutta Heine United Team of Germany | Dorothy Hyman Great Britain |
| Athletics | Women’s 4 × 100 m relay | Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, Barbara Jones, Wilma Rudolph United States | Martha Langbein, Anni Biechl, Brunhilde Hendrix, Jutta Heine United Team of Germany | Teresa Ciepły, Barbara Janiszewska, Celina Jesionowska, Halina Górecka Poland |
| Athletics | Women’s 80 m hurdles | Irina Press Soviet Union | Carole Quinton Great Britain | Gisela Birkemeyer United Team of Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s 800 m | Lyudmila Shevtsova Soviet Union | Brenda Jones Australia | Ursula Donath United Team of Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s discus throw | Nina Ponomaryova Soviet Union | Tamara Press Soviet Union | Lia Manoliu Romania |
| Athletics | Women’s high jump | Iolanda Balaş Romania | Dorothy Shirley Great Britain / Jarosława Jóźwiakowska Poland | — |
| Athletics | Women’s javelin throw | Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union | Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia | Birutė Kalėdienė Soviet Union |
| Athletics | Women’s long jump | Vera Krepkina Soviet Union | Elżbieta Krzesińska Poland | Hildrun Claus United Team of Germany |
| Athletics | Women’s shot put | Tamara Press Soviet Union | Johanna Lüttge United Team of Germany | Earlene Brown United States |
| Basketball | Men's | Jay Arnette, Walt Bellamy, Bob Boozer, Terry Dischinger, Burdette Haldorson, Darrall Imhoff, Allen Kelley, Lester Lane, Jerry Lucas, Oscar Robertson, Adrian Smith, Jerry West United States | Yuri Korneev, Jānis Krūmiņš, Guram Minashvili, Valdis Muižnieks, Cesars Ozers, Alexsandr Petrov, Mikhail Semyonov, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Maigonis Valdmanis, Albert Valtin, Gennadi Volnov, Viktor Zubkov Soviet Union | Edson Bispo dos Santos, Moyses Blas, Waldemar Blatskauskas, Algodão, Carmo de Souza, Carlos Domingos Massoni, Waldyr Geraldo Boccardo, Wlamir Marques, Amaury Antônio Pasos, Fernando Pereira De Freitas, Antonio Salvador Sucar, Eduardo Schall Jatyr Brazil |
| Boxing | Men’s Bantamweight | Oleg Grigoryev Soviet Union | Primo Zamparini Italy | Oliver Taylor Australia / Brunon Bendig Poland |
| Boxing | Men’s Featherweight | Francesco Musso Italy | Jerzy Adamski Poland | Jorma Limmonen Finland / William Meyers South Africa |
| Boxing | Men’s Flyweight | Gyula Török Hungary | Sergei Sivko Soviet Union | Kiyoshi Tanabe Japan / Abdel Moneim El-Guindi United Arab Republic |
| Boxing | Men’s Heavyweight | Franco De Piccoli Italy | Daniel Bekker South Africa | Josef Němec Czechoslovakia / Günter Siegmund United Team of Germany |
| Boxing | Men’s Light heavyweight | Cassius Clay United States | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland | Anthony Madigan Australia / Giulio Saraudi Italy |
| Boxing | Men’s Light middleweight | Wilbert McClure United States | Carmelo Bossi Italy | William Fisher Great Britain / Boris Lagutin Soviet Union |
| Boxing | Men’s Light welterweight | Bohumil Němeček Czechoslovakia | Clement Quartey Ghana | Marian Kasprzyk Poland / Quincey Daniels United States |
| Boxing | Men’s Lightweight | Kazimierz Paździor Poland | Sandro Lopopolo Italy | Abel Laudonio Argentina / Richard McTaggart Great Britain |
| Boxing | Men’s Middleweight | Eddie Crook, Jr. United States | Tadeusz Walasek Poland | Ion Monea Romania / Yevgeny Feofanov Soviet Union |
| Boxing | Men’s Welterweight | Giovanni Benvenuti Italy | Yuri Radonyak Soviet Union | Jimmy Lloyd Great Britain / Leszek Drogosz Poland |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-1 1000 m | János Parti Hungary | Aleksandr Silayev Soviet Union | Leon Rotman Romania |
