| 12 events only for men. 64 athletes from 10 nations. |
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
| Men 100m | Thomas Burke |  USA | Fritz Hofmann |  GeR | Alajos Szokolyi | .HUN |
| Men 400m | Thomas Burke | USA | Herbert Jamison | USA | Charles Gmelin | .GBR |
| Men 800m | Edwin Flack |  GBR | Nador Dani |  HUN | Dimitrios Golemis | .GRe |
| Men 1500m | Edwin Flack | GBR | Arthur Blake | USA | Albin Lermusiaux | .FRA |
| Men Marathon | Spiridon Loues |  GrE | Charilaos Vassilakos |  GRe | Gyula Kellner | .HUN |
| Men 110m Hurdles | Thomas Curtis | USA | Grantley Goulding | GBR | ||
| Men High Jump | Ellery Clark | USA | James Connolly | USA | Robert Garrett | .USA |
| Men Pole Vault | William Hoyt | USA | Albert Tyler | USA | Ioannis Theodoropoulos | .GRE |
| Men Long Jump | Ellery Clark | USA | Robert Garrett | USA | James Connolly | .USA |
| Men Triple Jump | James Connolly | USA | Alexandre Tufferi |  FRA | Ioannis Persakis | .GRe |
| Men Shot Put | Robert Garrett | USA | Miltiades Gouskos | GRe | Georgios Papasideris | .GRe |
| Men Discus Throw | Robert Garrett | USA | Panagiotis Paraskevepoulos | GRe | Sotirios Versis | .GRe |
| Athletics World Index |