| Canoeing | Men’s C-2 1000 m | Leonid Geishtor, Sergei Makarenko Soviet Union | Aldo Dezi, Francesco La Macchia Italy | Imre Farkas, András Törő Hungary |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 1000 m | Erik Hansen Denmark | Imre Szöllősi Hungary | Gert Fredriksson Sweden |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-1 4 x 500 m | Dieter Krause, Günther Perleberg, Paul Lange, Friedhelm Wentzke United Team of Germany | Imre Szöllősi, Imre Kemecsey, András Szente, György Mészáros Hungary | Erik Hansen, Helmuth Sørensen, Arne Høyer, Erling Jessen Denmark |
| Canoeing | Men’s K-2 1000 m | Gert Fredriksson, Sven-Olov Sjödelius Sweden | György Mészáros, András Szente Hungary | Stefan Kapłaniak, Władysław Zieliński Poland |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-1 500 m | Antonina Seredina Soviet Union | Therese Zenz United Team of Germany | Daniela Walkowiak Poland |
| Canoeing | Women’s K-2 500 m | Mariya Shubina, Antonina Seredina Soviet Union | Therese Zenz, Ingrid Hartmann United Team of Germany | Klára Fried-Bánfalvi, Vilma Egresi Hungary |
| Cycling | Men’s road race | Viktor Kapitonov Soviet Union | Livio Trapè Italy | Willy van den Berghen Belgium |
| Cycling | Men’s sprint | Sante Gaiardoni Italy | Leo Sterckx Belgium | Valentino Gasparella Italy |
| Cycling | Men’s tandem | Giuseppe Beghetto, Sergio Bianchetto Italy | Jürgen Simon, Lothar Stäber United Team of Germany | Vladimir Leonov, Boris Vasilyev Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s team pursuit | Luigi Arienti, Franco Testa, Mario Vallotto, Marino Vigna Italy | Peter Gröning, Manfred Klieme, Siegfried Köhler, Bernd Barleben United Team of Germany | Stanislav Moskvin, Viktor Romanov, Leonid Kolumbet, Arnold Belgardt Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s team time trial | Antonio Bailetti, Ottavio Cogliati, Giacomo Fornoni, Livio Trapè Italy | Gustav-Adolf Schur, Egon Adler, Erich Hagen, Günter Lörke United Team of Germany | Viktor Kapitonov, Yevgeny Klevtsov, Yury Melikhov, Aleksei Petrov Soviet Union |
| Cycling | Men’s time trial | Sante Gaiardoni Italy | Dieter Gieseler United Team of Germany | Rostislav Vargashkin Soviet Union |
| Diving | Men's 10 m platform | Bob Webster United States | Gary Tobian United States | Brian Phelps Great Britain |
| Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | Gary Tobian United States | Samuel Hall United States | Juan Botella Mexico |
| Diving | Women's 10 m platform | Ingrid Krämer United Team of Germany | Paula Pope United States | Ninel Krutova Soviet Union |
| Diving | Women's 3 m springboard | Ingrid Krämer United Team of Germany | Paula Pope United States | Elizabeth Ferris Great Britain |
| Equestrian | Open Individual dressage | Sergei Filatov Soviet Union | Gustav Fischer Switzerland | Josef Neckermann United Team of Germany |
| Equestrian | Open Individual eventing | Lawrence Morgan Australia | Neale Lavis Australia | Anton Bühler Switzerland |
| Equestrian | Open Individual jumping | Raimondo D'Inzeo Italy | Piero D'Inzeo Italy | David Broome Great Britain |
| Equestrian | Open Team eventing | Lawrence Morgan, Neale Lavis, Bill Roycroft Australia | Anton Bühler, Hans Schwarzenbach, Rudolf Günthardt Switzerland | Jack Le Goff, Guy Lefrant, Jéhan Le Roy France |
| Equestrian | Open Team jumping | Hans Günter Winkler, Fritz Thiedemann, Alwin Schockemöhle United Team of Germany | Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus, George H. Morris United States | Raimondo D'Inzeo, Piero D'Inzeo, Antonio Oppes Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s foil | Viktor Zhdanovich Soviet Union | Yuri Sisikin Soviet Union | Albert Axelrod United States |
| Fencing | Men’s sabre | Rudolf Kárpáti Hungary | Zoltán Horváth Hungary | Wladimiro Calarese Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s team foil | Viktor Zhdanovich, Mark Midler, Yuri Rudov, Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov Soviet Union | Alberto Pellegrino, Luigi Carpaneda, Mario Curletto, Aldo Aureggi, Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy | Jürgen Theuerkauff, Tim Gerresheim, Eberhard Mehl, Jürgen Brecht United Team of Germany |
| Fencing | Men’s team sabre | Tamas Mendelenyi, Rudolf Kárpáti, Pál Kovács, Zoltán Horváth, Gabor Delneki, Aladár Gerevich Hungary | Andrzej Piatkowski, Emil Ochyra, Wojciech Zabłocki, Jerzy Pawłowski, Ryszard Zub, Marian Kuszewski Poland | Wladimiro Calarese, Giampaolo Calanchini, Pierluigi Chicca, Roberto Ferrari, Mario Ravagnan Italy |
| Fencing | Men’s team épée | Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino, Carlo Pavesi, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Fiorenzo Marini, Gianluigi Saccaro Italy | Allan Jay, Michael Howard, John Pelling, Henry Hoskyns, Raymond Harrison, Michael Alexander Great Britain | Valentin Chernikov, Guram Kostava, Arnold Chernushevich, Bruno Khabarov, Aleksandr Pavlovsky Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Men’s épée | Giuseppe Delfino Italy | Allan Jay Great Britain | Bruno Khabarov Soviet Union |
| Fencing | Women’s foil | Adelheid Schmid United Team of Germany | Valentina Rastvorova Soviet Union | Maria Vicol Romania |
| Fencing | Women’s team foil | Valentina Prudskova, Aleksandra Zabelina, Lyudmila Shishova, Tatyana Samusenko, Galina Gorokhova, Valentina Rastvorova Soviet Union | Györgyi Szekely-Marvalics, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Magdolna Nyari-Kovacs, Katalin Juhasz-Nagy, Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics Hungary | Bruna Colombetti, Velleda Cesari, Claudia Pasini, Irene Camber, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi Italy |
| Field hockey | Men's | Abdul Rashid, Bashir Ahmad, Manzoor Hussain Atif, Ghulam Rasul, Anwar Khan, Habib Ali Kiddie, Noor Alam, Abdul Hamid, Abdul Waheed, Naseer Bunda, Motiullah, Mushtaq Ahmad, Khursheed Aslam Pakistan | Shankar Lakshman, Prithipal Singh, Jaman Lal Sharma, Leslie Claudius, Joseph Antic, Mohinder Lal, Joginder Singh, John "V.J." Peter, Jaswant Singh, Udham Singh Kullar, Raghbir Singh Bhola, Charanjit Singh, Govind Sawant India | Carlos Iglesias, José Colomer, Rafael Egusquiza, Juan Calzado, José Dinares, Narciso Ventalló, Ignacio Macaya, Eduardo Dualde, Pedro Murúa, Joaquín Dualde, Pedro Amat, Francisco Caballer, Luis Usoz, Pedro Roig Spain |
| Football | Men's | Andrija Anković, Vladimir Durković, Milan Galić, Fahrudin Jusufi, Tomislav Knez, Borivoje Kostić, Aleksandar Kozlina, Dušan Maravić, Željko Matuš, Željko Perušić, Novak Roganović, Velimir Sombolac, Milutin Šoškić, Silvester Takač, Blagoje Vidinić, Ante Žanetić Yugoslavia | Poul Andersen, John Danielsen, Henning Enoksen, Henry From, Bent Hansen, Poul Jensen, Hans Nielsen, Harald Nielsen, Flemming Nielsen, Poul Pedersen, Jørn Sørensen, Tommy Troelsen Denmark | Flórián Albert, Jenő Dalnoki, Zoltán Dudás, János Dunai, Lajos Faragó, János Göröcs, Ferenc Kovács, Dezső Novák, Pál Orosz, Laszlo Pál, Tibor Pál, Gyula Rákosi, Imre Sátori, Ernő Solymosi, Gábor Török, Pál Várhidi, Oszkár Vilezsál Hungary |
| Gymnastics | Men’s floor exercise | Nobuyuki Aihara Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Franco Menichelli Italy |
| Gymnastics | Men’s horizontal bar | Takashi Ono Japan | Masao Takemoto Japan | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s individual all-around | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Takashi Ono Japan | Yuri Titov Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Men’s parallel bars | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Giovanni Carminucci Italy | Takashi Ono Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s pommel horse | Eugen Ekman Finland / Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | — | Shuji Tsurumi Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s rings | Albert Asaryan Soviet Union | Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | Velik Kapsazov Bulgaria / Takashi Ono Japan |
| Gymnastics | Men’s team all-around | Nobuyuki Aihara, Yukio Endo, Takashi Mitsukuri, Takashi Ono, Masao Takemoto, Shuji Tsurumi Japan | Albert Azaryan, Valery Kerdemilidi, Nikolai Miligulo, Vladimir Portnoi, Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov Soviet Union | Giovanni Carminucci, Pasquale Carminucci, Gianfranco Marzolla, Franco Menichelli, Orlando Polmonari, Angelo Vicardi Italy |
| Gymnastics | Men’s vault | Takashi Ono Japan / Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union | — | Vladimir Portnoi Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s balance beam | Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s floor exercise | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Polina Astakhova Soviet Union | Tamara Lyukhina Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s individual all-around | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union | Polina Astakhova Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s team all-around | Polina Astakhova, Lidia Ivanova, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Lyukhina, Sofia Muratova, Margarita Nikolaeva Soviet Union | Eva Bosáková, Věra Čáslavská, Matylda Matoušková, Hana Růžičková, Ludmila Švédová, Adolfína Tkačíková Czechoslovakia | Atanasia Ionescu, Sonia Iovan, Elena Leuşteanu, Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă, Elena Niculescu, Uta Poreceanu Romania |
| Gymnastics | Women’s uneven bars | Polina Astakhova Soviet Union | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Tamara Lyukhina Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics | Women’s vault | Margarita Nikolaeva Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s individual | Ferenc Németh Hungary | Imre Nagy Hungary | Robert Beck United States |
| Modern pentathlon | Men’s team | Imre Nagy, András Balczó, Ferenc Németh Hungary | Nikolai Tatarinov, Hanno Selg, Igor Novikov Soviet Union | Robert Beck, Jack Daniels, George Lambert United States |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxed pair | Bernhard Knubel, Heinz Renneberg, Klaus Zerta United Team of Germany | Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna, Igor Rudakov Soviet Union | Richard Draeger, Conn Findlay, Kent Mitchell United States |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless four | Arthur Ayrault, Ted Nash, John Sayre, Rusty Wailes United States | Tullio Baraglia, Renato Bosatta, Giancarlo Crosta, Giuseppe Galante Italy | Igor Akhremchik, Yuriy Bachurov, Valentin Morkovkin, Anatoly Tarabrin Soviet Union |
| Rowing | Men’s Coxless pair | Valentin Boreyko, Oleg Golovanov Soviet Union | Josef Kloimstein, Alfred Sageder Austria | Veli Lehtelä, Toimi Pitkänen Finland |
| Rowing | Men’s coxed four | Gerd Cintl, Horst Effertz, Klaus Riekemann, Jürgen Litz, Michael Obst United Team of Germany | Robert Dumontois, Claude Martin, Jacques Morel, Guy Nosbaum, Jean Klein France | Fulvio Balatti, Romano Sgheiz, Franco Trincavelli, Giovanni Zucchi, Ivo Stefanoni Italy |
| Rowing | Men’s double sculls | Václav Kozák, Pavel Schmidt Czechoslovakia | Aleksandr Berkutov, Yuriy Tyukalov Soviet Union | Ernst Hürlimann, Rolf Larcher Switzerland |
| Rowing | Men’s eight | Manfred Rulffs, Walter Schröder, Frank Schepke, Kraft Schepke, Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck, Karl-Heinz Hopp, Klaus Bittner, Hans Lenk, Willi Padge United Team of Germany | Donald Arnold, Walter D'Hondt, Nelson Kuhn, John Lecky, Lorne Loomer, Archibald MacKinnon, Bill McKerlich, Glen Mervyn, Sohen Biln Canada | Bohumil Janoušek, Jan Jindra, Jiří Lundák, Stanislav Lusk, Václav Pavkovič, Luděk Pojezný, Jan Švéda, Josef Věntus, Miroslav Koníček Czechoslovakia |
| Rowing | Men’s single sculls | Vyacheslav Ivanov Soviet Union | Achim Hill United Team of Germany | Teodor Kocerka Poland |
| Sailing | Open 5.5 Metre | George O'Day, James Hunt, David Smith United States | William Berntsen, Sören Hancke, Steen Christensen Denmark | Henri Copponex, Manfred Metzger, Pierre Girard Switzerland |
| Sailing | Open Dragon | HRH Crown Prince Constantine, Odysseus Eskidioglou, Georgios Zaimis Greece | Jorge Salas Chávez, Héctor Calegaris, Jorge del Río Sálas Argentina | Antonio Cosentino, Antonio Ciciliano, Giulio De Stefano Italy |
| Sailing | Open Finn | Paul Elvstrøm Denmark | Aleksander Tšutšelov Soviet Union | André Nelis Belgium |
| Sailing | Open Flying Dutchman | Peder Lunde Jr., Bjørn Bergvall Norway | Hans Fogh, Ole Erik Petersen Denmark | Rolf Mulka, Ingo Von Bredow United Team of Germany |
| Sailing | Open Star | Timir Pinegin, Fyodor Shutkov Soviet Union | Mario Gentil, Jose Gentil Portugal | William Parks, Robert Halperin United States |
| Shooting | Men’s 25 m rapid fire pistol | William McMillan United States | Pentti Linnosvuo Finland | Alexander Zabelin Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Men’s 300 m rifle three positions | Hubert Hammerer Austria | Hans Rudolf Spillmann Switzerland | Vasily Borisov Soviet Union |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 m pistol | Alexey Gushchin Soviet Union | Makhmud Umarov Soviet Union | Yoshihisa Yoshikawa Japan |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 m rifle prone | Peter Kohnke United Team of Germany | James Enoch Hill United States | Enrico Forcella Pelliccioni Venezuela |
| Shooting | Men’s 50 m rifle three positions | Viktor Shamburkin Soviet Union | Marat Niyazov Soviet Union | Klaus Zähringer United Team of Germany |
| Shooting | Men’s Trap | Ion Dumitrescu Romania | Galliano Rossini Italy | Sergei Kalinin Soviet Union |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m backstroke | David Theile Australia | Frank McKinney United States | Bob Bennett United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 100 m freestyle | John Devitt Australia | Lance Larson United States | Manuel dos Santos Brazil |
| Swimming | Men’s 1500 m freestyle | John Konrads Australia | Murray Rose Australia | George Breen United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m breaststroke | Bill Mulliken United States | Yoshihiko Osaki Japan | Wieger Mensonides Netherlands |
| Swimming | Men’s 200 m butterfly | Mike Troy United States | Neville Hayes Australia | Dave Gillanders United States |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Frank McKinney, Paul Hait, Lance Larson, Jeff Farrell United States | David Theile, Terry Gathercole, Neville Hayes, Geoff Shipton Australia | Kazuo Tomita, Koichi Hirakida, Yoshihiko Osaki, Keigo Shimuzu Japan |
| Swimming | Men’s 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | George Harrison, Dick Blick, Mike Troy, Jeff Farrell United States | Makoto Fukui, Hiroshi Ishii, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Tatsuo Fujimoto Japan | David Dickson, John Devitt, Murray Rose, John Konrads Australia |
| Swimming | Men’s 400 m freestyle | Murray Rose Australia | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan | John Konrads Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m backstroke | Lynn Burke United States | Natalie Steward Great Britain | Satoko Tanaka Japan |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m butterfly | Carolyn Schuler United States | Marianne Heemskerk Netherlands | Jan Andrew Australia |
| Swimming | Women’s 100 m freestyle | Dawn Fraser Australia | Chris von Saltza United States | Natalie Steward Great Britain |
| Swimming | Women’s 200 m breaststroke | Anita Lonsbrough Great Britain | Wiltrud Urselmann United Team of Germany | Barbara Göbel United Team of Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | Joan Spillane, Shirley Stobs, Carolyn Wood, Chris von Saltza United States | Dawn Fraser, Ilsa Konrads, Lorraine Crapp, Alva Colquhoun Australia | Christel Steffin, Heidi Pechstein, Gisela Weiss, Ursel Brunner United Team of Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 4 × 100 m medley relay | Lynn Burke, Patty Kempner, Carolyn Schuler, Chris von Saltza United States | Marilyn Wilson, Rosemary Lassig, Jan Andrew, Dawn Fraser Australia | Ingrid Schmidt, Ursula Küper, Bärbel Fuhrmann, Ursel Brunner United Team of Germany |
| Swimming | Women’s 400 m freestyle | Chris von Saltza United States | Jane Cederqvist Sweden | Tineke Lagerberg Netherlands |
| Water polo | Men's | Amedeo Ambron, Danio Bardi, Giuseppe D'Altrui, Salvatore Gionta, Giancarlo Guerrini, Franco Lavoratori, Gianni Lonzi, Luigi Mannelli, Rosario Parmegiani, Eraldo Pizzo, Dante Rossi, Brunello Spinelli Italy | Viktor Ageev, Givi Chikvanaia, Leri Gogoladze, Boris Goykhman, Yury Grigorovsky, Anatoly Kartashov, Vyacheslav Kurennoy, P'et're Mshveniyeradze, Vladimir Novikov, Yevgeny Saltsyn, Vladimir Semyonov Soviet Union | András Bodnár, Ottó Boros, Zoltán Dömötör, László Felkai, Dezső Gyarmati, István Hevesi, László Jeney, Tivadar Kanizsa, György Kárpáti, András Katona, János Konrád, Kálmán Markovits, Mihály Mayer, Péter Rusorán Hungary |
| Weightlifting | Men’s bantamweight | Charles Vinci United States | Yoshinobu Miyake Japan | Esmaeil Elmkhah Iran |
| Weightlifting | Men’s featherweight | Yevgeni Minaev Soviet Union | Isaac Berger United States | Sebastiano Mannironi Italy |
| Weightlifting | Men’s heavyweight | Yury Vlasov Soviet Union | James Bradford United States | Norbert Schemansky United States |
| Weightlifting | Men’s light heavyweight | Ireneusz Paliński Poland | Jim George United States | Jan Bochenek Poland |
| Weightlifting | Men’s lightweight | Viktor Bushuev Soviet Union | Tan Howe Liang Singapore | Abdul Wahid Aziz Iraq |
| Weightlifting | Men’s middle heavyweight | Arkadi Vorobyev Soviet Union | Trofim Lomakin Soviet Union | Louis Martin Great Britain |
| Weightlifting | Men’s middleweight | Aleksandr Kurynov Soviet Union | Tommy Kono United States | Győző Veres Hungary |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · bantamweight | Terrence McCann United States | Nezhdet Zalev Bulgaria | Tadeusz Trojanowski Poland |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · featherweight | Mustafa Dağıstanlı Turkey | Stancho Kolev Bulgaria | Vladimir Rubashvili Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · flyweight | Ahmet Bilek Turkey | Masayuki Matsubara Japan | Ebrahim Seifpour Iran |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · heavyweight | Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany | Hamit Kaplan Turkey | Savkuds Dzarasov Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · light heavyweight | Ismet Atli Turkey | Gholamreza Takhti Iran | Anatoli Albul Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · lightweight | Shelby Wilson United States | Vladimir Synyavsky Soviet Union | Enyu Valchev Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · middleweight | Hasan Güngör Turkey | Georgy Skhirtladze Soviet Union | Hans Antonsson Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Freestyle · welterweight | Douglas Blubaugh United States | İsmail Ogan Turkey | Muhammad Bashir Pakistan |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · bantamweight | Oleg Karavayev Soviet Union | Ion Cernea Romania | Dinko Petrov Bulgaria |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · featherweight | Müzahir Sille Turkey | Imre Polyák Hungary | Konstantin Vyrupayev Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · flyweight | Dumitru Pârvulescu Romania | Osman El-Sayed United Arab Republic | Mohammad Paziraei Iran |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · heavyweight | Ivan Bogdan Soviet Union | Wilfried Dietrich United Team of Germany | Bohumil Kubát Czechoslovakia |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · light heavyweight | Tevfik Kis Turkey | Krali Bimbalov Bulgaria | Givi Kartoziya Soviet Union |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · lightweight | Avtandil Koridze Soviet Union | Branislav Martinović Yugoslavia | Gustav Freij Sweden |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · middleweight | Dimitar Dobrev Bulgaria | Lothar Metz United Team of Germany | Ion Țăranu Romania |
| Wrestling | Men’s Greco-Roman · welterweight | Mithat Bayrak Turkey | Günther Maritschnigg United Team of Germany | René Schiermeyer France |